Résumé Worksheet: What to Include

Interview skills lesson 17: What goes on a student résumé · Set 452 · 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.True or false: “a long life story” should be left out of a résumé. (a) True (b) False
2. 2.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your phone and email? (a) include it (b) leave it out
3. 3.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) your bank details (b) made-up marks (c) school and marks (d) your Aadhaar number
4. 4.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: awards and prizes? (a) leave it out (b) include it
5. 5.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) projects you did (b) clubs and activities (c) languages you know (d) a party selfie
6. 6.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your bank details? (a) leave it out (b) include it
7. 7.📄 A résumé is… (a) a full autobiography (b) a letter of thanks (c) a school report card (d) a short summary of you
8. 8.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: clubs and activities? (a) leave it out (b) include it
9. 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your siblings’ marks (b) your bank details (c) made-up marks (d) projects you did
10. 10.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) awards and prizes (b) clubs and activities (c) school and marks (d) a long life story
11. 11.📄 In which résumé section does this go: school football team? (a) contact details (b) projects (c) skills (d) activities
12. 12.📄 In which résumé section does this go: built a rain gauge model? (a) education (b) activities (c) projects (d) skills
13. 13.True or false: “a long life story” belongs on a student résumé. (a) False (b) True
14. 14.📄 A student with no work experience should highlight… (a) made-up jobs (b) nothing at all (c) their parents’ jobs (d) projects and activities
15. 15.📄 How long should a student résumé usually be? (a) one page (b) five pages (c) half a line (d) ten pages
16. 16.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) languages you know (b) your phone and email (c) your passwords (d) school and marks
17. 17.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) awards and prizes (b) made-up marks (c) projects you did (d) skills like typing
18. 18.True or false: “your phone and email” belongs on a student résumé. (a) False (b) True
19. 19.True or false: “your Aadhaar number” belongs on a student résumé. (a) False (b) True
20. 20.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: languages you know? (a) leave it out (b) include it
21. 21.📄 In which résumé section does this go: eco club member? (a) projects (b) education (c) activities (d) contact details
22. 22.Which of these goes in the education section? (a) basic HTML and CSS (b) built a rain gauge model (c) a mobile number (d) Class 12 (Science), 2026
23. 23.📄 In which résumé section does this go: B.Com first year? (a) skills (b) activities (c) education (d) contact details
24. 24.True or false: “projects you did” should be left out of a résumé. (a) True (b) False
25. 25.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) projects you did (b) clubs and activities (c) volunteer work (d) your siblings’ marks
26. 26.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: school and marks? (a) leave it out (b) include it
27. 27.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) awards and prizes (b) languages you know (c) your phone and email (d) a long life story
28. 28.True or false: “volunteer work” should be left out of a résumé. (a) True (b) False
29. 29.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: a party selfie? (a) leave it out (b) include it
30. 30.📄 In which résumé section does this go: a survey of 50 shops? (a) education (b) contact details (c) projects (d) activities
31. 31.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: volunteer work? (a) leave it out (b) include it
32. 32.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your siblings’ marks? (a) leave it out (b) include it
33. 33.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) your bank details (b) clubs and activities (c) skills like typing (d) projects you did
34. 34.📄 Your résumé says you led a club. In the interview you should… (a) change the subject (b) deny it (c) be ready to explain it (d) say it was a joke
35. 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your Aadhaar number (b) skills like typing (c) projects you did (d) clubs and activities
36. 36.True or false: “made-up marks” should be left out of a résumé. (a) False (b) True
37. 37.Which of these goes in the education section? (a) typing 40 words a minute (b) B.Com first year (c) school football team (d) basic HTML and CSS
38. 38.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) volunteer work (b) made-up marks (c) a party selfie (d) a long life story
39. 39.Which of these goes in the activities section? (a) debate club secretary (b) basic HTML and CSS (c) Class 10 board: 88% (d) Class 12 (Science), 2026
40. 40.True or false: “your bank details” belongs on a student résumé. (a) False (b) True

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