Résumé Worksheet: What to Include

Interview skills lesson 17: What goes on a student résumé · Set 130 · 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.True or false: “a party selfie” belongs on a student résumé. (a) True (b) False
2. 2.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: projects you did? (a) include it (b) leave it out
3. 3.📄 A résumé is… (a) a short summary of you (b) a full autobiography (c) a school report card (d) a letter of thanks
4. 4.Which of these goes in the contact details? (a) Class 12 (Science), 2026 (b) Class 10 board: 88% (c) an email ID (d) spreadsheets (basic)
5. 5.Which of these goes in the activities section? (a) B.Com first year (b) Class 10 board: 88% (c) school football team (d) built a rain gauge model
6. 6.📄 In which résumé section does this go: basic HTML and CSS? (a) education (b) activities (c) projects (d) skills
7. 7.True or false: “volunteer work” belongs on a student résumé. (a) True (b) False
8. 8.📄 In which résumé section does this go: a mobile number? (a) projects (b) education (c) activities (d) contact details
9. 9.📄 In which résumé section does this go: a survey of 50 shops? (a) activities (b) contact details (c) education (d) projects
10. 10.📄 How long should a student résumé usually be? (a) ten pages (b) one page (c) five pages (d) half a line
11. 11.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: awards and prizes? (a) include it (b) leave it out
12. 12.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your bank details? (a) leave it out (b) include it
13. 13.📄 Your résumé says you led a club. In the interview you should… (a) deny it (b) change the subject (c) say it was a joke (d) be ready to explain it
14. 14.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: skills like typing? (a) include it (b) leave it out
15. 15.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) a party selfie (b) school and marks (c) skills like typing (d) languages you know
16. 16.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) your siblings’ marks (b) languages you know (c) a party selfie (d) your Aadhaar number
17. 17.True or false: “your siblings’ marks” belongs on a student résumé. (a) False (b) True
18. 18.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: made-up marks? (a) leave it out (b) include it
19. 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your siblings’ marks (b) your Aadhaar number (c) a party selfie (d) your phone and email
20. 20.True or false: “your passwords” should be left out of a résumé. (a) False (b) True
21. 21.Which of these goes in the skills section? (a) basic HTML and CSS (b) debate club secretary (c) school football team (d) Class 10 board: 88%
22. 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a party selfie (b) your passwords (c) skills like typing (d) made-up marks
23. 23.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) your phone and email (b) volunteer work (c) your siblings’ marks (d) languages you know
24. 24.Which of these goes in the activities section? (a) Class 12 (Science), 2026 (b) eco club member (c) your city and PIN code (d) spreadsheets (basic)
25. 25.📄 In which résumé section does this go: a website for our club? (a) education (b) projects (c) skills (d) contact details
26. 26.True or false: “a long life story” belongs on a student résumé. (a) False (b) True
27. 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) awards and prizes (b) your Aadhaar number (c) a long life story (d) your bank details
28. 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) projects you did (b) school and marks (c) your phone and email (d) made-up marks
29. 29.Which of these goes in the skills section? (a) typing 40 words a minute (b) a mobile number (c) a survey of 50 shops (d) B.Com first year
30. 30.True or false: “volunteer work” should be left out of a résumé. (a) False (b) True
31. 31.Which of these goes in the projects section? (a) debate club secretary (b) spreadsheets (basic) (c) built a rain gauge model (d) eco club member
32. 32.📄 In which résumé section does this go: Class 12 (Science), 2026? (a) skills (b) education (c) projects (d) contact details
33. 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) projects you did (b) your bank details (c) school and marks (d) your phone and email
34. 34.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your siblings’ marks? (a) include it (b) leave it out
35. 35.True or false: “languages you know” should be left out of a résumé. (a) False (b) True
36. 36.📄 In which résumé section does this go: built a rain gauge model? (a) activities (b) skills (c) projects (d) education
37. 37.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: languages you know? (a) leave it out (b) include it
38. 38.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: a long life story? (a) leave it out (b) include it
39. 39.📄 In which résumé section does this go: an email ID? (a) projects (b) education (c) contact details (d) activities
40. 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a party selfie (b) clubs and activities (c) made-up marks (d) your bank details

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