Résumé Worksheet: What to Include

Interview skills lesson 17: What goes on a student résumé · Set 273 · 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.📄 In which résumé section does this go: debate club secretary? (a) activities (b) projects (c) contact details (d) education
2. 2.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) skills like typing (b) languages you know (c) awards and prizes (d) your passwords
3. 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your passwords (b) skills like typing (c) your Aadhaar number (d) your bank details
4. 4.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your siblings’ marks (b) your phone and email (c) languages you know (d) skills like typing
5. 5.📄 In which résumé section does this go: spreadsheets (basic)? (a) activities (b) contact details (c) projects (d) skills
6. 6.📄 How long should a student résumé usually be? (a) one page (b) ten pages (c) five pages (d) half a line
7. 7.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) a party selfie (b) volunteer work (c) your bank details (d) made-up marks
8. 8.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) made-up marks (b) your passwords (c) your phone and email (d) your Aadhaar number
9. 9.True or false: “a long life story” belongs on a student résumé. (a) True (b) False
10. 10.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) your passwords (b) a long life story (c) your siblings’ marks (d) your phone and email
11. 11.📄 In which résumé section does this go: Class 10 board: 88%? (a) contact details (b) projects (c) activities (d) education
12. 12.True or false: “your Aadhaar number” belongs on a student résumé. (a) False (b) True
13. 13.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: projects you did? (a) leave it out (b) include it
14. 14.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) projects you did (b) made-up marks (c) skills like typing (d) languages you know
15. 15.📄 In which résumé section does this go: your city and PIN code? (a) education (b) skills (c) projects (d) contact details
16. 16.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a party selfie (b) volunteer work (c) your Aadhaar number (d) a long life story
17. 17.📄 Your résumé says you led a club. In the interview you should… (a) deny it (b) say it was a joke (c) be ready to explain it (d) change the subject
18. 18.📄 In which résumé section does this go: Class 12 (Science), 2026? (a) skills (b) activities (c) projects (d) education
19. 19.Which of these goes in the education section? (a) eco club member (b) spreadsheets (basic) (c) a survey of 50 shops (d) Class 12 (Science), 2026
20. 20.📄 In which résumé section does this go: built a rain gauge model? (a) contact details (b) skills (c) education (d) projects
21. 21.📄 In which résumé section does this go: a mobile number? (a) projects (b) skills (c) education (d) contact details
22. 22.True or false: “made-up marks” should be left out of a résumé. (a) False (b) True
23. 23.📄 A résumé is… (a) a letter of thanks (b) a short summary of you (c) a school report card (d) a full autobiography
24. 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) awards and prizes (b) volunteer work (c) your bank details (d) projects you did
25. 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a long life story (b) your Aadhaar number (c) your passwords (d) projects you did
26. 26.📄 A student with no work experience should highlight… (a) made-up jobs (b) projects and activities (c) nothing at all (d) their parents’ jobs
27. 27.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: school and marks? (a) leave it out (b) include it
28. 28.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your phone and email? (a) leave it out (b) include it
29. 29.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: clubs and activities? (a) include it (b) leave it out
30. 30.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your Aadhaar number? (a) include it (b) leave it out
31. 31.Which of these goes in the skills section? (a) a survey of 50 shops (b) an email ID (c) Class 10 board: 88% (d) typing 40 words a minute
32. 32.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) your phone and email (b) clubs and activities (c) skills like typing (d) your Aadhaar number
33. 33.True or false: “projects you did” should be left out of a résumé. (a) False (b) True
34. 34.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) your bank details (b) a long life story (c) projects you did (d) your siblings’ marks
35. 35.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) a party selfie (b) your passwords (c) languages you know (d) made-up marks
36. 36.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: a long life story? (a) include it (b) leave it out
37. 37.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: volunteer work? (a) leave it out (b) include it
38. 38.Which of these goes in the skills section? (a) spreadsheets (basic) (b) an email ID (c) debate club secretary (d) a website for our club
39. 39.True or false: “your bank details” belongs on a student résumé. (a) False (b) True
40. 40.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) skills like typing (b) your bank details (c) volunteer work (d) school and marks

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