Résumé Worksheet: What to Include

Interview skills lesson 17: What goes on a student résumé · Set 821 · 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 belongs on a student résumé? (a) your passwords (b) your Aadhaar number (c) a long life story (d) languages you know
2. 2.True or false: “projects you did” should be left out of a résumé. (a) True (b) False
3. 3.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your Aadhaar number? (a) include it (b) leave it out
4. 4.📄 In which résumé section does this go: Class 10 board: 88%? (a) education (b) skills (c) projects (d) activities
5. 5.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your phone and email? (a) include it (b) leave it out
6. 6.📄 In which résumé section does this go: typing 40 words a minute? (a) skills (b) contact details (c) education (d) projects
7. 7.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) volunteer work (b) your phone and email (c) skills like typing (d) your passwords
8. 8.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) projects you did (b) a party selfie (c) school and marks (d) skills like typing
9. 9.📄 In which résumé section does this go: Class 12 (Science), 2026? (a) activities (b) projects (c) skills (d) education
10. 10.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: projects you did? (a) include it (b) leave it out
11. 11.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) your Aadhaar number (b) a party selfie (c) your bank details (d) your phone and email
12. 12.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) a party selfie (b) your siblings’ marks (c) clubs and activities (d) your Aadhaar number
13. 13.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) your phone and email (b) your bank details (c) school and marks (d) clubs and activities
14. 14.📄 How long should a student résumé usually be? (a) ten pages (b) five pages (c) one page (d) half a line
15. 15.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: a party selfie? (a) leave it out (b) include it
16. 16.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) a party selfie (b) your Aadhaar number (c) skills like typing (d) a long life story
17. 17.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) a long life story (b) volunteer work (c) your Aadhaar number (d) a party selfie
18. 18.📄 A résumé is… (a) a short summary of you (b) a school report card (c) a letter of thanks (d) a full autobiography
19. 19.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: school and marks? (a) leave it out (b) include it
20. 20.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your siblings’ marks? (a) leave it out (b) include it
21. 21.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) your bank details (b) your Aadhaar number (c) projects you did (d) your passwords
22. 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) projects you did (b) languages you know (c) a party selfie (d) clubs and activities
23. 23.Which of these goes in the contact details? (a) your city and PIN code (b) eco club member (c) basic HTML and CSS (d) Class 10 board: 88%
24. 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) clubs and activities (b) a party selfie (c) your Aadhaar number (d) made-up marks
25. 25.📄 Your résumé says you led a club. In the interview you should… (a) be ready to explain it (b) change the subject (c) deny it (d) say it was a joke
26. 26.Which of these goes in the education section? (a) B.Com first year (b) an email ID (c) a mobile number (d) basic HTML and CSS
27. 27.📄 In which résumé section does this go: eco club member? (a) education (b) projects (c) activities (d) contact details
28. 28.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your bank details? (a) leave it out (b) include it
29. 29.True or false: “your bank details” belongs on a student résumé. (a) True (b) False
30. 30.Which of these goes in the contact details? (a) spreadsheets (basic) (b) typing 40 words a minute (c) B.Com first year (d) a mobile number
31. 31.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) projects you did (b) your phone and email (c) volunteer work (d) made-up marks
32. 32.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) your passwords (b) a long life story (c) school and marks (d) made-up marks
33. 33.📄 A student with no work experience should highlight… (a) projects and activities (b) made-up jobs (c) their parents’ jobs (d) nothing at all
34. 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a long life story (b) a party selfie (c) your bank details (d) awards and prizes
35. 35.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) a long life story (b) awards and prizes (c) a party selfie (d) your bank details
36. 36.Which of these goes in the education section? (a) typing 40 words a minute (b) a website for our club (c) Class 12 (Science), 2026 (d) built a rain gauge model
37. 37.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your passwords? (a) leave it out (b) include it
38. 38.True or false: “your passwords” belongs on a student résumé. (a) True (b) False
39. 39.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) volunteer work (b) school and marks (c) clubs and activities (d) your siblings’ marks
40. 40.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: languages you know? (a) include it (b) leave it out

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