Résumé Worksheet: What to Include

Interview skills lesson 17: What goes on a student résumé · Set 370 · 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: languages you know? (a) leave it out (b) include it
2. 2.Which of these goes in the education section? (a) an email ID (b) school football team (c) Class 12 (Science), 2026 (d) typing 40 words a minute
3. 3.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) awards and prizes (b) languages you know (c) your phone and email (d) made-up marks
4. 4.📄 In which résumé section does this go: a survey of 50 shops? (a) projects (b) education (c) skills (d) activities
5. 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a party selfie (b) a long life story (c) your siblings’ marks (d) school and marks
6. 6.True or false: “made-up marks” should be left out of a résumé. (a) True (b) False
7. 7.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) projects you did (b) volunteer work (c) made-up marks (d) languages you know
8. 8.Which of these goes in the activities section? (a) eco club member (b) an email ID (c) spreadsheets (basic) (d) Class 12 (Science), 2026
9. 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your passwords (b) awards and prizes (c) school and marks (d) your phone and email
10. 10.📄 How long should a student résumé usually be? (a) one page (b) five pages (c) ten pages (d) half a line
11. 11.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: a party selfie? (a) leave it out (b) include it
12. 12.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) clubs and activities (b) a party selfie (c) awards and prizes (d) skills like typing
13. 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) school and marks (b) skills like typing (c) your Aadhaar number (d) volunteer work
14. 14.📄 In which résumé section does this go: school football team? (a) activities (b) skills (c) contact details (d) education
15. 15.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: made-up marks? (a) leave it out (b) include it
16. 16.📄 A résumé is… (a) a full autobiography (b) a letter of thanks (c) a school report card (d) a short summary of you
17. 17.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) school and marks (b) awards and prizes (c) projects you did (d) a party selfie
18. 18.📄 In which résumé section does this go: spreadsheets (basic)? (a) projects (b) activities (c) contact details (d) skills
19. 19.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) a long life story (b) your bank details (c) made-up marks (d) your phone and email
20. 20.📄 Your résumé says you led a club. In the interview you should… (a) be ready to explain it (b) deny it (c) say it was a joke (d) change the subject
21. 21.📄 In which résumé section does this go: eco club member? (a) projects (b) education (c) activities (d) contact details
22. 22.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: volunteer work? (a) include it (b) leave it out
23. 23.True or false: “a long life story” belongs on a student résumé. (a) False (b) True
24. 24.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) projects you did (b) awards and prizes (c) school and marks (d) your siblings’ marks
25. 25.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) your passwords (b) a party selfie (c) clubs and activities (d) a long life story
26. 26.📄 In which résumé section does this go: built a rain gauge model? (a) projects (b) education (c) contact details (d) activities
27. 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) awards and prizes (b) made-up marks (c) your Aadhaar number (d) your passwords
28. 28.True or false: “volunteer work” belongs on a student résumé. (a) False (b) True
29. 29.📄 In which résumé section does this go: Class 10 board: 88%? (a) activities (b) projects (c) contact details (d) education
30. 30.📄 In which résumé section does this go: an email ID? (a) projects (b) activities (c) education (d) contact details
31. 31.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: awards and prizes? (a) leave it out (b) include it
32. 32.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) your Aadhaar number (b) a long life story (c) your siblings’ marks (d) languages you know
33. 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your Aadhaar number (b) clubs and activities (c) your bank details (d) made-up marks
34. 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a party selfie (b) made-up marks (c) skills like typing (d) your bank details
35. 35.True or false: “projects you did” belongs on a student résumé. (a) True (b) False
36. 36.📄 In which résumé section does this go: debate club secretary? (a) education (b) contact details (c) skills (d) activities
37. 37.📄 In which résumé section does this go: a mobile number? (a) education (b) skills (c) contact details (d) activities
38. 38.True or false: “a long life story” should be left out of a résumé. (a) True (b) False
39. 39.Which of these goes in the contact details? (a) spreadsheets (basic) (b) eco club member (c) an email ID (d) debate club secretary
40. 40.Which of these goes in the skills section? (a) B.Com first year (b) a survey of 50 shops (c) a website for our club (d) basic HTML and CSS

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