Résumé Worksheet: What to Include

Interview skills lesson 17: What goes on a student résumé · Set 550 · 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: skills like typing? (a) leave it out (b) include it
2. 2.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) skills like typing (b) volunteer work (c) your phone and email (d) your passwords
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 of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) your phone and email (b) your bank details (c) your siblings’ marks (d) your Aadhaar number
5. 5.📄 In which résumé section does this go: typing 40 words a minute? (a) education (b) projects (c) activities (d) skills
6. 6.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your passwords? (a) include it (b) leave it out
7. 7.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your siblings’ marks? (a) include it (b) leave it out
8. 8.📄 Your résumé says you led a club. In the interview you should… (a) deny it (b) be ready to explain it (c) change the subject (d) say it was a joke
9. 9.📄 A student with no work experience should highlight… (a) made-up jobs (b) their parents’ jobs (c) nothing at all (d) projects and activities
10. 10.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) a party selfie (b) your passwords (c) awards and prizes (d) your siblings’ marks
11. 11.True or false: “skills like typing” belongs on a student résumé. (a) True (b) False
12. 12.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your phone and email? (a) leave it out (b) include it
13. 13.True or false: “your Aadhaar number” belongs on a student résumé. (a) False (b) True
14. 14.True or false: “school and marks” should be left out of a résumé. (a) False (b) True
15. 15.True or false: “volunteer work” belongs on a student résumé. (a) True (b) False
16. 16.Which of these goes in the contact details? (a) your city and PIN code (b) a survey of 50 shops (c) B.Com first year (d) typing 40 words a minute
17. 17.Which of these goes in the education section? (a) eco club member (b) your city and PIN code (c) basic HTML and CSS (d) Class 12 (Science), 2026
18. 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a long life story (b) your phone and email (c) skills like typing (d) volunteer work
19. 19.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) languages you know (b) your Aadhaar number (c) school and marks (d) your phone and email
20. 20.Which of these goes in the projects section? (a) Class 10 board: 88% (b) your city and PIN code (c) Class 12 (Science), 2026 (d) a survey of 50 shops
21. 21.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: a long life story? (a) include it (b) leave it out
22. 22.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: awards and prizes? (a) leave it out (b) include it
23. 23.True or false: “your phone and email” belongs on a student résumé. (a) False (b) True
24. 24.Which of these goes in the projects section? (a) a mobile number (b) built a rain gauge model (c) school football team (d) basic HTML and CSS
25. 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your Aadhaar number (b) languages you know (c) made-up marks (d) a long life story
26. 26.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) your phone and email (b) your passwords (c) awards and prizes (d) projects you did
27. 27.Which of these goes in the activities section? (a) a website for our club (b) school football team (c) Class 12 (Science), 2026 (d) B.Com first year
28. 28.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) a long life story (b) skills like typing (c) your phone and email (d) school and marks
29. 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) school and marks (b) clubs and activities (c) a party selfie (d) awards and prizes
30. 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) volunteer work (b) your siblings’ marks (c) a long life story (d) a party selfie
31. 31.True or false: “awards and prizes” should be left out of a résumé. (a) False (b) True
32. 32.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) a long life story (b) projects you did (c) your Aadhaar number (d) a party selfie
33. 33.📄 In which résumé section does this go: built a rain gauge model? (a) contact details (b) projects (c) skills (d) education
34. 34.True or false: “your Aadhaar number” should be left out of a résumé. (a) False (b) True
35. 35.📄 A résumé is… (a) a full autobiography (b) a letter of thanks (c) a school report card (d) a short summary of you
36. 36.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) made-up marks (b) a long life story (c) awards and prizes (d) your siblings’ marks
37. 37.Which of these goes in the skills section? (a) built a rain gauge model (b) basic HTML and CSS (c) eco club member (d) Class 10 board: 88%
38. 38.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) school and marks (b) languages you know (c) your siblings’ marks (d) skills like typing
39. 39.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your Aadhaar number? (a) include it (b) leave it out
40. 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) school and marks (b) your Aadhaar number (c) your phone and email (d) projects you did

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