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Résumé Worksheet: What to Include

Interview skills lesson 17: What goes on a student résumé · Set 641 · 40 questions
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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.

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  1. 1.📄 In which résumé section does this go: basic HTML and CSS? (a) activities (b) contact details (c) projects (d) skills
  2. 2.True or false: “school and marks” belongs on a student résumé. (a) True (b) False
  3. 3.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: made-up marks? (a) leave it out (b) include it
  4. 4.True or false: “volunteer work” should be left out of a résumé. (a) True (b) False
  5. 5.True or false: “languages you know” should be left out of a résumé. (a) True (b) False
  6. 6.True or false: “school and marks” should be left out of a résumé. (a) False (b) True
  7. 7.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) volunteer work (b) your phone and email (c) a party selfie (d) languages you know
  8. 8.Which of these goes in the education section? (a) spreadsheets (basic) (b) built a rain gauge model (c) Class 12 (Science), 2026 (d) a mobile number
  9. 9.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: languages you know? (a) leave it out (b) include it
  10. 10.True or false: “your phone and email” should be left out of a résumé. (a) False (b) True
  11. 11.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) awards and prizes (b) skills like typing (c) a long life story (d) school and marks
  12. 12.Which of these goes in the projects section? (a) Class 10 board: 88% (b) a website for our club (c) spreadsheets (basic) (d) B.Com first year
  13. 13.True or false: “your bank details” belongs on a student résumé. (a) False (b) True
  14. 14.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) projects you did (b) languages you know (c) a long life story (d) your phone and email
  15. 15.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: a party selfie? (a) include it (b) leave it out
  16. 16.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a party selfie (b) projects you did (c) a long life story (d) your Aadhaar number
  17. 17.📄 In which résumé section does this go: Class 10 board: 88%? (a) contact details (b) activities (c) skills (d) education
  18. 18.📄 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
  19. 19.Which of these goes in the activities section? (a) debate club secretary (b) basic HTML and CSS (c) built a rain gauge model (d) a survey of 50 shops
  20. 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) languages you know (b) your Aadhaar number (c) school and marks (d) awards and prizes
  21. 21.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your passwords? (a) leave it out (b) include it
  22. 22.📄 In which résumé section does this go: school football team? (a) contact details (b) skills (c) education (d) activities
  23. 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) skills like typing (b) clubs and activities (c) your bank details (d) volunteer work
  24. 24.📄 In which résumé section does this go: built a rain gauge model? (a) skills (b) education (c) activities (d) projects
  25. 25.True or false: “a long life story” should be left out of a résumé. (a) False (b) True
  26. 26.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) projects you did (b) awards and prizes (c) volunteer work (d) your siblings’ marks
  27. 27.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) languages you know (b) awards and prizes (c) your phone and email (d) made-up marks
  28. 28.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) your siblings’ marks (b) volunteer work (c) awards and prizes (d) clubs and activities
  29. 29.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: clubs and activities? (a) leave it out (b) include it
  30. 30.📄 In which résumé section does this go: debate club secretary? (a) skills (b) activities (c) education (d) projects
  31. 31.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) your bank details (b) volunteer work (c) a party selfie (d) your siblings’ marks
  32. 32.Which of these goes in the projects section? (a) a mobile number (b) typing 40 words a minute (c) your city and PIN code (d) a survey of 50 shops
  33. 33.Which of these goes in the activities section? (a) an email ID (b) basic HTML and CSS (c) spreadsheets (basic) (d) school football team
  34. 34.📄 How long should a student résumé usually be? (a) one page (b) half a line (c) ten pages (d) five pages
  35. 35.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: awards and prizes? (a) include it (b) leave it out
  36. 36.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your bank details (b) skills like typing (c) made-up marks (d) your siblings’ marks
  37. 37.True or false: “made-up marks” should be left out of a résumé. (a) False (b) True
  38. 38.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) your bank details (b) your passwords (c) made-up marks (d) projects you did
  39. 39.True or false: “awards and prizes” should be left out of a résumé. (a) False (b) True
  40. 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a party selfie (b) languages you know (c) your Aadhaar number (d) made-up marks

Answer key

  1. skills
  2. True
  3. leave it out
  4. False
  5. False
  6. False
  7. a party selfie
  8. Class 12 (Science), 2026
  9. include it
  10. False
  11. a long life story
  12. a website for our club
  13. False
  14. a long life story
  15. leave it out
  16. projects you did
  17. education
  18. be ready to explain it
  19. debate club secretary
  20. your Aadhaar number
  21. leave it out
  22. activities
  23. your bank details
  24. projects
  25. True
  26. your siblings’ marks
  27. made-up marks
  28. your siblings’ marks
  29. include it
  30. activities
  31. volunteer work
  32. a survey of 50 shops
  33. school football team
  34. one page
  35. include it
  36. skills like typing
  37. True
  38. projects you did
  39. False
  40. languages you know

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