Résumé Worksheet: What to Include

Interview skills lesson 17: What goes on a student résumé · Set 111 · 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.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your passwords (b) made-up marks (c) awards and prizes (d) a long life story
2. 2.Which of these goes in the projects section? (a) an email ID (b) B.Com first year (c) a mobile number (d) a survey of 50 shops
3. 3.📄 In which résumé section does this go: school football team? (a) skills (b) contact details (c) projects (d) activities
4. 4.Which of these goes in the contact details? (a) Class 10 board: 88% (b) school football team (c) a website for our club (d) a mobile number
5. 5.📄 In which résumé section does this go: Class 12 (Science), 2026? (a) projects (b) education (c) skills (d) contact details
6. 6.Which of these goes in the education section? (a) B.Com first year (b) eco club member (c) a mobile number (d) basic HTML and CSS
7. 7.📄 What font style suits a résumé? (a) one plain, clear font (b) all bold capitals (c) tiny handwriting (d) five fancy fonts
8. 8.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) your phone and email (b) your passwords (c) your bank details (d) your Aadhaar number
9. 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your Aadhaar number (b) a party selfie (c) your phone and email (d) your passwords
10. 10.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) skills like typing (b) awards and prizes (c) volunteer work (d) your passwords
11. 11.📄 Your résumé says you led a club. In the interview you should… (a) change the subject (b) deny it (c) say it was a joke (d) be ready to explain it
12. 12.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: school and marks? (a) leave it out (b) include it
13. 13.📄 In which résumé section does this go: your city and PIN code? (a) skills (b) education (c) activities (d) contact details
14. 14.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) a party selfie (b) your bank details (c) your passwords (d) school and marks
15. 15.True or false: “a long life story” belongs on a student résumé. (a) True (b) False
16. 16.📄 How long should a student résumé usually be? (a) ten pages (b) five pages (c) one page (d) half a line
17. 17.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your bank details? (a) include it (b) leave it out
18. 18.📄 A student with no work experience should highlight… (a) their parents’ jobs (b) nothing at all (c) made-up jobs (d) projects and activities
19. 19.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: made-up marks? (a) leave it out (b) include it
20. 20.True or false: “clubs and activities” belongs on a student résumé. (a) False (b) True
21. 21.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: a long life story? (a) include it (b) leave it out
22. 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your passwords (b) languages you know (c) your siblings’ marks (d) a long life story
23. 23.📄 A résumé is… (a) a letter of thanks (b) a school report card (c) a full autobiography (d) a short summary of you
24. 24.True or false: “your siblings’ marks” belongs on a student résumé. (a) False (b) True
25. 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) school and marks (b) made-up marks (c) your siblings’ marks (d) a party selfie
26. 26.Which of these goes in the skills section? (a) basic HTML and CSS (b) eco club member (c) a survey of 50 shops (d) a website for our club
27. 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your bank details (b) a long life story (c) clubs and activities (d) your Aadhaar number
28. 28.Which of these goes in the contact details? (a) eco club member (b) your city and PIN code (c) a survey of 50 shops (d) school football team
29. 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) school and marks (b) projects you did (c) skills like typing (d) your passwords
30. 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) clubs and activities (b) school and marks (c) your Aadhaar number (d) skills like typing
31. 31.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) projects you did (b) volunteer work (c) made-up marks (d) skills like typing
32. 32.Which of these goes in the education section? (a) built a rain gauge model (b) debate club secretary (c) Class 10 board: 88% (d) basic HTML and CSS
33. 33.Which of these goes in the education section? (a) eco club member (b) spreadsheets (basic) (c) Class 12 (Science), 2026 (d) your city and PIN code
34. 34.📄 In which résumé section does this go: a website for our club? (a) contact details (b) skills (c) projects (d) education
35. 35.📄 In which résumé section does this go: debate club secretary? (a) projects (b) education (c) skills (d) activities
36. 36.Which of these goes in the skills section? (a) Class 10 board: 88% (b) a survey of 50 shops (c) spreadsheets (basic) (d) B.Com first year
37. 37.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: a party selfie? (a) include it (b) leave it out
38. 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your siblings’ marks (b) your bank details (c) a long life story (d) skills like typing
39. 39.True or false: “projects you did” belongs on a student résumé. (a) False (b) True
40. 40.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your phone and email? (a) include it (b) leave it out

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