Résumé Worksheet: What to Include

Interview skills lesson 17: What goes on a student résumé · Set 664 · 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.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: projects you did? (a) include it (b) leave it out
2. 2.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your Aadhaar number? (a) include it (b) leave it out
3. 3.True or false: “your phone and email” should be left out of a résumé. (a) True (b) False
4. 4.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) projects you did (b) school and marks (c) your phone and email (d) your siblings’ marks
5. 5.True or false: “a long life story” belongs on a student résumé. (a) True (b) False
6. 6.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your phone and email? (a) include it (b) leave it out
7. 7.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: a long life story? (a) leave it out (b) include it
8. 8.Which of these goes in the activities section? (a) B.Com first year (b) a website for our club (c) school football team (d) built a rain gauge model
9. 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your passwords (b) projects you did (c) skills like typing (d) school and marks
10. 10.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your siblings’ marks? (a) include it (b) leave it out
11. 11.True or false: “your Aadhaar number” belongs on a student résumé. (a) True (b) False
12. 12.📄 In which résumé section does this go: basic HTML and CSS? (a) projects (b) education (c) skills (d) activities
13. 13.📄 A résumé is… (a) a letter of thanks (b) a school report card (c) a full autobiography (d) a short summary of you
14. 14.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: skills like typing? (a) include it (b) leave it out
15. 15.📄 Your résumé says you led a club. In the interview you should… (a) change the subject (b) be ready to explain it (c) say it was a joke (d) deny it
16. 16.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) a party selfie (b) your phone and email (c) your passwords (d) your Aadhaar number
17. 17.Which of these goes in the skills section? (a) typing 40 words a minute (b) built a rain gauge model (c) eco club member (d) debate club secretary
18. 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) languages you know (b) volunteer work (c) a party selfie (d) projects you did
19. 19.Which of these goes in the education section? (a) B.Com first year (b) typing 40 words a minute (c) a mobile number (d) spreadsheets (basic)
20. 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) languages you know (b) your Aadhaar number (c) made-up marks (d) a party selfie
21. 21.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) your siblings’ marks (b) awards and prizes (c) your passwords (d) your bank details
22. 22.Which of these goes in the education section? (a) a mobile number (b) a website for our club (c) Class 10 board: 88% (d) your city and PIN code
23. 23.Which of these goes in the contact details? (a) your city and PIN code (b) school football team (c) Class 12 (Science), 2026 (d) B.Com first year
24. 24.📄 How long should a student résumé usually be? (a) one page (b) ten pages (c) five pages (d) half a line
25. 25.True or false: “made-up marks” belongs on a student résumé. (a) True (b) False
26. 26.Which of these goes in the education section? (a) typing 40 words a minute (b) built a rain gauge model (c) Class 12 (Science), 2026 (d) school football team
27. 27.True or false: “your passwords” should be left out of a résumé. (a) False (b) True
28. 28.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: made-up marks? (a) leave it out (b) include it
29. 29.Which of these goes in the skills section? (a) school football team (b) an email ID (c) basic HTML and CSS (d) a website for our club
30. 30.📄 A student with no work experience should highlight… (a) their parents’ jobs (b) projects and activities (c) nothing at all (d) made-up jobs
31. 31.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) skills like typing (b) languages you know (c) your phone and email (d) a long life story
32. 32.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) made-up marks (b) school and marks (c) your bank details (d) your Aadhaar number
33. 33.True or false: “made-up marks” should be left out of a résumé. (a) True (b) False
34. 34.Which of these goes in the projects section? (a) debate club secretary (b) a mobile number (c) Class 12 (Science), 2026 (d) a survey of 50 shops
35. 35.📄 In which résumé section does this go: an email ID? (a) contact details (b) activities (c) education (d) projects
36. 36.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) made-up marks (b) your bank details (c) a long life story (d) skills like typing
37. 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) school and marks (b) projects you did (c) volunteer work (d) your bank details
38. 38.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: a party selfie? (a) leave it out (b) include it
39. 39.📄 In which résumé section does this go: typing 40 words a minute? (a) projects (b) activities (c) contact details (d) skills
40. 40.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) your passwords (b) skills like typing (c) clubs and activities (d) your phone and email

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