Résumé Worksheet: What to Include

Interview skills lesson 17: What goes on a student résumé · Set 253 · 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.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) made-up marks (b) skills like typing (c) a long life story (d) your bank details
2. 2.True or false: “school and marks” belongs on a student résumé. (a) False (b) True
3. 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) projects you did (b) your phone and email (c) your bank details (d) volunteer work
4. 4.True or false: “a long life story” belongs on a student résumé. (a) False (b) True
5. 5.Which of these goes in the education section? (a) built a rain gauge model (b) spreadsheets (basic) (c) school football team (d) Class 10 board: 88%
6. 6.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) your phone and email (b) awards and prizes (c) volunteer work (d) your siblings’ marks
7. 7.True or false: “a long life story” should be left out of a résumé. (a) False (b) True
8. 8.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) awards and prizes (b) clubs and activities (c) volunteer work (d) made-up marks
9. 9.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) your passwords (b) your Aadhaar number (c) school and marks (d) made-up marks
10. 10.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: a long life story? (a) include it (b) leave it out
11. 11.📄 A résumé is… (a) a full autobiography (b) a short summary of you (c) a school report card (d) a letter of thanks
12. 12.📄 How long should a student résumé usually be? (a) one page (b) five pages (c) half a line (d) ten pages
13. 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) projects you did (b) volunteer work (c) school and marks (d) made-up marks
14. 14.📄 Your résumé says you led a club. In the interview you should… (a) deny it (b) change the subject (c) be ready to explain it (d) say it was a joke
15. 15.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: projects you did? (a) include it (b) leave it out
16. 16.Which of these goes in the activities section? (a) a survey of 50 shops (b) your city and PIN code (c) an email ID (d) eco club member
17. 17.True or false: “clubs and activities” should be left out of a résumé. (a) True (b) False
18. 18.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your bank details? (a) leave it out (b) include it
19. 19.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) school and marks (b) clubs and activities (c) your phone and email (d) your Aadhaar number
20. 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your siblings’ marks (b) volunteer work (c) your bank details (d) your Aadhaar number
21. 21.True or false: “your bank details” should be left out of a résumé. (a) True (b) False
22. 22.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: awards and prizes? (a) leave it out (b) include it
23. 23.True or false: “your Aadhaar number” belongs on a student résumé. (a) False (b) True
24. 24.True or false: “a party selfie” belongs on a student résumé. (a) False (b) True
25. 25.Which of these goes in the education section? (a) a website for our club (b) typing 40 words a minute (c) B.Com first year (d) school football team
26. 26.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your bank details (b) awards and prizes (c) a long life story (d) your siblings’ marks
27. 27.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) your Aadhaar number (b) your phone and email (c) a long life story (d) your bank details
28. 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a long life story (b) skills like typing (c) clubs and activities (d) projects you did
29. 29.Which of these goes in the activities section? (a) debate club secretary (b) typing 40 words a minute (c) built a rain gauge model (d) a survey of 50 shops
30. 30.📄 In which résumé section does this go: Class 10 board: 88%? (a) activities (b) education (c) skills (d) contact details
31. 31.True or false: “awards and prizes” belongs on a student résumé. (a) False (b) True
32. 32.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: made-up marks? (a) include it (b) leave it out
33. 33.True or false: “your siblings’ marks” should be left out of a résumé. (a) True (b) False
34. 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) projects you did (b) your bank details (c) your siblings’ marks (d) a party selfie
35. 35.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) your bank details (b) made-up marks (c) volunteer work (d) a party selfie
36. 36.📄 A student with no work experience should highlight… (a) made-up jobs (b) projects and activities (c) their parents’ jobs (d) nothing at all
37. 37.True or false: “languages you know” should be left out of a résumé. (a) False (b) True
38. 38.Which of these goes in the skills section? (a) Class 12 (Science), 2026 (b) B.Com first year (c) spreadsheets (basic) (d) eco club member
39. 39.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your Aadhaar number? (a) include it (b) leave it out
40. 40.True or false: “your bank details” belongs on a student résumé. (a) False (b) True

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