Résumé Worksheet: What to Include

Interview skills lesson 17: What goes on a student résumé · Set 49 · 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: projects you did? (a) leave it out (b) include it
2. 2.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your siblings’ marks? (a) leave it out (b) include it
3. 3.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your phone and email? (a) leave it out (b) include it
4. 4.Which of these goes in the education section? (a) Class 10 board: 88% (b) a mobile number (c) debate club secretary (d) spreadsheets (basic)
5. 5.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) your passwords (b) clubs and activities (c) made-up marks (d) a long life story
6. 6.📄 In which résumé section does this go: school football team? (a) skills (b) education (c) projects (d) activities
7. 7.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your siblings’ marks (b) school and marks (c) your phone and email (d) volunteer work
8. 8.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your bank details? (a) include it (b) leave it out
9. 9.True or false: “a party selfie” belongs on a student résumé. (a) False (b) True
10. 10.📄 What font style suits a résumé? (a) all bold capitals (b) five fancy fonts (c) tiny handwriting (d) one plain, clear font
11. 11.Which of these goes in the skills section? (a) built a rain gauge model (b) typing 40 words a minute (c) an email ID (d) school football team
12. 12.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) a party selfie (b) clubs and activities (c) your phone and email (d) volunteer work
13. 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your passwords (b) a party selfie (c) school and marks (d) your bank details
14. 14.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a party selfie (b) languages you know (c) a long life story (d) your Aadhaar number
15. 15.📄 A résumé is… (a) a short summary of you (b) a letter of thanks (c) a full autobiography (d) a school report card
16. 16.True or false: “languages you know” should be left out of a résumé. (a) False (b) True
17. 17.📄 In which résumé section does this go: a website for our club? (a) contact details (b) education (c) skills (d) projects
18. 18.Which of these goes in the activities section? (a) spreadsheets (basic) (b) your city and PIN code (c) debate club secretary (d) Class 10 board: 88%
19. 19.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) a party selfie (b) made-up marks (c) school and marks (d) your bank details
20. 20.True or false: “awards and prizes” should be left out of a résumé. (a) False (b) True
21. 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) awards and prizes (b) a party selfie (c) made-up marks (d) a long life story
22. 22.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: made-up marks? (a) include it (b) leave it out
23. 23.Which of these goes in the education section? (a) built a rain gauge model (b) an email ID (c) Class 12 (Science), 2026 (d) typing 40 words a minute
24. 24.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) made-up marks (b) projects you did (c) awards and prizes (d) school and marks
25. 25.📄 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
26. 26.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) skills like typing (b) volunteer work (c) languages you know (d) made-up marks
27. 27.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) your bank details (b) skills like typing (c) your passwords (d) a party selfie
28. 28.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: school and marks? (a) include it (b) leave it out
29. 29.True or false: “your passwords” belongs on a student résumé. (a) False (b) True
30. 30.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) your bank details (b) your Aadhaar number (c) a party selfie (d) your phone and email
31. 31.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) skills like typing (b) volunteer work (c) your bank details (d) awards and prizes
32. 32.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: volunteer work? (a) include it (b) leave it out
33. 33.True or false: “skills like typing” belongs on a student résumé. (a) True (b) False
34. 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) clubs and activities (b) your passwords (c) your phone and email (d) projects you did
35. 35.📄 In which résumé section does this go: an email ID? (a) activities (b) education (c) skills (d) contact details
36. 36.True or false: “volunteer work” should be left out of a résumé. (a) True (b) False
37. 37.Which of these goes in the activities section? (a) your city and PIN code (b) school football team (c) an email ID (d) B.Com first year
38. 38.📄 A student with no work experience should highlight… (a) made-up jobs (b) nothing at all (c) projects and activities (d) their parents’ jobs
39. 39.Which of these goes in the projects section? (a) an email ID (b) a survey of 50 shops (c) a mobile number (d) your city and PIN code
40. 40.📄 How long should a student résumé usually be? (a) ten pages (b) half a line (c) one page (d) five pages

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