Résumé Worksheet: What to Include

Interview skills lesson 17: What goes on a student résumé · Set 613 · 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 of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) school and marks (b) made-up marks (c) a party selfie (d) your bank details
2. 2.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: made-up marks? (a) include it (b) leave it out
3. 3.📄 Your résumé says you led a club. In the interview you should… (a) deny it (b) be ready to explain it (c) say it was a joke (d) change the subject
4. 4.📄 A student with no work experience should highlight… (a) their parents’ jobs (b) projects and activities (c) nothing at all (d) made-up jobs
5. 5.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: a party selfie? (a) include it (b) leave it out
6. 6.True or false: “your siblings’ marks” belongs on a student résumé. (a) False (b) True
7. 7.📄 How long should a student résumé usually be? (a) ten pages (b) half a line (c) five pages (d) one page
8. 8.True or false: “clubs and activities” belongs on a student résumé. (a) False (b) True
9. 9.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: projects you did? (a) leave it out (b) include it
10. 10.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) awards and prizes (b) your Aadhaar number (c) skills like typing (d) projects you did
11. 11.📄 What font style suits a résumé? (a) all bold capitals (b) one plain, clear font (c) five fancy fonts (d) tiny handwriting
12. 12.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) clubs and activities (b) languages you know (c) a long life story (d) projects you did
13. 13.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) projects you did (b) your passwords (c) a party selfie (d) your siblings’ marks
14. 14.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) skills like typing (b) your phone and email (c) your passwords (d) languages you know
15. 15.📄 In which résumé section does this go: eco club member? (a) education (b) contact details (c) skills (d) activities
16. 16.📄 In which résumé section does this go: built a rain gauge model? (a) education (b) skills (c) projects (d) contact details
17. 17.True or false: “a party selfie” should be left out of a résumé. (a) True (b) False
18. 18.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) a party selfie (b) volunteer work (c) your bank details (d) your passwords
19. 19.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your siblings’ marks? (a) include it (b) leave it out
20. 20.📄 In which résumé section does this go: basic HTML and CSS? (a) projects (b) contact details (c) activities (d) skills
21. 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) languages you know (b) a party selfie (c) clubs and activities (d) school and marks
22. 22.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) languages you know (b) volunteer work (c) school and marks (d) your siblings’ marks
23. 23.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: skills like typing? (a) include it (b) leave it out
24. 24.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) projects you did (b) your phone and email (c) made-up marks (d) languages you know
25. 25.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: volunteer work? (a) include it (b) leave it out
26. 26.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your Aadhaar number (b) your passwords (c) school and marks (d) your bank details
27. 27.True or false: “your passwords” should be left out of a résumé. (a) False (b) True
28. 28.📄 In which résumé section does this go: spreadsheets (basic)? (a) projects (b) education (c) skills (d) activities
29. 29.📄 In which résumé section does this go: a survey of 50 shops? (a) education (b) skills (c) contact details (d) projects
30. 30.True or false: “languages you know” should be left out of a résumé. (a) True (b) False
31. 31.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) languages you know (b) your siblings’ marks (c) awards and prizes (d) your phone and email
32. 32.Which of these goes in the education section? (a) a survey of 50 shops (b) basic HTML and CSS (c) Class 10 board: 88% (d) typing 40 words a minute
33. 33.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your bank details? (a) include it (b) leave it out
34. 34.📄 In which résumé section does this go: Class 12 (Science), 2026? (a) projects (b) skills (c) contact details (d) education
35. 35.True or false: “your Aadhaar number” belongs on a student résumé. (a) False (b) True
36. 36.Which of these goes in the education section? (a) spreadsheets (basic) (b) Class 12 (Science), 2026 (c) a website for our club (d) a survey of 50 shops
37. 37.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your passwords? (a) leave it out (b) include it
38. 38.Which of these goes in the projects section? (a) typing 40 words a minute (b) Class 12 (Science), 2026 (c) debate club secretary (d) a website for our club
39. 39.True or false: “your phone and email” should be left out of a résumé. (a) False (b) True
40. 40.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) awards and prizes (b) your bank details (c) skills like typing (d) school and marks

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