Résumé Worksheet: What to Include

Interview skills lesson 17: What goes on a student résumé · Set 575 · 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 is the odd one out? (a) projects you did (b) your phone and email (c) clubs and activities (d) your siblings’ marks
2. 2.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: clubs and activities? (a) include it (b) leave it out
3. 3.📄 A résumé is… (a) a school report card (b) a letter of thanks (c) a full autobiography (d) a short summary of you
4. 4.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a party selfie (b) your passwords (c) languages you know (d) your Aadhaar number
5. 5.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: projects you did? (a) include it (b) leave it out
6. 6.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your siblings’ marks? (a) leave it out (b) include it
7. 7.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) awards and prizes (b) your siblings’ marks (c) languages you know (d) volunteer work
8. 8.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) school and marks (b) made-up marks (c) your phone and email (d) skills like typing
9. 9.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) made-up marks (b) volunteer work (c) clubs and activities (d) school and marks
10. 10.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) your passwords (b) made-up marks (c) your bank details (d) your phone and email
11. 11.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your bank details? (a) leave it out (b) include it
12. 12.Which of these goes in the skills section? (a) built a rain gauge model (b) a website for our club (c) basic HTML and CSS (d) debate club secretary
13. 13.📄 In which résumé section does this go: your city and PIN code? (a) skills (b) education (c) activities (d) contact details
14. 14.Which of these goes in the activities section? (a) debate club secretary (b) Class 10 board: 88% (c) Class 12 (Science), 2026 (d) a website for our club
15. 15.Which of these goes in the contact details? (a) spreadsheets (basic) (b) Class 12 (Science), 2026 (c) B.Com first year (d) an email ID
16. 16.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: made-up marks? (a) include it (b) leave it out
17. 17.Which of these goes in the education section? (a) your city and PIN code (b) Class 12 (Science), 2026 (c) basic HTML and CSS (d) a survey of 50 shops
18. 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a long life story (b) awards and prizes (c) your passwords (d) your siblings’ marks
19. 19.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) skills like typing (b) your bank details (c) projects you did (d) languages you know
20. 20.📄 A student with no work experience should highlight… (a) their parents’ jobs (b) nothing at all (c) projects and activities (d) made-up jobs
21. 21.True or false: “skills like typing” should be left out of a résumé. (a) False (b) True
22. 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) clubs and activities (b) volunteer work (c) school and marks (d) a party selfie
23. 23.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) a party selfie (b) awards and prizes (c) skills like typing (d) clubs and activities
24. 24.True or false: “your Aadhaar number” belongs on a student résumé. (a) False (b) True
25. 25.True or false: “projects you did” belongs on a student résumé. (a) False (b) True
26. 26.Which of these goes in the projects section? (a) debate club secretary (b) spreadsheets (basic) (c) a survey of 50 shops (d) your city and PIN code
27. 27.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) your Aadhaar number (b) a party selfie (c) your bank details (d) projects you did
28. 28.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) clubs and activities (b) your passwords (c) volunteer work (d) languages you know
29. 29.📄 Your résumé says you led a club. In the interview you should… (a) deny it (b) say it was a joke (c) be ready to explain it (d) change the subject
30. 30.📄 How long should a student résumé usually be? (a) ten pages (b) five pages (c) half a line (d) one page
31. 31.📄 In which résumé section does this go: a mobile number? (a) projects (b) contact details (c) skills (d) education
32. 32.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your passwords? (a) include it (b) leave it out
33. 33.📄 What font style suits a résumé? (a) one plain, clear font (b) all bold capitals (c) five fancy fonts (d) tiny handwriting
34. 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) clubs and activities (b) projects you did (c) languages you know (d) a long life story
35. 35.True or false: “school and marks” belongs on a student résumé. (a) True (b) False
36. 36.True or false: “a long life story” should be left out of a résumé. (a) True (b) False
37. 37.📄 In which résumé section does this go: Class 12 (Science), 2026? (a) education (b) skills (c) activities (d) contact details
38. 38.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) volunteer work (b) languages you know (c) your Aadhaar number (d) awards and prizes
39. 39.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: awards and prizes? (a) include it (b) leave it out
40. 40.Which of these goes in the activities section? (a) your city and PIN code (b) typing 40 words a minute (c) spreadsheets (basic) (d) eco club member

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