Résumé Worksheet: What to Include

Interview skills lesson 17: What goes on a student résumé · Set 773 · 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 of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) your siblings’ marks (b) projects you did (c) languages you know (d) school and marks
2. 2.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your phone and email (b) your bank details (c) projects you did (d) awards and prizes
3. 3.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: languages you know? (a) include it (b) leave it out
4. 4.📄 A résumé is… (a) a short summary of you (b) a letter of thanks (c) a school report card (d) a full autobiography
5. 5.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) your passwords (b) a party selfie (c) clubs and activities (d) your bank details
6. 6.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) your bank details (b) skills like typing (c) projects you did (d) languages you know
7. 7.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) languages you know (b) projects you did (c) your Aadhaar number (d) clubs and activities
8. 8.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) your phone and email (b) your siblings’ marks (c) made-up marks (d) your Aadhaar number
9. 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a party selfie (b) your passwords (c) your phone and email (d) made-up marks
10. 10.Which of these goes in the skills section? (a) spreadsheets (basic) (b) school football team (c) a mobile number (d) your city and PIN code
11. 11.Which of these goes in the education section? (a) school football team (b) a website for our club (c) B.Com first year (d) a mobile number
12. 12.True or false: “school and marks” should be left out of a résumé. (a) False (b) True
13. 13.📄 How long should a student résumé usually be? (a) five pages (b) one page (c) half a line (d) ten pages
14. 14.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) your phone and email (b) awards and prizes (c) a long life story (d) projects you did
15. 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a long life story (b) your bank details (c) awards and prizes (d) your passwords
16. 16.True or false: “clubs and activities” should be left out of a résumé. (a) True (b) False
17. 17.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: skills like typing? (a) leave it out (b) include it
18. 18.📄 A student with no work experience should highlight… (a) nothing at all (b) made-up jobs (c) their parents’ jobs (d) projects and activities
19. 19.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: clubs and activities? (a) include it (b) leave it out
20. 20.Which of these goes in the activities section? (a) an email ID (b) Class 12 (Science), 2026 (c) debate club secretary (d) basic HTML and CSS
21. 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your bank details (b) your siblings’ marks (c) a party selfie (d) clubs and activities
22. 22.Which of these goes in the projects section? (a) school football team (b) Class 12 (Science), 2026 (c) a website for our club (d) your city and PIN code
23. 23.📄 In which résumé section does this go: built a rain gauge model? (a) contact details (b) activities (c) skills (d) projects
24. 24.📄 In which résumé section does this go: school football team? (a) activities (b) skills (c) education (d) contact details
25. 25.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your phone and email? (a) leave it out (b) include it
26. 26.📄 In which résumé section does this go: Class 12 (Science), 2026? (a) projects (b) education (c) contact details (d) skills
27. 27.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) projects you did (b) a long life story (c) a party selfie (d) your Aadhaar number
28. 28.True or false: “a long life story” should be left out of a résumé. (a) True (b) False
29. 29.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: a long life story? (a) include it (b) leave it out
30. 30.📄 In which résumé section does this go: spreadsheets (basic)? (a) activities (b) skills (c) projects (d) education
31. 31.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: school and marks? (a) include it (b) leave it out
32. 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) school and marks (b) your passwords (c) languages you know (d) clubs and activities
33. 33.📄 What font style suits a résumé? (a) tiny handwriting (b) one plain, clear font (c) five fancy fonts (d) all bold capitals
34. 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) made-up marks (b) skills like typing (c) your phone and email (d) clubs and activities
35. 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) volunteer work (b) your phone and email (c) school and marks (d) a long life story
36. 36.True or false: “projects you did” belongs on a student résumé. (a) False (b) True
37. 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your siblings’ marks (b) a party selfie (c) your bank details (d) projects you did
38. 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your siblings’ marks (b) languages you know (c) a party selfie (d) made-up marks
39. 39.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) made-up marks (b) projects you did (c) clubs and activities (d) skills like typing
40. 40.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your bank details? (a) include it (b) leave it out

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