Résumé Worksheet: What to Include

Interview skills lesson 17: What goes on a student résumé · Set 387 · 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) languages you know (b) clubs and activities (c) your Aadhaar number (d) your phone and email
2. 2.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) your siblings’ marks (b) clubs and activities (c) awards and prizes (d) languages you know
3. 3.Which of these goes in the education section? (a) Class 12 (Science), 2026 (b) typing 40 words a minute (c) built a rain gauge model (d) eco club member
4. 4.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: made-up marks? (a) include it (b) leave it out
5. 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a party selfie (b) volunteer work (c) your Aadhaar number (d) your siblings’ marks
6. 6.True or false: “school and marks” belongs on a student résumé. (a) True (b) False
7. 7.📄 In which résumé section does this go: school football team? (a) skills (b) contact details (c) projects (d) activities
8. 8.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) skills like typing (b) your bank details (c) awards and prizes (d) projects you did
9. 9.Which of these goes in the contact details? (a) a mobile number (b) school football team (c) debate club secretary (d) a website for our club
10. 10.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) awards and prizes (b) projects you did (c) your phone and email (d) your Aadhaar number
11. 11.📄 In which résumé section does this go: typing 40 words a minute? (a) contact details (b) skills (c) education (d) activities
12. 12.True or false: “made-up marks” belongs on a student résumé. (a) True (b) False
13. 13.📄 In which résumé section does this go: a website for our club? (a) skills (b) projects (c) activities (d) education
14. 14.📄 How long should a student résumé usually be? (a) half a line (b) one page (c) ten pages (d) five pages
15. 15.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) languages you know (b) your passwords (c) your Aadhaar number (d) your bank details
16. 16.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: skills like typing? (a) include it (b) leave it out
17. 17.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) a long life story (b) your Aadhaar number (c) a party selfie (d) your phone and email
18. 18.Which of these goes in the activities section? (a) typing 40 words a minute (b) debate club secretary (c) a website for our club (d) your city and PIN code
19. 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) languages you know (b) your siblings’ marks (c) a long life story (d) made-up marks
20. 20.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: languages you know? (a) include it (b) leave it out
21. 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) languages you know (b) awards and prizes (c) clubs and activities (d) a party selfie
22. 22.True or false: “awards and prizes” should be left out of a résumé. (a) True (b) False
23. 23.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) projects you did (b) volunteer work (c) clubs and activities (d) made-up marks
24. 24.📄 A student with no work experience should highlight… (a) made-up jobs (b) their parents’ jobs (c) nothing at all (d) projects and activities
25. 25.Which of these goes in the activities section? (a) B.Com first year (b) Class 10 board: 88% (c) school football team (d) a website for our club
26. 26.Which of these goes in the education section? (a) basic HTML and CSS (b) a survey of 50 shops (c) typing 40 words a minute (d) Class 10 board: 88%
27. 27.📄 In which résumé section does this go: an email ID? (a) contact details (b) projects (c) activities (d) education
28. 28.Which of these goes in the skills section? (a) debate club secretary (b) a mobile number (c) Class 12 (Science), 2026 (d) typing 40 words a minute
29. 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your phone and email (b) your bank details (c) a party selfie (d) your Aadhaar number
30. 30.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) your passwords (b) school and marks (c) a party selfie (d) a long life story
31. 31.📄 What font style suits a résumé? (a) tiny handwriting (b) one plain, clear font (c) all bold capitals (d) five fancy fonts
32. 32.True or false: “a party selfie” should be left out of a résumé. (a) True (b) False
33. 33.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) a party selfie (b) made-up marks (c) projects you did (d) your siblings’ marks
34. 34.Which of these goes in the projects section? (a) typing 40 words a minute (b) school football team (c) spreadsheets (basic) (d) a website for our club
35. 35.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: a long life story? (a) leave it out (b) include it
36. 36.📄 Your résumé says you led a club. In the interview you should… (a) say it was a joke (b) change the subject (c) deny it (d) be ready to explain it
37. 37.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) a party selfie (b) projects you did (c) your phone and email (d) volunteer work
38. 38.Which of these goes in the projects section? (a) Class 10 board: 88% (b) a survey of 50 shops (c) eco club member (d) debate club secretary
39. 39.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your siblings’ marks? (a) include it (b) leave it out
40. 40.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) volunteer work (b) a long life story (c) your siblings’ marks (d) made-up marks

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