Résumé Worksheet: What to Include

Interview skills lesson 17: What goes on a student résumé · Set 154 · 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: Class 12 (Science), 2026? (a) activities (b) projects (c) contact details (d) education
2. 2.Which of these goes in the skills section? (a) typing 40 words a minute (b) debate club secretary (c) a mobile number (d) built a rain gauge model
3. 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) skills like typing (b) awards and prizes (c) languages you know (d) a long life story
4. 4.📄 A résumé is… (a) a full autobiography (b) a short summary of you (c) a letter of thanks (d) a school report card
5. 5.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) made-up marks (b) your Aadhaar number (c) your passwords (d) projects you did
6. 6.Which of these goes in the activities section? (a) typing 40 words a minute (b) built a rain gauge model (c) school football team (d) spreadsheets (basic)
7. 7.Which of these goes in the education section? (a) Class 12 (Science), 2026 (b) spreadsheets (basic) (c) your city and PIN code (d) debate club secretary
8. 8.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your passwords? (a) include it (b) leave it out
9. 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your bank details (b) a long life story (c) your siblings’ marks (d) your phone and email
10. 10.Which of these goes in the projects section? (a) a mobile number (b) typing 40 words a minute (c) debate club secretary (d) built a rain gauge model
11. 11.📄 In which résumé section does this go: typing 40 words a minute? (a) skills (b) activities (c) education (d) contact details
12. 12.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) projects you did (b) volunteer work (c) school and marks (d) your siblings’ marks
13. 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) clubs and activities (b) your siblings’ marks (c) languages you know (d) volunteer work
14. 14.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: made-up marks? (a) leave it out (b) include it
15. 15.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) volunteer work (b) your bank details (c) school and marks (d) skills like typing
16. 16.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) projects you did (b) skills like typing (c) awards and prizes (d) your Aadhaar number
17. 17.📄 A student with no work experience should highlight… (a) projects and activities (b) made-up jobs (c) nothing at all (d) their parents’ jobs
18. 18.True or false: “awards and prizes” should be left out of a résumé. (a) False (b) True
19. 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a long life story (b) your siblings’ marks (c) made-up marks (d) languages you know
20. 20.Which of these goes in the contact details? (a) a mobile number (b) debate club secretary (c) a survey of 50 shops (d) built a rain gauge model
21. 21.📄 Your résumé says you led a club. In the interview you should… (a) say it was a joke (b) change the subject (c) be ready to explain it (d) deny it
22. 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your bank details (b) awards and prizes (c) your siblings’ marks (d) a party selfie
23. 23.True or false: “your siblings’ marks” should be left out of a résumé. (a) True (b) False
24. 24.📄 How long should a student résumé usually be? (a) ten pages (b) one page (c) half a line (d) five pages
25. 25.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: school and marks? (a) leave it out (b) include it
26. 26.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) clubs and activities (b) your passwords (c) projects you did (d) languages you know
27. 27.True or false: “skills like typing” should be left out of a résumé. (a) False (b) True
28. 28.True or false: “a party selfie” should be left out of a résumé. (a) False (b) True
29. 29.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: clubs and activities? (a) leave it out (b) include it
30. 30.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) made-up marks (b) a party selfie (c) school and marks (d) your bank details
31. 31.True or false: “your phone and email” should be left out of a résumé. (a) True (b) False
32. 32.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) your passwords (b) awards and prizes (c) made-up marks (d) a long life story
33. 33.True or false: “school and marks” belongs on a student résumé. (a) False (b) True
34. 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) volunteer work (b) made-up marks (c) projects you did (d) clubs and activities
35. 35.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: projects you did? (a) leave it out (b) include it
36. 36.Which of these goes in the skills section? (a) spreadsheets (basic) (b) Class 10 board: 88% (c) B.Com first year (d) a survey of 50 shops
37. 37.True or false: “clubs and activities” belongs on a student résumé. (a) False (b) True
38. 38.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: awards and prizes? (a) leave it out (b) include it
39. 39.📄 In which résumé section does this go: built a rain gauge model? (a) education (b) skills (c) contact details (d) projects
40. 40.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) projects you did (b) school and marks (c) a party selfie (d) awards and prizes

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