Résumé Worksheet: What to Include

Interview skills lesson 17: What goes on a student résumé · Set 460 · 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 party selfie” should be left out of a résumé. (a) False (b) True
2. 2.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) made-up marks (b) clubs and activities (c) a long life story (d) your siblings’ marks
3. 3.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: made-up marks? (a) include it (b) leave it out
4. 4.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) languages you know (b) skills like typing (c) clubs and activities (d) your bank details
5. 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) clubs and activities (b) awards and prizes (c) languages you know (d) a long life story
6. 6.📄 A résumé is… (a) a full autobiography (b) a letter of thanks (c) a short summary of you (d) a school report card
7. 7.True or false: “languages you know” should be left out of a résumé. (a) True (b) False
8. 8.📄 In which résumé section does this go: B.Com first year? (a) projects (b) skills (c) activities (d) education
9. 9.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: a long life story? (a) include it (b) leave it out
10. 10.Which of these goes in the projects section? (a) your city and PIN code (b) school football team (c) typing 40 words a minute (d) built a rain gauge model
11. 11.Which of these goes in the projects section? (a) Class 12 (Science), 2026 (b) school football team (c) eco club member (d) a website for our club
12. 12.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) awards and prizes (b) languages you know (c) a party selfie (d) projects you did
13. 13.True or false: “your phone and email” belongs on a student résumé. (a) True (b) False
14. 14.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) made-up marks (b) your phone and email (c) your passwords (d) a party selfie
15. 15.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) made-up marks (b) your phone and email (c) awards and prizes (d) projects you did
16. 16.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your passwords? (a) leave it out (b) include it
17. 17.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your siblings’ marks? (a) include it (b) leave it out
18. 18.True or false: “your Aadhaar number” should be left out of a résumé. (a) False (b) True
19. 19.📄 A student with no work experience should highlight… (a) their parents’ jobs (b) made-up jobs (c) nothing at all (d) projects and activities
20. 20.📄 How long should a student résumé usually be? (a) ten pages (b) half a line (c) one page (d) five pages
21. 21.True or false: “a party selfie” belongs on a student résumé. (a) True (b) False
22. 22.Which of these goes in the contact details? (a) school football team (b) B.Com first year (c) your city and PIN code (d) a survey of 50 shops
23. 23.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) your phone and email (b) skills like typing (c) your Aadhaar number (d) school and marks
24. 24.📄 Your résumé says you led a club. In the interview you should… (a) deny it (b) change the subject (c) be ready to explain it (d) say it was a joke
25. 25.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: projects you did? (a) leave it out (b) include it
26. 26.Which of these goes in the skills section? (a) typing 40 words a minute (b) school football team (c) eco club member (d) a mobile number
27. 27.True or false: “a long life story” belongs on a student résumé. (a) True (b) False
28. 28.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) your phone and email (b) your Aadhaar number (c) a long life story (d) your siblings’ marks
29. 29.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) school and marks (b) a long life story (c) your siblings’ marks (d) your bank details
30. 30.True or false: “awards and prizes” belongs on a student résumé. (a) False (b) True
31. 31.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your Aadhaar number (b) a long life story (c) a party selfie (d) school and marks
32. 32.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: a party selfie? (a) include it (b) leave it out
33. 33.📄 In which résumé section does this go: a survey of 50 shops? (a) activities (b) skills (c) education (d) projects
34. 34.True or false: “clubs and activities” should be left out of a résumé. (a) False (b) True
35. 35.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: awards and prizes? (a) leave it out (b) include it
36. 36.Which of these goes in the education section? (a) B.Com first year (b) built a rain gauge model (c) an email ID (d) a survey of 50 shops
37. 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your phone and email (b) clubs and activities (c) your passwords (d) school and marks
38. 38.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) awards and prizes (b) a party selfie (c) clubs and activities (d) your phone and email
39. 39.📄 In which résumé section does this go: eco club member? (a) projects (b) activities (c) skills (d) contact details
40. 40.📄 In which résumé section does this go: a mobile number? (a) activities (b) skills (c) contact details (d) education

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