Résumé Worksheet: What to Include

Interview skills lesson 17: What goes on a student résumé · Set 621 · 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.📄 In which résumé section does this go: Class 10 board: 88%? (a) education (b) activities (c) projects (d) skills
2. 2.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your Aadhaar number (b) school and marks (c) your bank details (d) made-up marks
3. 3.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) your phone and email (b) awards and prizes (c) a long life story (d) skills like typing
4. 4.📄 How long should a student résumé usually be? (a) five pages (b) ten pages (c) one page (d) half a line
5. 5.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) volunteer work (b) made-up marks (c) awards and prizes (d) school and marks
6. 6.Which of these goes in the activities section? (a) a mobile number (b) school football team (c) Class 12 (Science), 2026 (d) a survey of 50 shops
7. 7.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your bank details (b) awards and prizes (c) volunteer work (d) projects you did
8. 8.Which of these goes in the education section? (a) an email ID (b) a website for our club (c) B.Com first year (d) a mobile number
9. 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) skills like typing (b) your Aadhaar number (c) your phone and email (d) languages you know
10. 10.📄 Your résumé says you led a club. In the interview you should… (a) change the subject (b) deny it (c) be ready to explain it (d) say it was a joke
11. 11.Which of these goes in the education section? (a) eco club member (b) basic HTML and CSS (c) Class 10 board: 88% (d) your city and PIN code
12. 12.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: volunteer work? (a) include it (b) leave it out
13. 13.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your Aadhaar number? (a) leave it out (b) include it
14. 14.True or false: “your Aadhaar number” should be left out of a résumé. (a) False (b) True
15. 15.📄 A résumé is… (a) a letter of thanks (b) a school report card (c) a full autobiography (d) a short summary of you
16. 16.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: made-up marks? (a) leave it out (b) include it
17. 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) projects you did (b) clubs and activities (c) languages you know (d) your siblings’ marks
18. 18.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) your phone and email (b) your siblings’ marks (c) your passwords (d) your bank details
19. 19.📄 What font style suits a résumé? (a) all bold capitals (b) tiny handwriting (c) five fancy fonts (d) one plain, clear font
20. 20.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: skills like typing? (a) include it (b) leave it out
21. 21.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your phone and email? (a) include it (b) leave it out
22. 22.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) your Aadhaar number (b) your passwords (c) your bank details (d) languages you know
23. 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) made-up marks (b) school and marks (c) clubs and activities (d) your phone and email
24. 24.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: school and marks? (a) leave it out (b) include it
25. 25.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) a party selfie (b) your passwords (c) your bank details (d) volunteer work
26. 26.📄 In which résumé section does this go: eco club member? (a) education (b) projects (c) activities (d) skills
27. 27.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) volunteer work (b) your phone and email (c) projects you did (d) your bank details
28. 28.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your siblings’ marks? (a) include it (b) leave it out
29. 29.📄 In which résumé section does this go: basic HTML and CSS? (a) education (b) skills (c) activities (d) projects
30. 30.Which of these goes in the education section? (a) Class 12 (Science), 2026 (b) a website for our club (c) eco club member (d) built a rain gauge model
31. 31.True or false: “languages you know” belongs on a student résumé. (a) False (b) True
32. 32.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) your siblings’ marks (b) school and marks (c) a long life story (d) a party selfie
33. 33.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) volunteer work (b) your passwords (c) awards and prizes (d) your phone and email
34. 34.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) school and marks (b) a party selfie (c) volunteer work (d) your phone and email
35. 35.Which of these goes in the skills section? (a) Class 10 board: 88% (b) built a rain gauge model (c) a mobile number (d) typing 40 words a minute
36. 36.True or false: “school and marks” belongs on a student résumé. (a) False (b) True
37. 37.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) languages you know (b) your siblings’ marks (c) school and marks (d) skills like typing
38. 38.Which of these goes in the activities section? (a) debate club secretary (b) typing 40 words a minute (c) a survey of 50 shops (d) a website for our club
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 is the odd one out? (a) your bank details (b) languages you know (c) your siblings’ marks (d) made-up marks

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