Résumé Worksheet: What to Include

Interview skills lesson 17: What goes on a student résumé · Set 741 · 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: a party selfie? (a) include it (b) leave it out
2. 2.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) a party selfie (b) your siblings’ marks (c) made-up marks (d) languages you know
3. 3.True or false: “awards and prizes” belongs on a student résumé. (a) True (b) False
4. 4.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: made-up marks? (a) leave it out (b) include it
5. 5.📄 How long should a student résumé usually be? (a) five pages (b) half a line (c) ten pages (d) one page
6. 6.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: a long life story? (a) include it (b) leave it out
7. 7.Which of these goes in the contact details? (a) debate club secretary (b) a survey of 50 shops (c) Class 10 board: 88% (d) a mobile number
8. 8.Which of these goes in the contact details? (a) Class 10 board: 88% (b) school football team (c) an email ID (d) B.Com first year
9. 9.True or false: “your passwords” belongs on a student résumé. (a) False (b) True
10. 10.True or false: “your siblings’ marks” should be left out of a résumé. (a) True (b) False
11. 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) languages you know (b) your Aadhaar number (c) volunteer work (d) projects you did
12. 12.Which of these goes in the projects section? (a) basic HTML and CSS (b) built a rain gauge model (c) school football team (d) B.Com first year
13. 13.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) a long life story (b) clubs and activities (c) your Aadhaar number (d) your bank details
14. 14.📄 In which résumé section does this go: a survey of 50 shops? (a) education (b) projects (c) contact details (d) activities
15. 15.📄 A résumé is… (a) a full autobiography (b) a letter of thanks (c) a school report card (d) a short summary of you
16. 16.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) awards and prizes (b) school and marks (c) your passwords (d) languages you know
17. 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) clubs and activities (b) your siblings’ marks (c) a party selfie (d) your bank details
18. 18.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) a party selfie (b) your siblings’ marks (c) your passwords (d) awards and prizes
19. 19.📄 Your résumé says you led a club. In the interview you should… (a) deny it (b) change the subject (c) say it was a joke (d) be ready to explain it
20. 20.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your phone and email? (a) include it (b) leave it out
21. 21.True or false: “a party selfie” belongs on a student résumé. (a) True (b) False
22. 22.True or false: “volunteer work” should be left out of a résumé. (a) False (b) True
23. 23.📄 In which résumé section does this go: a website for our club? (a) projects (b) contact details (c) education (d) activities
24. 24.📄 A student with no work experience should highlight… (a) made-up jobs (b) projects and activities (c) their parents’ jobs (d) nothing at all
25. 25.True or false: “projects you did” belongs on a student résumé. (a) False (b) True
26. 26.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) languages you know (b) your phone and email (c) your bank details (d) school and marks
27. 27.📄 In which résumé section does this go: a mobile number? (a) skills (b) contact details (c) projects (d) activities
28. 28.📄 In which résumé section does this go: your city and PIN code? (a) contact details (b) education (c) projects (d) activities
29. 29.Which of these goes in the education section? (a) a survey of 50 shops (b) built a rain gauge model (c) Class 10 board: 88% (d) a website for our club
30. 30.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) your Aadhaar number (b) a long life story (c) a party selfie (d) your phone and email
31. 31.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a party selfie (b) your siblings’ marks (c) a long life story (d) volunteer work
32. 32.📄 In which résumé section does this go: eco club member? (a) contact details (b) skills (c) activities (d) education
33. 33.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) your Aadhaar number (b) projects you did (c) made-up marks (d) your siblings’ marks
34. 34.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your bank details? (a) leave it out (b) include it
35. 35.Which of these goes in the contact details? (a) your city and PIN code (b) Class 10 board: 88% (c) school football team (d) basic HTML and CSS
36. 36.Which of these goes in the skills section? (a) basic HTML and CSS (b) debate club secretary (c) a mobile number (d) Class 12 (Science), 2026
37. 37.Which of these goes in the activities section? (a) Class 10 board: 88% (b) spreadsheets (basic) (c) a mobile number (d) debate club secretary
38. 38.📄 In which résumé section does this go: Class 12 (Science), 2026? (a) projects (b) contact details (c) activities (d) education
39. 39.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: languages you know? (a) include it (b) leave it out
40. 40.True or false: “skills like typing” should be left out of a résumé. (a) False (b) True

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