Résumé Worksheet: What to Include

Interview skills lesson 17: What goes on a student résumé · Set 93 · 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.📄 A résumé is… (a) a full autobiography (b) a short summary of you (c) a letter of thanks (d) a school report card
2. 2.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: school and marks? (a) leave it out (b) include it
3. 3.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your phone and email? (a) leave it out (b) include it
4. 4.📄 In which résumé section does this go: an email ID? (a) contact details (b) activities (c) projects (d) education
5. 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a party selfie (b) clubs and activities (c) made-up marks (d) your siblings’ marks
6. 6.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: projects you did? (a) include it (b) leave it out
7. 7.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: made-up marks? (a) leave it out (b) include it
8. 8.📄 In which résumé section does this go: Class 12 (Science), 2026? (a) activities (b) contact details (c) skills (d) education
9. 9.True or false: “your siblings’ marks” belongs on a student résumé. (a) False (b) True
10. 10.True or false: “a long life story” belongs on a student résumé. (a) True (b) False
11. 11.Which of these goes in the activities section? (a) school football team (b) a mobile number (c) a survey of 50 shops (d) spreadsheets (basic)
12. 12.Which of these goes in the activities section? (a) built a rain gauge model (b) debate club secretary (c) your city and PIN code (d) a survey of 50 shops
13. 13.📄 In which résumé section does this go: school football team? (a) education (b) projects (c) activities (d) contact details
14. 14.True or false: “languages you know” belongs on a student résumé. (a) False (b) True
15. 15.Which of these goes in the projects section? (a) Class 12 (Science), 2026 (b) your city and PIN code (c) a website for our club (d) school football team
16. 16.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your bank details (b) a long life story (c) school and marks (d) made-up marks
17. 17.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) a party selfie (b) made-up marks (c) clubs and activities (d) a long life story
18. 18.📄 How long should a student résumé usually be? (a) five pages (b) half a line (c) one page (d) ten pages
19. 19.Which of these goes in the skills section? (a) a website for our club (b) spreadsheets (basic) (c) a survey of 50 shops (d) your city and PIN code
20. 20.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: a long life story? (a) leave it out (b) include it
21. 21.True or false: “skills like typing” should be left out of a résumé. (a) False (b) True
22. 22.Which of these goes in the education section? (a) a mobile number (b) Class 10 board: 88% (c) a survey of 50 shops (d) school football team
23. 23.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your Aadhaar number? (a) leave it out (b) include it
24. 24.📄 In which résumé section does this go: eco club member? (a) education (b) contact details (c) activities (d) skills
25. 25.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your passwords? (a) leave it out (b) include it
26. 26.📄 Your résumé says you led a club. In the interview you should… (a) change the subject (b) deny it (c) be ready to explain it (d) say it was a joke
27. 27.True or false: “your passwords” should be left out of a résumé. (a) False (b) True
28. 28.📄 In which résumé section does this go: debate club secretary? (a) activities (b) skills (c) projects (d) education
29. 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your phone and email (b) volunteer work (c) clubs and activities (d) your passwords
30. 30.📄 A student with no work experience should highlight… (a) nothing at all (b) their parents’ jobs (c) made-up jobs (d) projects and activities
31. 31.📄 In which résumé section does this go: a website for our club? (a) education (b) contact details (c) activities (d) projects
32. 32.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: clubs and activities? (a) include it (b) leave it out
33. 33.Which of these goes in the contact details? (a) a survey of 50 shops (b) Class 10 board: 88% (c) eco club member (d) an email ID
34. 34.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) languages you know (b) your Aadhaar number (c) made-up marks (d) a long life story
35. 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) projects you did (b) skills like typing (c) a party selfie (d) languages you know
36. 36.True or false: “volunteer work” should be left out of a résumé. (a) True (b) False
37. 37.True or false: “awards and prizes” belongs on a student résumé. (a) True (b) False
38. 38.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) a long life story (b) your siblings’ marks (c) your passwords (d) skills like typing
39. 39.True or false: “awards and prizes” should be left out of a résumé. (a) False (b) True
40. 40.📄 In which résumé section does this go: your city and PIN code? (a) contact details (b) education (c) projects (d) skills

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