Résumé Worksheet: What to Include

Interview skills lesson 17: What goes on a student résumé · Set 338 · 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.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: a party selfie? (a) include it (b) leave it out
2. 2.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: school and marks? (a) leave it out (b) include it
3. 3.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your siblings’ marks? (a) include it (b) leave it out
4. 4.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) made-up marks (b) languages you know (c) your Aadhaar number (d) your siblings’ marks
5. 5.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) your phone and email (b) school and marks (c) made-up marks (d) languages you know
6. 6.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: clubs and activities? (a) include it (b) leave it out
7. 7.📄 In which résumé section does this go: typing 40 words a minute? (a) education (b) projects (c) skills (d) contact details
8. 8.📄 In which résumé section does this go: eco club member? (a) education (b) skills (c) activities (d) projects
9. 9.📄 What font style suits a résumé? (a) all bold capitals (b) one plain, clear font (c) tiny handwriting (d) five fancy fonts
10. 10.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your bank details (b) a party selfie (c) your passwords (d) school and marks
11. 11.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your bank details? (a) include it (b) leave it out
12. 12.📄 In which résumé section does this go: a survey of 50 shops? (a) projects (b) contact details (c) education (d) activities
13. 13.📄 A student with no work experience should highlight… (a) their parents’ jobs (b) nothing at all (c) projects and activities (d) made-up jobs
14. 14.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) school and marks (b) a long life story (c) your Aadhaar number (d) a party selfie
15. 15.Which of these goes in the activities section? (a) your city and PIN code (b) school football team (c) B.Com first year (d) a mobile number
16. 16.Which of these goes in the education section? (a) eco club member (b) a mobile number (c) a survey of 50 shops (d) Class 10 board: 88%
17. 17.Which of these goes in the skills section? (a) typing 40 words a minute (b) eco club member (c) a website for our club (d) B.Com first year
18. 18.Which of these goes in the projects section? (a) an email ID (b) built a rain gauge model (c) Class 12 (Science), 2026 (d) typing 40 words a minute
19. 19.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your passwords? (a) leave it out (b) include it
20. 20.Which of these goes in the education section? (a) school football team (b) eco club member (c) a survey of 50 shops (d) Class 12 (Science), 2026
21. 21.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: skills like typing? (a) leave it out (b) include it
22. 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) school and marks (b) your bank details (c) skills like typing (d) volunteer work
23. 23.True or false: “volunteer work” should be left out of a résumé. (a) True (b) False
24. 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your bank details (b) your passwords (c) a party selfie (d) your phone and email
25. 25.True or false: “your Aadhaar number” should be left out of a résumé. (a) False (b) True
26. 26.📄 A résumé is… (a) a short summary of you (b) a full autobiography (c) a school report card (d) a letter of thanks
27. 27.True or false: “your siblings’ marks” belongs on a student résumé. (a) False (b) True
28. 28.📄 In which résumé section does this go: B.Com first year? (a) skills (b) projects (c) education (d) activities
29. 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your passwords (b) your Aadhaar number (c) your siblings’ marks (d) languages you know
30. 30.📄 In which résumé section does this go: school football team? (a) projects (b) education (c) activities (d) skills
31. 31.Which of these goes in the skills section? (a) spreadsheets (basic) (b) your city and PIN code (c) eco club member (d) an email ID
32. 32.Which of these goes in the activities section? (a) eco club member (b) your city and PIN code (c) built a rain gauge model (d) a mobile number
33. 33.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) languages you know (b) projects you did (c) a party selfie (d) skills like typing
34. 34.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) your siblings’ marks (b) skills like typing (c) projects you did (d) school and marks
35. 35.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) your passwords (b) awards and prizes (c) your Aadhaar number (d) a long life story
36. 36.📄 How long should a student résumé usually be? (a) half a line (b) ten pages (c) one page (d) five pages
37. 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your passwords (b) awards and prizes (c) a long life story (d) a party selfie
38. 38.True or false: “your Aadhaar number” belongs on a student résumé. (a) False (b) True
39. 39.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) school and marks (b) awards and prizes (c) a long life story (d) your phone and email
40. 40.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) your bank details (b) a party selfie (c) made-up marks (d) skills like typing

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