Résumé Worksheet: What to Include

Interview skills lesson 17: What goes on a student résumé · Set 957 · 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) contact details (b) skills (c) activities (d) education
2. 2.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a party selfie (b) your siblings’ marks (c) a long life story (d) your phone and email
3. 3.📄 A student with no work experience should highlight… (a) nothing at all (b) projects and activities (c) their parents’ jobs (d) made-up jobs
4. 4.📄 In which résumé section does this go: spreadsheets (basic)? (a) skills (b) activities (c) projects (d) education
5. 5.Which of these goes in the projects section? (a) Class 10 board: 88% (b) your city and PIN code (c) built a rain gauge model (d) basic HTML and CSS
6. 6.True or false: “your Aadhaar number” belongs on a student résumé. (a) True (b) False
7. 7.True or false: “projects you did” should be left out of a résumé. (a) False (b) True
8. 8.Which of these goes in the skills section? (a) spreadsheets (basic) (b) debate club secretary (c) a survey of 50 shops (d) eco club member
9. 9.📄 In which résumé section does this go: Class 10 board: 88%? (a) projects (b) skills (c) activities (d) education
10. 10.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) volunteer work (b) skills like typing (c) school and marks (d) your Aadhaar number
11. 11.True or false: “languages you know” belongs on a student résumé. (a) False (b) True
12. 12.True or false: “your siblings’ marks” should be left out of a résumé. (a) True (b) False
13. 13.📄 In which résumé section does this go: typing 40 words a minute? (a) skills (b) education (c) activities (d) contact details
14. 14.📄 A résumé is… (a) a full autobiography (b) a short summary of you (c) a school report card (d) a letter of thanks
15. 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a party selfie (b) your passwords (c) skills like typing (d) a long life story
16. 16.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your bank details? (a) include it (b) leave it out
17. 17.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) languages you know (b) your bank details (c) a party selfie (d) your passwords
18. 18.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) awards and prizes (b) made-up marks (c) your siblings’ marks (d) your passwords
19. 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your passwords (b) awards and prizes (c) your siblings’ marks (d) your Aadhaar number
20. 20.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: languages you know? (a) include it (b) leave it out
21. 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) awards and prizes (b) school and marks (c) volunteer work (d) your siblings’ marks
22. 22.True or false: “made-up marks” should be left out of a résumé. (a) True (b) False
23. 23.📄 How long should a student résumé usually be? (a) five pages (b) ten pages (c) half a line (d) one page
24. 24.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) volunteer work (b) languages you know (c) projects you did (d) your passwords
25. 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your phone and email (b) volunteer work (c) clubs and activities (d) your bank details
26. 26.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your siblings’ marks? (a) leave it out (b) include it
27. 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) volunteer work (b) your Aadhaar number (c) a party selfie (d) your passwords
28. 28.📄 In which résumé section does this go: school football team? (a) activities (b) skills (c) contact details (d) education
29. 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a party selfie (b) your Aadhaar number (c) a long life story (d) clubs and activities
30. 30.📄 In which résumé section does this go: eco club member? (a) skills (b) activities (c) contact details (d) projects
31. 31.Which of these goes in the skills section? (a) Class 10 board: 88% (b) typing 40 words a minute (c) a survey of 50 shops (d) your city and PIN code
32. 32.True or false: “awards and prizes” belongs on a student résumé. (a) True (b) False
33. 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) made-up marks (b) awards and prizes (c) projects you did (d) volunteer work
34. 34.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: a long life story? (a) include it (b) leave it out
35. 35.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: projects you did? (a) leave it out (b) include it
36. 36.📄 What font style suits a résumé? (a) all bold capitals (b) one plain, clear font (c) tiny handwriting (d) five fancy fonts
37. 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) made-up marks (b) a party selfie (c) projects you did (d) your bank details
38. 38.Which of these goes in the projects section? (a) an email ID (b) Class 10 board: 88% (c) a website for our club (d) school football team
39. 39.True or false: “your passwords” should be left out of a résumé. (a) False (b) True
40. 40.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: skills like typing? (a) leave it out (b) include it

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