Résumé Worksheet: What to Include

Interview skills lesson 17: What goes on a student résumé · Set 820 · 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 phone and email (b) languages you know (c) clubs and activities (d) your Aadhaar number
2. 2.Which of these goes in the activities section? (a) school football team (b) a mobile number (c) spreadsheets (basic) (d) a survey of 50 shops
3. 3.True or false: “clubs and activities” belongs on a student résumé. (a) False (b) True
4. 4.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) skills like typing (b) volunteer work (c) your phone and email (d) made-up marks
5. 5.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your phone and email? (a) leave it out (b) include it
6. 6.📄 In which résumé section does this go: debate club secretary? (a) skills (b) education (c) projects (d) activities
7. 7.📄 In which résumé section does this go: Class 10 board: 88%? (a) projects (b) education (c) activities (d) contact details
8. 8.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) made-up marks (b) a party selfie (c) projects you did (d) a long life story
9. 9.📄 What font style suits a résumé? (a) all bold capitals (b) tiny handwriting (c) one plain, clear font (d) five fancy fonts
10. 10.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: clubs and activities? (a) include it (b) leave it out
11. 11.True or false: “clubs and activities” should be left out of a résumé. (a) False (b) True
12. 12.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: volunteer work? (a) leave it out (b) include it
13. 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a long life story (b) clubs and activities (c) your passwords (d) your siblings’ marks
14. 14.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your phone and email (b) awards and prizes (c) your bank details (d) projects you did
15. 15.True or false: “volunteer work” should be left out of a résumé. (a) True (b) False
16. 16.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) skills like typing (b) your Aadhaar number (c) your bank details (d) made-up marks
17. 17.True or false: “a party selfie” belongs on a student résumé. (a) True (b) False
18. 18.📄 In which résumé section does this go: an email ID? (a) contact details (b) activities (c) skills (d) education
19. 19.📄 How long should a student résumé usually be? (a) ten pages (b) one page (c) five pages (d) half a line
20. 20.True or false: “your phone and email” belongs on a student résumé. (a) False (b) True
21. 21.📄 A résumé is… (a) a full autobiography (b) a letter of thanks (c) a short summary of you (d) a school report card
22. 22.Which of these goes in the contact details? (a) built a rain gauge model (b) your city and PIN code (c) eco club member (d) school football team
23. 23.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: projects you did? (a) leave it out (b) include it
24. 24.Which of these goes in the activities section? (a) debate club secretary (b) a survey of 50 shops (c) your city and PIN code (d) B.Com first year
25. 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your siblings’ marks (b) a party selfie (c) languages you know (d) your Aadhaar number
26. 26.📄 Your résumé says you led a club. In the interview you should… (a) change the subject (b) deny it (c) be ready to explain it (d) say it was a joke
27. 27.Which of these goes in the contact details? (a) an email ID (b) a website for our club (c) typing 40 words a minute (d) spreadsheets (basic)
28. 28.True or false: “projects you did” belongs on a student résumé. (a) False (b) True
29. 29.📄 In which résumé section does this go: basic HTML and CSS? (a) activities (b) contact details (c) skills (d) education
30. 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) awards and prizes (b) your passwords (c) a party selfie (d) your bank details
31. 31.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) made-up marks (b) a long life story (c) your Aadhaar number (d) volunteer work
32. 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a long life story (b) volunteer work (c) clubs and activities (d) school and marks
33. 33.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: awards and prizes? (a) leave it out (b) include it
34. 34.True or false: “skills like typing” belongs on a student résumé. (a) False (b) True
35. 35.📄 In which résumé section does this go: a survey of 50 shops? (a) projects (b) contact details (c) education (d) skills
36. 36.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your passwords (b) your siblings’ marks (c) a long life story (d) your phone and email
37. 37.📄 In which résumé section does this go: Class 12 (Science), 2026? (a) activities (b) education (c) skills (d) contact details
38. 38.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) your phone and email (b) school and marks (c) your passwords (d) volunteer work
39. 39.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) your Aadhaar number (b) made-up marks (c) a long life story (d) awards and prizes
40. 40.📄 In which résumé section does this go: eco club member? (a) skills (b) contact details (c) activities (d) projects

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