Résumé Worksheet: What to Include

Interview skills lesson 17: What goes on a student résumé · Set 72 · 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.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) languages you know (b) clubs and activities (c) a long life story (d) projects you did
2. 2.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a long life story (b) a party selfie (c) clubs and activities (d) your passwords
3. 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a long life story (b) made-up marks (c) languages you know (d) a party selfie
4. 4.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) your phone and email (b) awards and prizes (c) projects you did (d) your Aadhaar number
5. 5.📄 In which résumé section does this go: school football team? (a) education (b) activities (c) contact details (d) skills
6. 6.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your siblings’ marks (b) your Aadhaar number (c) volunteer work (d) a party selfie
7. 7.True or false: “made-up marks” should be left out of a résumé. (a) False (b) True
8. 8.📄 Your résumé says you led a club. In the interview you should… (a) say it was a joke (b) change the subject (c) be ready to explain it (d) deny it
9. 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your siblings’ marks (b) projects you did (c) your passwords (d) your Aadhaar number
10. 10.📄 In which résumé section does this go: Class 12 (Science), 2026? (a) skills (b) projects (c) education (d) contact details
11. 11.True or false: “made-up marks” belongs on a student résumé. (a) True (b) False
12. 12.📄 In which résumé section does this go: B.Com first year? (a) contact details (b) skills (c) projects (d) education
13. 13.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) your passwords (b) a long life story (c) clubs and activities (d) made-up marks
14. 14.True or false: “awards and prizes” belongs on a student résumé. (a) True (b) False
15. 15.True or false: “a party selfie” belongs on a student résumé. (a) True (b) False
16. 16.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) skills like typing (b) projects you did (c) a party selfie (d) languages you know
17. 17.True or false: “your bank details” belongs on a student résumé. (a) False (b) True
18. 18.Which of these goes in the contact details? (a) a mobile number (b) spreadsheets (basic) (c) built a rain gauge model (d) a website for our club
19. 19.📄 A résumé is… (a) a school report card (b) a letter of thanks (c) a short summary of you (d) a full autobiography
20. 20.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) your phone and email (b) awards and prizes (c) volunteer work (d) made-up marks
21. 21.True or false: “languages you know” belongs on a student résumé. (a) False (b) True
22. 22.Which of these goes in the projects section? (a) B.Com first year (b) basic HTML and CSS (c) a survey of 50 shops (d) Class 12 (Science), 2026
23. 23.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) a long life story (b) your phone and email (c) made-up marks (d) your passwords
24. 24.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: awards and prizes? (a) leave it out (b) include it
25. 25.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) school and marks (b) skills like typing (c) your passwords (d) languages you know
26. 26.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) clubs and activities (b) your phone and email (c) a long life story (d) languages you know
27. 27.📄 What font style suits a résumé? (a) all bold capitals (b) tiny handwriting (c) one plain, clear font (d) five fancy fonts
28. 28.📄 How long should a student résumé usually be? (a) half a line (b) ten pages (c) five pages (d) one page
29. 29.📄 A student with no work experience should highlight… (a) made-up jobs (b) projects and activities (c) nothing at all (d) their parents’ jobs
30. 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your phone and email (b) a party selfie (c) your Aadhaar number (d) your bank details
31. 31.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) a party selfie (b) your bank details (c) your siblings’ marks (d) school and marks
32. 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your Aadhaar number (b) your passwords (c) awards and prizes (d) your bank details
33. 33.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) your passwords (b) made-up marks (c) awards and prizes (d) a long life story
34. 34.True or false: “skills like typing” should be left out of a résumé. (a) False (b) True
35. 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) skills like typing (b) a party selfie (c) clubs and activities (d) school and marks
36. 36.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your phone and email? (a) include it (b) leave it out
37. 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) projects you did (b) clubs and activities (c) made-up marks (d) your phone and email
38. 38.True or false: “a party selfie” should be left out of a résumé. (a) False (b) True
39. 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your siblings’ marks (b) your bank details (c) your Aadhaar number (d) school and marks
40. 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) projects you did (b) awards and prizes (c) your bank details (d) languages you know

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