Résumé Worksheet: What to Include

Interview skills lesson 17: What goes on a student résumé · Set 379 · 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) made-up marks (b) awards and prizes (c) your phone and email (d) clubs and activities
2. 2.📄 How long should a student résumé usually be? (a) five pages (b) ten pages (c) one page (d) half a line
3. 3.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your Aadhaar number? (a) include it (b) leave it out
4. 4.📄 A student with no work experience should highlight… (a) made-up jobs (b) their parents’ jobs (c) projects and activities (d) nothing at all
5. 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) projects you did (b) a long life story (c) your phone and email (d) clubs and activities
6. 6.Which of these goes in the skills section? (a) typing 40 words a minute (b) your city and PIN code (c) a mobile number (d) debate club secretary
7. 7.True or false: “school and marks” should be left out of a résumé. (a) False (b) True
8. 8.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) awards and prizes (b) clubs and activities (c) your passwords (d) your phone and email
9. 9.True or false: “made-up marks” should be left out of a résumé. (a) False (b) True
10. 10.📄 In which résumé section does this go: Class 10 board: 88%? (a) education (b) activities (c) skills (d) projects
11. 11.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: a long life story? (a) include it (b) leave it out
12. 12.Which of these goes in the skills section? (a) Class 10 board: 88% (b) Class 12 (Science), 2026 (c) spreadsheets (basic) (d) eco club member
13. 13.📄 In which résumé section does this go: Class 12 (Science), 2026? (a) skills (b) activities (c) education (d) projects
14. 14.📄 In which résumé section does this go: basic HTML and CSS? (a) activities (b) contact details (c) education (d) skills
15. 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your passwords (b) your phone and email (c) a party selfie (d) your Aadhaar number
16. 16.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) your bank details (b) made-up marks (c) languages you know (d) your siblings’ marks
17. 17.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) made-up marks (b) your bank details (c) your passwords (d) volunteer work
18. 18.📄 What font style suits a résumé? (a) tiny handwriting (b) one plain, clear font (c) all bold capitals (d) five fancy fonts
19. 19.True or false: “awards and prizes” should be left out of a résumé. (a) True (b) False
20. 20.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) made-up marks (b) projects you did (c) your siblings’ marks (d) your passwords
21. 21.True or false: “your passwords” should be left out of a résumé. (a) True (b) False
22. 22.📄 In which résumé section does this go: a survey of 50 shops? (a) projects (b) contact details (c) skills (d) activities
23. 23.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your phone and email? (a) leave it out (b) include it
24. 24.True or false: “a long life story” belongs on a student résumé. (a) True (b) False
25. 25.📄 In which résumé section does this go: eco club member? (a) education (b) activities (c) contact details (d) skills
26. 26.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your Aadhaar number (b) made-up marks (c) school and marks (d) your bank details
27. 27.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: made-up marks? (a) leave it out (b) include it
28. 28.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) a long life story (b) languages you know (c) volunteer work (d) clubs and activities
29. 29.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) your siblings’ marks (b) clubs and activities (c) a party selfie (d) your Aadhaar number
30. 30.📄 In which résumé section does this go: spreadsheets (basic)? (a) skills (b) education (c) projects (d) activities
31. 31.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: a party selfie? (a) leave it out (b) include it
32. 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your passwords (b) languages you know (c) volunteer work (d) awards and prizes
33. 33.True or false: “a party selfie” belongs on a student résumé. (a) True (b) False
34. 34.True or false: “school and marks” belongs on a student résumé. (a) True (b) False
35. 35.True or false: “a party selfie” should be left out of a résumé. (a) False (b) True
36. 36.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: projects you did? (a) leave it out (b) include it
37. 37.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your passwords? (a) include it (b) leave it out
38. 38.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your siblings’ marks? (a) leave it out (b) include it
39. 39.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) school and marks (b) your Aadhaar number (c) your passwords (d) a party selfie
40. 40.Which of these goes in the contact details? (a) eco club member (b) an email ID (c) spreadsheets (basic) (d) Class 10 board: 88%

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