Résumé Worksheet: What to Include

Interview skills lesson 17: What goes on a student résumé · Set 632 · 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 should be left out of a résumé? (a) made-up marks (b) school and marks (c) projects you did (d) your phone and email
2. 2.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) awards and prizes (b) clubs and activities (c) your siblings’ marks (d) your phone and email
3. 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your passwords (b) clubs and activities (c) made-up marks (d) your bank details
4. 4.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: skills like typing? (a) include it (b) leave it out
5. 5.📄 In which résumé section does this go: Class 10 board: 88%? (a) skills (b) contact details (c) education (d) activities
6. 6.📄 In which résumé section does this go: a survey of 50 shops? (a) contact details (b) education (c) projects (d) activities
7. 7.📄 In which résumé section does this go: typing 40 words a minute? (a) skills (b) projects (c) education (d) activities
8. 8.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your siblings’ marks (b) made-up marks (c) school and marks (d) your bank details
9. 9.📄 In which résumé section does this go: spreadsheets (basic)? (a) projects (b) activities (c) skills (d) education
10. 10.📄 A résumé is… (a) a full autobiography (b) a short summary of you (c) a letter of thanks (d) a school report card
11. 11.True or false: “your siblings’ marks” belongs on a student résumé. (a) True (b) False
12. 12.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) volunteer work (b) a long life story (c) your passwords (d) made-up marks
13. 13.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: languages you know? (a) include it (b) leave it out
14. 14.True or false: “a party selfie” should be left out of a résumé. (a) True (b) False
15. 15.📄 How long should a student résumé usually be? (a) one page (b) five pages (c) half a line (d) ten pages
16. 16.True or false: “volunteer work” belongs on a student résumé. (a) True (b) False
17. 17.📄 A student with no work experience should highlight… (a) made-up jobs (b) their parents’ jobs (c) projects and activities (d) nothing at all
18. 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) skills like typing (b) awards and prizes (c) a long life story (d) languages you know
19. 19.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: projects you did? (a) include it (b) leave it out
20. 20.True or false: “your Aadhaar number” belongs on a student résumé. (a) True (b) False
21. 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) clubs and activities (b) volunteer work (c) made-up marks (d) awards and prizes
22. 22.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: school and marks? (a) include it (b) leave it out
23. 23.Which of these goes in the education section? (a) built a rain gauge model (b) typing 40 words a minute (c) your city and PIN code (d) Class 12 (Science), 2026
24. 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a party selfie (b) made-up marks (c) your passwords (d) skills like typing
25. 25.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) skills like typing (b) made-up marks (c) your passwords (d) your bank details
26. 26.True or false: “your bank details” should be left out of a résumé. (a) True (b) False
27. 27.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: made-up marks? (a) include it (b) leave it out
28. 28.True or false: “your phone and email” should be left out of a résumé. (a) True (b) False
29. 29.True or false: “languages you know” belongs on a student résumé. (a) False (b) True
30. 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) awards and prizes (b) your phone and email (c) your passwords (d) languages you know
31. 31.Which of these goes in the activities section? (a) school football team (b) basic HTML and CSS (c) typing 40 words a minute (d) B.Com first year
32. 32.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) school and marks (b) clubs and activities (c) your passwords (d) languages you know
33. 33.Which of these goes in the skills section? (a) built a rain gauge model (b) an email ID (c) a mobile number (d) basic HTML and CSS
34. 34.True or false: “a party selfie” belongs on a student résumé. (a) True (b) False
35. 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your passwords (b) projects you did (c) your Aadhaar number (d) a long life story
36. 36.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) your Aadhaar number (b) your bank details (c) awards and prizes (d) made-up marks
37. 37.True or false: “your phone and email” belongs on a student résumé. (a) False (b) True
38. 38.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) made-up marks (b) school and marks (c) a party selfie (d) your Aadhaar number
39. 39.📄 In which résumé section does this go: eco club member? (a) projects (b) activities (c) contact details (d) education
40. 40.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: a party selfie? (a) include it (b) leave it out

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