Résumé Worksheet: What to Include

Interview skills lesson 17: What goes on a student résumé · Set 877 · 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) leave it out (b) include it
2. 2.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your phone and email (b) awards and prizes (c) languages you know (d) your Aadhaar number
3. 3.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) your siblings’ marks (b) languages you know (c) a party selfie (d) your Aadhaar number
4. 4.📄 In which résumé section does this go: typing 40 words a minute? (a) contact details (b) skills (c) activities (d) education
5. 5.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) a long life story (b) clubs and activities (c) awards and prizes (d) languages you know
6. 6.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your Aadhaar number (b) a long life story (c) a party selfie (d) languages you know
7. 7.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) your siblings’ marks (b) your Aadhaar number (c) your passwords (d) skills like typing
8. 8.📄 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
9. 9.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: school and marks? (a) leave it out (b) include it
10. 10.Which of these goes in the activities section? (a) Class 10 board: 88% (b) debate club secretary (c) Class 12 (Science), 2026 (d) B.Com first year
11. 11.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your phone and email? (a) leave it out (b) include it
12. 12.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your bank details (b) your passwords (c) awards and prizes (d) a party selfie
13. 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your siblings’ marks (b) your Aadhaar number (c) a long life story (d) volunteer work
14. 14.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: skills like typing? (a) include it (b) leave it out
15. 15.📄 What font style suits a résumé? (a) five fancy fonts (b) one plain, clear font (c) all bold capitals (d) tiny handwriting
16. 16.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) school and marks (b) your bank details (c) awards and prizes (d) languages you know
17. 17.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) made-up marks (b) awards and prizes (c) skills like typing (d) projects you did
18. 18.Which of these goes in the education section? (a) a website for our club (b) typing 40 words a minute (c) basic HTML and CSS (d) Class 10 board: 88%
19. 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your phone and email (b) a long life story (c) your bank details (d) a party selfie
20. 20.📄 How long should a student résumé usually be? (a) one page (b) five pages (c) half a line (d) ten pages
21. 21.True or false: “your bank details” should be left out of a résumé. (a) False (b) True
22. 22.Which of these goes in the education section? (a) debate club secretary (b) typing 40 words a minute (c) an email ID (d) Class 12 (Science), 2026
23. 23.True or false: “made-up marks” belongs on a student résumé. (a) True (b) False
24. 24.📄 In which résumé section does this go: a mobile number? (a) projects (b) contact details (c) activities (d) skills
25. 25.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) projects you did (b) made-up marks (c) a party selfie (d) a long life story
26. 26.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) made-up marks (b) your phone and email (c) projects you did (d) languages you know
27. 27.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: projects you did? (a) include it (b) leave it out
28. 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) awards and prizes (b) skills like typing (c) your passwords (d) your phone and email
29. 29.Which of these goes in the projects section? (a) typing 40 words a minute (b) a website for our club (c) your city and PIN code (d) Class 10 board: 88%
30. 30.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your siblings’ marks? (a) include it (b) leave it out
31. 31.True or false: “languages you know” belongs on a student résumé. (a) True (b) False
32. 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your siblings’ marks (b) skills like typing (c) volunteer work (d) projects you did
33. 33.📄 In which résumé section does this go: Class 10 board: 88%? (a) skills (b) projects (c) education (d) contact details
34. 34.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) your phone and email (b) your passwords (c) school and marks (d) volunteer work
35. 35.True or false: “projects you did” belongs on a student résumé. (a) False (b) True
36. 36.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) projects you did (b) skills like typing (c) clubs and activities (d) your Aadhaar number
37. 37.📄 A student with no work experience should highlight… (a) their parents’ jobs (b) nothing at all (c) projects and activities (d) made-up jobs
38. 38.Which of these goes in the education section? (a) debate club secretary (b) a website for our club (c) eco club member (d) B.Com first year
39. 39.True or false: “your passwords” should be left out of a résumé. (a) False (b) True
40. 40.Which of these goes in the activities section? (a) an email ID (b) eco club member (c) built a rain gauge model (d) basic HTML and CSS

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