Résumé Worksheet: What to Include

Interview skills lesson 17: What goes on a student résumé · Set 458 · 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) school and marks (b) your Aadhaar number (c) a party selfie (d) your bank details
2. 2.📄 Your résumé says you led a club. In the interview you should… (a) be ready to explain it (b) deny it (c) say it was a joke (d) change the subject
3. 3.True or false: “projects you did” should be left out of a résumé. (a) False (b) True
4. 4.Which of these goes in the education section? (a) an email ID (b) school football team (c) B.Com first year (d) spreadsheets (basic)
5. 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) projects you did (b) a party selfie (c) clubs and activities (d) languages you know
6. 6.📄 A résumé is… (a) a full autobiography (b) a short summary of you (c) a letter of thanks (d) a school report card
7. 7.📄 In which résumé section does this go: typing 40 words a minute? (a) activities (b) projects (c) contact details (d) skills
8. 8.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: clubs and activities? (a) include it (b) leave it out
9. 9.True or false: “made-up marks” belongs on a student résumé. (a) True (b) False
10. 10.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) made-up marks (b) your Aadhaar number (c) your bank details (d) projects you did
11. 11.True or false: “your passwords” belongs on a student résumé. (a) False (b) True
12. 12.True or false: “your Aadhaar number” belongs on a student résumé. (a) True (b) False
13. 13.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: languages you know? (a) include it (b) leave it out
14. 14.Which of these goes in the education section? (a) debate club secretary (b) a survey of 50 shops (c) a website for our club (d) Class 10 board: 88%
15. 15.True or false: “projects you did” belongs on a student résumé. (a) False (b) True
16. 16.True or false: “awards and prizes” should be left out of a résumé. (a) False (b) True
17. 17.📄 A student with no work experience should highlight… (a) projects and activities (b) nothing at all (c) their parents’ jobs (d) made-up jobs
18. 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) projects you did (b) awards and prizes (c) languages you know (d) your Aadhaar number
19. 19.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: made-up marks? (a) leave it out (b) include it
20. 20.Which of these goes in the skills section? (a) built a rain gauge model (b) your city and PIN code (c) basic HTML and CSS (d) an email ID
21. 21.📄 How long should a student résumé usually be? (a) one page (b) five pages (c) half a line (d) ten pages
22. 22.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) skills like typing (b) projects you did (c) a long life story (d) school and marks
23. 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your phone and email (b) a long life story (c) projects you did (d) school and marks
24. 24.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) skills like typing (b) your siblings’ marks (c) made-up marks (d) a long life story
25. 25.True or false: “your bank details” belongs on a student résumé. (a) False (b) True
26. 26.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) projects you did (b) your bank details (c) a party selfie (d) your siblings’ marks
27. 27.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: a party selfie? (a) include it (b) leave it out
28. 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your passwords (b) volunteer work (c) made-up marks (d) your siblings’ marks
29. 29.Which of these goes in the education section? (a) eco club member (b) typing 40 words a minute (c) a mobile number (d) Class 12 (Science), 2026
30. 30.📄 In which résumé section does this go: Class 10 board: 88%? (a) contact details (b) activities (c) education (d) projects
31. 31.True or false: “your phone and email” belongs on a student résumé. (a) False (b) True
32. 32.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) your bank details (b) a party selfie (c) your passwords (d) clubs and activities
33. 33.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) made-up marks (b) clubs and activities (c) skills like typing (d) projects you did
34. 34.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) clubs and activities (b) skills like typing (c) your phone and email (d) your bank details
35. 35.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: skills like typing? (a) include it (b) leave it out
36. 36.True or false: “volunteer work” belongs on a student résumé. (a) False (b) True
37. 37.Which of these goes in the activities section? (a) your city and PIN code (b) a mobile number (c) Class 12 (Science), 2026 (d) eco club member
38. 38.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: school and marks? (a) include it (b) leave it out
39. 39.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) projects you did (b) school and marks (c) your phone and email (d) your Aadhaar number
40. 40.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) a long life story (b) your Aadhaar number (c) your siblings’ marks (d) your phone and email

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