Résumé Worksheet: What to Include

Interview skills lesson 17: What goes on a student résumé · Set 125 · 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: a survey of 50 shops? (a) activities (b) skills (c) projects (d) education
2. 2.📄 In which résumé section does this go: typing 40 words a minute? (a) contact details (b) education (c) projects (d) skills
3. 3.📄 In which résumé section does this go: your city and PIN code? (a) contact details (b) skills (c) education (d) activities
4. 4.📄 Your résumé says you led a club. In the interview you should… (a) say it was a joke (b) be ready to explain it (c) deny it (d) change the subject
5. 5.Which of these goes in the skills section? (a) a survey of 50 shops (b) typing 40 words a minute (c) Class 12 (Science), 2026 (d) Class 10 board: 88%
6. 6.True or false: “clubs and activities” should be left out of a résumé. (a) False (b) True
7. 7.True or false: “languages you know” belongs on a student résumé. (a) True (b) False
8. 8.Which of these goes in the education section? (a) spreadsheets (basic) (b) a survey of 50 shops (c) an email ID (d) Class 10 board: 88%
9. 9.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) your siblings’ marks (b) a party selfie (c) your Aadhaar number (d) your phone and email
10. 10.True or false: “made-up marks” belongs on a student résumé. (a) True (b) False
11. 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) school and marks (b) languages you know (c) your phone and email (d) a party selfie
12. 12.Which of these goes in the education section? (a) an email ID (b) school football team (c) B.Com first year (d) spreadsheets (basic)
13. 13.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) your bank details (b) clubs and activities (c) school and marks (d) your phone and email
14. 14.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) awards and prizes (b) a long life story (c) made-up marks (d) your bank details
15. 15.📄 In which résumé section does this go: built a rain gauge model? (a) activities (b) projects (c) skills (d) education
16. 16.True or false: “your passwords” belongs on a student résumé. (a) False (b) True
17. 17.True or false: “awards and prizes” belongs on a student résumé. (a) False (b) True
18. 18.📄 A résumé is… (a) a full autobiography (b) a letter of thanks (c) a short summary of you (d) a school report card
19. 19.True or false: “a long life story” belongs on a student résumé. (a) False (b) True
20. 20.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: projects you did? (a) include it (b) leave it out
21. 21.📄 A student with no work experience should highlight… (a) made-up jobs (b) their parents’ jobs (c) projects and activities (d) nothing at all
22. 22.📄 How long should a student résumé usually be? (a) five pages (b) half a line (c) ten pages (d) one page
23. 23.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) your phone and email (b) clubs and activities (c) made-up marks (d) skills like typing
24. 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) projects you did (b) skills like typing (c) clubs and activities (d) your Aadhaar number
25. 25.Which of these goes in the projects section? (a) basic HTML and CSS (b) eco club member (c) built a rain gauge model (d) debate club secretary
26. 26.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) a party selfie (b) volunteer work (c) your Aadhaar number (d) a long life story
27. 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) school and marks (b) clubs and activities (c) projects you did (d) made-up marks
28. 28.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your Aadhaar number? (a) leave it out (b) include it
29. 29.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) awards and prizes (b) skills like typing (c) a long life story (d) projects you did
30. 30.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: skills like typing? (a) leave it out (b) include it
31. 31.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: made-up marks? (a) leave it out (b) include it
32. 32.📄 In which résumé section does this go: B.Com first year? (a) skills (b) activities (c) education (d) projects
33. 33.Which of these goes in the contact details? (a) spreadsheets (basic) (b) school football team (c) a survey of 50 shops (d) an email ID
34. 34.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: awards and prizes? (a) include it (b) leave it out
35. 35.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: clubs and activities? (a) leave it out (b) include it
36. 36.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your passwords? (a) include it (b) leave it out
37. 37.True or false: “volunteer work” belongs on a student résumé. (a) True (b) False
38. 38.True or false: “a party selfie” belongs on a student résumé. (a) False (b) True
39. 39.True or false: “your phone and email” belongs on a student résumé. (a) False (b) True
40. 40.True or false: “projects you did” belongs on a student résumé. (a) True (b) False

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