Résumé Worksheet: What to Include

Interview skills lesson 17: What goes on a student résumé · Set 870 · 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 bank details (b) a party selfie (c) made-up marks (d) your phone and email
2. 2.📄 A student with no work experience should highlight… (a) their parents’ jobs (b) nothing at all (c) made-up jobs (d) projects and activities
3. 3.Which of these goes in the projects section? (a) Class 10 board: 88% (b) eco club member (c) Class 12 (Science), 2026 (d) built a rain gauge model
4. 4.Which of these goes in the education section? (a) a mobile number (b) Class 10 board: 88% (c) school football team (d) built a rain gauge model
5. 5.📄 A résumé is… (a) a full autobiography (b) a school report card (c) a short summary of you (d) a letter of thanks
6. 6.True or false: “a party selfie” should be left out of a résumé. (a) True (b) False
7. 7.Which of these goes in the contact details? (a) built a rain gauge model (b) a survey of 50 shops (c) Class 12 (Science), 2026 (d) your city and PIN code
8. 8.Which of these goes in the skills section? (a) your city and PIN code (b) B.Com first year (c) spreadsheets (basic) (d) a website for our club
9. 9.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) your siblings’ marks (b) a party selfie (c) languages you know (d) made-up marks
10. 10.Which of these goes in the education section? (a) spreadsheets (basic) (b) a mobile number (c) eco club member (d) B.Com first year
11. 11.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: made-up marks? (a) leave it out (b) include it
12. 12.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) volunteer work (b) languages you know (c) your passwords (d) projects you did
13. 13.📄 How long should a student résumé usually be? (a) half a line (b) one page (c) five pages (d) ten pages
14. 14.📄 Your résumé says you led a club. In the interview you should… (a) deny it (b) change the subject (c) say it was a joke (d) be ready to explain it
15. 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a party selfie (b) school and marks (c) clubs and activities (d) your phone and email
16. 16.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: volunteer work? (a) leave it out (b) include it
17. 17.True or false: “your bank details” should be left out of a résumé. (a) False (b) True
18. 18.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: a party selfie? (a) leave it out (b) include it
19. 19.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: awards and prizes? (a) leave it out (b) include it
20. 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) clubs and activities (b) your Aadhaar number (c) made-up marks (d) a party selfie
21. 21.📄 In which résumé section does this go: typing 40 words a minute? (a) activities (b) skills (c) projects (d) education
22. 22.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: projects you did? (a) leave it out (b) include it
23. 23.Which of these goes in the contact details? (a) Class 10 board: 88% (b) eco club member (c) typing 40 words a minute (d) a mobile number
24. 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a long life story (b) your Aadhaar number (c) volunteer work (d) your bank details
25. 25.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: skills like typing? (a) include it (b) leave it out
26. 26.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) skills like typing (b) awards and prizes (c) school and marks (d) made-up marks
27. 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) awards and prizes (b) your siblings’ marks (c) your Aadhaar number (d) a party selfie
28. 28.📄 In which résumé section does this go: an email ID? (a) skills (b) projects (c) activities (d) contact details
29. 29.True or false: “a long life story” belongs on a student résumé. (a) False (b) True
30. 30.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) your siblings’ marks (b) school and marks (c) projects you did (d) awards and prizes
31. 31.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your siblings’ marks? (a) leave it out (b) include it
32. 32.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) volunteer work (b) your Aadhaar number (c) awards and prizes (d) school and marks
33. 33.True or false: “school and marks” should be left out of a résumé. (a) True (b) False
34. 34.Which of these goes in the education section? (a) typing 40 words a minute (b) basic HTML and CSS (c) a mobile number (d) Class 12 (Science), 2026
35. 35.📄 In which résumé section does this go: a website for our club? (a) projects (b) activities (c) contact details (d) education
36. 36.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) school and marks (b) your Aadhaar number (c) volunteer work (d) your phone and email
37. 37.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) a long life story (b) school and marks (c) projects you did (d) volunteer work
38. 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your Aadhaar number (b) skills like typing (c) your siblings’ marks (d) made-up marks
39. 39.📄 In which résumé section does this go: Class 10 board: 88%? (a) education (b) skills (c) contact details (d) projects
40. 40.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: school and marks? (a) include it (b) leave it out

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