Résumé Worksheet: What to Include

Interview skills lesson 17: What goes on a student résumé · Set 147 · 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 of these goes in the projects section? (a) Class 12 (Science), 2026 (b) spreadsheets (basic) (c) a website for our club (d) typing 40 words a minute
2. 2.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: projects you did? (a) leave it out (b) include it
3. 3.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) your phone and email (b) skills like typing (c) a party selfie (d) clubs and activities
4. 4.📄 A résumé is… (a) a short summary of you (b) a full autobiography (c) a school report card (d) a letter of thanks
5. 5.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: a long life story? (a) include it (b) leave it out
6. 6.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your phone and email? (a) include it (b) leave it out
7. 7.📄 In which résumé section does this go: a website for our club? (a) contact details (b) activities (c) projects (d) education
8. 8.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) your bank details (b) a long life story (c) made-up marks (d) languages you know
9. 9.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) school and marks (b) your phone and email (c) your bank details (d) volunteer work
10. 10.True or false: “clubs and activities” belongs on a student résumé. (a) False (b) True
11. 11.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) a long life story (b) projects you did (c) languages you know (d) skills like typing
12. 12.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your bank details? (a) leave it out (b) include it
13. 13.📄 In which résumé section does this go: Class 12 (Science), 2026? (a) education (b) projects (c) skills (d) activities
14. 14.📄 A student with no work experience should highlight… (a) nothing at all (b) made-up jobs (c) their parents’ jobs (d) projects and activities
15. 15.True or false: “clubs and activities” should be left out of a résumé. (a) False (b) True
16. 16.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) skills like typing (b) school and marks (c) volunteer work (d) a party selfie
17. 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) awards and prizes (b) skills like typing (c) your phone and email (d) your bank details
18. 18.📄 In which résumé section does this go: built a rain gauge model? (a) skills (b) projects (c) education (d) activities
19. 19.📄 In which résumé section does this go: typing 40 words a minute? (a) activities (b) education (c) skills (d) projects
20. 20.📄 In which résumé section does this go: debate club secretary? (a) contact details (b) projects (c) skills (d) activities
21. 21.📄 In which résumé section does this go: basic HTML and CSS? (a) education (b) skills (c) projects (d) activities
22. 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) made-up marks (b) clubs and activities (c) your passwords (d) your bank details
23. 23.True or false: “your phone and email” should be left out of a résumé. (a) True (b) False
24. 24.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) your bank details (b) your passwords (c) awards and prizes (d) your siblings’ marks
25. 25.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) your Aadhaar number (b) projects you did (c) a long life story (d) your bank details
26. 26.📄 Your résumé says you led a club. In the interview you should… (a) change the subject (b) be ready to explain it (c) deny it (d) say it was a joke
27. 27.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) your bank details (b) your passwords (c) clubs and activities (d) your siblings’ marks
28. 28.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: skills like typing? (a) leave it out (b) include it
29. 29.Which of these goes in the contact details? (a) your city and PIN code (b) debate club secretary (c) Class 10 board: 88% (d) eco club member
30. 30.True or false: “skills like typing” should be left out of a résumé. (a) True (b) False
31. 31.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your phone and email (b) clubs and activities (c) made-up marks (d) projects you did
32. 32.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: made-up marks? (a) include it (b) leave it out
33. 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) projects you did (b) clubs and activities (c) your passwords (d) your phone and email
34. 34.True or false: “a party selfie” should be left out of a résumé. (a) True (b) False
35. 35.📄 In which résumé section does this go: Class 10 board: 88%? (a) activities (b) skills (c) contact details (d) education
36. 36.True or false: “your bank details” should be left out of a résumé. (a) False (b) True
37. 37.📄 What font style suits a résumé? (a) tiny handwriting (b) all bold capitals (c) one plain, clear font (d) five fancy fonts
38. 38.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) your bank details (b) volunteer work (c) your siblings’ marks (d) a party selfie
39. 39.True or false: “your passwords” should be left out of a résumé. (a) False (b) True
40. 40.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) awards and prizes (b) your phone and email (c) your siblings’ marks (d) languages you know

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