Résumé Worksheet: What to Include

Interview skills lesson 17: What goes on a student résumé · Set 549 · 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: languages you know? (a) include it (b) leave it out
2. 2.📄 A student with no work experience should highlight… (a) projects and activities (b) their parents’ jobs (c) made-up jobs (d) nothing at all
3. 3.📄 A résumé is… (a) a short summary of you (b) a full autobiography (c) a school report card (d) a letter of thanks
4. 4.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) a party selfie (b) your bank details (c) school and marks (d) a long life story
5. 5.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: skills like typing? (a) leave it out (b) include it
6. 6.📄 Your résumé says you led a club. In the interview you should… (a) be ready to explain it (b) change the subject (c) say it was a joke (d) deny it
7. 7.📄 In which résumé section does this go: spreadsheets (basic)? (a) skills (b) activities (c) projects (d) education
8. 8.Which of these goes in the projects section? (a) school football team (b) B.Com first year (c) a mobile number (d) a survey of 50 shops
9. 9.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your Aadhaar number? (a) include it (b) leave it out
10. 10.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: volunteer work? (a) include it (b) leave it out
11. 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) made-up marks (b) your siblings’ marks (c) skills like typing (d) your passwords
12. 12.True or false: “volunteer work” should be left out of a résumé. (a) True (b) False
13. 13.True or false: “school and marks” should be left out of a résumé. (a) True (b) False
14. 14.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: made-up marks? (a) leave it out (b) include it
15. 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your bank details (b) made-up marks (c) your passwords (d) clubs and activities
16. 16.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) skills like typing (b) projects you did (c) volunteer work (d) your passwords
17. 17.Which of these goes in the education section? (a) a survey of 50 shops (b) basic HTML and CSS (c) typing 40 words a minute (d) Class 10 board: 88%
18. 18.True or false: “languages you know” should be left out of a résumé. (a) False (b) True
19. 19.📄 In which résumé section does this go: Class 12 (Science), 2026? (a) projects (b) contact details (c) education (d) activities
20. 20.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: school and marks? (a) leave it out (b) include it
21. 21.📄 How long should a student résumé usually be? (a) ten pages (b) one page (c) five pages (d) half a line
22. 22.True or false: “a long life story” should be left out of a résumé. (a) False (b) True
23. 23.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: a party selfie? (a) include it (b) leave it out
24. 24.True or false: “your phone and email” belongs on a student résumé. (a) False (b) True
25. 25.Which of these goes in the contact details? (a) an email ID (b) Class 10 board: 88% (c) school football team (d) a survey of 50 shops
26. 26.📄 In which résumé section does this go: a website for our club? (a) skills (b) projects (c) contact details (d) education
27. 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) awards and prizes (b) school and marks (c) your Aadhaar number (d) skills like typing
28. 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your siblings’ marks (b) your phone and email (c) your bank details (d) made-up marks
29. 29.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) your phone and email (b) a long life story (c) your bank details (d) made-up marks
30. 30.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) languages you know (b) awards and prizes (c) your phone and email (d) made-up marks
31. 31.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) school and marks (b) skills like typing (c) your phone and email (d) your passwords
32. 32.📄 In which résumé section does this go: a mobile number? (a) education (b) activities (c) contact details (d) skills
33. 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your phone and email (b) a party selfie (c) skills like typing (d) awards and prizes
34. 34.📄 In which résumé section does this go: a survey of 50 shops? (a) skills (b) contact details (c) activities (d) projects
35. 35.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your siblings’ marks? (a) include it (b) leave it out
36. 36.True or false: “languages you know” belongs on a student résumé. (a) False (b) True
37. 37.True or false: “projects you did” should be left out of a résumé. (a) False (b) True
38. 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) made-up marks (b) your Aadhaar number (c) projects you did (d) a long life story
39. 39.Which of these goes in the contact details? (a) typing 40 words a minute (b) Class 12 (Science), 2026 (c) basic HTML and CSS (d) your city and PIN code
40. 40.📄 In which résumé section does this go: an email ID? (a) skills (b) education (c) projects (d) contact details

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