Résumé Worksheet: What to Include

Interview skills lesson 17: What goes on a student résumé · Set 137 · 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: “volunteer work” belongs on a student résumé. (a) False (b) True
2. 2.Which of these goes in the skills section? (a) a website for our club (b) a survey of 50 shops (c) a mobile number (d) typing 40 words a minute
3. 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your siblings’ marks (b) your phone and email (c) a long life story (d) your bank details
4. 4.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: awards and prizes? (a) leave it out (b) include it
5. 5.True or false: “awards and prizes” should be left out of a résumé. (a) True (b) False
6. 6.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) school and marks (b) languages you know (c) your phone and email (d) your bank details
7. 7.📄 In which résumé section does this go: built a rain gauge model? (a) activities (b) skills (c) education (d) projects
8. 8.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) made-up marks (b) projects you did (c) your passwords (d) a party selfie
9. 9.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your bank details? (a) leave it out (b) include it
10. 10.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) your Aadhaar number (b) school and marks (c) volunteer work (d) skills like typing
11. 11.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: languages you know? (a) leave it out (b) include it
12. 12.Which of these goes in the contact details? (a) typing 40 words a minute (b) Class 12 (Science), 2026 (c) a mobile number (d) a survey of 50 shops
13. 13.📄 In which résumé section does this go: Class 12 (Science), 2026? (a) skills (b) education (c) contact details (d) activities
14. 14.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) made-up marks (b) your siblings’ marks (c) school and marks (d) a long life story
15. 15.📄 In which résumé section does this go: B.Com first year? (a) contact details (b) projects (c) education (d) skills
16. 16.📄 A résumé is… (a) a school report card (b) a short summary of you (c) a full autobiography (d) a letter of thanks
17. 17.Which of these goes in the activities section? (a) built a rain gauge model (b) school football team (c) Class 10 board: 88% (d) basic HTML and CSS
18. 18.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) languages you know (b) projects you did (c) your passwords (d) school and marks
19. 19.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: school and marks? (a) leave it out (b) include it
20. 20.Which of these goes in the projects section? (a) Class 10 board: 88% (b) your city and PIN code (c) a survey of 50 shops (d) basic HTML and CSS
21. 21.Which of these goes in the projects section? (a) B.Com first year (b) built a rain gauge model (c) school football team (d) a mobile number
22. 22.📄 In which résumé section does this go: a survey of 50 shops? (a) education (b) skills (c) activities (d) projects
23. 23.True or false: “a long life story” belongs on a student résumé. (a) True (b) False
24. 24.True or false: “school and marks” should be left out of a résumé. (a) False (b) True
25. 25.Which of these goes in the education section? (a) an email ID (b) a website for our club (c) basic HTML and CSS (d) Class 12 (Science), 2026
26. 26.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your bank details (b) your passwords (c) a long life story (d) awards and prizes
27. 27.📄 A student with no work experience should highlight… (a) made-up jobs (b) projects and activities (c) nothing at all (d) their parents’ jobs
28. 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your Aadhaar number (b) a long life story (c) clubs and activities (d) your siblings’ marks
29. 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) clubs and activities (b) languages you know (c) your siblings’ marks (d) projects you did
30. 30.📄 What font style suits a résumé? (a) five fancy fonts (b) tiny handwriting (c) one plain, clear font (d) all bold capitals
31. 31.True or false: “your bank details” belongs on a student résumé. (a) False (b) True
32. 32.True or false: “volunteer work” should be left out of a résumé. (a) True (b) False
33. 33.True or false: “a party selfie” belongs on a student résumé. (a) False (b) True
34. 34.Which of these goes in the activities section? (a) a website for our club (b) eco club member (c) your city and PIN code (d) spreadsheets (basic)
35. 35.📄 Your résumé says you led a club. In the interview you should… (a) be ready to explain it (b) change the subject (c) say it was a joke (d) deny it
36. 36.True or false: “your Aadhaar number” should be left out of a résumé. (a) False (b) True
37. 37.Which of these goes in the contact details? (a) a website for our club (b) Class 10 board: 88% (c) built a rain gauge model (d) your city and PIN code
38. 38.Which of these goes in the education section? (a) typing 40 words a minute (b) debate club secretary (c) Class 10 board: 88% (d) spreadsheets (basic)
39. 39.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) your bank details (b) a long life story (c) school and marks (d) your Aadhaar number
40. 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your siblings’ marks (b) your passwords (c) skills like typing (d) your bank details

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