Résumé Worksheet: What to Include

Interview skills lesson 17: What goes on a student résumé · Set 26 · 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 of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) made-up marks (b) a party selfie (c) your bank details (d) clubs and activities
2. 2.📄 How long should a student résumé usually be? (a) five pages (b) ten pages (c) half a line (d) one page
3. 3.True or false: “your siblings’ marks” belongs on a student résumé. (a) False (b) True
4. 4.📄 In which résumé section does this go: your city and PIN code? (a) contact details (b) projects (c) education (d) activities
5. 5.Which of these goes in the activities section? (a) typing 40 words a minute (b) Class 12 (Science), 2026 (c) debate club secretary (d) basic HTML and CSS
6. 6.📄 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
7. 7.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: a party selfie? (a) include it (b) leave it out
8. 8.Which of these goes in the projects section? (a) Class 10 board: 88% (b) debate club secretary (c) a website for our club (d) basic HTML and CSS
9. 9.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: volunteer work? (a) leave it out (b) include it
10. 10.True or false: “a long life story” belongs on a student résumé. (a) False (b) True
11. 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your phone and email (b) school and marks (c) projects you did (d) your siblings’ marks
12. 12.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) made-up marks (b) clubs and activities (c) projects you did (d) languages you know
13. 13.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) a party selfie (b) projects you did (c) your phone and email (d) languages you know
14. 14.📄 In which résumé section does this go: typing 40 words a minute? (a) education (b) contact details (c) activities (d) skills
15. 15.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) a party selfie (b) a long life story (c) your passwords (d) languages you know
16. 16.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: skills like typing? (a) leave it out (b) include it
17. 17.True or false: “projects you did” belongs on a student résumé. (a) False (b) True
18. 18.Which of these goes in the education section? (a) typing 40 words a minute (b) built a rain gauge model (c) a website for our club (d) B.Com first year
19. 19.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: projects you did? (a) leave it out (b) include it
20. 20.True or false: “made-up marks” belongs on a student résumé. (a) True (b) False
21. 21.True or false: “your siblings’ marks” should be left out of a résumé. (a) True (b) False
22. 22.📄 A résumé is… (a) a short summary of you (b) a letter of thanks (c) a full autobiography (d) a school report card
23. 23.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your Aadhaar number? (a) include it (b) leave it out
24. 24.Which of these goes in the projects section? (a) a mobile number (b) basic HTML and CSS (c) typing 40 words a minute (d) built a rain gauge model
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) your bank details (b) your passwords (c) skills like typing (d) your Aadhaar number
27. 27.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) school and marks (b) your passwords (c) your siblings’ marks (d) a party selfie
28. 28.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) your bank details (b) made-up marks (c) skills like typing (d) your passwords
29. 29.True or false: “volunteer work” should be left out of a résumé. (a) False (b) True
30. 30.Which of these goes in the contact details? (a) school football team (b) a mobile number (c) Class 10 board: 88% (d) eco club member
31. 31.Which of these goes in the skills section? (a) typing 40 words a minute (b) eco club member (c) a mobile number (d) Class 10 board: 88%
32. 32.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: awards and prizes? (a) include it (b) leave it out
33. 33.📄 In which résumé section does this go: a mobile number? (a) skills (b) contact details (c) projects (d) activities
34. 34.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: clubs and activities? (a) leave it out (b) include it
35. 35.📄 In which résumé section does this go: Class 10 board: 88%? (a) contact details (b) projects (c) education (d) skills
36. 36.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your phone and email (b) a long life story (c) languages you know (d) volunteer work
37. 37.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) your phone and email (b) your Aadhaar number (c) school and marks (d) awards and prizes
38. 38.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your siblings’ marks? (a) include it (b) leave it out
39. 39.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) a long life story (b) a party selfie (c) your Aadhaar number (d) volunteer work
40. 40.True or false: “languages you know” should be left out of a résumé. (a) True (b) False

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