Résumé Worksheet: What to Include

Interview skills lesson 17: What goes on a student résumé · Set 837 · 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 long life story? (a) include it (b) leave it out
2. 2.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) made-up marks (b) volunteer work (c) your passwords (d) your Aadhaar number
3. 3.Which of these goes in the skills section? (a) built a rain gauge model (b) spreadsheets (basic) (c) Class 10 board: 88% (d) your city and PIN code
4. 4.Which of these goes in the education section? (a) a mobile number (b) B.Com first year (c) debate club secretary (d) built a rain gauge model
5. 5.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: languages you know? (a) include it (b) leave it out
6. 6.📄 In which résumé section does this go: typing 40 words a minute? (a) activities (b) skills (c) projects (d) education
7. 7.Which of these goes in the activities section? (a) eco club member (b) typing 40 words a minute (c) basic HTML and CSS (d) your city and PIN code
8. 8.True or false: “your phone and email” belongs on a student résumé. (a) True (b) False
9. 9.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: made-up marks? (a) leave it out (b) include it
10. 10.📄 How long should a student résumé usually be? (a) ten pages (b) five pages (c) one page (d) half a line
11. 11.📄 What font style suits a résumé? (a) all bold capitals (b) one plain, clear font (c) tiny handwriting (d) five fancy fonts
12. 12.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) volunteer work (b) a long life story (c) clubs and activities (d) your phone and email
13. 13.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your Aadhaar number? (a) leave it out (b) include it
14. 14.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your phone and email? (a) leave it out (b) include it
15. 15.Which of these goes in the projects section? (a) Class 10 board: 88% (b) Class 12 (Science), 2026 (c) spreadsheets (basic) (d) built a rain gauge model
16. 16.True or false: “projects you did” belongs on a student résumé. (a) True (b) False
17. 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) projects you did (b) made-up marks (c) school and marks (d) your phone and email
18. 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) languages you know (b) made-up marks (c) a party selfie (d) your passwords
19. 19.📄 In which résumé section does this go: Class 10 board: 88%? (a) contact details (b) education (c) skills (d) activities
20. 20.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) clubs and activities (b) your siblings’ marks (c) your Aadhaar number (d) a long life story
21. 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a party selfie (b) school and marks (c) your phone and email (d) volunteer work
22. 22.True or false: “a party selfie” should be left out of a résumé. (a) False (b) True
23. 23.📄 In which résumé section does this go: your city and PIN code? (a) skills (b) education (c) contact details (d) projects
24. 24.📄 In which résumé section does this go: debate club secretary? (a) projects (b) activities (c) education (d) contact details
25. 25.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: skills like typing? (a) leave it out (b) include it
26. 26.📄 A résumé is… (a) a short summary of you (b) a letter of thanks (c) a full autobiography (d) a school report card
27. 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) languages you know (b) projects you did (c) your siblings’ marks (d) awards and prizes
28. 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a party selfie (b) your bank details (c) made-up marks (d) school and marks
29. 29.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) skills like typing (b) languages you know (c) your bank details (d) awards and prizes
30. 30.📄 In which résumé section does this go: a survey of 50 shops? (a) contact details (b) projects (c) education (d) skills
31. 31.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your Aadhaar number (b) projects you did (c) clubs and activities (d) awards and prizes
32. 32.Which of these goes in the projects section? (a) eco club member (b) a website for our club (c) Class 12 (Science), 2026 (d) a mobile number
33. 33.📄 In which résumé section does this go: school football team? (a) activities (b) skills (c) projects (d) contact details
34. 34.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) a party selfie (b) your Aadhaar number (c) skills like typing (d) made-up marks
35. 35.📄 In which résumé section does this go: a mobile number? (a) education (b) activities (c) contact details (d) skills
36. 36.True or false: “a long life story” should be left out of a résumé. (a) True (b) False
37. 37.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) languages you know (b) skills like typing (c) your phone and email (d) your siblings’ marks
38. 38.Which of these goes in the activities section? (a) school football team (b) Class 10 board: 88% (c) B.Com first year (d) a mobile number
39. 39.📄 In which résumé section does this go: basic HTML and CSS? (a) skills (b) activities (c) contact details (d) education
40. 40.📄 Your résumé says you led a club. In the interview you should… (a) deny it (b) be ready to explain it (c) say it was a joke (d) change the subject

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