Résumé Worksheet: What to Include

Interview skills lesson 17: What goes on a student résumé · Set 602 · 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) clubs and activities (b) a long life story (c) made-up marks (d) your siblings’ marks
2. 2.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) your Aadhaar number (b) volunteer work (c) made-up marks (d) your bank details
3. 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) skills like typing (b) awards and prizes (c) your bank details (d) your phone and email
4. 4.True or false: “school and marks” belongs on a student résumé. (a) True (b) False
5. 5.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: volunteer work? (a) include it (b) leave it out
6. 6.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your siblings’ marks (b) volunteer work (c) awards and prizes (d) clubs and activities
7. 7.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: projects you did? (a) leave it out (b) include it
8. 8.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) projects you did (b) a long life story (c) your passwords (d) your bank details
9. 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) made-up marks (b) school and marks (c) your Aadhaar number (d) your bank details
10. 10.Which of these goes in the skills section? (a) your city and PIN code (b) a mobile number (c) spreadsheets (basic) (d) a website for our club
11. 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a long life story (b) volunteer work (c) projects you did (d) school and marks
12. 12.True or false: “clubs and activities” belongs on a student résumé. (a) True (b) False
13. 13.Which of these goes in the activities section? (a) Class 12 (Science), 2026 (b) an email ID (c) school football team (d) built a rain gauge model
14. 14.Which of these goes in the education section? (a) an email ID (b) B.Com first year (c) eco club member (d) a mobile number
15. 15.📄 In which résumé section does this go: basic HTML and CSS? (a) contact details (b) education (c) activities (d) skills
16. 16.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) languages you know (b) a party selfie (c) your phone and email (d) skills like typing
17. 17.📄 In which résumé section does this go: typing 40 words a minute? (a) projects (b) contact details (c) skills (d) education
18. 18.📄 What font style suits a résumé? (a) five fancy fonts (b) all bold capitals (c) one plain, clear font (d) tiny handwriting
19. 19.📄 A résumé is… (a) a letter of thanks (b) a school report card (c) a full autobiography (d) a short summary of you
20. 20.📄 A student with no work experience should highlight… (a) their parents’ jobs (b) projects and activities (c) nothing at all (d) made-up jobs
21. 21.True or false: “a long life story” belongs on a student résumé. (a) True (b) False
22. 22.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: a long life story? (a) leave it out (b) include it
23. 23.Which of these goes in the education section? (a) a survey of 50 shops (b) debate club secretary (c) Class 10 board: 88% (d) school football team
24. 24.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your bank details? (a) include it (b) leave it out
25. 25.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: clubs and activities? (a) leave it out (b) include it
26. 26.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) volunteer work (b) awards and prizes (c) a long life story (d) clubs and activities
27. 27.📄 How long should a student résumé usually be? (a) five pages (b) half a line (c) ten pages (d) one page
28. 28.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: languages you know? (a) leave it out (b) include it
29. 29.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your siblings’ marks? (a) include it (b) leave it out
30. 30.📄 Your résumé says you led a club. In the interview you should… (a) change the subject (b) deny it (c) say it was a joke (d) be ready to explain it
31. 31.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your phone and email? (a) leave it out (b) include it
32. 32.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) your bank details (b) a party selfie (c) your Aadhaar number (d) school and marks
33. 33.True or false: “a party selfie” belongs on a student résumé. (a) True (b) False
34. 34.Which of these goes in the contact details? (a) school football team (b) typing 40 words a minute (c) a mobile number (d) eco club member
35. 35.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: a party selfie? (a) leave it out (b) include it
36. 36.📄 In which résumé section does this go: debate club secretary? (a) contact details (b) projects (c) education (d) activities
37. 37.📄 In which résumé section does this go: a mobile number? (a) skills (b) activities (c) contact details (d) education
38. 38.Which of these goes in the contact details? (a) a survey of 50 shops (b) Class 10 board: 88% (c) an email ID (d) built a rain gauge model
39. 39.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) your Aadhaar number (b) awards and prizes (c) a party selfie (d) made-up marks
40. 40.True or false: “your passwords” belongs on a student résumé. (a) False (b) True

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