Résumé Worksheet: What to Include

Interview skills lesson 17: What goes on a student résumé · Set 517 · 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 goes in the education section? (a) a mobile number (b) a survey of 50 shops (c) Class 12 (Science), 2026 (d) typing 40 words a minute
2. 2.📄 How long should a student résumé usually be? (a) half a line (b) five pages (c) one page (d) ten pages
3. 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) made-up marks (b) a party selfie (c) your bank details (d) awards and prizes
4. 4.True or false: “languages you know” should be left out of a résumé. (a) True (b) False
5. 5.Which of these goes in the contact details? (a) a survey of 50 shops (b) debate club secretary (c) an email ID (d) Class 10 board: 88%
6. 6.📄 In which résumé section does this go: built a rain gauge model? (a) education (b) contact details (c) projects (d) activities
7. 7.True or false: “awards and prizes” belongs on a student résumé. (a) False (b) True
8. 8.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: a long life story? (a) include it (b) leave it out
9. 9.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) your Aadhaar number (b) your bank details (c) your siblings’ marks (d) awards and prizes
10. 10.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your Aadhaar number (b) your siblings’ marks (c) school and marks (d) your bank details
11. 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) languages you know (b) clubs and activities (c) your bank details (d) projects you did
12. 12.📄 Your résumé says you led a club. In the interview you should… (a) be ready to explain it (b) say it was a joke (c) deny it (d) change the subject
13. 13.📄 What font style suits a résumé? (a) tiny handwriting (b) all bold capitals (c) five fancy fonts (d) one plain, clear font
14. 14.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: made-up marks? (a) include it (b) leave it out
15. 15.Which of these goes in the projects section? (a) Class 12 (Science), 2026 (b) your city and PIN code (c) school football team (d) a survey of 50 shops
16. 16.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your passwords? (a) leave it out (b) include it
17. 17.True or false: “made-up marks” should be left out of a résumé. (a) False (b) True
18. 18.True or false: “your bank details” belongs on a student résumé. (a) False (b) True
19. 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your siblings’ marks (b) clubs and activities (c) your bank details (d) your Aadhaar number
20. 20.True or false: “your passwords” belongs on a student résumé. (a) True (b) False
21. 21.📄 A student with no work experience should highlight… (a) made-up jobs (b) projects and activities (c) their parents’ jobs (d) nothing at all
22. 22.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) your phone and email (b) made-up marks (c) your bank details (d) your passwords
23. 23.Which of these goes in the education section? (a) debate club secretary (b) Class 10 board: 88% (c) a survey of 50 shops (d) spreadsheets (basic)
24. 24.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) your bank details (b) a party selfie (c) your passwords (d) clubs and activities
25. 25.True or false: “your Aadhaar number” belongs on a student résumé. (a) False (b) True
26. 26.Which of these goes in the activities section? (a) typing 40 words a minute (b) spreadsheets (basic) (c) debate club secretary (d) an email ID
27. 27.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: languages you know? (a) include it (b) leave it out
28. 28.📄 In which résumé section does this go: basic HTML and CSS? (a) education (b) projects (c) contact details (d) skills
29. 29.Which of these goes in the activities section? (a) a website for our club (b) school football team (c) built a rain gauge model (d) spreadsheets (basic)
30. 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your phone and email (b) your Aadhaar number (c) awards and prizes (d) school and marks
31. 31.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: school and marks? (a) leave it out (b) include it
32. 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your siblings’ marks (b) skills like typing (c) volunteer work (d) clubs and activities
33. 33.True or false: “your phone and email” should be left out of a résumé. (a) True (b) False
34. 34.Which of these goes in the activities section? (a) an email ID (b) a website for our club (c) eco club member (d) a survey of 50 shops
35. 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your bank details (b) a party selfie (c) your passwords (d) volunteer work
36. 36.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your phone and email? (a) include it (b) leave it out
37. 37.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your bank details? (a) include it (b) leave it out
38. 38.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) awards and prizes (b) languages you know (c) your siblings’ marks (d) school and marks
39. 39.📄 In which résumé section does this go: a survey of 50 shops? (a) projects (b) education (c) skills (d) contact details
40. 40.📄 In which résumé section does this go: school football team? (a) projects (b) activities (c) contact details (d) skills

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