Résumé Worksheet: What to Include

Interview skills lesson 17: What goes on a student résumé · Set 372 · 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.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) school and marks (b) skills like typing (c) volunteer work (d) your Aadhaar number
2. 2.Which of these goes in the contact details? (a) Class 10 board: 88% (b) a mobile number (c) spreadsheets (basic) (d) debate club secretary
3. 3.True or false: “awards and prizes” belongs on a student résumé. (a) False (b) True
4. 4.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) awards and prizes (b) volunteer work (c) your siblings’ marks (d) clubs and activities
5. 5.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your passwords? (a) include it (b) leave it out
6. 6.📄 A student with no work experience should highlight… (a) their parents’ jobs (b) made-up jobs (c) nothing at all (d) projects and activities
7. 7.True or false: “languages you know” belongs on a student résumé. (a) True (b) False
8. 8.📄 How long should a student résumé usually be? (a) five pages (b) ten pages (c) half a line (d) one page
9. 9.📄 In which résumé section does this go: school football team? (a) contact details (b) skills (c) activities (d) education
10. 10.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) school and marks (b) your bank details (c) clubs and activities (d) skills like typing
11. 11.True or false: “a party selfie” belongs on a student résumé. (a) True (b) False
12. 12.📄 In which résumé section does this go: built a rain gauge model? (a) skills (b) projects (c) activities (d) education
13. 13.True or false: “clubs and activities” should be left out of a résumé. (a) True (b) False
14. 14.📄 In which résumé section does this go: your city and PIN code? (a) education (b) skills (c) activities (d) contact details
15. 15.Which of these goes in the contact details? (a) debate club secretary (b) spreadsheets (basic) (c) B.Com first year (d) your city and PIN code
16. 16.📄 In which résumé section does this go: eco club member? (a) skills (b) activities (c) projects (d) contact details
17. 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) languages you know (b) your siblings’ marks (c) volunteer work (d) school and marks
18. 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your phone and email (b) your bank details (c) volunteer work (d) clubs and activities
19. 19.📄 In which résumé section does this go: typing 40 words a minute? (a) skills (b) projects (c) contact details (d) education
20. 20.True or false: “school and marks” belongs on a student résumé. (a) True (b) False
21. 21.📄 In which résumé section does this go: debate club secretary? (a) activities (b) projects (c) contact details (d) education
22. 22.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) a party selfie (b) projects you did (c) your passwords (d) your siblings’ marks
23. 23.📄 In which résumé section does this go: Class 12 (Science), 2026? (a) activities (b) education (c) projects (d) skills
24. 24.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) clubs and activities (b) skills like typing (c) languages you know (d) your passwords
25. 25.True or false: “languages you know” should be left out of a résumé. (a) True (b) False
26. 26.Which of these goes in the projects section? (a) typing 40 words a minute (b) Class 12 (Science), 2026 (c) B.Com first year (d) a website for our club
27. 27.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your Aadhaar number? (a) include it (b) leave it out
28. 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a party selfie (b) clubs and activities (c) your phone and email (d) awards and prizes
29. 29.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: a party selfie? (a) include it (b) leave it out
30. 30.True or false: “your phone and email” belongs on a student résumé. (a) True (b) False
31. 31.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: projects you did? (a) leave it out (b) include it
32. 32.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your siblings’ marks? (a) leave it out (b) include it
33. 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) clubs and activities (b) your bank details (c) your siblings’ marks (d) a party selfie
34. 34.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) a long life story (b) volunteer work (c) your phone and email (d) skills like typing
35. 35.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: volunteer work? (a) include it (b) leave it out
36. 36.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your Aadhaar number (b) your siblings’ marks (c) your phone and email (d) your passwords
37. 37.True or false: “volunteer work” should be left out of a résumé. (a) False (b) True
38. 38.📄 In which résumé section does this go: a survey of 50 shops? (a) contact details (b) projects (c) skills (d) activities
39. 39.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) your phone and email (b) school and marks (c) skills like typing (d) made-up marks
40. 40.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) a long life story (b) your siblings’ marks (c) school and marks (d) a party selfie

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