Résumé Worksheet: What to Include

Interview skills lesson 17: What goes on a student résumé · Set 466 · 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.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: skills like typing? (a) leave it out (b) include it
2. 2.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) awards and prizes (b) a party selfie (c) your bank details (d) your siblings’ marks
3. 3.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) your passwords (b) school and marks (c) a party selfie (d) a long life story
4. 4.Which of these goes in the skills section? (a) eco club member (b) an email ID (c) typing 40 words a minute (d) a survey of 50 shops
5. 5.📄 A résumé is… (a) a full autobiography (b) a letter of thanks (c) a school report card (d) a short summary of you
6. 6.📄 In which résumé section does this go: school football team? (a) education (b) projects (c) activities (d) contact details
7. 7.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) volunteer work (b) projects you did (c) your bank details (d) your phone and email
8. 8.True or false: “awards and prizes” should be left out of a résumé. (a) False (b) True
9. 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) school and marks (b) your phone and email (c) awards and prizes (d) a party selfie
10. 10.True or false: “languages you know” belongs on a student résumé. (a) True (b) False
11. 11.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your bank details? (a) leave it out (b) include it
12. 12.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: made-up marks? (a) leave it out (b) include it
13. 13.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: school and marks? (a) leave it out (b) include it
14. 14.📄 In which résumé section does this go: spreadsheets (basic)? (a) activities (b) skills (c) contact details (d) education
15. 15.Which of these goes in the projects section? (a) Class 10 board: 88% (b) B.Com first year (c) Class 12 (Science), 2026 (d) a website for our club
16. 16.Which of these goes in the education section? (a) Class 10 board: 88% (b) typing 40 words a minute (c) debate club secretary (d) built a rain gauge model
17. 17.Which of these goes in the education section? (a) typing 40 words a minute (b) your city and PIN code (c) Class 12 (Science), 2026 (d) a website for our club
18. 18.📄 In which résumé section does this go: an email ID? (a) contact details (b) activities (c) education (d) skills
19. 19.📄 How long should a student résumé usually be? (a) five pages (b) ten pages (c) half a line (d) one page
20. 20.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) your phone and email (b) your siblings’ marks (c) skills like typing (d) volunteer work
21. 21.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) a party selfie (b) a long life story (c) your passwords (d) skills like typing
22. 22.📄 In which résumé section does this go: basic HTML and CSS? (a) activities (b) skills (c) projects (d) contact details
23. 23.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your passwords? (a) include it (b) leave it out
24. 24.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) languages you know (b) clubs and activities (c) your passwords (d) your phone and email
25. 25.True or false: “made-up marks” should be left out of a résumé. (a) False (b) True
26. 26.📄 A student with no work experience should highlight… (a) their parents’ jobs (b) projects and activities (c) made-up jobs (d) nothing at all
27. 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your phone and email (b) your Aadhaar number (c) awards and prizes (d) clubs and activities
28. 28.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) a long life story (b) languages you know (c) your siblings’ marks (d) your passwords
29. 29.Which of these goes in the skills section? (a) Class 10 board: 88% (b) a website for our club (c) basic HTML and CSS (d) Class 12 (Science), 2026
30. 30.True or false: “a party selfie” should be left out of a résumé. (a) False (b) True
31. 31.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) school and marks (b) your passwords (c) languages you know (d) volunteer work
32. 32.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: projects you did? (a) include it (b) leave it out
33. 33.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: a party selfie? (a) leave it out (b) include it
34. 34.📄 In which résumé section does this go: a survey of 50 shops? (a) projects (b) skills (c) activities (d) education
35. 35.📄 In which résumé section does this go: B.Com first year? (a) activities (b) education (c) skills (d) projects
36. 36.Which of these goes in the projects section? (a) an email ID (b) built a rain gauge model (c) school football team (d) Class 10 board: 88%
37. 37.True or false: “languages you know” should be left out of a résumé. (a) False (b) True
38. 38.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: a long life story? (a) include it (b) leave it out
39. 39.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) your phone and email (b) your bank details (c) your Aadhaar number (d) your siblings’ marks
40. 40.Which of these goes in the projects section? (a) B.Com first year (b) your city and PIN code (c) school football team (d) a survey of 50 shops

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