Résumé Worksheet: What to Include

Interview skills lesson 17: What goes on a student résumé · Set 544 · 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) their parents’ jobs (b) nothing at all (c) made-up jobs (d) projects and activities
2. 2.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your siblings’ marks? (a) leave it out (b) include it
3. 3.Which of these goes in the skills section? (a) Class 10 board: 88% (b) debate club secretary (c) school football team (d) spreadsheets (basic)
4. 4.📄 A résumé is… (a) a full autobiography (b) a short summary of you (c) a letter of thanks (d) a school report card
5. 5.True or false: “languages you know” belongs on a student résumé. (a) True (b) False
6. 6.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your bank details (b) your siblings’ marks (c) clubs and activities (d) a party selfie
7. 7.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) volunteer work (b) your Aadhaar number (c) your phone and email (d) projects you did
8. 8.True or false: “a party selfie” should be left out of a résumé. (a) True (b) False
9. 9.📄 In which résumé section does this go: Class 12 (Science), 2026? (a) education (b) projects (c) contact details (d) skills
10. 10.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: school and marks? (a) include it (b) leave it out
11. 11.📄 In which résumé section does this go: a survey of 50 shops? (a) activities (b) skills (c) projects (d) education
12. 12.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your Aadhaar number (b) your siblings’ marks (c) projects you did (d) a long life story
13. 13.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: awards and prizes? (a) include it (b) leave it out
14. 14.Which of these goes in the activities section? (a) an email ID (b) eco club member (c) spreadsheets (basic) (d) a survey of 50 shops
15. 15.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) your bank details (b) your passwords (c) school and marks (d) your siblings’ marks
16. 16.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: volunteer work? (a) leave it out (b) include it
17. 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) skills like typing (b) languages you know (c) made-up marks (d) projects you did
18. 18.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) your phone and email (b) languages you know (c) your siblings’ marks (d) skills like typing
19. 19.True or false: “clubs and activities” belongs on a student résumé. (a) True (b) False
20. 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) languages you know (b) clubs and activities (c) a long life story (d) skills like typing
21. 21.Which of these goes in the skills section? (a) basic HTML and CSS (b) a mobile number (c) B.Com first year (d) school football team
22. 22.True or false: “your Aadhaar number” belongs on a student résumé. (a) False (b) True
23. 23.📄 In which résumé section does this go: an email ID? (a) projects (b) contact details (c) activities (d) education
24. 24.📄 How long should a student résumé usually be? (a) half a line (b) one page (c) five pages (d) ten pages
25. 25.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) volunteer work (b) awards and prizes (c) skills like typing (d) made-up marks
26. 26.True or false: “your phone and email” should be left out of a résumé. (a) True (b) False
27. 27.Which of these goes in the projects section? (a) built a rain gauge model (b) spreadsheets (basic) (c) basic HTML and CSS (d) your city and PIN code
28. 28.Which of these goes in the projects section? (a) spreadsheets (basic) (b) a website for our club (c) your city and PIN code (d) school football team
29. 29.📄 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
30. 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your siblings’ marks (b) a party selfie (c) skills like typing (d) your Aadhaar number
31. 31.True or false: “your bank details” should be left out of a résumé. (a) False (b) True
32. 32.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) your siblings’ marks (b) projects you did (c) a long life story (d) your bank details
33. 33.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) a party selfie (b) your passwords (c) a long life story (d) skills like typing
34. 34.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) your Aadhaar number (b) your siblings’ marks (c) made-up marks (d) languages you know
35. 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your Aadhaar number (b) your passwords (c) school and marks (d) your siblings’ marks
36. 36.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your bank details? (a) leave it out (b) include it
37. 37.True or false: “skills like typing” should be left out of a résumé. (a) True (b) False
38. 38.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: projects you did? (a) leave it out (b) include it
39. 39.Which of these goes in the contact details? (a) Class 12 (Science), 2026 (b) an email ID (c) typing 40 words a minute (d) basic HTML and CSS
40. 40.True or false: “projects you did” belongs on a student résumé. (a) True (b) False

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