Résumé Worksheet: What to Include

Interview skills lesson 17: What goes on a student résumé · Set 568 · 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: made-up marks? (a) include it (b) leave it out
2. 2.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) projects you did (b) awards and prizes (c) your bank details (d) your phone and email
3. 3.True or false: “school and marks” should be left out of a résumé. (a) True (b) False
4. 4.📄 What font style suits a résumé? (a) tiny handwriting (b) all bold capitals (c) five fancy fonts (d) one plain, clear font
5. 5.True or false: “a party selfie” belongs on a student résumé. (a) True (b) False
6. 6.True or false: “volunteer work” should be left out of a résumé. (a) True (b) False
7. 7.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: awards and prizes? (a) include it (b) leave it out
8. 8.Which of these goes in the education section? (a) a survey of 50 shops (b) built a rain gauge model (c) debate club secretary (d) Class 10 board: 88%
9. 9.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) clubs and activities (b) your Aadhaar number (c) projects you did (d) languages you know
10. 10.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) languages you know (b) made-up marks (c) your siblings’ marks (d) a party selfie
11. 11.📄 In which résumé section does this go: Class 10 board: 88%? (a) activities (b) projects (c) skills (d) education
12. 12.📄 A résumé is… (a) a letter of thanks (b) a full autobiography (c) a short summary of you (d) a school report card
13. 13.📄 In which résumé section does this go: typing 40 words a minute? (a) skills (b) activities (c) projects (d) contact details
14. 14.📄 Your résumé says you led a club. In the interview you should… (a) say it was a joke (b) be ready to explain it (c) change the subject (d) deny it
15. 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a long life story (b) your siblings’ marks (c) your Aadhaar number (d) your phone and email
16. 16.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your passwords? (a) leave it out (b) include it
17. 17.True or false: “your Aadhaar number” belongs on a student résumé. (a) False (b) True
18. 18.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: languages you know? (a) include it (b) leave it out
19. 19.📄 In which résumé section does this go: spreadsheets (basic)? (a) contact details (b) projects (c) skills (d) activities
20. 20.Which of these goes in the education section? (a) built a rain gauge model (b) spreadsheets (basic) (c) B.Com first year (d) basic HTML and CSS
21. 21.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your siblings’ marks? (a) include it (b) leave it out
22. 22.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) volunteer work (b) awards and prizes (c) a party selfie (d) school and marks
23. 23.📄 A student with no work experience should highlight… (a) their parents’ jobs (b) nothing at all (c) projects and activities (d) made-up jobs
24. 24.Which of these goes in the education section? (a) school football team (b) an email ID (c) a mobile number (d) Class 12 (Science), 2026
25. 25.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) your bank details (b) a long life story (c) a party selfie (d) clubs and activities
26. 26.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) awards and prizes (b) a long life story (c) skills like typing (d) languages you know
27. 27.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) your bank details (b) your siblings’ marks (c) your Aadhaar number (d) skills like typing
28. 28.Which of these goes in the contact details? (a) your city and PIN code (b) a website for our club (c) built a rain gauge model (d) debate club secretary
29. 29.Which of these goes in the skills section? (a) built a rain gauge model (b) B.Com first year (c) Class 12 (Science), 2026 (d) spreadsheets (basic)
30. 30.Which of these goes in the projects section? (a) a survey of 50 shops (b) Class 12 (Science), 2026 (c) eco club member (d) school football team
31. 31.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: a long life story? (a) leave it out (b) include it
32. 32.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your bank details? (a) leave it out (b) include it
33. 33.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) your Aadhaar number (b) your siblings’ marks (c) a long life story (d) volunteer work
34. 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) projects you did (b) your bank details (c) your passwords (d) made-up marks
35. 35.Which of these goes in the skills section? (a) Class 10 board: 88% (b) your city and PIN code (c) typing 40 words a minute (d) B.Com first year
36. 36.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your Aadhaar number? (a) include it (b) leave it out
37. 37.📄 How long should a student résumé usually be? (a) ten pages (b) one page (c) half a line (d) five pages
38. 38.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: clubs and activities? (a) include it (b) leave it out
39. 39.True or false: “clubs and activities” should be left out of a résumé. (a) False (b) True
40. 40.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) a party selfie (b) your passwords (c) your phone and email (d) made-up marks

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