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Résumé Worksheet: What to Include

Interview skills lesson 17: What goes on a student résumé · Set 888 · 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) basic HTML and CSS (b) Class 12 (Science), 2026 (c) spreadsheets (basic) (d) your city and PIN code
  2. 2.📄 How long should a student résumé usually be? (a) five pages (b) half a line (c) one page (d) ten pages
  3. 3.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) volunteer work (b) a party selfie (c) skills like typing (d) school and marks
  4. 4.📄 Your résumé says you led a club. In the interview you should… (a) say it was a joke (b) deny it (c) be ready to explain it (d) change the subject
  5. 5.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: a long life story? (a) include it (b) leave it out
  6. 6.📄 In which résumé section does this go: a mobile number? (a) projects (b) education (c) activities (d) contact details
  7. 7.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: a party selfie? (a) leave it out (b) include it
  8. 8.📄 In which résumé section does this go: eco club member? (a) skills (b) activities (c) projects (d) education
  9. 9.Which of these goes in the education section? (a) a mobile number (b) a website for our club (c) Class 10 board: 88% (d) debate club secretary
  10. 10.📄 In which résumé section does this go: Class 10 board: 88%? (a) projects (b) contact details (c) education (d) activities
  11. 11.True or false: “a party selfie” should be left out of a résumé. (a) True (b) False
  12. 12.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) your Aadhaar number (b) made-up marks (c) a party selfie (d) volunteer work
  13. 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a long life story (b) a party selfie (c) your phone and email (d) made-up marks
  14. 14.📄 In which résumé section does this go: your city and PIN code? (a) skills (b) contact details (c) activities (d) education
  15. 15.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: awards and prizes? (a) leave it out (b) include it
  16. 16.True or false: “a long life story” belongs on a student résumé. (a) False (b) True
  17. 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) projects you did (b) your phone and email (c) made-up marks (d) school and marks
  18. 18.📄 In which résumé section does this go: basic HTML and CSS? (a) skills (b) contact details (c) education (d) projects
  19. 19.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your siblings’ marks? (a) leave it out (b) include it
  20. 20.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: school and marks? (a) leave it out (b) include it
  21. 21.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) your bank details (b) a party selfie (c) school and marks (d) your Aadhaar number
  22. 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) projects you did (b) your phone and email (c) school and marks (d) your Aadhaar number
  23. 23.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: made-up marks? (a) include it (b) leave it out
  24. 24.📄 What font style suits a résumé? (a) tiny handwriting (b) all bold capitals (c) one plain, clear font (d) five fancy fonts
  25. 25.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) a long life story (b) awards and prizes (c) your bank details (d) a party selfie
  26. 26.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your Aadhaar number (b) a long life story (c) your passwords (d) clubs and activities
  27. 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) awards and prizes (b) projects you did (c) a long life story (d) volunteer work
  28. 28.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: clubs and activities? (a) leave it out (b) include it
  29. 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your Aadhaar number (b) your bank details (c) languages you know (d) made-up marks
  30. 30.True or false: “made-up marks” belongs on a student résumé. (a) False (b) True
  31. 31.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) volunteer work (b) skills like typing (c) a long life story (d) school and marks
  32. 32.True or false: “projects you did” should be left out of a résumé. (a) True (b) False
  33. 33.True or false: “school and marks” should be left out of a résumé. (a) False (b) True
  34. 34.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your Aadhaar number? (a) include it (b) leave it out
  35. 35.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) a party selfie (b) projects you did (c) a long life story (d) your passwords
  36. 36.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your bank details? (a) leave it out (b) include it
  37. 37.📄 A résumé is… (a) a short summary of you (b) a full autobiography (c) a letter of thanks (d) a school report card
  38. 38.📄 In which résumé section does this go: typing 40 words a minute? (a) activities (b) projects (c) skills (d) education
  39. 39.Which of these goes in the projects section? (a) eco club member (b) school football team (c) a survey of 50 shops (d) spreadsheets (basic)
  40. 40.Which of these goes in the activities section? (a) an email ID (b) built a rain gauge model (c) eco club member (d) your city and PIN code

Answer key

  1. Class 12 (Science), 2026
  2. one page
  3. a party selfie
  4. be ready to explain it
  5. leave it out
  6. contact details
  7. leave it out
  8. activities
  9. Class 10 board: 88%
  10. education
  11. True
  12. volunteer work
  13. your phone and email
  14. contact details
  15. include it
  16. False
  17. made-up marks
  18. skills
  19. leave it out
  20. include it
  21. school and marks
  22. your Aadhaar number
  23. leave it out
  24. one plain, clear font
  25. awards and prizes
  26. clubs and activities
  27. a long life story
  28. include it
  29. languages you know
  30. False
  31. a long life story
  32. False
  33. False
  34. leave it out
  35. projects you did
  36. leave it out
  37. a short summary of you
  38. skills
  39. a survey of 50 shops
  40. eco club member

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