Résumé Worksheet: What to Include

Interview skills lesson 17: What goes on a student résumé · Set 547 · 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) languages you know (b) skills like typing (c) projects you did (d) a party selfie
2. 2.Which of these goes in the skills section? (a) school football team (b) typing 40 words a minute (c) a survey of 50 shops (d) debate club secretary
3. 3.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: school and marks? (a) include it (b) leave it out
4. 4.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) projects you did (b) awards and prizes (c) your bank details (d) volunteer work
5. 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) projects you did (b) your passwords (c) your phone and email (d) clubs and activities
6. 6.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: awards and prizes? (a) include it (b) leave it out
7. 7.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) awards and prizes (b) your phone and email (c) school and marks (d) a long life story
8. 8.📄 How long should a student résumé usually be? (a) half a line (b) ten pages (c) one page (d) five pages
9. 9.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: languages you know? (a) leave it out (b) include it
10. 10.📄 In which résumé section does this go: Class 10 board: 88%? (a) activities (b) contact details (c) education (d) projects
11. 11.📄 In which résumé section does this go: Class 12 (Science), 2026? (a) contact details (b) projects (c) education (d) activities
12. 12.📄 A student with no work experience should highlight… (a) their parents’ jobs (b) projects and activities (c) nothing at all (d) made-up jobs
13. 13.📄 A résumé is… (a) a letter of thanks (b) a school report card (c) a full autobiography (d) a short summary of you
14. 14.Which of these goes in the activities section? (a) Class 10 board: 88% (b) an email ID (c) debate club secretary (d) a website for our club
15. 15.Which of these goes in the contact details? (a) eco club member (b) typing 40 words a minute (c) debate club secretary (d) your city and PIN code
16. 16.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your passwords? (a) include it (b) leave it out
17. 17.True or false: “your bank details” belongs on a student résumé. (a) True (b) False
18. 18.📄 In which résumé section does this go: a survey of 50 shops? (a) activities (b) skills (c) projects (d) education
19. 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) awards and prizes (b) school and marks (c) your siblings’ marks (d) clubs and activities
20. 20.📄 In which résumé section does this go: built a rain gauge model? (a) projects (b) education (c) contact details (d) skills
21. 21.📄 In which résumé section does this go: a mobile number? (a) projects (b) activities (c) education (d) contact details
22. 22.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your Aadhaar number? (a) include it (b) leave it out
23. 23.📄 Your résumé says you led a club. In the interview you should… (a) be ready to explain it (b) deny it (c) change the subject (d) say it was a joke
24. 24.Which of these goes in the education section? (a) eco club member (b) spreadsheets (basic) (c) an email ID (d) B.Com first year
25. 25.📄 What font style suits a résumé? (a) five fancy fonts (b) all bold capitals (c) one plain, clear font (d) tiny handwriting
26. 26.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) your siblings’ marks (b) your bank details (c) your Aadhaar number (d) skills like typing
27. 27.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: a party selfie? (a) include it (b) leave it out
28. 28.True or false: “projects you did” should be left out of a résumé. (a) True (b) False
29. 29.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your phone and email? (a) include it (b) leave it out
30. 30.True or false: “your Aadhaar number” should be left out of a résumé. (a) True (b) False
31. 31.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your bank details (b) a party selfie (c) your siblings’ marks (d) your phone and email
32. 32.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: made-up marks? (a) leave it out (b) include it
33. 33.Which of these goes in the projects section? (a) Class 12 (Science), 2026 (b) school football team (c) built a rain gauge model (d) basic HTML and CSS
34. 34.True or false: “clubs and activities” belongs on a student résumé. (a) False (b) True
35. 35.True or false: “your phone and email” belongs on a student résumé. (a) True (b) False
36. 36.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) school and marks (b) a long life story (c) your passwords (d) your siblings’ marks
37. 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your bank details (b) your siblings’ marks (c) school and marks (d) your Aadhaar number
38. 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your siblings’ marks (b) a party selfie (c) your Aadhaar number (d) clubs and activities
39. 39.Which of these goes in the skills section? (a) Class 12 (Science), 2026 (b) Class 10 board: 88% (c) basic HTML and CSS (d) a mobile number
40. 40.True or false: “your siblings’ marks” should be left out of a résumé. (a) True (b) False

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