Résumé Worksheet: What to Include

Interview skills lesson 17: What goes on a student résumé · Set 687 · 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) leave it out (b) include it
2. 2.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) languages you know (b) your passwords (c) your phone and email (d) volunteer work
3. 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) clubs and activities (b) skills like typing (c) your Aadhaar number (d) awards and prizes
4. 4.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your bank details (b) your siblings’ marks (c) awards and prizes (d) your Aadhaar number
5. 5.True or false: “your siblings’ marks” belongs on a student résumé. (a) True (b) False
6. 6.📄 In which résumé section does this go: a website for our club? (a) contact details (b) activities (c) projects (d) skills
7. 7.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) your phone and email (b) your Aadhaar number (c) awards and prizes (d) languages you know
8. 8.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) skills like typing (b) volunteer work (c) languages you know (d) made-up marks
9. 9.📄 In which résumé section does this go: your city and PIN code? (a) skills (b) education (c) activities (d) contact details
10. 10.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) a long life story (b) your passwords (c) your bank details (d) awards and prizes
11. 11.True or false: “a long life story” belongs on a student résumé. (a) False (b) True
12. 12.Which of these goes in the contact details? (a) your city and PIN code (b) eco club member (c) a survey of 50 shops (d) debate club secretary
13. 13.Which of these goes in the projects section? (a) Class 10 board: 88% (b) school football team (c) B.Com first year (d) built a rain gauge model
14. 14.📄 In which résumé section does this go: school football team? (a) contact details (b) projects (c) education (d) activities
15. 15.📄 A résumé is… (a) a short summary of you (b) a school report card (c) a letter of thanks (d) a full autobiography
16. 16.True or false: “projects you did” should be left out of a résumé. (a) False (b) True
17. 17.Which of these goes in the education section? (a) debate club secretary (b) school football team (c) Class 10 board: 88% (d) spreadsheets (basic)
18. 18.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) a long life story (b) languages you know (c) your siblings’ marks (d) your bank details
19. 19.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your siblings’ marks? (a) include it (b) leave it out
20. 20.Which of these goes in the activities section? (a) typing 40 words a minute (b) a survey of 50 shops (c) school football team (d) B.Com first year
21. 21.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) a party selfie (b) your passwords (c) a long life story (d) your phone and email
22. 22.📄 How long should a student résumé usually be? (a) one page (b) half a line (c) five pages (d) ten pages
23. 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your siblings’ marks (b) a long life story (c) your passwords (d) school and marks
24. 24.Which of these goes in the contact details? (a) B.Com first year (b) an email ID (c) a website for our club (d) basic HTML and CSS
25. 25.📄 Your résumé says you led a club. In the interview you should… (a) be ready to explain it (b) deny it (c) say it was a joke (d) change the subject
26. 26.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) volunteer work (b) your bank details (c) a long life story (d) made-up marks
27. 27.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: languages you know? (a) leave it out (b) include it
28. 28.📄 In which résumé section does this go: built a rain gauge model? (a) activities (b) contact details (c) education (d) projects
29. 29.Which of these goes in the education section? (a) a website for our club (b) Class 12 (Science), 2026 (c) your city and PIN code (d) a survey of 50 shops
30. 30.True or false: “your siblings’ marks” should be left out of a résumé. (a) True (b) False
31. 31.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) projects you did (b) your Aadhaar number (c) made-up marks (d) a party selfie
32. 32.📄 In which résumé section does this go: Class 12 (Science), 2026? (a) skills (b) education (c) contact details (d) projects
33. 33.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your Aadhaar number? (a) leave it out (b) include it
34. 34.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your bank details? (a) include it (b) leave it out
35. 35.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: school and marks? (a) leave it out (b) include it
36. 36.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your bank details (b) your phone and email (c) made-up marks (d) your Aadhaar number
37. 37.📄 What font style suits a résumé? (a) tiny handwriting (b) five fancy fonts (c) one plain, clear font (d) all bold capitals
38. 38.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) a party selfie (b) projects you did (c) clubs and activities (d) your phone and email
39. 39.Which of these goes in the projects section? (a) an email ID (b) school football team (c) Class 10 board: 88% (d) a survey of 50 shops
40. 40.True or false: “awards and prizes” belongs on a student résumé. (a) False (b) True

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