Résumé Worksheet: What to Include

Interview skills lesson 17: What goes on a student résumé · Set 886 · 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 goes in the activities section? (a) Class 10 board: 88% (b) debate club secretary (c) Class 12 (Science), 2026 (d) your city and PIN code
2. 2.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: school and marks? (a) leave it out (b) include it
3. 3.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) a party selfie (b) skills like typing (c) your phone and email (d) projects you did
4. 4.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your Aadhaar number (b) school and marks (c) your bank details (d) made-up marks
5. 5.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: made-up marks? (a) include it (b) leave it out
6. 6.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your Aadhaar number (b) a long life story (c) your phone and email (d) your bank details
7. 7.📄 In which résumé section does this go: typing 40 words a minute? (a) contact details (b) skills (c) education (d) activities
8. 8.True or false: “awards and prizes” should be left out of a résumé. (a) False (b) True
9. 9.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: projects you did? (a) include it (b) leave it out
10. 10.📄 Your résumé says you led a club. In the interview you should… (a) change the subject (b) say it was a joke (c) deny it (d) be ready to explain it
11. 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your siblings’ marks (b) made-up marks (c) projects you did (d) a party selfie
12. 12.📄 A résumé is… (a) a school report card (b) a letter of thanks (c) a full autobiography (d) a short summary of you
13. 13.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) school and marks (b) a long life story (c) made-up marks (d) your Aadhaar number
14. 14.Which of these goes in the skills section? (a) a survey of 50 shops (b) Class 10 board: 88% (c) Class 12 (Science), 2026 (d) typing 40 words a minute
15. 15.📄 What font style suits a résumé? (a) five fancy fonts (b) tiny handwriting (c) one plain, clear font (d) all bold capitals
16. 16.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: clubs and activities? (a) leave it out (b) include it
17. 17.📄 How long should a student résumé usually be? (a) five pages (b) ten pages (c) half a line (d) one page
18. 18.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) your siblings’ marks (b) awards and prizes (c) skills like typing (d) projects you did
19. 19.True or false: “a long life story” should be left out of a résumé. (a) True (b) False
20. 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) projects you did (b) your Aadhaar number (c) awards and prizes (d) clubs and activities
21. 21.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) your Aadhaar number (b) made-up marks (c) your bank details (d) clubs and activities
22. 22.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) your bank details (b) made-up marks (c) your Aadhaar number (d) languages you know
23. 23.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your passwords? (a) include it (b) leave it out
24. 24.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) awards and prizes (b) your Aadhaar number (c) skills like typing (d) your phone and email
25. 25.Which of these goes in the projects section? (a) Class 12 (Science), 2026 (b) Class 10 board: 88% (c) typing 40 words a minute (d) built a rain gauge model
26. 26.True or false: “languages you know” belongs on a student résumé. (a) False (b) True
27. 27.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: a long life story? (a) leave it out (b) include it
28. 28.True or false: “your passwords” should be left out of a résumé. (a) False (b) True
29. 29.Which of these goes in the contact details? (a) a survey of 50 shops (b) built a rain gauge model (c) typing 40 words a minute (d) your city and PIN code
30. 30.📄 A student with no work experience should highlight… (a) nothing at all (b) projects and activities (c) made-up jobs (d) their parents’ jobs
31. 31.Which of these goes in the skills section? (a) a website for our club (b) Class 12 (Science), 2026 (c) a survey of 50 shops (d) basic HTML and CSS
32. 32.📄 In which résumé section does this go: school football team? (a) activities (b) contact details (c) education (d) projects
33. 33.📄 In which résumé section does this go: spreadsheets (basic)? (a) contact details (b) activities (c) education (d) skills
34. 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) volunteer work (b) projects you did (c) a long life story (d) awards and prizes
35. 35.True or false: “clubs and activities” should be left out of a résumé. (a) True (b) False
36. 36.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) a long life story (b) volunteer work (c) school and marks (d) clubs and activities
37. 37.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) a long life story (b) your bank details (c) your phone and email (d) your passwords
38. 38.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: skills like typing? (a) leave it out (b) include it
39. 39.True or false: “languages you know” should be left out of a résumé. (a) False (b) True
40. 40.Which of these goes in the education section? (a) B.Com first year (b) your city and PIN code (c) debate club secretary (d) built a rain gauge model

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