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Résumé Worksheet: What to Include

Interview skills lesson 17: What goes on a student résumé · Set 871 · 40 questions
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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.

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

Answer key

  1. B.Com first year
  2. skills like typing
  3. your Aadhaar number
  4. your siblings’ marks
  5. Class 12 (Science), 2026
  6. be ready to explain it
  7. education
  8. languages you know
  9. an email ID
  10. school and marks
  11. contact details
  12. clubs and activities
  13. projects
  14. education
  15. leave it out
  16. leave it out
  17. debate club secretary
  18. volunteer work
  19. projects you did
  20. built a rain gauge model
  21. True
  22. school football team
  23. False
  24. Class 10 board: 88%
  25. awards and prizes
  26. include it
  27. spreadsheets (basic)
  28. projects
  29. leave it out
  30. include it
  31. projects and activities
  32. leave it out
  33. a long life story
  34. activities
  35. languages you know
  36. include it
  37. False
  38. False
  39. skills like typing
  40. include it

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