Résumé Worksheet: What to Include

Interview skills lesson 17: What goes on a student résumé · Set 678 · 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.📄 A résumé is… (a) a school report card (b) a short summary of you (c) a letter of thanks (d) a full autobiography
2. 2.True or false: “clubs and activities” should be left out of a résumé. (a) True (b) False
3. 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your siblings’ marks (b) skills like typing (c) made-up marks (d) your bank details
4. 4.Which of these goes in the skills section? (a) spreadsheets (basic) (b) an email ID (c) Class 10 board: 88% (d) debate club secretary
5. 5.True or false: “languages you know” belongs on a student résumé. (a) False (b) True
6. 6.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a party selfie (b) your bank details (c) your passwords (d) volunteer work
7. 7.True or false: “skills like typing” belongs on a student résumé. (a) True (b) False
8. 8.📄 How long should a student résumé usually be? (a) ten pages (b) half a line (c) five pages (d) one page
9. 9.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) your Aadhaar number (b) your siblings’ marks (c) projects you did (d) a party selfie
10. 10.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: made-up marks? (a) include it (b) leave it out
11. 11.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) made-up marks (b) skills like typing (c) your bank details (d) your passwords
12. 12.True or false: “your Aadhaar number” belongs on a student résumé. (a) True (b) False
13. 13.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your phone and email? (a) include it (b) leave it out
14. 14.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: awards and prizes? (a) include it (b) leave it out
15. 15.True or false: “projects you did” belongs on a student résumé. (a) False (b) True
16. 16.📄 In which résumé section does this go: debate club secretary? (a) projects (b) education (c) contact details (d) activities
17. 17.📄 In which résumé section does this go: an email ID? (a) education (b) projects (c) skills (d) contact details
18. 18.📄 In which résumé section does this go: basic HTML and CSS? (a) projects (b) activities (c) skills (d) education
19. 19.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) a party selfie (b) clubs and activities (c) your passwords (d) a long life story
20. 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your phone and email (b) projects you did (c) languages you know (d) your passwords
21. 21.📄 A student with no work experience should highlight… (a) made-up jobs (b) nothing at all (c) projects and activities (d) their parents’ jobs
22. 22.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your Aadhaar number? (a) leave it out (b) include it
23. 23.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your siblings’ marks? (a) include it (b) leave it out
24. 24.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) volunteer work (b) clubs and activities (c) your phone and email (d) your siblings’ marks
25. 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your siblings’ marks (b) your passwords (c) school and marks (d) a long life story
26. 26.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) made-up marks (b) a long life story (c) clubs and activities (d) a party selfie
27. 27.📄 In which résumé section does this go: eco club member? (a) projects (b) education (c) skills (d) activities
28. 28.Which of these goes in the education section? (a) built a rain gauge model (b) basic HTML and CSS (c) a mobile number (d) Class 10 board: 88%
29. 29.📄 In which résumé section does this go: Class 10 board: 88%? (a) skills (b) contact details (c) projects (d) education
30. 30.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: skills like typing? (a) leave it out (b) include it
31. 31.Which of these goes in the projects section? (a) basic HTML and CSS (b) built a rain gauge model (c) spreadsheets (basic) (d) B.Com first year
32. 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) skills like typing (b) awards and prizes (c) made-up marks (d) languages you know
33. 33.True or false: “school and marks” should be left out of a résumé. (a) True (b) False
34. 34.Which of these goes in the education section? (a) spreadsheets (basic) (b) built a rain gauge model (c) a mobile number (d) Class 12 (Science), 2026
35. 35.True or false: “your phone and email” belongs on a student résumé. (a) True (b) False
36. 36.Which of these goes in the contact details? (a) a website for our club (b) Class 12 (Science), 2026 (c) typing 40 words a minute (d) a mobile number
37. 37.True or false: “your siblings’ marks” belongs on a student résumé. (a) True (b) False
38. 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) awards and prizes (b) your Aadhaar number (c) skills like typing (d) volunteer work
39. 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) awards and prizes (b) a party selfie (c) skills like typing (d) your phone and email
40. 40.True or false: “volunteer work” should be left out of a résumé. (a) False (b) True

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