Résumé Worksheet: What to Include

Interview skills lesson 17: What goes on a student résumé · Set 700 · 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 letter of thanks (b) a school report card (c) a full autobiography (d) a short summary of you
2. 2.True or false: “your bank details” belongs on a student résumé. (a) False (b) True
3. 3.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your siblings’ marks? (a) leave it out (b) include it
4. 4.True or false: “school and marks” should be left out of a résumé. (a) True (b) False
5. 5.Which of these goes in the contact details? (a) school football team (b) your city and PIN code (c) spreadsheets (basic) (d) Class 12 (Science), 2026
6. 6.True or false: “awards and prizes” should be left out of a résumé. (a) True (b) False
7. 7.True or false: “projects you did” should be left out of a résumé. (a) True (b) False
8. 8.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) awards and prizes (b) your Aadhaar number (c) skills like typing (d) languages you know
9. 9.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: awards and prizes? (a) leave it out (b) include it
10. 10.📄 What font style suits a résumé? (a) one plain, clear font (b) all bold capitals (c) tiny handwriting (d) five fancy fonts
11. 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your siblings’ marks (b) your bank details (c) made-up marks (d) skills like typing
12. 12.True or false: “your Aadhaar number” belongs on a student résumé. (a) False (b) True
13. 13.True or false: “a party selfie” should be left out of a résumé. (a) False (b) True
14. 14.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) school and marks (b) your passwords (c) a long life story (d) your bank details
15. 15.📄 How long should a student résumé usually be? (a) five pages (b) one page (c) half a line (d) ten pages
16. 16.Which of these goes in the skills section? (a) Class 10 board: 88% (b) a survey of 50 shops (c) a mobile number (d) typing 40 words a minute
17. 17.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) your phone and email (b) languages you know (c) your Aadhaar number (d) skills like typing
18. 18.True or false: “your phone and email” should be left out of a résumé. (a) True (b) False
19. 19.Which of these goes in the projects section? (a) debate club secretary (b) a survey of 50 shops (c) basic HTML and CSS (d) your city and PIN code
20. 20.Which of these goes in the activities section? (a) Class 12 (Science), 2026 (b) debate club secretary (c) spreadsheets (basic) (d) Class 10 board: 88%
21. 21.📄 In which résumé section does this go: a website for our club? (a) education (b) activities (c) skills (d) projects
22. 22.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your passwords? (a) include it (b) leave it out
23. 23.Which of these goes in the education section? (a) an email ID (b) school football team (c) Class 10 board: 88% (d) debate club secretary
24. 24.📄 Your résumé says you led a club. In the interview you should… (a) say it was a joke (b) deny it (c) be ready to explain it (d) change the subject
25. 25.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) a party selfie (b) skills like typing (c) languages you know (d) volunteer work
26. 26.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) languages you know (b) school and marks (c) volunteer work (d) made-up marks
27. 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) school and marks (b) skills like typing (c) languages you know (d) your bank details
28. 28.Which of these goes in the contact details? (a) basic HTML and CSS (b) spreadsheets (basic) (c) Class 10 board: 88% (d) a mobile number
29. 29.True or false: “a long life story” belongs on a student résumé. (a) True (b) False
30. 30.📄 A student with no work experience should highlight… (a) made-up jobs (b) nothing at all (c) projects and activities (d) their parents’ jobs
31. 31.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your phone and email (b) made-up marks (c) a party selfie (d) your passwords
32. 32.Which of these goes in the projects section? (a) your city and PIN code (b) built a rain gauge model (c) a mobile number (d) typing 40 words a minute
33. 33.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: clubs and activities? (a) leave it out (b) include it
34. 34.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: languages you know? (a) include it (b) leave it out
35. 35.📄 In which résumé section does this go: B.Com first year? (a) projects (b) skills (c) education (d) contact details
36. 36.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your bank details (b) your passwords (c) made-up marks (d) volunteer work
37. 37.📄 In which résumé section does this go: Class 10 board: 88%? (a) contact details (b) skills (c) education (d) activities
38. 38.True or false: “clubs and activities” belongs on a student résumé. (a) False (b) True
39. 39.📄 In which résumé section does this go: debate club secretary? (a) projects (b) activities (c) education (d) skills
40. 40.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: made-up marks? (a) include it (b) leave it out

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