Résumé Worksheet: What to Include

Interview skills lesson 17: What goes on a student résumé · Set 250 · 40 questions

Tip (Show, don’t pad): Include: contact details (mobile, email, city), education and marks, skills, projects, activities and clubs, awards, languages, volunteer work. Leave out: bank details, your Aadhaar number, passwords, party selfies, other people’s marks, long life stories and anything made up. One page, one plain font; be ready to explain every line with a short example.

1. 1.📄 How long should a student résumé usually be? (a) one page (b) five pages (c) ten pages (d) half a line
2. 2.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your passwords (b) languages you know (c) volunteer work (d) clubs and activities
3. 3.📄 A résumé is… (a) a short summary of you (b) a letter of thanks (c) a school report card (d) a full autobiography
4. 4.📄 A student with no work experience should highlight… (a) projects and activities (b) their parents’ jobs (c) made-up jobs (d) nothing at all
5. 5.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) your bank details (b) languages you know (c) made-up marks (d) your Aadhaar number
6. 6.Which of these goes in the education section? (a) a survey of 50 shops (b) school football team (c) Class 12 (Science), 2026 (d) your city and PIN code
7. 7.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: clubs and activities? (a) leave it out (b) include it
8. 8.📄 In which résumé section does this go: a mobile number? (a) contact details (b) activities (c) education (d) projects
9. 9.Which of these goes in the projects section? (a) built a rain gauge model (b) Class 12 (Science), 2026 (c) B.Com first year (d) Class 10 board: 88%
10. 10.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) a long life story (b) clubs and activities (c) languages you know (d) your phone and email
11. 11.True or false: “your siblings’ marks” should be left out of a résumé. (a) True (b) False
12. 12.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) projects you did (b) languages you know (c) volunteer work (d) your bank details
13. 13.True or false: “your passwords” should be left out of a résumé. (a) False (b) True
14. 14.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) clubs and activities (b) your Aadhaar number (c) awards and prizes (d) school and marks
15. 15.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) your bank details (b) skills like typing (c) awards and prizes (d) your phone and email
16. 16.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) your phone and email (b) school and marks (c) your passwords (d) clubs and activities
17. 17.Which of these goes in the activities section? (a) built a rain gauge model (b) school football team (c) a survey of 50 shops (d) typing 40 words a minute
18. 18.True or false: “a party selfie” belongs on a student résumé. (a) False (b) True
19. 19.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) made-up marks (b) your passwords (c) your phone and email (d) your siblings’ marks
20. 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) awards and prizes (b) your phone and email (c) your Aadhaar number (d) clubs and activities
21. 21.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: a long life story? (a) leave it out (b) include it
22. 22.Which of these goes in the skills section? (a) Class 12 (Science), 2026 (b) eco club member (c) debate club secretary (d) basic HTML and CSS
23. 23.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: projects you did? (a) include it (b) leave it out
24. 24.📄 In which résumé section does this go: basic HTML and CSS? (a) skills (b) contact details (c) activities (d) projects
25. 25.True or false: “made-up marks” should be left out of a résumé. (a) False (b) True
26. 26.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) projects you did (b) clubs and activities (c) a party selfie (d) languages you know
27. 27.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: a party selfie? (a) leave it out (b) include it
28. 28.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) your Aadhaar number (b) your bank details (c) projects you did (d) your siblings’ marks
29. 29.True or false: “clubs and activities” belongs on a student résumé. (a) True (b) False
30. 30.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) awards and prizes (b) made-up marks (c) clubs and activities (d) projects you did
31. 31.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) projects you did (b) skills like typing (c) languages you know (d) made-up marks
32. 32.True or false: “your Aadhaar number” should be left out of a résumé. (a) True (b) False
33. 33.📄 What font style suits a résumé? (a) tiny handwriting (b) five fancy fonts (c) all bold capitals (d) one plain, clear font
34. 34.True or false: “school and marks” should be left out of a résumé. (a) False (b) True
35. 35.📄 In which résumé section does this go: your city and PIN code? (a) contact details (b) education (c) projects (d) skills
36. 36.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your bank details (b) your Aadhaar number (c) projects you did (d) a party selfie
37. 37.Which of these goes in the education section? (a) typing 40 words a minute (b) built a rain gauge model (c) spreadsheets (basic) (d) B.Com first year
38. 38.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: languages you know? (a) include it (b) leave it out
39. 39.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your Aadhaar number? (a) leave it out (b) include it
40. 40.True or false: “a party selfie” should be left out of a résumé. (a) False (b) True

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