Résumé Worksheet: What to Include

Interview skills lesson 17: What goes on a student résumé · Set 663 · 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) your Aadhaar number (b) languages you know (c) school and marks (d) your phone and email
2. 2.📄 How long should a student résumé usually be? (a) one page (b) five pages (c) ten pages (d) half a line
3. 3.Which of these goes in the projects section? (a) Class 12 (Science), 2026 (b) typing 40 words a minute (c) a survey of 50 shops (d) an email ID
4. 4.📄 In which résumé section does this go: your city and PIN code? (a) projects (b) skills (c) contact details (d) education
5. 5.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: school and marks? (a) leave it out (b) include it
6. 6.True or false: “awards and prizes” belongs on a student résumé. (a) False (b) True
7. 7.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your bank details (b) your Aadhaar number (c) skills like typing (d) your siblings’ marks
8. 8.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your bank details (b) volunteer work (c) languages you know (d) awards and prizes
9. 9.📄 Your résumé says you led a club. In the interview you should… (a) say it was a joke (b) change the subject (c) deny it (d) be ready to explain it
10. 10.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: volunteer work? (a) include it (b) leave it out
11. 11.Which of these goes in the activities section? (a) typing 40 words a minute (b) eco club member (c) Class 10 board: 88% (d) basic HTML and CSS
12. 12.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your phone and email? (a) leave it out (b) include it
13. 13.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your Aadhaar number? (a) include it (b) leave it out
14. 14.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) your siblings’ marks (b) a long life story (c) your phone and email (d) a party selfie
15. 15.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: skills like typing? (a) include it (b) leave it out
16. 16.Which of these goes in the contact details? (a) school football team (b) an email ID (c) Class 12 (Science), 2026 (d) basic HTML and CSS
17. 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) volunteer work (b) your siblings’ marks (c) projects you did (d) your phone and email
18. 18.True or false: “a party selfie” belongs on a student résumé. (a) True (b) False
19. 19.Which of these goes in the activities section? (a) school football team (b) basic HTML and CSS (c) a website for our club (d) spreadsheets (basic)
20. 20.Which of these goes in the education section? (a) a website for our club (b) Class 10 board: 88% (c) a mobile number (d) your city and PIN code
21. 21.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) a party selfie (b) your siblings’ marks (c) languages you know (d) made-up marks
22. 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a long life story (b) a party selfie (c) your Aadhaar number (d) your phone and email
23. 23.True or false: “made-up marks” belongs on a student résumé. (a) False (b) True
24. 24.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: awards and prizes? (a) leave it out (b) include it
25. 25.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) clubs and activities (b) made-up marks (c) awards and prizes (d) languages you know
26. 26.📄 In which résumé section does this go: a survey of 50 shops? (a) activities (b) contact details (c) projects (d) education
27. 27.📄 A student with no work experience should highlight… (a) nothing at all (b) made-up jobs (c) their parents’ jobs (d) projects and activities
28. 28.📄 In which résumé section does this go: an email ID? (a) education (b) contact details (c) projects (d) skills
29. 29.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) a party selfie (b) awards and prizes (c) your passwords (d) your Aadhaar number
30. 30.📄 In which résumé section does this go: typing 40 words a minute? (a) education (b) activities (c) contact details (d) skills
31. 31.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) your passwords (b) clubs and activities (c) a long life story (d) your Aadhaar number
32. 32.True or false: “awards and prizes” should be left out of a résumé. (a) False (b) True
33. 33.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) volunteer work (b) school and marks (c) a party selfie (d) your phone and email
34. 34.Which of these goes in the projects section? (a) built a rain gauge model (b) an email ID (c) spreadsheets (basic) (d) typing 40 words a minute
35. 35.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) made-up marks (b) projects you did (c) your siblings’ marks (d) your passwords
36. 36.True or false: “your Aadhaar number” belongs on a student résumé. (a) False (b) True
37. 37.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: made-up marks? (a) include it (b) leave it out
38. 38.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: languages you know? (a) include it (b) leave it out
39. 39.📄 A résumé is… (a) a letter of thanks (b) a short summary of you (c) a school report card (d) a full autobiography
40. 40.Which of these goes in the education section? (a) a mobile number (b) a website for our club (c) B.Com first year (d) debate club secretary

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