Résumé Worksheet: What to Include

Interview skills lesson 17: What goes on a student résumé · Set 395 · 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.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: awards and prizes? (a) leave it out (b) include it
3. 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a long life story (b) clubs and activities (c) languages you know (d) skills like typing
4. 4.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your phone and email? (a) include it (b) leave it out
5. 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your passwords (b) your bank details (c) your siblings’ marks (d) skills like typing
6. 6.📄 In which résumé section does this go: school football team? (a) skills (b) contact details (c) education (d) activities
7. 7.True or false: “awards and prizes” should be left out of a résumé. (a) True (b) False
8. 8.📄 A student with no work experience should highlight… (a) their parents’ jobs (b) projects and activities (c) made-up jobs (d) nothing at all
9. 9.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) skills like typing (b) languages you know (c) awards and prizes (d) your passwords
10. 10.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) volunteer work (b) awards and prizes (c) a long life story (d) school and marks
11. 11.📄 Your résumé says you led a club. In the interview you should… (a) be ready to explain it (b) change the subject (c) say it was a joke (d) deny it
12. 12.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your Aadhaar number (b) skills like typing (c) languages you know (d) volunteer work
13. 13.True or false: “school and marks” belongs on a student résumé. (a) True (b) False
14. 14.Which of these goes in the skills section? (a) an email ID (b) Class 10 board: 88% (c) typing 40 words a minute (d) built a rain gauge model
15. 15.Which of these goes in the activities section? (a) basic HTML and CSS (b) school football team (c) an email ID (d) Class 12 (Science), 2026
16. 16.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: languages you know? (a) leave it out (b) include it
17. 17.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: projects you did? (a) leave it out (b) include it
18. 18.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) a party selfie (b) school and marks (c) projects you did (d) volunteer work
19. 19.True or false: “your Aadhaar number” should be left out of a résumé. (a) False (b) True
20. 20.True or false: “skills like typing” should be left out of a résumé. (a) False (b) True
21. 21.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) your siblings’ marks (b) school and marks (c) languages you know (d) projects you did
22. 22.📄 How long should a student résumé usually be? (a) five pages (b) one page (c) half a line (d) ten pages
23. 23.True or false: “volunteer work” should be left out of a résumé. (a) False (b) True
24. 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) clubs and activities (b) a party selfie (c) skills like typing (d) your phone and email
25. 25.Which of these goes in the education section? (a) typing 40 words a minute (b) school football team (c) a mobile number (d) B.Com first year
26. 26.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: clubs and activities? (a) include it (b) leave it out
27. 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your bank details (b) awards and prizes (c) your siblings’ marks (d) your passwords
28. 28.True or false: “skills like typing” belongs on a student résumé. (a) True (b) False
29. 29.📄 In which résumé section does this go: basic HTML and CSS? (a) education (b) skills (c) activities (d) contact details
30. 30.📄 What font style suits a résumé? (a) five fancy fonts (b) all bold capitals (c) one plain, clear font (d) tiny handwriting
31. 31.True or false: “projects you did” belongs on a student résumé. (a) False (b) True
32. 32.Which of these goes in the activities section? (a) debate club secretary (b) Class 12 (Science), 2026 (c) Class 10 board: 88% (d) spreadsheets (basic)
33. 33.True or false: “projects you did” should be left out of a résumé. (a) False (b) True
34. 34.True or false: “a party selfie” belongs on a student résumé. (a) True (b) False
35. 35.📄 A résumé is… (a) a full autobiography (b) a letter of thanks (c) a short summary of you (d) a school report card
36. 36.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your siblings’ marks (b) your bank details (c) a long life story (d) volunteer work
37. 37.📄 In which résumé section does this go: built a rain gauge model? (a) education (b) projects (c) skills (d) contact details
38. 38.Which of these goes in the skills section? (a) a survey of 50 shops (b) basic HTML and CSS (c) eco club member (d) your city and PIN code
39. 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) languages you know (b) made-up marks (c) skills like typing (d) your phone and email
40. 40.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) your siblings’ marks (b) your Aadhaar number (c) your passwords (d) awards and prizes

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