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Résumé Worksheet: What to Include

Interview skills lesson 17: What goes on a student résumé · Set 300 · 40 questions
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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.

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  1. 1.📄 In which résumé section does this go: Class 10 board: 88%? (a) activities (b) projects (c) skills (d) education
  2. 2.Which of these goes in the activities section? (a) Class 12 (Science), 2026 (b) B.Com first year (c) eco club member (d) Class 10 board: 88%
  3. 3.True or false: “awards and prizes” belongs on a student résumé. (a) True (b) False
  4. 4.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: clubs and activities? (a) include it (b) leave it out
  5. 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your Aadhaar number (b) a party selfie (c) your bank details (d) awards and prizes
  6. 6.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: awards and prizes? (a) include it (b) leave it out
  7. 7.📄 What font style suits a résumé? (a) one plain, clear font (b) tiny handwriting (c) all bold capitals (d) five fancy fonts
  8. 8.📄 In which résumé section does this go: eco club member? (a) skills (b) activities (c) projects (d) education
  9. 9.📄 In which résumé section does this go: school football team? (a) education (b) skills (c) activities (d) projects
  10. 10.📄 In which résumé section does this go: B.Com first year? (a) skills (b) education (c) contact details (d) projects
  11. 11.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) your phone and email (b) projects you did (c) a long life story (d) languages you know
  12. 12.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) projects you did (b) your phone and email (c) awards and prizes (d) your siblings’ marks
  13. 13.📄 In which résumé section does this go: debate club secretary? (a) contact details (b) skills (c) activities (d) education
  14. 14.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) your siblings’ marks (b) a long life story (c) your Aadhaar number (d) languages you know
  15. 15.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your phone and email? (a) leave it out (b) include it
  16. 16.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your phone and email (b) awards and prizes (c) skills like typing (d) your Aadhaar number
  17. 17.📄 In which résumé section does this go: your city and PIN code? (a) skills (b) activities (c) projects (d) contact details
  18. 18.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) skills like typing (b) awards and prizes (c) school and marks (d) your bank details
  19. 19.📄 How long should a student résumé usually be? (a) ten pages (b) one page (c) five pages (d) half a line
  20. 20.📄 In which résumé section does this go: a mobile number? (a) education (b) contact details (c) skills (d) activities
  21. 21.True or false: “your bank details” belongs on a student résumé. (a) True (b) False
  22. 22.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: skills like typing? (a) leave it out (b) include it
  23. 23.True or false: “awards and prizes” should be left out of a résumé. (a) True (b) False
  24. 24.True or false: “languages you know” should be left out of a résumé. (a) True (b) False
  25. 25.📄 Your résumé says you led a club. In the interview you should… (a) say it was a joke (b) change the subject (c) deny it (d) be ready to explain it
  26. 26.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) your bank details (b) your phone and email (c) a party selfie (d) made-up marks
  27. 27.📄 In which résumé section does this go: Class 12 (Science), 2026? (a) education (b) skills (c) contact details (d) projects
  28. 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your siblings’ marks (b) made-up marks (c) your Aadhaar number (d) skills like typing
  29. 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) volunteer work (b) languages you know (c) your phone and email (d) your passwords
  30. 30.True or false: “your phone and email” should be left out of a résumé. (a) True (b) False
  31. 31.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your passwords? (a) include it (b) leave it out
  32. 32.Which of these goes in the education section? (a) debate club secretary (b) Class 12 (Science), 2026 (c) a survey of 50 shops (d) typing 40 words a minute
  33. 33.True or false: “school and marks” should be left out of a résumé. (a) False (b) True
  34. 34.Which of these goes in the contact details? (a) debate club secretary (b) typing 40 words a minute (c) B.Com first year (d) a mobile number
  35. 35.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: volunteer work? (a) include it (b) leave it out
  36. 36.📄 In which résumé section does this go: a survey of 50 shops? (a) skills (b) contact details (c) projects (d) education
  37. 37.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) clubs and activities (b) your Aadhaar number (c) awards and prizes (d) projects you did
  38. 38.True or false: “projects you did” should be left out of a résumé. (a) False (b) True
  39. 39.Which of these goes in the activities section? (a) school football team (b) spreadsheets (basic) (c) a mobile number (d) Class 10 board: 88%
  40. 40.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) clubs and activities (b) skills like typing (c) a party selfie (d) awards and prizes

Answer key

  1. education
  2. eco club member
  3. True
  4. include it
  5. awards and prizes
  6. include it
  7. one plain, clear font
  8. activities
  9. activities
  10. education
  11. a long life story
  12. your siblings’ marks
  13. activities
  14. languages you know
  15. include it
  16. your Aadhaar number
  17. contact details
  18. your bank details
  19. one page
  20. contact details
  21. False
  22. include it
  23. False
  24. False
  25. be ready to explain it
  26. your phone and email
  27. education
  28. skills like typing
  29. your passwords
  30. False
  31. leave it out
  32. Class 12 (Science), 2026
  33. False
  34. a mobile number
  35. include it
  36. projects
  37. your Aadhaar number
  38. False
  39. school football team
  40. a party selfie

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