Résumé Worksheet: What to Include

Interview skills lesson 17: What goes on a student résumé · Set 60 · 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.📄 How long should a student résumé usually be? (a) ten pages (b) half a line (c) five pages (d) one page
2. 2.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) your passwords (b) a party selfie (c) your bank details (d) volunteer work
3. 3.📄 A résumé is… (a) a school report card (b) a short summary of you (c) a full autobiography (d) a letter of thanks
4. 4.Which of these goes in the education section? (a) a survey of 50 shops (b) Class 10 board: 88% (c) your city and PIN code (d) an email ID
5. 5.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: projects you did? (a) include it (b) leave it out
6. 6.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) your Aadhaar number (b) your passwords (c) school and marks (d) a party selfie
7. 7.📄 In which résumé section does this go: Class 10 board: 88%? (a) projects (b) education (c) skills (d) activities
8. 8.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your bank details (b) your Aadhaar number (c) awards and prizes (d) made-up marks
9. 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your passwords (b) school and marks (c) your bank details (d) a party selfie
10. 10.📄 Your résumé says you led a club. In the interview you should… (a) deny it (b) change the subject (c) be ready to explain it (d) say it was a joke
11. 11.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) languages you know (b) made-up marks (c) your bank details (d) your Aadhaar number
12. 12.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: clubs and activities? (a) leave it out (b) include it
13. 13.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: languages you know? (a) leave it out (b) include it
14. 14.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your passwords (b) your phone and email (c) awards and prizes (d) clubs and activities
15. 15.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) your phone and email (b) your bank details (c) made-up marks (d) a long life story
16. 16.📄 In which résumé section does this go: a website for our club? (a) activities (b) skills (c) contact details (d) projects
17. 17.📄 In which résumé section does this go: Class 12 (Science), 2026? (a) skills (b) education (c) contact details (d) projects
18. 18.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your siblings’ marks? (a) include it (b) leave it out
19. 19.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) projects you did (b) your siblings’ marks (c) awards and prizes (d) school and marks
20. 20.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) a long life story (b) your bank details (c) projects you did (d) a party selfie
21. 21.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) volunteer work (b) skills like typing (c) a party selfie (d) clubs and activities
22. 22.Which of these goes in the skills section? (a) basic HTML and CSS (b) Class 12 (Science), 2026 (c) a mobile number (d) your city and PIN code
23. 23.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) school and marks (b) your passwords (c) your phone and email (d) languages you know
24. 24.True or false: “your siblings’ marks” belongs on a student résumé. (a) True (b) False
25. 25.Which of these goes in the education section? (a) built a rain gauge model (b) a website for our club (c) Class 12 (Science), 2026 (d) an email ID
26. 26.📄 In which résumé section does this go: basic HTML and CSS? (a) education (b) projects (c) skills (d) activities
27. 27.True or false: “projects you did” should be left out of a résumé. (a) True (b) False
28. 28.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your passwords? (a) include it (b) leave it out
29. 29.True or false: “your Aadhaar number” should be left out of a résumé. (a) True (b) False
30. 30.True or false: “a party selfie” should be left out of a résumé. (a) True (b) False
31. 31.📄 A student with no work experience should highlight… (a) their parents’ jobs (b) made-up jobs (c) projects and activities (d) nothing at all
32. 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) languages you know (b) school and marks (c) a long life story (d) volunteer work
33. 33.📄 In which résumé section does this go: a survey of 50 shops? (a) projects (b) activities (c) contact details (d) education
34. 34.Which of these goes in the skills section? (a) B.Com first year (b) Class 10 board: 88% (c) spreadsheets (basic) (d) eco club member
35. 35.Which of these goes in the projects section? (a) Class 12 (Science), 2026 (b) built a rain gauge model (c) B.Com first year (d) basic HTML and CSS
36. 36.True or false: “languages you know” should be left out of a résumé. (a) True (b) False
37. 37.True or false: “projects you did” belongs on a student résumé. (a) True (b) False
38. 38.True or false: “awards and prizes” belongs on a student résumé. (a) False (b) True
39. 39.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your Aadhaar number? (a) include it (b) leave it out
40. 40.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: awards and prizes? (a) leave it out (b) include it

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