Résumé Worksheet: What to Include

Interview skills lesson 17: What goes on a student résumé · Set 500 · 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.📄 A student with no work experience should highlight… (a) nothing at all (b) made-up jobs (c) their parents’ jobs (d) projects and activities
2. 2.📄 How long should a student résumé usually be? (a) half a line (b) five pages (c) ten pages (d) one page
3. 3.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: a party selfie? (a) leave it out (b) include it
4. 4.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your passwords? (a) leave it out (b) include it
5. 5.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) languages you know (b) your bank details (c) skills like typing (d) school and marks
6. 6.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your phone and email (b) a long life story (c) made-up marks (d) your bank details
7. 7.📄 In which résumé section does this go: school football team? (a) projects (b) activities (c) education (d) contact details
8. 8.📄 In which résumé section does this go: a survey of 50 shops? (a) education (b) projects (c) contact details (d) skills
9. 9.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) your passwords (b) your Aadhaar number (c) a party selfie (d) volunteer work
10. 10.📄 In which résumé section does this go: spreadsheets (basic)? (a) activities (b) contact details (c) projects (d) skills
11. 11.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: clubs and activities? (a) include it (b) leave it out
12. 12.📄 In which résumé section does this go: an email ID? (a) skills (b) education (c) projects (d) contact details
13. 13.📄 Your résumé says you led a club. In the interview you should… (a) be ready to explain it (b) change the subject (c) deny it (d) say it was a joke
14. 14.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your phone and email? (a) leave it out (b) include it
15. 15.Which of these goes in the skills section? (a) a mobile number (b) a website for our club (c) basic HTML and CSS (d) Class 10 board: 88%
16. 16.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) a long life story (b) projects you did (c) volunteer work (d) awards and prizes
17. 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) school and marks (b) your phone and email (c) skills like typing (d) a long life story
18. 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your siblings’ marks (b) school and marks (c) made-up marks (d) your bank details
19. 19.Which of these goes in the projects section? (a) debate club secretary (b) B.Com first year (c) a website for our club (d) school football team
20. 20.Which of these goes in the education section? (a) B.Com first year (b) a website for our club (c) your city and PIN code (d) a survey of 50 shops
21. 21.True or false: “awards and prizes” should be left out of a résumé. (a) True (b) False
22. 22.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) languages you know (b) your passwords (c) school and marks (d) awards and prizes
23. 23.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your Aadhaar number? (a) include it (b) leave it out
24. 24.Which of these goes in the education section? (a) eco club member (b) a mobile number (c) an email ID (d) Class 10 board: 88%
25. 25.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) volunteer work (b) skills like typing (c) languages you know (d) a party selfie
26. 26.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) your bank details (b) your Aadhaar number (c) made-up marks (d) languages you know
27. 27.📄 A résumé is… (a) a full autobiography (b) a letter of thanks (c) a school report card (d) a short summary of you
28. 28.True or false: “your bank details” belongs on a student résumé. (a) False (b) True
29. 29.📄 In which résumé section does this go: eco club member? (a) projects (b) activities (c) contact details (d) education
30. 30.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) your phone and email (b) your bank details (c) a party selfie (d) a long life story
31. 31.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) volunteer work (b) awards and prizes (c) your siblings’ marks (d) your phone and email
32. 32.📄 In which résumé section does this go: debate club secretary? (a) activities (b) projects (c) skills (d) contact details
33. 33.📄 In which résumé section does this go: Class 10 board: 88%? (a) skills (b) projects (c) contact details (d) education
34. 34.True or false: “a party selfie” should be left out of a résumé. (a) True (b) False
35. 35.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: a long life story? (a) include it (b) leave it out
36. 36.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: volunteer work? (a) include it (b) leave it out
37. 37.Which of these goes in the education section? (a) an email ID (b) a mobile number (c) Class 12 (Science), 2026 (d) a website for our club
38. 38.True or false: “your Aadhaar number” belongs on a student résumé. (a) True (b) False
39. 39.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) your Aadhaar number (b) your siblings’ marks (c) skills like typing (d) your passwords
40. 40.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) your bank details (b) your passwords (c) awards and prizes (d) a party selfie

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