Résumé Worksheet: What to Include

Interview skills lesson 17: What goes on a student résumé · Set 150 · 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: an email ID? (a) education (b) contact details (c) activities (d) skills
2. 2.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your bank details? (a) leave it out (b) include it
3. 3.True or false: “clubs and activities” belongs on a student résumé. (a) False (b) True
4. 4.📄 What font style suits a résumé? (a) one plain, clear font (b) all bold capitals (c) five fancy fonts (d) tiny handwriting
5. 5.📄 In which résumé section does this go: Class 12 (Science), 2026? (a) education (b) skills (c) projects (d) activities
6. 6.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) volunteer work (b) your phone and email (c) school and marks (d) your siblings’ marks
7. 7.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a party selfie (b) your Aadhaar number (c) your bank details (d) volunteer work
8. 8.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: volunteer work? (a) leave it out (b) include it
9. 9.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: skills like typing? (a) include it (b) leave it out
10. 10.📄 In which résumé section does this go: B.Com first year? (a) education (b) skills (c) projects (d) contact details
11. 11.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) clubs and activities (b) a party selfie (c) languages you know (d) awards and prizes
12. 12.📄 Your résumé says you led a club. In the interview you should… (a) be ready to explain it (b) deny it (c) change the subject (d) say it was a joke
13. 13.True or false: “your passwords” should be left out of a résumé. (a) True (b) False
14. 14.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your phone and email? (a) leave it out (b) include it
15. 15.📄 In which résumé section does this go: a website for our club? (a) contact details (b) education (c) skills (d) projects
16. 16.Which of these goes in the projects section? (a) basic HTML and CSS (b) an email ID (c) your city and PIN code (d) built a rain gauge model
17. 17.📄 A student with no work experience should highlight… (a) made-up jobs (b) nothing at all (c) projects and activities (d) their parents’ jobs
18. 18.📄 In which résumé section does this go: built a rain gauge model? (a) contact details (b) projects (c) skills (d) activities
19. 19.True or false: “skills like typing” belongs on a student résumé. (a) True (b) False
20. 20.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) made-up marks (b) your siblings’ marks (c) languages you know (d) a party selfie
21. 21.Which of these goes in the activities section? (a) school football team (b) B.Com first year (c) a survey of 50 shops (d) Class 10 board: 88%
22. 22.📄 How long should a student résumé usually be? (a) half a line (b) five pages (c) one page (d) ten pages
23. 23.True or false: “languages you know” belongs on a student résumé. (a) False (b) True
24. 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) skills like typing (b) volunteer work (c) projects you did (d) a party selfie
25. 25.📄 A résumé is… (a) a school report card (b) a letter of thanks (c) a full autobiography (d) a short summary of you
26. 26.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: languages you know? (a) include it (b) leave it out
27. 27.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: clubs and activities? (a) include it (b) leave it out
28. 28.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) your phone and email (b) made-up marks (c) languages you know (d) clubs and activities
29. 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your bank details (b) awards and prizes (c) clubs and activities (d) projects you did
30. 30.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) your siblings’ marks (b) skills like typing (c) a long life story (d) a party selfie
31. 31.📄 In which résumé section does this go: Class 10 board: 88%? (a) projects (b) activities (c) skills (d) education
32. 32.True or false: “volunteer work” belongs on a student résumé. (a) True (b) False
33. 33.Which of these goes in the contact details? (a) Class 10 board: 88% (b) a website for our club (c) an email ID (d) typing 40 words a minute
34. 34.Which of these goes in the education section? (a) Class 12 (Science), 2026 (b) an email ID (c) eco club member (d) built a rain gauge model
35. 35.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: awards and prizes? (a) leave it out (b) include it
36. 36.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your passwords? (a) leave it out (b) include it
37. 37.Which of these goes in the skills section? (a) B.Com first year (b) built a rain gauge model (c) school football team (d) typing 40 words a minute
38. 38.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: a long life story? (a) include it (b) leave it out
39. 39.Which of these goes in the skills section? (a) debate club secretary (b) spreadsheets (basic) (c) built a rain gauge model (d) Class 12 (Science), 2026
40. 40.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) made-up marks (b) your Aadhaar number (c) projects you did (d) your bank details

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