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Résumé Worksheet: What to Include

Interview skills lesson 17: What goes on a student résumé · Set 444 · 40 questions
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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.

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  1. 1.True or false: “languages you know” should be left out of a résumé. (a) True (b) False
  2. 2.True or false: “a long life story” belongs on a student résumé. (a) True (b) False
  3. 3.📄 In which résumé section does this go: a mobile number? (a) education (b) skills (c) contact details (d) activities
  4. 4.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: skills like typing? (a) leave it out (b) include it
  5. 5.📄 In which résumé section does this go: Class 12 (Science), 2026? (a) education (b) projects (c) activities (d) contact details
  6. 6.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) projects you did (b) your passwords (c) languages you know (d) awards and prizes
  7. 7.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) school and marks (b) your Aadhaar number (c) volunteer work (d) skills like typing
  8. 8.Which of these goes in the activities section? (a) typing 40 words a minute (b) Class 12 (Science), 2026 (c) basic HTML and CSS (d) eco club member
  9. 9.📄 In which résumé section does this go: B.Com first year? (a) skills (b) education (c) contact details (d) projects
  10. 10.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your siblings’ marks? (a) include it (b) leave it out
  11. 11.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: projects you did? (a) leave it out (b) include it
  12. 12.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) a party selfie (b) awards and prizes (c) volunteer work (d) skills like typing
  13. 13.True or false: “a party selfie” should be left out of a résumé. (a) True (b) False
  14. 14.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) school and marks (b) your passwords (c) your siblings’ marks (d) a party selfie
  15. 15.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: a party selfie? (a) include it (b) leave it out
  16. 16.📄 In which résumé section does this go: eco club member? (a) projects (b) skills (c) education (d) activities
  17. 17.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) projects you did (b) made-up marks (c) languages you know (d) awards and prizes
  18. 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) made-up marks (b) your passwords (c) awards and prizes (d) your Aadhaar number
  19. 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) made-up marks (b) projects you did (c) skills like typing (d) school and marks
  20. 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) made-up marks (b) languages you know (c) a party selfie (d) your Aadhaar number
  21. 21.Which of these goes in the contact details? (a) your city and PIN code (b) built a rain gauge model (c) Class 10 board: 88% (d) typing 40 words a minute
  22. 22.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your phone and email? (a) leave it out (b) include it
  23. 23.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) skills like typing (b) school and marks (c) clubs and activities (d) a long life story
  24. 24.📄 A student with no work experience should highlight… (a) made-up jobs (b) their parents’ jobs (c) projects and activities (d) nothing at all
  25. 25.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) skills like typing (b) clubs and activities (c) your siblings’ marks (d) awards and prizes
  26. 26.📄 In which résumé section does this go: an email ID? (a) activities (b) contact details (c) skills (d) education
  27. 27.📄 How long should a student résumé usually be? (a) one page (b) half a line (c) ten pages (d) five pages
  28. 28.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: made-up marks? (a) include it (b) leave it out
  29. 29.True or false: “languages you know” belongs on a student résumé. (a) False (b) True
  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.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your passwords? (a) leave it out (b) include it
  32. 32.True or false: “clubs and activities” belongs on a student résumé. (a) True (b) False
  33. 33.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) your Aadhaar number (b) your bank details (c) your passwords (d) projects you did
  34. 34.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) your Aadhaar number (b) a long life story (c) your bank details (d) awards and prizes
  35. 35.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) your Aadhaar number (b) a long life story (c) your siblings’ marks (d) your phone and email
  36. 36.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) a long life story (b) made-up marks (c) a party selfie (d) volunteer work
  37. 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) languages you know (b) your phone and email (c) clubs and activities (d) a long life story
  38. 38.True or false: “skills like typing” should be left out of a résumé. (a) False (b) True
  39. 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your phone and email (b) languages you know (c) awards and prizes (d) your passwords
  40. 40.True or false: “school and marks” should be left out of a résumé. (a) False (b) True

Answer key

  1. False
  2. False
  3. contact details
  4. include it
  5. education
  6. your passwords
  7. your Aadhaar number
  8. eco club member
  9. education
  10. leave it out
  11. include it
  12. a party selfie
  13. True
  14. school and marks
  15. leave it out
  16. activities
  17. made-up marks
  18. awards and prizes
  19. made-up marks
  20. languages you know
  21. your city and PIN code
  22. include it
  23. a long life story
  24. projects and activities
  25. your siblings’ marks
  26. contact details
  27. one page
  28. leave it out
  29. True
  30. one plain, clear font
  31. leave it out
  32. True
  33. projects you did
  34. awards and prizes
  35. your phone and email
  36. volunteer work
  37. a long life story
  38. False
  39. your passwords
  40. False

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