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Résumé Worksheet: What to Include

Interview skills lesson 17: What goes on a student résumé · Set 665 · 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.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your Aadhaar number? (a) leave it out (b) include it
  2. 2.📄 In which résumé section does this go: an email ID? (a) contact details (b) activities (c) skills (d) projects
  3. 3.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: made-up marks? (a) include it (b) leave it out
  4. 4.📄 In which résumé section does this go: B.Com first year? (a) education (b) projects (c) activities (d) contact details
  5. 5.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) your bank details (b) your passwords (c) made-up marks (d) awards and prizes
  6. 6.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) projects you did (b) your bank details (c) a party selfie (d) your siblings’ marks
  7. 7.📄 In which résumé section does this go: Class 12 (Science), 2026? (a) skills (b) projects (c) activities (d) education
  8. 8.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) skills like typing (b) a long life story (c) your passwords (d) made-up marks
  9. 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) languages you know (b) your phone and email (c) projects you did (d) your siblings’ marks
  10. 10.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) volunteer work (b) a party selfie (c) made-up marks (d) your Aadhaar number
  11. 11.📄 A résumé is… (a) a full autobiography (b) a letter of thanks (c) a short summary of you (d) a school report card
  12. 12.📄 What font style suits a résumé? (a) five fancy fonts (b) all bold capitals (c) one plain, clear font (d) tiny handwriting
  13. 13.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: projects you did? (a) leave it out (b) include it
  14. 14.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your siblings’ marks (b) your Aadhaar number (c) clubs and activities (d) made-up marks
  15. 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your phone and email (b) projects you did (c) skills like typing (d) your bank details
  16. 16.Which of these goes in the contact details? (a) an email ID (b) built a rain gauge model (c) Class 10 board: 88% (d) B.Com first year
  17. 17.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) made-up marks (b) your siblings’ marks (c) languages you know (d) a party selfie
  18. 18.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) volunteer work (b) projects you did (c) your siblings’ marks (d) skills like typing
  19. 19.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your phone and email? (a) leave it out (b) include it
  20. 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your phone and email (b) volunteer work (c) school and marks (d) made-up marks
  21. 21.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) a long life story (b) clubs and activities (c) your passwords (d) your siblings’ marks
  22. 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your passwords (b) your Aadhaar number (c) a party selfie (d) skills like typing
  23. 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) awards and prizes (b) school and marks (c) languages you know (d) a long life story
  24. 24.Which of these goes in the contact details? (a) B.Com first year (b) typing 40 words a minute (c) your city and PIN code (d) a survey of 50 shops
  25. 25.📄 Your résumé says you led a club. In the interview you should… (a) say it was a joke (b) change the subject (c) be ready to explain it (d) deny it
  26. 26.📄 How long should a student résumé usually be? (a) half a line (b) five pages (c) one page (d) ten pages
  27. 27.True or false: “a long life story” should be left out of a résumé. (a) False (b) True
  28. 28.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) volunteer work (b) your passwords (c) clubs and activities (d) school and marks
  29. 29.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) school and marks (b) your passwords (c) your bank details (d) your siblings’ marks
  30. 30.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: languages you know? (a) leave it out (b) include it
  31. 31.📄 In which résumé section does this go: school football team? (a) education (b) contact details (c) activities (d) skills
  32. 32.Which of these goes in the skills section? (a) typing 40 words a minute (b) Class 12 (Science), 2026 (c) debate club secretary (d) a website for our club
  33. 33.Which of these goes in the projects section? (a) spreadsheets (basic) (b) a website for our club (c) your city and PIN code (d) basic HTML and CSS
  34. 34.True or false: “your phone and email” should be left out of a résumé. (a) False (b) True
  35. 35.True or false: “a party selfie” should be left out of a résumé. (a) False (b) True
  36. 36.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your passwords (b) your bank details (c) your siblings’ marks (d) school and marks
  37. 37.Which of these goes in the contact details? (a) a website for our club (b) a survey of 50 shops (c) eco club member (d) a mobile number
  38. 38.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your passwords? (a) leave it out (b) include it
  39. 39.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: skills like typing? (a) leave it out (b) include it
  40. 40.Which of these goes in the activities section? (a) your city and PIN code (b) Class 10 board: 88% (c) school football team (d) basic HTML and CSS

Answer key

  1. leave it out
  2. contact details
  3. leave it out
  4. education
  5. awards and prizes
  6. projects you did
  7. education
  8. skills like typing
  9. your siblings’ marks
  10. volunteer work
  11. a short summary of you
  12. one plain, clear font
  13. include it
  14. clubs and activities
  15. your bank details
  16. an email ID
  17. languages you know
  18. your siblings’ marks
  19. include it
  20. made-up marks
  21. clubs and activities
  22. skills like typing
  23. a long life story
  24. your city and PIN code
  25. be ready to explain it
  26. one page
  27. True
  28. your passwords
  29. school and marks
  30. include it
  31. activities
  32. typing 40 words a minute
  33. a website for our club
  34. False
  35. True
  36. school and marks
  37. a mobile number
  38. leave it out
  39. include it
  40. school football team

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