Résumé Worksheet: What to Include

Interview skills lesson 17: What goes on a student résumé · Set 505 · 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.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) a long life story (b) your passwords (c) made-up marks (d) school and marks
2. 2.📄 A résumé is… (a) a letter of thanks (b) a school report card (c) a full autobiography (d) a short summary of you
3. 3.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: projects you did? (a) include it (b) leave it out
4. 4.Which of these goes in the projects section? (a) typing 40 words a minute (b) Class 10 board: 88% (c) spreadsheets (basic) (d) built a rain gauge model
5. 5.True or false: “made-up marks” belongs on a student résumé. (a) True (b) False
6. 6.True or false: “your Aadhaar number” should be left out of a résumé. (a) True (b) False
7. 7.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) your siblings’ marks (b) your passwords (c) your bank details (d) awards and prizes
8. 8.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your passwords (b) your Aadhaar number (c) your phone and email (d) a party selfie
9. 9.📄 In which résumé section does this go: a mobile number? (a) education (b) activities (c) contact details (d) skills
10. 10.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: a long life story? (a) leave it out (b) include it
11. 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your bank details (b) volunteer work (c) made-up marks (d) your Aadhaar number
12. 12.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) clubs and activities (b) a long life story (c) your bank details (d) your Aadhaar number
13. 13.📄 Your résumé says you led a club. In the interview you should… (a) deny it (b) be ready to explain it (c) say it was a joke (d) change the subject
14. 14.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your passwords (b) projects you did (c) your Aadhaar number (d) made-up marks
15. 15.📄 How long should a student résumé usually be? (a) one page (b) half a line (c) ten pages (d) five pages
16. 16.📄 In which résumé section does this go: spreadsheets (basic)? (a) education (b) activities (c) contact details (d) skills
17. 17.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: made-up marks? (a) leave it out (b) include it
18. 18.Which of these goes in the skills section? (a) a survey of 50 shops (b) B.Com first year (c) your city and PIN code (d) typing 40 words a minute
19. 19.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: school and marks? (a) leave it out (b) include it
20. 20.True or false: “your bank details” should be left out of a résumé. (a) False (b) True
21. 21.True or false: “languages you know” should be left out of a résumé. (a) False (b) True
22. 22.Which of these goes in the activities section? (a) an email ID (b) debate club secretary (c) Class 12 (Science), 2026 (d) a mobile number
23. 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) made-up marks (b) skills like typing (c) school and marks (d) volunteer work
24. 24.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your Aadhaar number? (a) include it (b) leave it out
25. 25.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your passwords? (a) include it (b) leave it out
26. 26.True or false: “projects you did” should be left out of a résumé. (a) True (b) False
27. 27.📄 In which résumé section does this go: your city and PIN code? (a) education (b) projects (c) contact details (d) skills
28. 28.Which of these goes in the contact details? (a) school football team (b) your city and PIN code (c) debate club secretary (d) B.Com first year
29. 29.📄 In which résumé section does this go: Class 10 board: 88%? (a) skills (b) projects (c) education (d) contact details
30. 30.📄 In which résumé section does this go: debate club secretary? (a) education (b) activities (c) skills (d) contact details
31. 31.Which of these goes in the activities section? (a) a mobile number (b) spreadsheets (basic) (c) eco club member (d) your city and PIN code
32. 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) languages you know (b) awards and prizes (c) volunteer work (d) a long life story
33. 33.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: skills like typing? (a) leave it out (b) include it
34. 34.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) volunteer work (b) a long life story (c) your Aadhaar number (d) a party selfie
35. 35.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) skills like typing (b) projects you did (c) your phone and email (d) your bank details
36. 36.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) your phone and email (b) a party selfie (c) volunteer work (d) projects you did
37. 37.📄 In which résumé section does this go: a website for our club? (a) skills (b) activities (c) contact details (d) projects
38. 38.True or false: “awards and prizes” belongs on a student résumé. (a) False (b) True
39. 39.True or false: “your Aadhaar number” belongs on a student résumé. (a) False (b) True
40. 40.📄 What font style suits a résumé? (a) one plain, clear font (b) tiny handwriting (c) all bold capitals (d) five fancy fonts

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