Résumé Worksheet: What to Include

Interview skills lesson 17: What goes on a student résumé · Set 113 · 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 phone and email (b) a party selfie (c) clubs and activities (d) school and marks
2. 2.📄 A student with no work experience should highlight… (a) nothing at all (b) their parents’ jobs (c) projects and activities (d) made-up jobs
3. 3.📄 What font style suits a résumé? (a) five fancy fonts (b) tiny handwriting (c) one plain, clear font (d) all bold capitals
4. 4.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: clubs and activities? (a) include it (b) leave it out
5. 5.True or false: “clubs and activities” belongs on a student résumé. (a) False (b) True
6. 6.📄 A résumé is… (a) a full autobiography (b) a school report card (c) a letter of thanks (d) a short summary of you
7. 7.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) your passwords (b) your Aadhaar number (c) your bank details (d) projects you did
8. 8.📄 In which résumé section does this go: typing 40 words a minute? (a) projects (b) education (c) skills (d) contact details
9. 9.📄 Your résumé says you led a club. In the interview you should… (a) be ready to explain it (b) say it was a joke (c) change the subject (d) deny it
10. 10.Which of these goes in the education section? (a) eco club member (b) a survey of 50 shops (c) spreadsheets (basic) (d) Class 12 (Science), 2026
11. 11.📄 How long should a student résumé usually be? (a) half a line (b) ten pages (c) five pages (d) one page
12. 12.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) volunteer work (b) projects you did (c) made-up marks (d) languages you know
13. 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) volunteer work (b) your phone and email (c) school and marks (d) your passwords
14. 14.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) volunteer work (b) your Aadhaar number (c) made-up marks (d) your passwords
15. 15.True or false: “languages you know” belongs on a student résumé. (a) True (b) False
16. 16.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a long life story (b) your bank details (c) made-up marks (d) awards and prizes
17. 17.Which of these goes in the skills section? (a) school football team (b) spreadsheets (basic) (c) a mobile number (d) B.Com first year
18. 18.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) projects you did (b) school and marks (c) volunteer work (d) your siblings’ marks
19. 19.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your bank details? (a) leave it out (b) include it
20. 20.📄 In which résumé section does this go: built a rain gauge model? (a) contact details (b) skills (c) projects (d) education
21. 21.📄 In which résumé section does this go: Class 12 (Science), 2026? (a) education (b) skills (c) contact details (d) activities
22. 22.Which of these goes in the contact details? (a) a survey of 50 shops (b) typing 40 words a minute (c) a mobile number (d) built a rain gauge model
23. 23.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: languages you know? (a) include it (b) leave it out
24. 24.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) school and marks (b) skills like typing (c) languages you know (d) your Aadhaar number
25. 25.📄 In which résumé section does this go: a survey of 50 shops? (a) skills (b) projects (c) contact details (d) activities
26. 26.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: awards and prizes? (a) include it (b) leave it out
27. 27.Which of these goes in the education section? (a) spreadsheets (basic) (b) typing 40 words a minute (c) B.Com first year (d) eco club member
28. 28.True or false: “clubs and activities” should be left out of a résumé. (a) True (b) False
29. 29.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) a party selfie (b) your phone and email (c) skills like typing (d) awards and prizes
30. 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your phone and email (b) projects you did (c) your bank details (d) clubs and activities
31. 31.True or false: “made-up marks” belongs on a student résumé. (a) True (b) False
32. 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your siblings’ marks (b) projects you did (c) your bank details (d) your Aadhaar number
33. 33.Which of these goes in the education section? (a) debate club secretary (b) Class 10 board: 88% (c) your city and PIN code (d) a website for our club
34. 34.Which of these goes in the contact details? (a) your city and PIN code (b) school football team (c) spreadsheets (basic) (d) basic HTML and CSS
35. 35.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your phone and email? (a) include it (b) leave it out
36. 36.📄 In which résumé section does this go: your city and PIN code? (a) activities (b) contact details (c) projects (d) skills
37. 37.Which of these goes in the projects section? (a) debate club secretary (b) Class 10 board: 88% (c) a mobile number (d) built a rain gauge model
38. 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) clubs and activities (b) made-up marks (c) languages you know (d) school and marks
39. 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your siblings’ marks (b) your Aadhaar number (c) your passwords (d) your phone and email
40. 40.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your siblings’ marks? (a) include it (b) leave it out

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