Résumé Worksheet: What to Include

Interview skills lesson 17: What goes on a student résumé · Set 165 · 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 activities section? (a) spreadsheets (basic) (b) debate club secretary (c) Class 12 (Science), 2026 (d) typing 40 words a minute
2. 2.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: projects you did? (a) include it (b) leave it out
3. 3.📄 In which résumé section does this go: eco club member? (a) skills (b) activities (c) contact details (d) projects
4. 4.📄 A student with no work experience should highlight… (a) projects and activities (b) their parents’ jobs (c) nothing at all (d) made-up jobs
5. 5.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your passwords? (a) include it (b) leave it out
6. 6.📄 What font style suits a résumé? (a) all bold capitals (b) tiny handwriting (c) one plain, clear font (d) five fancy fonts
7. 7.True or false: “your siblings’ marks” should be left out of a résumé. (a) False (b) True
8. 8.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) school and marks (b) languages you know (c) a party selfie (d) volunteer work
9. 9.True or false: “your passwords” should be left out of a résumé. (a) True (b) False
10. 10.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) a party selfie (b) school and marks (c) your bank details (d) your Aadhaar number
11. 11.📄 In which résumé section does this go: B.Com first year? (a) activities (b) contact details (c) projects (d) education
12. 12.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) a long life story (b) made-up marks (c) your passwords (d) your phone and email
13. 13.True or false: “a party selfie” belongs on a student résumé. (a) True (b) False
14. 14.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your siblings’ marks? (a) include it (b) leave it out
15. 15.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) your Aadhaar number (b) clubs and activities (c) a long life story (d) made-up marks
16. 16.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your Aadhaar number (b) projects you did (c) school and marks (d) your phone and email
17. 17.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) your siblings’ marks (b) awards and prizes (c) school and marks (d) clubs and activities
18. 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) volunteer work (b) awards and prizes (c) your passwords (d) projects you did
19. 19.True or false: “volunteer work” should be left out of a résumé. (a) False (b) True
20. 20.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: awards and prizes? (a) leave it out (b) include it
21. 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a party selfie (b) your bank details (c) made-up marks (d) projects you did
22. 22.📄 How long should a student résumé usually be? (a) ten pages (b) one page (c) half a line (d) five pages
23. 23.True or false: “awards and prizes” should be left out of a résumé. (a) False (b) True
24. 24.True or false: “school and marks” belongs on a student résumé. (a) True (b) False
25. 25.Which of these goes in the contact details? (a) a website for our club (b) a survey of 50 shops (c) your city and PIN code (d) school football team
26. 26.Which of these goes in the skills section? (a) a mobile number (b) typing 40 words a minute (c) eco club member (d) school football team
27. 27.Which of these goes in the projects section? (a) debate club secretary (b) a website for our club (c) B.Com first year (d) school football team
28. 28.📄 In which résumé section does this go: typing 40 words a minute? (a) skills (b) activities (c) contact details (d) education
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 should be left out of a résumé? (a) your passwords (b) volunteer work (c) languages you know (d) skills like typing
31. 31.True or false: “languages you know” should be left out of a résumé. (a) True (b) False
32. 32.📄 In which résumé section does this go: spreadsheets (basic)? (a) skills (b) contact details (c) projects (d) education
33. 33.📄 In which résumé section does this go: Class 10 board: 88%? (a) contact details (b) education (c) projects (d) skills
34. 34.True or false: “clubs and activities” belongs on a student résumé. (a) False (b) True
35. 35.Which of these goes in the contact details? (a) Class 12 (Science), 2026 (b) a mobile number (c) a survey of 50 shops (d) a website for our club
36. 36.True or false: “projects you did” belongs on a student résumé. (a) False (b) True
37. 37.True or false: “your passwords” belongs on a student résumé. (a) True (b) False
38. 38.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) a long life story (b) your bank details (c) volunteer work (d) made-up marks
39. 39.Which of these goes in the education section? (a) eco club member (b) basic HTML and CSS (c) Class 10 board: 88% (d) built a rain gauge model
40. 40.True or false: “languages you know” belongs on a student résumé. (a) False (b) True

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