Résumé Worksheet: What to Include

Interview skills lesson 17: What goes on a student résumé · Set 531 · 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 should be left out of a résumé? (a) your siblings’ marks (b) languages you know (c) volunteer work (d) school and marks
2. 2.Which of these goes in the contact details? (a) built a rain gauge model (b) spreadsheets (basic) (c) eco club member (d) a mobile number
3. 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) volunteer work (b) your phone and email (c) a long life story (d) languages you know
4. 4.True or false: “school and marks” should be left out of a résumé. (a) True (b) False
5. 5.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) clubs and activities (b) school and marks (c) your passwords (d) awards and prizes
6. 6.📄 A résumé is… (a) a school report card (b) a full autobiography (c) a letter of thanks (d) a short summary of you
7. 7.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) projects you did (b) your Aadhaar number (c) made-up marks (d) a long life story
8. 8.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) your Aadhaar number (b) your siblings’ marks (c) your bank details (d) clubs and activities
9. 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) made-up marks (b) your bank details (c) your Aadhaar number (d) awards and prizes
10. 10.Which of these goes in the education section? (a) typing 40 words a minute (b) Class 10 board: 88% (c) a mobile number (d) built a rain gauge model
11. 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a party selfie (b) your phone and email (c) languages you know (d) awards and prizes
12. 12.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: school and marks? (a) include it (b) leave it out
13. 13.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) your phone and email (b) a long life story (c) clubs and activities (d) awards and prizes
14. 14.📄 In which résumé section does this go: typing 40 words a minute? (a) activities (b) skills (c) contact details (d) projects
15. 15.📄 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
16. 16.📄 In which résumé section does this go: spreadsheets (basic)? (a) skills (b) projects (c) contact details (d) activities
17. 17.📄 In which résumé section does this go: Class 10 board: 88%? (a) skills (b) activities (c) contact details (d) education
18. 18.📄 In which résumé section does this go: basic HTML and CSS? (a) education (b) contact details (c) activities (d) skills
19. 19.📄 A student with no work experience should highlight… (a) their parents’ jobs (b) projects and activities (c) made-up jobs (d) nothing at all
20. 20.📄 What font style suits a résumé? (a) tiny handwriting (b) one plain, clear font (c) all bold capitals (d) five fancy fonts
21. 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) languages you know (b) a party selfie (c) your passwords (d) a long life story
22. 22.True or false: “languages you know” should be left out of a résumé. (a) False (b) True
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.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your phone and email? (a) include it (b) leave it out
25. 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a party selfie (b) a long life story (c) your Aadhaar number (d) skills like typing
26. 26.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: volunteer work? (a) leave it out (b) include it
27. 27.Which of these goes in the skills section? (a) built a rain gauge model (b) typing 40 words a minute (c) B.Com first year (d) a mobile number
28. 28.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) your passwords (b) skills like typing (c) your Aadhaar number (d) a party selfie
29. 29.True or false: “your Aadhaar number” belongs on a student résumé. (a) False (b) True
30. 30.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: a long life story? (a) leave it out (b) include it
31. 31.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) your bank details (b) projects you did (c) your passwords (d) made-up marks
32. 32.Which of these goes in the projects section? (a) B.Com first year (b) spreadsheets (basic) (c) a survey of 50 shops (d) Class 12 (Science), 2026
33. 33.📄 In which résumé section does this go: B.Com first year? (a) activities (b) projects (c) skills (d) education
34. 34.Which of these goes in the projects section? (a) built a rain gauge model (b) typing 40 words a minute (c) spreadsheets (basic) (d) school football team
35. 35.True or false: “a long life story” belongs on a student résumé. (a) True (b) False
36. 36.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) languages you know (b) your bank details (c) projects you did (d) awards and prizes
37. 37.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your passwords? (a) leave it out (b) include it
38. 38.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your bank details? (a) leave it out (b) include it
39. 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) clubs and activities (b) skills like typing (c) your phone and email (d) your Aadhaar number
40. 40.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) your Aadhaar number (b) your passwords (c) a party selfie (d) languages you know

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