Résumé Worksheet: What to Include

Interview skills lesson 17: What goes on a student résumé · Set 363 · 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: school and marks? (a) include it (b) leave it out
2. 2.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) clubs and activities (b) volunteer work (c) languages you know (d) made-up marks
3. 3.True or false: “your passwords” should be left out of a résumé. (a) True (b) False
4. 4.Which of these goes in the projects section? (a) Class 12 (Science), 2026 (b) an email ID (c) a mobile number (d) built a rain gauge model
5. 5.Which of these goes in the contact details? (a) Class 10 board: 88% (b) an email ID (c) Class 12 (Science), 2026 (d) school football team
6. 6.📄 In which résumé section does this go: your city and PIN code? (a) skills (b) activities (c) contact details (d) education
7. 7.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) clubs and activities (b) your phone and email (c) awards and prizes (d) your Aadhaar number
8. 8.📄 What font style suits a résumé? (a) tiny handwriting (b) five fancy fonts (c) all bold capitals (d) one plain, clear font
9. 9.📄 Your résumé says you led a club. In the interview you should… (a) change the subject (b) be ready to explain it (c) deny it (d) say it was a joke
10. 10.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a party selfie (b) your Aadhaar number (c) awards and prizes (d) a long life story
11. 11.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your Aadhaar number? (a) include it (b) leave it out
12. 12.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) languages you know (b) your phone and email (c) a long life story (d) skills like typing
13. 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) awards and prizes (b) projects you did (c) a long life story (d) your phone and email
14. 14.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) your passwords (b) languages you know (c) school and marks (d) projects you did
15. 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) languages you know (b) a party selfie (c) your bank details (d) your passwords
16. 16.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) made-up marks (b) a long life story (c) your phone and email (d) your bank details
17. 17.Which of these goes in the skills section? (a) school football team (b) your city and PIN code (c) eco club member (d) spreadsheets (basic)
18. 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) awards and prizes (b) your bank details (c) languages you know (d) projects you did
19. 19.True or false: “your phone and email” belongs on a student résumé. (a) False (b) True
20. 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) awards and prizes (b) your passwords (c) volunteer work (d) languages you know
21. 21.Which of these goes in the contact details? (a) typing 40 words a minute (b) B.Com first year (c) built a rain gauge model (d) your city and PIN code
22. 22.Which of these goes in the education section? (a) an email ID (b) school football team (c) a website for our club (d) Class 10 board: 88%
23. 23.📄 How long should a student résumé usually be? (a) ten pages (b) half a line (c) five pages (d) one page
24. 24.True or false: “awards and prizes” belongs on a student résumé. (a) False (b) True
25. 25.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: clubs and activities? (a) leave it out (b) include it
26. 26.Which of these goes in the education section? (a) eco club member (b) Class 12 (Science), 2026 (c) basic HTML and CSS (d) a survey of 50 shops
27. 27.📄 In which résumé section does this go: built a rain gauge model? (a) activities (b) education (c) projects (d) contact details
28. 28.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your passwords? (a) include it (b) leave it out
29. 29.📄 In which résumé section does this go: a website for our club? (a) projects (b) skills (c) education (d) activities
30. 30.Which of these goes in the activities section? (a) school football team (b) a mobile number (c) an email ID (d) built a rain gauge model
31. 31.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) your Aadhaar number (b) skills like typing (c) your siblings’ marks (d) made-up marks
32. 32.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: languages you know? (a) include it (b) leave it out
33. 33.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) projects you did (b) volunteer work (c) school and marks (d) your siblings’ marks
34. 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your Aadhaar number (b) awards and prizes (c) clubs and activities (d) skills like typing
35. 35.📄 A student with no work experience should highlight… (a) nothing at all (b) their parents’ jobs (c) made-up jobs (d) projects and activities
36. 36.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) made-up marks (b) school and marks (c) a party selfie (d) your bank details
37. 37.True or false: “made-up marks” should be left out of a résumé. (a) True (b) False
38. 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) projects you did (b) skills like typing (c) school and marks (d) a party selfie
39. 39.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) projects you did (b) school and marks (c) clubs and activities (d) a party selfie
40. 40.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: projects you did? (a) leave it out (b) include it

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