Résumé Worksheet: What to Include

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

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