Résumé Worksheet: What to Include

Interview skills lesson 17: What goes on a student résumé · Set 405 · 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 is the odd one out? (a) your passwords (b) your bank details (c) awards and prizes (d) your siblings’ marks
2. 2.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) made-up marks (b) your siblings’ marks (c) your bank details (d) languages you know
3. 3.📄 Your résumé says you led a club. In the interview you should… (a) change the subject (b) say it was a joke (c) deny it (d) be ready to explain it
4. 4.📄 In which résumé section does this go: Class 10 board: 88%? (a) projects (b) activities (c) skills (d) education
5. 5.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) volunteer work (b) projects you did (c) school and marks (d) your siblings’ marks
6. 6.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) clubs and activities (b) school and marks (c) your bank details (d) volunteer work
7. 7.Which of these goes in the education section? (a) a survey of 50 shops (b) basic HTML and CSS (c) Class 10 board: 88% (d) typing 40 words a minute
8. 8.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: school and marks? (a) include it (b) leave it out
9. 9.📄 A student with no work experience should highlight… (a) nothing at all (b) made-up jobs (c) their parents’ jobs (d) projects and activities
10. 10.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a long life story (b) skills like typing (c) languages you know (d) your phone and email
11. 11.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) languages you know (b) clubs and activities (c) awards and prizes (d) a party selfie
12. 12.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your Aadhaar number? (a) include it (b) leave it out
13. 13.True or false: “school and marks” should be left out of a résumé. (a) True (b) False
14. 14.📄 In which résumé section does this go: an email ID? (a) education (b) projects (c) contact details (d) skills
15. 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your bank details (b) a party selfie (c) made-up marks (d) volunteer work
16. 16.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: a party selfie? (a) include it (b) leave it out
17. 17.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: made-up marks? (a) include it (b) leave it out
18. 18.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) volunteer work (b) languages you know (c) your phone and email (d) your Aadhaar number
19. 19.True or false: “projects you did” should be left out of a résumé. (a) False (b) True
20. 20.True or false: “your phone and email” belongs on a student résumé. (a) True (b) False
21. 21.True or false: “clubs and activities” belongs on a student résumé. (a) False (b) True
22. 22.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) your Aadhaar number (b) clubs and activities (c) made-up marks (d) your siblings’ marks
23. 23.True or false: “clubs and activities” should be left out of a résumé. (a) False (b) True
24. 24.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) your siblings’ marks (b) skills like typing (c) a long life story (d) a party selfie
25. 25.True or false: “a party selfie” belongs on a student résumé. (a) False (b) True
26. 26.True or false: “your siblings’ marks” should be left out of a résumé. (a) True (b) False
27. 27.Which of these goes in the projects section? (a) a mobile number (b) built a rain gauge model (c) Class 12 (Science), 2026 (d) basic HTML and CSS
28. 28.True or false: “your siblings’ marks” belongs on a student résumé. (a) False (b) True
29. 29.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) skills like typing (b) your phone and email (c) school and marks (d) a long life story
30. 30.📄 In which résumé section does this go: a mobile number? (a) contact details (b) skills (c) education (d) activities
31. 31.True or false: “your Aadhaar number” belongs on a student résumé. (a) True (b) False
32. 32.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: languages you know? (a) include it (b) leave it out
33. 33.📄 A résumé is… (a) a letter of thanks (b) a short summary of you (c) a school report card (d) a full autobiography
34. 34.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) a long life story (b) made-up marks (c) volunteer work (d) your Aadhaar number
35. 35.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) awards and prizes (b) your passwords (c) school and marks (d) volunteer work
36. 36.📄 In which résumé section does this go: debate club secretary? (a) education (b) contact details (c) activities (d) skills
37. 37.Which of these goes in the contact details? (a) B.Com first year (b) an email ID (c) Class 10 board: 88% (d) built a rain gauge model
38. 38.True or false: “a long life story” belongs on a student résumé. (a) True (b) False
39. 39.📄 In which résumé section does this go: school football team? (a) projects (b) skills (c) education (d) activities
40. 40.True or false: “your bank details” should be left out of a résumé. (a) False (b) True

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