Résumé Worksheet: What to Include

Interview skills lesson 17: What goes on a student résumé · Set 175 · 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.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: a long life story? (a) include it (b) leave it out
2. 2.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: clubs and activities? (a) leave it out (b) include it
3. 3.Which of these goes in the education section? (a) your city and PIN code (b) a website for our club (c) Class 10 board: 88% (d) a survey of 50 shops
4. 4.Which of these goes in the activities section? (a) your city and PIN code (b) a mobile number (c) basic HTML and CSS (d) eco club member
5. 5.📄 How long should a student résumé usually be? (a) ten pages (b) half a line (c) one page (d) five pages
6. 6.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your siblings’ marks (b) a party selfie (c) a long life story (d) clubs and activities
7. 7.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: skills like typing? (a) include it (b) leave it out
8. 8.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) clubs and activities (b) your Aadhaar number (c) your bank details (d) your siblings’ marks
9. 9.Which of these goes in the activities section? (a) school football team (b) Class 12 (Science), 2026 (c) spreadsheets (basic) (d) typing 40 words a minute
10. 10.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) your passwords (b) clubs and activities (c) school and marks (d) awards and prizes
11. 11.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your siblings’ marks? (a) include it (b) leave it out
12. 12.Which of these goes in the projects section? (a) basic HTML and CSS (b) typing 40 words a minute (c) an email ID (d) built a rain gauge model
13. 13.📄 In which résumé section does this go: an email ID? (a) contact details (b) skills (c) activities (d) projects
14. 14.📄 A résumé is… (a) a short summary of you (b) a school report card (c) a full autobiography (d) a letter of thanks
15. 15.True or false: “awards and prizes” should be left out of a résumé. (a) False (b) True
16. 16.📄 In which résumé section does this go: a survey of 50 shops? (a) activities (b) contact details (c) projects (d) skills
17. 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) volunteer work (b) awards and prizes (c) your phone and email (d) a long life story
18. 18.📄 Your résumé says you led a club. In the interview you should… (a) change the subject (b) deny it (c) say it was a joke (d) be ready to explain it
19. 19.True or false: “school and marks” should be left out of a résumé. (a) False (b) True
20. 20.Which of these goes in the contact details? (a) a website for our club (b) a mobile number (c) basic HTML and CSS (d) spreadsheets (basic)
21. 21.Which of these goes in the skills section? (a) debate club secretary (b) eco club member (c) spreadsheets (basic) (d) a website for our club
22. 22.True or false: “a long life story” belongs on a student résumé. (a) True (b) False
23. 23.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your Aadhaar number? (a) leave it out (b) include it
24. 24.📄 What font style suits a résumé? (a) tiny handwriting (b) five fancy fonts (c) one plain, clear font (d) all bold capitals
25. 25.Which of these goes in the education section? (a) B.Com first year (b) your city and PIN code (c) a website for our club (d) an email ID
26. 26.📄 In which résumé section does this go: typing 40 words a minute? (a) projects (b) education (c) skills (d) activities
27. 27.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: a party selfie? (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) volunteer work (c) skills like typing (d) your bank details
29. 29.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: languages you know? (a) include it (b) leave it out
30. 30.True or false: “clubs and activities” should be left out of a résumé. (a) False (b) True
31. 31.📄 In which résumé section does this go: a mobile number? (a) education (b) contact details (c) projects (d) activities
32. 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) volunteer work (b) your siblings’ marks (c) made-up marks (d) a long life story
33. 33.Which of these goes in the education section? (a) a mobile number (b) Class 12 (Science), 2026 (c) eco club member (d) an email ID
34. 34.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) your phone and email (b) a long life story (c) skills like typing (d) languages you know
35. 35.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) your Aadhaar number (b) clubs and activities (c) skills like typing (d) volunteer work
36. 36.📄 In which résumé section does this go: Class 12 (Science), 2026? (a) activities (b) projects (c) education (d) skills
37. 37.📄 A student with no work experience should highlight… (a) made-up jobs (b) their parents’ jobs (c) projects and activities (d) nothing at all
38. 38.True or false: “skills like typing” should be left out of a résumé. (a) False (b) True
39. 39.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) your passwords (b) your bank details (c) your siblings’ marks (d) awards and prizes
40. 40.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: volunteer work? (a) leave it out (b) include it

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