Résumé Worksheet: What to Include

Interview skills lesson 17: What goes on a student résumé · Set 480 · 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: “projects you did” should be left out of a résumé. (a) False (b) True
2. 2.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your phone and email? (a) leave it out (b) include it
3. 3.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) made-up marks (b) school and marks (c) your siblings’ marks (d) your Aadhaar number
4. 4.📄 What font style suits a résumé? (a) tiny handwriting (b) all bold capitals (c) five fancy fonts (d) one plain, clear font
5. 5.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your bank details? (a) include it (b) leave it out
6. 6.📄 In which résumé section does this go: debate club secretary? (a) activities (b) projects (c) skills (d) education
7. 7.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) clubs and activities (b) your Aadhaar number (c) projects you did (d) languages you know
8. 8.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your passwords (b) skills like typing (c) your phone and email (d) volunteer work
9. 9.📄 In which résumé section does this go: basic HTML and CSS? (a) activities (b) education (c) contact details (d) skills
10. 10.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: projects you did? (a) leave it out (b) include it
11. 11.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) a party selfie (b) your bank details (c) your passwords (d) languages you know
12. 12.Which of these goes in the projects section? (a) spreadsheets (basic) (b) eco club member (c) a survey of 50 shops (d) an email ID
13. 13.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) your phone and email (b) skills like typing (c) school and marks (d) made-up marks
14. 14.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your Aadhaar number (b) a party selfie (c) your phone and email (d) a long life story
15. 15.Which of these goes in the activities section? (a) spreadsheets (basic) (b) school football team (c) basic HTML and CSS (d) a mobile number
16. 16.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: volunteer work? (a) include it (b) leave it out
17. 17.📄 Your résumé says you led a club. In the interview you should… (a) change the subject (b) say it was a joke (c) deny it (d) be ready to explain it
18. 18.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) skills like typing (b) school and marks (c) volunteer work (d) your siblings’ marks
19. 19.📄 How long should a student résumé usually be? (a) ten pages (b) half a line (c) one page (d) five pages
20. 20.True or false: “skills like typing” belongs on a student résumé. (a) False (b) True
21. 21.📄 In which résumé section does this go: Class 12 (Science), 2026? (a) education (b) contact details (c) activities (d) projects
22. 22.📄 In which résumé section does this go: Class 10 board: 88%? (a) skills (b) contact details (c) activities (d) education
23. 23.True or false: “volunteer work” should be left out of a résumé. (a) False (b) True
24. 24.True or false: “your siblings’ marks” belongs on a student résumé. (a) True (b) False
25. 25.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your passwords? (a) leave it out (b) include it
26. 26.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) awards and prizes (b) your siblings’ marks (c) your bank details (d) a party selfie
27. 27.📄 A résumé is… (a) a school report card (b) a full autobiography (c) a letter of thanks (d) a short summary of you
28. 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) awards and prizes (b) skills like typing (c) languages you know (d) a long life story
29. 29.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) volunteer work (b) projects you did (c) clubs and activities (d) your bank details
30. 30.📄 A student with no work experience should highlight… (a) nothing at all (b) their parents’ jobs (c) made-up jobs (d) projects and activities
31. 31.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: skills like typing? (a) include it (b) leave it out
32. 32.True or false: “school and marks” belongs on a student résumé. (a) True (b) False
33. 33.Which of these goes in the projects section? (a) your city and PIN code (b) eco club member (c) a mobile number (d) built a rain gauge model
34. 34.True or false: “your phone and email” should be left out of a résumé. (a) True (b) False
35. 35.📄 In which résumé section does this go: spreadsheets (basic)? (a) activities (b) skills (c) education (d) contact details
36. 36.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a party selfie (b) clubs and activities (c) made-up marks (d) your bank details
37. 37.True or false: “awards and prizes” should be left out of a résumé. (a) True (b) False
38. 38.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) your phone and email (b) a party selfie (c) a long life story (d) your siblings’ marks
39. 39.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) a long life story (b) your passwords (c) your siblings’ marks (d) skills like typing
40. 40.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) a party selfie (b) a long life story (c) your Aadhaar number (d) projects you did

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