Résumé Worksheet: What to Include

Interview skills lesson 17: What goes on a student résumé · Set 516 · 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: a long life story? (a) leave it out (b) include it
2. 2.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: clubs and activities? (a) include it (b) leave it out
3. 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a long life story (b) a party selfie (c) your bank details (d) your phone and email
4. 4.True or false: “your Aadhaar number” belongs on a student résumé. (a) True (b) False
5. 5.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: volunteer work? (a) include it (b) leave it out
6. 6.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) your bank details (b) awards and prizes (c) school and marks (d) volunteer work
7. 7.True or false: “skills like typing” should be left out of a résumé. (a) False (b) True
8. 8.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your passwords (b) your bank details (c) a party selfie (d) school and marks
9. 9.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: a party selfie? (a) include it (b) leave it out
10. 10.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your passwords? (a) leave it out (b) include it
11. 11.📄 In which résumé section does this go: a survey of 50 shops? (a) projects (b) activities (c) contact details (d) education
12. 12.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: school and marks? (a) include it (b) leave it out
13. 13.📄 In which résumé section does this go: a website for our club? (a) activities (b) projects (c) skills (d) education
14. 14.Which of these goes in the projects section? (a) Class 12 (Science), 2026 (b) B.Com first year (c) Class 10 board: 88% (d) a website for our club
15. 15.📄 In which résumé section does this go: debate club secretary? (a) education (b) contact details (c) skills (d) activities
16. 16.📄 In which résumé section does this go: spreadsheets (basic)? (a) projects (b) skills (c) education (d) activities
17. 17.True or false: “school and marks” belongs on a student résumé. (a) False (b) True
18. 18.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) your siblings’ marks (b) your bank details (c) volunteer work (d) a party selfie
19. 19.Which of these goes in the contact details? (a) Class 12 (Science), 2026 (b) a website for our club (c) school football team (d) a mobile number
20. 20.📄 A résumé is… (a) a letter of thanks (b) a school report card (c) a full autobiography (d) a short summary of you
21. 21.📄 In which résumé section does this go: an email ID? (a) education (b) activities (c) skills (d) contact details
22. 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) school and marks (b) your phone and email (c) languages you know (d) your passwords
23. 23.📄 How long should a student résumé usually be? (a) ten pages (b) half a line (c) five pages (d) one page
24. 24.True or false: “projects you did” should be left out of a résumé. (a) True (b) False
25. 25.True or false: “your Aadhaar number” should be left out of a résumé. (a) True (b) False
26. 26.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) made-up marks (b) volunteer work (c) your bank details (d) your passwords
27. 27.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) awards and prizes (b) school and marks (c) your siblings’ marks (d) volunteer work
28. 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) clubs and activities (b) skills like typing (c) your siblings’ marks (d) projects you did
29. 29.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) awards and prizes (b) a long life story (c) your phone and email (d) school and marks
30. 30.Which of these goes in the contact details? (a) basic HTML and CSS (b) eco club member (c) an email ID (d) Class 12 (Science), 2026
31. 31.📄 In which résumé section does this go: your city and PIN code? (a) skills (b) activities (c) projects (d) contact details
32. 32.Which of these goes in the projects section? (a) built a rain gauge model (b) school football team (c) typing 40 words a minute (d) Class 12 (Science), 2026
33. 33.📄 Your résumé says you led a club. In the interview you should… (a) change the subject (b) deny it (c) say it was a joke (d) be ready to explain it
34. 34.📄 In which résumé section does this go: typing 40 words a minute? (a) education (b) activities (c) skills (d) projects
35. 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) school and marks (b) a long life story (c) awards and prizes (d) volunteer work
36. 36.Which of these goes in the skills section? (a) Class 12 (Science), 2026 (b) eco club member (c) school football team (d) typing 40 words a minute
37. 37.Which of these goes in the activities section? (a) a mobile number (b) B.Com first year (c) school football team (d) Class 12 (Science), 2026
38. 38.📄 What font style suits a résumé? (a) five fancy fonts (b) tiny handwriting (c) all bold capitals (d) one plain, clear font
39. 39.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) a party selfie (b) your siblings’ marks (c) your passwords (d) awards and prizes
40. 40.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) projects you did (b) a party selfie (c) your siblings’ marks (d) your Aadhaar number

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