Résumé Worksheet: What to Include

Interview skills lesson 17: What goes on a student résumé · Set 57 · 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: a long life story? (a) include it (b) leave it out
2. 2.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) skills like typing (b) school and marks (c) your phone and email (d) a party selfie
3. 3.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: a party selfie? (a) leave it out (b) include it
4. 4.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) a long life story (b) a party selfie (c) your passwords (d) your phone and email
5. 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) made-up marks (b) your phone and email (c) your bank details (d) your Aadhaar number
6. 6.True or false: “awards and prizes” should be left out of a résumé. (a) True (b) False
7. 7.📄 A student with no work experience should highlight… (a) made-up jobs (b) projects and activities (c) their parents’ jobs (d) nothing at all
8. 8.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your siblings’ marks? (a) include it (b) leave it out
9. 9.📄 In which résumé section does this go: a website for our club? (a) activities (b) projects (c) education (d) contact details
10. 10.Which of these goes in the skills section? (a) Class 10 board: 88% (b) Class 12 (Science), 2026 (c) B.Com first year (d) spreadsheets (basic)
11. 11.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) languages you know (b) your bank details (c) school and marks (d) skills like typing
12. 12.True or false: “languages you know” belongs on a student résumé. (a) True (b) False
13. 13.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) a party selfie (b) school and marks (c) made-up marks (d) your bank details
14. 14.Which of these goes in the education section? (a) a survey of 50 shops (b) eco club member (c) Class 10 board: 88% (d) a mobile number
15. 15.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) your siblings’ marks (b) awards and prizes (c) a long life story (d) your bank details
16. 16.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) your phone and email (b) a long life story (c) school and marks (d) awards and prizes
17. 17.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your bank details? (a) leave it out (b) include it
18. 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your Aadhaar number (b) volunteer work (c) projects you did (d) clubs and activities
19. 19.📄 In which résumé section does this go: spreadsheets (basic)? (a) activities (b) skills (c) contact details (d) projects
20. 20.📄 In which résumé section does this go: basic HTML and CSS? (a) activities (b) skills (c) projects (d) education
21. 21.True or false: “school and marks” should be left out of a résumé. (a) True (b) False
22. 22.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: awards and prizes? (a) leave it out (b) include it
23. 23.📄 In which résumé section does this go: Class 10 board: 88%? (a) skills (b) education (c) activities (d) projects
24. 24.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: projects you did? (a) include it (b) leave it out
25. 25.True or false: “skills like typing” should be left out of a résumé. (a) False (b) True
26. 26.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your passwords? (a) include it (b) leave it out
27. 27.📄 In which résumé section does this go: a survey of 50 shops? (a) projects (b) contact details (c) skills (d) activities
28. 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your siblings’ marks (b) volunteer work (c) your Aadhaar number (d) your bank details
29. 29.📄 How long should a student résumé usually be? (a) ten pages (b) five pages (c) one page (d) half a line
30. 30.📄 A résumé is… (a) a full autobiography (b) a short summary of you (c) a letter of thanks (d) a school report card
31. 31.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: skills like typing? (a) include it (b) leave it out
32. 32.📄 What font style suits a résumé? (a) five fancy fonts (b) all bold capitals (c) tiny handwriting (d) one plain, clear font
33. 33.📄 In which résumé section does this go: an email ID? (a) skills (b) activities (c) projects (d) contact details
34. 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) languages you know (b) projects you did (c) your phone and email (d) made-up marks
35. 35.Which of these goes in the activities section? (a) a mobile number (b) Class 12 (Science), 2026 (c) school football team (d) Class 10 board: 88%
36. 36.True or false: “your phone and email” should be left out of a résumé. (a) False (b) True
37. 37.Which of these goes in the education section? (a) B.Com first year (b) a website for our club (c) a survey of 50 shops (d) a mobile number
38. 38.📄 In which résumé section does this go: school football team? (a) contact details (b) skills (c) activities (d) education
39. 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) volunteer work (b) projects you did (c) clubs and activities (d) your passwords
40. 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) clubs and activities (b) made-up marks (c) a party selfie (d) your Aadhaar number

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