Résumé Worksheet: What to Include

Interview skills lesson 17: What goes on a student résumé · Set 259 · 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.📄 What font style suits a résumé? (a) five fancy fonts (b) tiny handwriting (c) all bold capitals (d) one plain, clear font
2. 2.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: awards and prizes? (a) leave it out (b) include it
3. 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your Aadhaar number (b) your siblings’ marks (c) a party selfie (d) skills like typing
4. 4.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: languages you know? (a) include it (b) leave it out
5. 5.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) your siblings’ marks (b) languages you know (c) a party selfie (d) made-up marks
6. 6.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) your siblings’ marks (b) your Aadhaar number (c) volunteer work (d) made-up marks
7. 7.True or false: “your Aadhaar number” belongs on a student résumé. (a) False (b) True
8. 8.True or false: “a long life story” should be left out of a résumé. (a) True (b) False
9. 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a party selfie (b) volunteer work (c) languages you know (d) school and marks
10. 10.True or false: “clubs and activities” belongs on a student résumé. (a) True (b) False
11. 11.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) awards and prizes (b) volunteer work (c) made-up marks (d) clubs and activities
12. 12.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: school and marks? (a) include it (b) leave it out
13. 13.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) skills like typing (b) your Aadhaar number (c) school and marks (d) clubs and activities
14. 14.📄 In which résumé section does this go: built a rain gauge model? (a) skills (b) projects (c) activities (d) contact details
15. 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a long life story (b) your siblings’ marks (c) projects you did (d) your passwords
16. 16.Which of these goes in the projects section? (a) built a rain gauge model (b) school football team (c) your city and PIN code (d) an email ID
17. 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a long life story (b) awards and prizes (c) languages you know (d) school and marks
18. 18.📄 A student with no work experience should highlight… (a) their parents’ jobs (b) made-up jobs (c) nothing at all (d) projects and activities
19. 19.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: volunteer work? (a) leave it out (b) include it
20. 20.📄 In which résumé section does this go: Class 12 (Science), 2026? (a) education (b) projects (c) activities (d) skills
21. 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your bank details (b) awards and prizes (c) volunteer work (d) your phone and email
22. 22.📄 Your résumé says you led a club. In the interview you should… (a) be ready to explain it (b) change the subject (c) say it was a joke (d) deny it
23. 23.Which of these goes in the contact details? (a) basic HTML and CSS (b) eco club member (c) school football team (d) an email ID
24. 24.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your passwords? (a) include it (b) leave it out
25. 25.📄 How long should a student résumé usually be? (a) one page (b) ten pages (c) half a line (d) five pages
26. 26.True or false: “your Aadhaar number” should be left out of a résumé. (a) False (b) True
27. 27.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) a long life story (b) clubs and activities (c) your passwords (d) your siblings’ marks
28. 28.📄 A résumé is… (a) a school report card (b) a full autobiography (c) a letter of thanks (d) a short summary of you
29. 29.📄 In which résumé section does this go: an email ID? (a) contact details (b) skills (c) education (d) projects
30. 30.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: clubs and activities? (a) include it (b) leave it out
31. 31.📄 In which résumé section does this go: a survey of 50 shops? (a) projects (b) education (c) activities (d) contact details
32. 32.True or false: “your bank details” should be left out of a résumé. (a) False (b) True
33. 33.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: made-up marks? (a) leave it out (b) include it
34. 34.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) your passwords (b) your bank details (c) your Aadhaar number (d) school and marks
35. 35.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your phone and email? (a) leave it out (b) include it
36. 36.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your phone and email (b) clubs and activities (c) skills like typing (d) your passwords
37. 37.Which of these goes in the activities section? (a) debate club secretary (b) Class 10 board: 88% (c) spreadsheets (basic) (d) a mobile number
38. 38.Which of these goes in the projects section? (a) a mobile number (b) a survey of 50 shops (c) an email ID (d) your city and PIN code
39. 39.📄 In which résumé section does this go: a website for our club? (a) education (b) projects (c) contact details (d) skills
40. 40.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: a party selfie? (a) include it (b) leave it out

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