Résumé Worksheet: What to Include

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

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