Résumé Worksheet: What to Include

Interview skills lesson 17: What goes on a student résumé · Set 299 · 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) skills like typing (b) your passwords (c) your phone and email (d) awards and prizes
2. 2.True or false: “projects you did” belongs on a student résumé. (a) False (b) True
3. 3.📄 In which résumé section does this go: a survey of 50 shops? (a) contact details (b) activities (c) projects (d) education
4. 4.True or false: “your phone and email” should be left out of a résumé. (a) True (b) False
5. 5.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your passwords? (a) include it (b) leave it out
6. 6.📄 A résumé is… (a) a full autobiography (b) a short summary of you (c) a letter of thanks (d) a school report card
7. 7.True or false: “school and marks” should be left out of a résumé. (a) False (b) True
8. 8.True or false: “skills like typing” should be left out of a résumé. (a) True (b) False
9. 9.📄 How long should a student résumé usually be? (a) half a line (b) ten pages (c) five pages (d) one page
10. 10.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) clubs and activities (b) school and marks (c) a party selfie (d) awards and prizes
11. 11.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) your bank details (b) awards and prizes (c) clubs and activities (d) languages you know
12. 12.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your bank details (b) a long life story (c) school and marks (d) your siblings’ marks
13. 13.True or false: “made-up marks” should be left out of a résumé. (a) True (b) False
14. 14.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) languages you know (b) your phone and email (c) volunteer work (d) a long life story
15. 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your passwords (b) made-up marks (c) your Aadhaar number (d) languages you know
16. 16.Which of these goes in the contact details? (a) Class 10 board: 88% (b) basic HTML and CSS (c) a website for our club (d) a mobile number
17. 17.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: awards and prizes? (a) leave it out (b) include it
18. 18.📄 In which résumé section does this go: typing 40 words a minute? (a) education (b) contact details (c) activities (d) skills
19. 19.📄 In which résumé section does this go: Class 12 (Science), 2026? (a) education (b) contact details (c) projects (d) skills
20. 20.Which of these goes in the projects section? (a) built a rain gauge model (b) your city and PIN code (c) debate club secretary (d) eco club member
21. 21.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) your siblings’ marks (b) made-up marks (c) school and marks (d) a long life story
22. 22.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: volunteer work? (a) include it (b) leave it out
23. 23.Which of these goes in the education section? (a) built a rain gauge model (b) school football team (c) a website for our club (d) Class 10 board: 88%
24. 24.📄 A student with no work experience should highlight… (a) made-up jobs (b) their parents’ jobs (c) nothing at all (d) projects and activities
25. 25.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) projects you did (b) your siblings’ marks (c) your phone and email (d) awards and prizes
26. 26.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your bank details (b) a long life story (c) projects you did (d) your siblings’ marks
27. 27.True or false: “projects you did” should be left out of a résumé. (a) False (b) True
28. 28.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) clubs and activities (b) volunteer work (c) projects you did (d) your passwords
29. 29.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) your bank details (b) your passwords (c) your siblings’ marks (d) languages you know
30. 30.📄 In which résumé section does this go: Class 10 board: 88%? (a) activities (b) skills (c) projects (d) education
31. 31.Which of these goes in the projects section? (a) Class 12 (Science), 2026 (b) basic HTML and CSS (c) typing 40 words a minute (d) a survey of 50 shops
32. 32.Which of these goes in the contact details? (a) debate club secretary (b) a website for our club (c) built a rain gauge model (d) your city and PIN code
33. 33.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your siblings’ marks? (a) include it (b) leave it out
34. 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) skills like typing (b) projects you did (c) languages you know (d) your siblings’ marks
35. 35.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: projects you did? (a) leave it out (b) include it
36. 36.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) a party selfie (b) your Aadhaar number (c) a long life story (d) awards and prizes
37. 37.📄 Your résumé says you led a club. In the interview you should… (a) be ready to explain it (b) change the subject (c) deny it (d) say it was a joke
38. 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) school and marks (b) your phone and email (c) clubs and activities (d) your bank details
39. 39.True or false: “your siblings’ marks” should be left out of a résumé. (a) False (b) True
40. 40.Which of these goes in the skills section? (a) debate club secretary (b) Class 12 (Science), 2026 (c) a mobile number (d) typing 40 words a minute

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