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Résumé Worksheet: What to Include

Interview skills lesson 17: What goes on a student résumé · Set 347 · 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.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your passwords? (a) leave it out (b) include it
  2. 2.📄 In which résumé section does this go: Class 12 (Science), 2026? (a) skills (b) projects (c) activities (d) education
  3. 3.True or false: “school and marks” belongs on a student résumé. (a) True (b) False
  4. 4.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) volunteer work (b) a long life story (c) your Aadhaar number (d) a party selfie
  5. 5.True or false: “a party selfie” belongs on a student résumé. (a) True (b) False
  6. 6.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) skills like typing (b) projects you did (c) a party selfie (d) school and marks
  7. 7.True or false: “skills like typing” should be left out of a résumé. (a) False (b) True
  8. 8.📄 In which résumé section does this go: basic HTML and CSS? (a) activities (b) contact details (c) projects (d) skills
  9. 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your phone and email (b) volunteer work (c) your Aadhaar number (d) skills like typing
  10. 10.📄 How long should a student résumé usually be? (a) five pages (b) one page (c) ten pages (d) half a line
  11. 11.📄 In which résumé section does this go: school football team? (a) projects (b) skills (c) contact details (d) activities
  12. 12.📄 What font style suits a résumé? (a) five fancy fonts (b) one plain, clear font (c) all bold capitals (d) tiny handwriting
  13. 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) clubs and activities (b) school and marks (c) awards and prizes (d) a party selfie
  14. 14.📄 In which résumé section does this go: a survey of 50 shops? (a) skills (b) activities (c) projects (d) contact details
  15. 15.Which of these goes in the contact details? (a) a survey of 50 shops (b) your city and PIN code (c) basic HTML and CSS (d) spreadsheets (basic)
  16. 16.Which of these goes in the skills section? (a) school football team (b) basic HTML and CSS (c) a mobile number (d) your city and PIN code
  17. 17.True or false: “projects you did” belongs on a student résumé. (a) False (b) True
  18. 18.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: skills like typing? (a) leave it out (b) include it
  19. 19.📄 A student with no work experience should highlight… (a) nothing at all (b) their parents’ jobs (c) projects and activities (d) made-up jobs
  20. 20.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) your siblings’ marks (b) a party selfie (c) projects you did (d) your Aadhaar number
  21. 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) made-up marks (b) a long life story (c) your siblings’ marks (d) awards and prizes
  22. 22.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: school and marks? (a) leave it out (b) include it
  23. 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a party selfie (b) your passwords (c) school and marks (d) your Aadhaar number
  24. 24.📄 A résumé is… (a) a full autobiography (b) a letter of thanks (c) a school report card (d) a short summary of you
  25. 25.Which of these goes in the projects section? (a) a mobile number (b) Class 10 board: 88% (c) your city and PIN code (d) built a rain gauge model
  26. 26.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: a party selfie? (a) include it (b) leave it out
  27. 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) clubs and activities (b) school and marks (c) your siblings’ marks (d) projects you did
  28. 28.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: volunteer work? (a) leave it out (b) include it
  29. 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a long life story (b) your bank details (c) a party selfie (d) your phone and email
  30. 30.True or false: “awards and prizes” belongs on a student résumé. (a) True (b) False
  31. 31.Which of these goes in the education section? (a) school football team (b) a survey of 50 shops (c) B.Com first year (d) a mobile number
  32. 32.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) your phone and email (b) a long life story (c) clubs and activities (d) languages you know
  33. 33.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) skills like typing (b) projects you did (c) school and marks (d) your Aadhaar number
  34. 34.📄 In which résumé section does this go: Class 10 board: 88%? (a) activities (b) education (c) projects (d) skills
  35. 35.True or false: “skills like typing” belongs on a student résumé. (a) False (b) True
  36. 36.Which of these goes in the skills section? (a) typing 40 words a minute (b) debate club secretary (c) a website for our club (d) built a rain gauge model
  37. 37.True or false: “school and marks” should be left out of a résumé. (a) True (b) False
  38. 38.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your Aadhaar number? (a) leave it out (b) include it
  39. 39.True or false: “your bank details” should be left out of a résumé. (a) True (b) False
  40. 40.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: languages you know? (a) include it (b) leave it out

Answer key

  1. leave it out
  2. education
  3. True
  4. volunteer work
  5. False
  6. a party selfie
  7. False
  8. skills
  9. your Aadhaar number
  10. one page
  11. activities
  12. one plain, clear font
  13. a party selfie
  14. projects
  15. your city and PIN code
  16. basic HTML and CSS
  17. True
  18. include it
  19. projects and activities
  20. projects you did
  21. awards and prizes
  22. include it
  23. school and marks
  24. a short summary of you
  25. built a rain gauge model
  26. leave it out
  27. your siblings’ marks
  28. include it
  29. your phone and email
  30. True
  31. B.Com first year
  32. a long life story
  33. your Aadhaar number
  34. education
  35. True
  36. typing 40 words a minute
  37. False
  38. leave it out
  39. True
  40. include it

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