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Résumé Worksheet: What to Include

Interview skills lesson 17: What goes on a student résumé · Set 477 · 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.📄 A student with no work experience should highlight… (a) made-up jobs (b) projects and activities (c) nothing at all (d) their parents’ jobs
  2. 2.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: awards and prizes? (a) include it (b) leave it out
  3. 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) projects you did (b) clubs and activities (c) school and marks (d) your Aadhaar number
  4. 4.📄 In which résumé section does this go: B.Com first year? (a) contact details (b) activities (c) skills (d) education
  5. 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) projects you did (b) your Aadhaar number (c) your bank details (d) a party selfie
  6. 6.Which of these goes in the education section? (a) a survey of 50 shops (b) Class 12 (Science), 2026 (c) a mobile number (d) basic HTML and CSS
  7. 7.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: a party selfie? (a) include it (b) leave it out
  8. 8.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your siblings’ marks (b) clubs and activities (c) your bank details (d) your passwords
  9. 9.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) your Aadhaar number (b) your bank details (c) school and marks (d) a party selfie
  10. 10.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: languages you know? (a) leave it out (b) include it
  11. 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your passwords (b) your siblings’ marks (c) a party selfie (d) volunteer work
  12. 12.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) made-up marks (b) your passwords (c) your siblings’ marks (d) school and marks
  13. 13.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) your Aadhaar number (b) your phone and email (c) projects you did (d) clubs and activities
  14. 14.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) a long life story (b) your passwords (c) volunteer work (d) your siblings’ marks
  15. 15.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) your bank details (b) clubs and activities (c) languages you know (d) your phone and email
  16. 16.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: volunteer work? (a) leave it out (b) include it
  17. 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) clubs and activities (b) school and marks (c) skills like typing (d) your passwords
  18. 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your siblings’ marks (b) your phone and email (c) awards and prizes (d) school and marks
  19. 19.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) skills like typing (b) a long life story (c) your phone and email (d) clubs and activities
  20. 20.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your bank details? (a) include it (b) leave it out
  21. 21.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your phone and email? (a) include it (b) leave it out
  22. 22.📄 In which résumé section does this go: a website for our club? (a) skills (b) education (c) projects (d) activities
  23. 23.📄 In which résumé section does this go: built a rain gauge model? (a) activities (b) skills (c) contact details (d) projects
  24. 24.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) your phone and email (b) made-up marks (c) a party selfie (d) your passwords
  25. 25.📄 What font style suits a résumé? (a) five fancy fonts (b) all bold capitals (c) one plain, clear font (d) tiny handwriting
  26. 26.True or false: “awards and prizes” should be left out of a résumé. (a) False (b) True
  27. 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) clubs and activities (b) your bank details (c) awards and prizes (d) skills like typing
  28. 28.Which of these goes in the projects section? (a) spreadsheets (basic) (b) an email ID (c) built a rain gauge model (d) Class 10 board: 88%
  29. 29.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: clubs and activities? (a) include it (b) leave it out
  30. 30.True or false: “your bank details” belongs on a student résumé. (a) True (b) False
  31. 31.📄 How long should a student résumé usually be? (a) half a line (b) five pages (c) one page (d) ten pages
  32. 32.Which of these goes in the contact details? (a) a mobile number (b) B.Com first year (c) Class 12 (Science), 2026 (d) eco club member
  33. 33.📄 A résumé is… (a) a short summary of you (b) a school report card (c) a letter of thanks (d) a full autobiography
  34. 34.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) a party selfie (b) awards and prizes (c) made-up marks (d) your passwords
  35. 35.📄 In which résumé section does this go: debate club secretary? (a) projects (b) skills (c) contact details (d) activities
  36. 36.📄 In which résumé section does this go: Class 10 board: 88%? (a) projects (b) activities (c) education (d) skills
  37. 37.📄 In which résumé section does this go: an email ID? (a) contact details (b) activities (c) skills (d) projects
  38. 38.True or false: “your Aadhaar number” belongs on a student résumé. (a) True (b) False
  39. 39.Which of these goes in the skills section? (a) eco club member (b) basic HTML and CSS (c) school football team (d) B.Com first year
  40. 40.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) your siblings’ marks (b) volunteer work (c) clubs and activities (d) languages you know

Answer key

  1. projects and activities
  2. include it
  3. your Aadhaar number
  4. education
  5. projects you did
  6. Class 12 (Science), 2026
  7. leave it out
  8. clubs and activities
  9. school and marks
  10. include it
  11. volunteer work
  12. school and marks
  13. your Aadhaar number
  14. volunteer work
  15. your bank details
  16. include it
  17. your passwords
  18. your siblings’ marks
  19. a long life story
  20. leave it out
  21. include it
  22. projects
  23. projects
  24. your phone and email
  25. one plain, clear font
  26. False
  27. your bank details
  28. built a rain gauge model
  29. include it
  30. False
  31. one page
  32. a mobile number
  33. a short summary of you
  34. awards and prizes
  35. activities
  36. education
  37. contact details
  38. False
  39. basic HTML and CSS
  40. your siblings’ marks

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