Résumé Worksheet: What to Include

Interview skills lesson 17: What goes on a student résumé · Set 688 · 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) ten pages (b) half a line (c) one page (d) five pages
2. 2.True or false: “a long life story” belongs on a student résumé. (a) False (b) True
3. 3.True or false: “projects you did” should be left out of a résumé. (a) False (b) True
4. 4.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) school and marks (b) projects you did (c) languages you know (d) made-up marks
5. 5.Which of these goes in the projects section? (a) spreadsheets (basic) (b) Class 10 board: 88% (c) a survey of 50 shops (d) a mobile number
6. 6.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your siblings’ marks (b) school and marks (c) your passwords (d) made-up marks
7. 7.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) clubs and activities (b) awards and prizes (c) skills like typing (d) a long life story
8. 8.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) made-up marks (b) awards and prizes (c) your passwords (d) a long life story
9. 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) clubs and activities (b) languages you know (c) your siblings’ marks (d) awards and prizes
10. 10.📄 A résumé is… (a) a letter of thanks (b) a school report card (c) a full autobiography (d) a short summary of you
11. 11.Which of these goes in the activities section? (a) Class 12 (Science), 2026 (b) built a rain gauge model (c) B.Com first year (d) school football team
12. 12.Which of these goes in the activities section? (a) basic HTML and CSS (b) eco club member (c) a website for our club (d) an email ID
13. 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your Aadhaar number (b) awards and prizes (c) your phone and email (d) skills like typing
14. 14.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your passwords? (a) include it (b) leave it out
15. 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your phone and email (b) school and marks (c) languages you know (d) a long life story
16. 16.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: volunteer work? (a) leave it out (b) include it
17. 17.True or false: “clubs and activities” belongs on a student résumé. (a) True (b) False
18. 18.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) volunteer work (b) awards and prizes (c) clubs and activities (d) your Aadhaar number
19. 19.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) your Aadhaar number (b) volunteer work (c) your passwords (d) made-up marks
20. 20.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) your siblings’ marks (b) your Aadhaar number (c) projects you did (d) your passwords
21. 21.📄 In which résumé section does this go: spreadsheets (basic)? (a) contact details (b) activities (c) education (d) skills
22. 22.📄 In which résumé section does this go: basic HTML and CSS? (a) skills (b) education (c) contact details (d) activities
23. 23.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) skills like typing (b) your bank details (c) a long life story (d) your passwords
24. 24.True or false: “your passwords” should be left out of a résumé. (a) False (b) True
25. 25.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: languages you know? (a) include it (b) leave it out
26. 26.📄 In which résumé section does this go: built a rain gauge model? (a) projects (b) contact details (c) education (d) activities
27. 27.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) awards and prizes (b) languages you know (c) school and marks (d) a party selfie
28. 28.True or false: “your phone and email” belongs on a student résumé. (a) True (b) False
29. 29.True or false: “your bank details” belongs on a student résumé. (a) True (b) False
30. 30.📄 In which résumé section does this go: a website for our club? (a) skills (b) contact details (c) projects (d) activities
31. 31.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) clubs and activities (b) your siblings’ marks (c) projects you did (d) volunteer work
32. 32.Which of these goes in the skills section? (a) B.Com first year (b) Class 10 board: 88% (c) spreadsheets (basic) (d) debate club secretary
33. 33.Which of these goes in the education section? (a) a survey of 50 shops (b) Class 12 (Science), 2026 (c) your city and PIN code (d) a mobile number
34. 34.📄 In which résumé section does this go: a mobile number? (a) education (b) projects (c) skills (d) contact details
35. 35.📄 In which résumé section does this go: Class 12 (Science), 2026? (a) activities (b) education (c) contact details (d) skills
36. 36.True or false: “awards and prizes” should be left out of a résumé. (a) True (b) False
37. 37.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: skills like typing? (a) leave it out (b) include it
38. 38.Which of these goes in the projects section? (a) spreadsheets (basic) (b) Class 12 (Science), 2026 (c) typing 40 words a minute (d) a website for our club
39. 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) projects you did (b) your phone and email (c) made-up marks (d) volunteer work
40. 40.Which of these goes in the contact details? (a) school football team (b) a mobile number (c) a website for our club (d) a survey of 50 shops

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