Résumé Worksheet: What to Include

Interview skills lesson 17: What goes on a student résumé · Set 74 · 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) awards and prizes (b) skills like typing (c) a party selfie (d) languages you know
2. 2.📄 How long should a student résumé usually be? (a) one page (b) half a line (c) ten pages (d) five pages
3. 3.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: clubs and activities? (a) include it (b) leave it out
4. 4.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) school and marks (b) your phone and email (c) a party selfie (d) projects you did
5. 5.True or false: “your siblings’ marks” should be left out of a résumé. (a) True (b) False
6. 6.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: made-up marks? (a) leave it out (b) include it
7. 7.True or false: “awards and prizes” belongs on a student résumé. (a) True (b) False
8. 8.True or false: “clubs and activities” belongs on a student résumé. (a) False (b) True
9. 9.Which of these goes in the projects section? (a) Class 10 board: 88% (b) school football team (c) built a rain gauge model (d) eco club member
10. 10.📄 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
11. 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) made-up marks (b) your siblings’ marks (c) projects you did (d) your passwords
12. 12.📄 In which résumé section does this go: debate club secretary? (a) contact details (b) education (c) activities (d) projects
13. 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your passwords (b) a long life story (c) clubs and activities (d) your Aadhaar number
14. 14.Which of these goes in the activities section? (a) B.Com first year (b) Class 10 board: 88% (c) a mobile number (d) school football team
15. 15.True or false: “your passwords” should be left out of a résumé. (a) False (b) True
16. 16.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) a long life story (b) your phone and email (c) awards and prizes (d) school and marks
17. 17.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) your siblings’ marks (b) made-up marks (c) your passwords (d) languages you know
18. 18.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) skills like typing (b) awards and prizes (c) your passwords (d) clubs and activities
19. 19.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: awards and prizes? (a) leave it out (b) include it
20. 20.📄 In which résumé section does this go: a mobile number? (a) projects (b) activities (c) skills (d) contact details
21. 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) clubs and activities (b) volunteer work (c) a long life story (d) projects you did
22. 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your siblings’ marks (b) a party selfie (c) your Aadhaar number (d) awards and prizes
23. 23.📄 In which résumé section does this go: a survey of 50 shops? (a) activities (b) education (c) contact details (d) projects
24. 24.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your siblings’ marks? (a) leave it out (b) include it
25. 25.📄 A résumé is… (a) a letter of thanks (b) a full autobiography (c) a short summary of you (d) a school report card
26. 26.📄 In which résumé section does this go: school football team? (a) education (b) projects (c) skills (d) activities
27. 27.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) projects you did (b) school and marks (c) your siblings’ marks (d) volunteer work
28. 28.Which of these goes in the education section? (a) Class 10 board: 88% (b) basic HTML and CSS (c) built a rain gauge model (d) school football team
29. 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) skills like typing (b) projects you did (c) clubs and activities (d) made-up marks
30. 30.📄 In which résumé section does this go: an email ID? (a) education (b) skills (c) projects (d) contact details
31. 31.Which of these goes in the activities section? (a) your city and PIN code (b) built a rain gauge model (c) a website for our club (d) debate club secretary
32. 32.True or false: “volunteer work” belongs on a student résumé. (a) True (b) False
33. 33.📄 In which résumé section does this go: eco club member? (a) skills (b) education (c) activities (d) contact details
34. 34.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: languages you know? (a) leave it out (b) include it
35. 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) school and marks (b) your passwords (c) languages you know (d) skills like typing
36. 36.📄 In which résumé section does this go: spreadsheets (basic)? (a) activities (b) projects (c) skills (d) contact details
37. 37.True or false: “your passwords” belongs on a student résumé. (a) True (b) False
38. 38.Which of these goes in the skills section? (a) your city and PIN code (b) Class 12 (Science), 2026 (c) basic HTML and CSS (d) an email ID
39. 39.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) school and marks (b) skills like typing (c) your Aadhaar number (d) clubs and activities
40. 40.📄 A student with no work experience should highlight… (a) nothing at all (b) their parents’ jobs (c) made-up jobs (d) projects and activities

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