Résumé Worksheet: What to Include

Interview skills lesson 17: What goes on a student résumé · Set 100 · 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: basic HTML and CSS? (a) skills (b) contact details (c) education (d) activities
2. 2.📄 In which résumé section does this go: built a rain gauge model? (a) projects (b) education (c) activities (d) skills
3. 3.📄 In which résumé section does this go: school football team? (a) activities (b) contact details (c) skills (d) education
4. 4.True or false: “awards and prizes” belongs on a student résumé. (a) True (b) False
5. 5.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: school and marks? (a) leave it out (b) include it
6. 6.True or false: “your phone and email” should be left out of a résumé. (a) True (b) False
7. 7.Which of these goes in the education section? (a) debate club secretary (b) eco club member (c) your city and PIN code (d) Class 10 board: 88%
8. 8.📄 In which résumé section does this go: a mobile number? (a) contact details (b) skills (c) education (d) activities
9. 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) made-up marks (b) your passwords (c) projects you did (d) a long life story
10. 10.📄 A student with no work experience should highlight… (a) made-up jobs (b) projects and activities (c) nothing at all (d) their parents’ jobs
11. 11.True or false: “clubs and activities” should be left out of a résumé. (a) False (b) True
12. 12.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) languages you know (b) skills like typing (c) a party selfie (d) projects you did
13. 13.📄 Your résumé says you led a club. In the interview you should… (a) deny it (b) say it was a joke (c) change the subject (d) be ready to explain it
14. 14.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) clubs and activities (b) made-up marks (c) projects you did (d) volunteer work
15. 15.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) skills like typing (b) projects you did (c) your passwords (d) your phone and email
16. 16.Which of these goes in the projects section? (a) school football team (b) your city and PIN code (c) Class 10 board: 88% (d) built a rain gauge model
17. 17.Which of these goes in the skills section? (a) a survey of 50 shops (b) a mobile number (c) basic HTML and CSS (d) Class 12 (Science), 2026
18. 18.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) a party selfie (b) languages you know (c) your siblings’ marks (d) your Aadhaar number
19. 19.Which of these goes in the contact details? (a) Class 12 (Science), 2026 (b) Class 10 board: 88% (c) your city and PIN code (d) basic HTML and CSS
20. 20.Which of these goes in the activities section? (a) your city and PIN code (b) school football team (c) a website for our club (d) spreadsheets (basic)
21. 21.True or false: “clubs and activities” belongs on a student résumé. (a) True (b) False
22. 22.True or false: “your siblings’ marks” should be left out of a résumé. (a) True (b) False
23. 23.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) skills like typing (b) your passwords (c) made-up marks (d) your siblings’ marks
24. 24.📄 In which résumé section does this go: your city and PIN code? (a) activities (b) education (c) projects (d) contact details
25. 25.Which of these goes in the activities section? (a) eco club member (b) spreadsheets (basic) (c) B.Com first year (d) an email ID
26. 26.True or false: “your phone and email” belongs on a student résumé. (a) True (b) False
27. 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your siblings’ marks (b) a long life story (c) your passwords (d) school and marks
28. 28.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your phone and email? (a) include it (b) leave it out
29. 29.True or false: “a party selfie” should be left out of a résumé. (a) False (b) True
30. 30.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your siblings’ marks? (a) include it (b) leave it out
31. 31.True or false: “skills like typing” should be left out of a résumé. (a) True (b) False
32. 32.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) school and marks (b) a long life story (c) a party selfie (d) your bank details
33. 33.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) school and marks (b) skills like typing (c) your siblings’ marks (d) your phone and email
34. 34.True or false: “your siblings’ marks” belongs on a student résumé. (a) False (b) True
35. 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a long life story (b) your siblings’ marks (c) your phone and email (d) your Aadhaar number
36. 36.True or false: “projects you did” should be left out of a résumé. (a) True (b) False
37. 37.True or false: “languages you know” should be left out of a résumé. (a) True (b) False
38. 38.📄 In which résumé section does this go: B.Com first year? (a) projects (b) education (c) activities (d) contact details
39. 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) skills like typing (b) school and marks (c) your passwords (d) clubs and activities
40. 40.📄 How long should a student résumé usually be? (a) five pages (b) ten pages (c) one page (d) half a line

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