Résumé Worksheet: What to Include

Interview skills lesson 17: What goes on a student résumé · Set 402 · 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 belongs on a student résumé? (a) awards and prizes (b) made-up marks (c) your siblings’ marks (d) your Aadhaar number
2. 2.📄 In which résumé section does this go: Class 12 (Science), 2026? (a) projects (b) contact details (c) education (d) activities
3. 3.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) school and marks (b) your phone and email (c) your passwords (d) projects you did
4. 4.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) your phone and email (b) your siblings’ marks (c) volunteer work (d) clubs and activities
5. 5.True or false: “languages you know” should be left out of a résumé. (a) False (b) True
6. 6.📄 A résumé is… (a) a letter of thanks (b) a school report card (c) a short summary of you (d) a full autobiography
7. 7.📄 In which résumé section does this go: a website for our club? (a) skills (b) activities (c) education (d) projects
8. 8.Which of these goes in the projects section? (a) built a rain gauge model (b) a mobile number (c) typing 40 words a minute (d) an email ID
9. 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your siblings’ marks (b) languages you know (c) volunteer work (d) clubs and activities
10. 10.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: a long life story? (a) include it (b) leave it out
11. 11.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) a party selfie (b) made-up marks (c) projects you did (d) your siblings’ marks
12. 12.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: volunteer work? (a) leave it out (b) include it
13. 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) clubs and activities (b) languages you know (c) your passwords (d) school and marks
14. 14.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) your siblings’ marks (b) made-up marks (c) a party selfie (d) volunteer work
15. 15.True or false: “skills like typing” belongs on a student résumé. (a) False (b) True
16. 16.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your Aadhaar number? (a) include it (b) leave it out
17. 17.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: a party selfie? (a) include it (b) leave it out
18. 18.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) projects you did (b) languages you know (c) your bank details (d) school and marks
19. 19.True or false: “school and marks” belongs on a student résumé. (a) False (b) True
20. 20.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) a long life story (b) languages you know (c) awards and prizes (d) your phone and email
21. 21.True or false: “a party selfie” should be left out of a résumé. (a) False (b) True
22. 22.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: languages you know? (a) include it (b) leave it out
23. 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) made-up marks (b) a long life story (c) your bank details (d) awards and prizes
24. 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your passwords (b) made-up marks (c) languages you know (d) your Aadhaar number
25. 25.Which of these goes in the skills section? (a) a mobile number (b) spreadsheets (basic) (c) a survey of 50 shops (d) an email ID
26. 26.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: projects you did? (a) leave it out (b) include it
27. 27.📄 How long should a student résumé usually be? (a) ten pages (b) half a line (c) one page (d) five pages
28. 28.Which of these goes in the education section? (a) spreadsheets (basic) (b) a mobile number (c) built a rain gauge model (d) B.Com first year
29. 29.📄 A student with no work experience should highlight… (a) nothing at all (b) made-up jobs (c) their parents’ jobs (d) projects and activities
30. 30.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your siblings’ marks? (a) leave it out (b) include it
31. 31.True or false: “your siblings’ marks” belongs on a student résumé. (a) False (b) True
32. 32.📄 What font style suits a résumé? (a) all bold capitals (b) five fancy fonts (c) tiny handwriting (d) one plain, clear font
33. 33.True or false: “awards and prizes” should be left out of a résumé. (a) False (b) True
34. 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your phone and email (b) school and marks (c) a party selfie (d) awards and prizes
35. 35.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) languages you know (b) clubs and activities (c) your phone and email (d) a party selfie
36. 36.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) made-up marks (b) skills like typing (c) your passwords (d) your Aadhaar number
37. 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your passwords (b) a party selfie (c) skills like typing (d) your bank details
38. 38.Which of these goes in the activities section? (a) Class 10 board: 88% (b) Class 12 (Science), 2026 (c) basic HTML and CSS (d) eco club member
39. 39.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) a party selfie (b) languages you know (c) a long life story (d) your Aadhaar number
40. 40.📄 Your résumé says you led a club. In the interview you should… (a) say it was a joke (b) change the subject (c) be ready to explain it (d) deny it

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