Résumé Worksheet: What to Include

Interview skills lesson 17: What goes on a student résumé · Set 410 · 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) a long life story (b) volunteer work (c) awards and prizes (d) your phone and email
2. 2.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) volunteer work (b) school and marks (c) your bank details (d) skills like typing
3. 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your phone and email (b) made-up marks (c) your Aadhaar number (d) your bank details
4. 4.📄 How long should a student résumé usually be? (a) ten pages (b) half a line (c) five pages (d) one page
5. 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) volunteer work (b) your bank details (c) a long life story (d) your Aadhaar number
6. 6.Which of these goes in the activities section? (a) an email ID (b) eco club member (c) Class 10 board: 88% (d) your city and PIN code
7. 7.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) skills like typing (b) your bank details (c) languages you know (d) your phone and email
8. 8.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your passwords? (a) include it (b) leave it out
9. 9.True or false: “skills like typing” belongs on a student résumé. (a) True (b) False
10. 10.True or false: “languages you know” should be left out of a résumé. (a) False (b) True
11. 11.📄 What font style suits a résumé? (a) five fancy fonts (b) tiny handwriting (c) one plain, clear font (d) all bold capitals
12. 12.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) a long life story (b) made-up marks (c) your bank details (d) projects you did
13. 13.📄 In which résumé section does this go: Class 10 board: 88%? (a) projects (b) education (c) activities (d) contact details
14. 14.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) made-up marks (b) awards and prizes (c) your Aadhaar number (d) a long life story
15. 15.Which of these goes in the activities section? (a) school football team (b) typing 40 words a minute (c) your city and PIN code (d) basic HTML and CSS
16. 16.📄 In which résumé section does this go: debate club secretary? (a) projects (b) contact details (c) skills (d) activities
17. 17.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: clubs and activities? (a) leave it out (b) include it
18. 18.📄 In which résumé section does this go: a mobile number? (a) education (b) contact details (c) skills (d) projects
19. 19.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: volunteer work? (a) leave it out (b) include it
20. 20.📄 In which résumé section does this go: a survey of 50 shops? (a) contact details (b) projects (c) education (d) activities
21. 21.Which of these goes in the skills section? (a) school football team (b) eco club member (c) typing 40 words a minute (d) Class 12 (Science), 2026
22. 22.True or false: “made-up marks” should be left out of a résumé. (a) False (b) True
23. 23.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) volunteer work (b) school and marks (c) your siblings’ marks (d) your phone and email
24. 24.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) a long life story (b) your siblings’ marks (c) your Aadhaar number (d) your phone and email
25. 25.📄 In which résumé section does this go: school football team? (a) projects (b) contact details (c) education (d) activities
26. 26.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) a party selfie (b) your passwords (c) school and marks (d) a long life story
27. 27.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) your Aadhaar number (b) a party selfie (c) your passwords (d) volunteer work
28. 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) projects you did (b) awards and prizes (c) your phone and email (d) made-up marks
29. 29.📄 A résumé is… (a) a short summary of you (b) a school report card (c) a full autobiography (d) a letter of thanks
30. 30.True or false: “a party selfie” should be left out of a résumé. (a) False (b) True
31. 31.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: school and marks? (a) leave it out (b) include it
32. 32.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: projects you did? (a) leave it out (b) include it
33. 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your bank details (b) your passwords (c) your siblings’ marks (d) skills like typing
34. 34.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) languages you know (b) projects you did (c) a party selfie (d) volunteer work
35. 35.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) your Aadhaar number (b) school and marks (c) clubs and activities (d) languages you know
36. 36.True or false: “your siblings’ marks” belongs on a student résumé. (a) True (b) False
37. 37.📄 In which résumé section does this go: built a rain gauge model? (a) projects (b) skills (c) activities (d) education
38. 38.📄 Your résumé says you led a club. In the interview you should… (a) deny it (b) change the subject (c) say it was a joke (d) be ready to explain it
39. 39.📄 In which résumé section does this go: typing 40 words a minute? (a) skills (b) contact details (c) activities (d) education
40. 40.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) your phone and email (b) skills like typing (c) awards and prizes (d) made-up marks

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