Résumé Worksheet: What to Include

Interview skills lesson 17: What goes on a student résumé · Set 680 · 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.📄 How long should a student résumé usually be? (a) one page (b) ten pages (c) half a line (d) five pages
2. 2.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: languages you know? (a) include it (b) leave it out
3. 3.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: made-up marks? (a) include it (b) leave it out
4. 4.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) clubs and activities (b) awards and prizes (c) volunteer work (d) your passwords
5. 5.📄 In which résumé section does this go: typing 40 words a minute? (a) activities (b) education (c) projects (d) skills
6. 6.📄 In which résumé section does this go: Class 10 board: 88%? (a) projects (b) contact details (c) education (d) activities
7. 7.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) made-up marks (b) awards and prizes (c) your Aadhaar number (d) a party selfie
8. 8.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: volunteer work? (a) leave it out (b) include it
9. 9.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) a party selfie (b) made-up marks (c) your passwords (d) volunteer work
10. 10.Which of these goes in the activities section? (a) debate club secretary (b) a website for our club (c) your city and PIN code (d) B.Com first year
11. 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a party selfie (b) your passwords (c) a long life story (d) languages you know
12. 12.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your Aadhaar number? (a) leave it out (b) include it
13. 13.📄 In which résumé section does this go: an email ID? (a) skills (b) activities (c) education (d) contact details
14. 14.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a long life story (b) a party selfie (c) clubs and activities (d) your siblings’ marks
15. 15.True or false: “clubs and activities” should be left out of a résumé. (a) True (b) False
16. 16.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) your siblings’ marks (b) your phone and email (c) school and marks (d) awards and prizes
17. 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a long life story (b) your phone and email (c) school and marks (d) skills like typing
18. 18.📄 A student with no work experience should highlight… (a) made-up jobs (b) their parents’ jobs (c) projects and activities (d) nothing at all
19. 19.📄 In which résumé section does this go: a mobile number? (a) activities (b) skills (c) projects (d) contact details
20. 20.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: projects you did? (a) leave it out (b) include it
21. 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) awards and prizes (b) your passwords (c) a party selfie (d) your siblings’ marks
22. 22.📄 In which résumé section does this go: B.Com first year? (a) projects (b) activities (c) skills (d) education
23. 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) school and marks (b) your bank details (c) skills like typing (d) awards and prizes
24. 24.True or false: “your siblings’ marks” belongs on a student résumé. (a) False (b) True
25. 25.📄 In which résumé section does this go: school football team? (a) activities (b) projects (c) education (d) contact details
26. 26.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) skills like typing (b) school and marks (c) your bank details (d) awards and prizes
27. 27.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: a party selfie? (a) leave it out (b) include it
28. 28.📄 In which résumé section does this go: your city and PIN code? (a) projects (b) contact details (c) education (d) activities
29. 29.Which of these goes in the education section? (a) spreadsheets (basic) (b) eco club member (c) Class 10 board: 88% (d) built a rain gauge model
30. 30.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: school and marks? (a) include it (b) leave it out
31. 31.True or false: “languages you know” should be left out of a résumé. (a) True (b) False
32. 32.📄 A résumé is… (a) a short summary of you (b) a letter of thanks (c) a full autobiography (d) a school report card
33. 33.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) projects you did (b) your siblings’ marks (c) a long life story (d) your Aadhaar number
34. 34.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: skills like typing? (a) leave it out (b) include it
35. 35.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: clubs and activities? (a) leave it out (b) include it
36. 36.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) volunteer work (b) school and marks (c) clubs and activities (d) a party selfie
37. 37.📄 Your résumé says you led a club. In the interview you should… (a) deny it (b) be ready to explain it (c) change the subject (d) say it was a joke
38. 38.True or false: “your passwords” belongs on a student résumé. (a) False (b) True
39. 39.Which of these goes in the projects section? (a) Class 10 board: 88% (b) built a rain gauge model (c) B.Com first year (d) Class 12 (Science), 2026
40. 40.Which of these goes in the projects section? (a) B.Com first year (b) a survey of 50 shops (c) Class 10 board: 88% (d) Class 12 (Science), 2026

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