Résumé Worksheet: What to Include

Interview skills lesson 17: What goes on a student résumé · Set 155 · 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: typing 40 words a minute? (a) contact details (b) education (c) activities (d) skills
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 is the odd one out? (a) your Aadhaar number (b) your siblings’ marks (c) projects you did (d) your bank details
4. 4.True or false: “projects you did” belongs on a student résumé. (a) True (b) False
5. 5.📄 In which résumé section does this go: school football team? (a) contact details (b) projects (c) skills (d) activities
6. 6.True or false: “skills like typing” should be left out of a résumé. (a) True (b) False
7. 7.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: a long life story? (a) leave it out (b) include it
8. 8.Which of these goes in the activities section? (a) debate club secretary (b) a survey of 50 shops (c) typing 40 words a minute (d) a website for our club
9. 9.📄 Your résumé says you led a club. In the interview you should… (a) say it was a joke (b) be ready to explain it (c) deny it (d) change the subject
10. 10.Which of these goes in the skills section? (a) typing 40 words a minute (b) a survey of 50 shops (c) Class 10 board: 88% (d) school football team
11. 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) projects you did (b) languages you know (c) clubs and activities (d) your passwords
12. 12.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) a party selfie (b) your passwords (c) your siblings’ marks (d) languages you know
13. 13.📄 In which résumé section does this go: your city and PIN code? (a) activities (b) contact details (c) education (d) skills
14. 14.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) your passwords (b) a party selfie (c) volunteer work (d) a long life story
15. 15.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: skills like typing? (a) include it (b) leave it out
16. 16.📄 A résumé is… (a) a letter of thanks (b) a short summary of you (c) a school report card (d) a full autobiography
17. 17.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) your bank details (b) your Aadhaar number (c) a long life story (d) school and marks
18. 18.📄 In which résumé section does this go: Class 12 (Science), 2026? (a) activities (b) projects (c) skills (d) education
19. 19.📄 In which résumé section does this go: B.Com first year? (a) skills (b) projects (c) education (d) contact details
20. 20.True or false: “school and marks” belongs on a student résumé. (a) False (b) True
21. 21.📄 In which résumé section does this go: an email ID? (a) skills (b) activities (c) contact details (d) projects
22. 22.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) your bank details (b) awards and prizes (c) your siblings’ marks (d) made-up marks
23. 23.📄 What font style suits a résumé? (a) one plain, clear font (b) five fancy fonts (c) all bold capitals (d) tiny handwriting
24. 24.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) clubs and activities (b) a long life story (c) your siblings’ marks (d) your bank details
25. 25.Which of these goes in the contact details? (a) B.Com first year (b) school football team (c) your city and PIN code (d) a survey of 50 shops
26. 26.Which of these goes in the skills section? (a) spreadsheets (basic) (b) Class 10 board: 88% (c) B.Com first year (d) a mobile number
27. 27.True or false: “your passwords” should be left out of a résumé. (a) True (b) False
28. 28.True or false: “your bank details” belongs on a student résumé. (a) True (b) False
29. 29.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: languages you know? (a) leave it out (b) include it
30. 30.Which of these goes in the projects section? (a) B.Com first year (b) Class 10 board: 88% (c) debate club secretary (d) built a rain gauge model
31. 31.📄 In which résumé section does this go: basic HTML and CSS? (a) activities (b) contact details (c) projects (d) skills
32. 32.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) volunteer work (b) school and marks (c) skills like typing (d) your siblings’ marks
33. 33.📄 In which résumé section does this go: a website for our club? (a) projects (b) activities (c) skills (d) education
34. 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) school and marks (b) your phone and email (c) your Aadhaar number (d) clubs and activities
35. 35.📄 In which résumé section does this go: eco club member? (a) activities (b) skills (c) contact details (d) projects
36. 36.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) volunteer work (b) your phone and email (c) your bank details (d) projects you did
37. 37.📄 A student with no work experience should highlight… (a) their parents’ jobs (b) projects and activities (c) made-up jobs (d) nothing at all
38. 38.📄 In which résumé section does this go: debate club secretary? (a) projects (b) education (c) skills (d) activities
39. 39.📄 How long should a student résumé usually be? (a) half a line (b) one page (c) five pages (d) ten pages
40. 40.True or false: “clubs and activities” belongs on a student résumé. (a) False (b) True

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