Résumé Worksheet: What to Include

Interview skills lesson 17: What goes on a student résumé · Set 952 · 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.📄 In which résumé section does this go: Class 12 (Science), 2026? (a) skills (b) contact details (c) education (d) projects
2. 2.📄 A résumé is… (a) a school report card (b) a full autobiography (c) a letter of thanks (d) a short summary of you
3. 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your Aadhaar number (b) your passwords (c) your siblings’ marks (d) skills like typing
4. 4.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: a long life story? (a) include it (b) leave it out
5. 5.Which of these goes in the activities section? (a) an email ID (b) school football team (c) a mobile number (d) your city and PIN code
6. 6.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your passwords (b) clubs and activities (c) made-up marks (d) a long life story
7. 7.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) school and marks (b) your bank details (c) volunteer work (d) clubs and activities
8. 8.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your Aadhaar number? (a) include it (b) leave it out
9. 9.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your passwords? (a) leave it out (b) include it
10. 10.📄 In which résumé section does this go: B.Com first year? (a) projects (b) activities (c) education (d) skills
11. 11.📄 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
12. 12.True or false: “your passwords” should be left out of a résumé. (a) False (b) True
13. 13.Which of these goes in the skills section? (a) eco club member (b) your city and PIN code (c) built a rain gauge model (d) spreadsheets (basic)
14. 14.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a long life story (b) languages you know (c) made-up marks (d) your Aadhaar number
15. 15.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) your passwords (b) awards and prizes (c) your bank details (d) a long life story
16. 16.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) volunteer work (b) school and marks (c) clubs and activities (d) your passwords
17. 17.📄 How long should a student résumé usually be? (a) five pages (b) half a line (c) one page (d) ten pages
18. 18.True or false: “your Aadhaar number” should be left out of a résumé. (a) False (b) True
19. 19.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) volunteer work (b) made-up marks (c) languages you know (d) skills like typing
20. 20.📄 In which résumé section does this go: a website for our club? (a) education (b) projects (c) skills (d) contact details
21. 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) school and marks (b) a party selfie (c) a long life story (d) your bank details
22. 22.📄 A student with no work experience should highlight… (a) nothing at all (b) projects and activities (c) their parents’ jobs (d) made-up jobs
23. 23.True or false: “clubs and activities” belongs on a student résumé. (a) False (b) True
24. 24.📄 What font style suits a résumé? (a) all bold capitals (b) one plain, clear font (c) five fancy fonts (d) tiny handwriting
25. 25.Which of these goes in the contact details? (a) your city and PIN code (b) spreadsheets (basic) (c) school football team (d) built a rain gauge model
26. 26.Which of these goes in the contact details? (a) a website for our club (b) eco club member (c) an email ID (d) spreadsheets (basic)
27. 27.True or false: “awards and prizes” belongs on a student résumé. (a) False (b) True
28. 28.True or false: “your bank details” should be left out of a résumé. (a) False (b) True
29. 29.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: clubs and activities? (a) leave it out (b) include it
30. 30.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) a party selfie (b) your Aadhaar number (c) made-up marks (d) skills like typing
31. 31.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) your Aadhaar number (b) volunteer work (c) your siblings’ marks (d) your passwords
32. 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your bank details (b) your phone and email (c) a party selfie (d) made-up marks
33. 33.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: volunteer work? (a) leave it out (b) include it
34. 34.True or false: “awards and prizes” should be left out of a résumé. (a) True (b) False
35. 35.True or false: “your phone and email” should be left out of a résumé. (a) False (b) True
36. 36.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: languages you know? (a) leave it out (b) include it
37. 37.True or false: “projects you did” should be left out of a résumé. (a) False (b) True
38. 38.📄 In which résumé section does this go: eco club member? (a) projects (b) education (c) activities (d) skills
39. 39.📄 In which résumé section does this go: school football team? (a) projects (b) activities (c) skills (d) education
40. 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) awards and prizes (b) volunteer work (c) school and marks (d) your Aadhaar number

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