Résumé Worksheet: What to Include

Interview skills lesson 17: What goes on a student résumé · Set 670 · 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 passwords (b) made-up marks (c) a party selfie (d) your phone and email
2. 2.Which of these goes in the contact details? (a) Class 10 board: 88% (b) built a rain gauge model (c) B.Com first year (d) your city and PIN code
3. 3.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your Aadhaar number? (a) include it (b) leave it out
4. 4.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) made-up marks (b) a party selfie (c) your Aadhaar number (d) school and marks
5. 5.📄 Your résumé says you led a club. In the interview you should… (a) change the subject (b) say it was a joke (c) be ready to explain it (d) deny it
6. 6.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your siblings’ marks (b) a long life story (c) volunteer work (d) a party selfie
7. 7.📄 A student with no work experience should highlight… (a) made-up jobs (b) their parents’ jobs (c) nothing at all (d) projects and activities
8. 8.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) your bank details (b) awards and prizes (c) your Aadhaar number (d) your siblings’ marks
9. 9.True or false: “volunteer work” should be left out of a résumé. (a) False (b) True
10. 10.Which of these goes in the projects section? (a) a survey of 50 shops (b) a mobile number (c) B.Com first year (d) debate club secretary
11. 11.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: languages you know? (a) leave it out (b) include it
12. 12.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) your bank details (b) languages you know (c) your Aadhaar number (d) a party selfie
13. 13.Which of these goes in the projects section? (a) typing 40 words a minute (b) Class 12 (Science), 2026 (c) school football team (d) a website for our club
14. 14.True or false: “your Aadhaar number” should be left out of a résumé. (a) False (b) True
15. 15.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: school and marks? (a) leave it out (b) include it
16. 16.True or false: “school and marks” should be left out of a résumé. (a) True (b) False
17. 17.📄 In which résumé section does this go: eco club member? (a) projects (b) skills (c) activities (d) education
18. 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) school and marks (b) a party selfie (c) your phone and email (d) projects you did
19. 19.📄 A résumé is… (a) a school report card (b) a full autobiography (c) a letter of thanks (d) a short summary of you
20. 20.📄 How long should a student résumé usually be? (a) ten pages (b) five pages (c) half a line (d) one page
21. 21.True or false: “skills like typing” belongs on a student résumé. (a) True (b) False
22. 22.📄 In which résumé section does this go: debate club secretary? (a) education (b) skills (c) activities (d) contact details
23. 23.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: made-up marks? (a) include it (b) leave it out
24. 24.True or false: “a long life story” belongs on a student résumé. (a) False (b) True
25. 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) projects you did (b) a party selfie (c) a long life story (d) made-up marks
26. 26.Which of these goes in the projects section? (a) spreadsheets (basic) (b) basic HTML and CSS (c) Class 10 board: 88% (d) built a rain gauge model
27. 27.Which of these goes in the skills section? (a) typing 40 words a minute (b) built a rain gauge model (c) Class 10 board: 88% (d) debate club secretary
28. 28.True or false: “your bank details” should be left out of a résumé. (a) True (b) False
29. 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your Aadhaar number (b) volunteer work (c) your phone and email (d) school and marks
30. 30.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) volunteer work (b) school and marks (c) your phone and email (d) your passwords
31. 31.True or false: “volunteer work” belongs on a student résumé. (a) False (b) True
32. 32.True or false: “your passwords” belongs on a student résumé. (a) True (b) False
33. 33.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) your siblings’ marks (b) a long life story (c) made-up marks (d) volunteer work
34. 34.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: skills like typing? (a) include it (b) leave it out
35. 35.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) your passwords (b) your siblings’ marks (c) made-up marks (d) projects you did
36. 36.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: projects you did? (a) leave it out (b) include it
37. 37.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) awards and prizes (b) clubs and activities (c) your Aadhaar number (d) volunteer work
38. 38.True or false: “languages you know” should be left out of a résumé. (a) False (b) True
39. 39.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your phone and email? (a) include it (b) leave it out
40. 40.📄 In which résumé section does this go: a website for our club? (a) activities (b) contact details (c) skills (d) projects

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