Résumé Worksheet: What to Include

Interview skills lesson 17: What goes on a student résumé · Set 180 · 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.📄 A résumé is… (a) a short summary of you (b) a letter of thanks (c) a school report card (d) a full autobiography
2. 2.📄 In which résumé section does this go: school football team? (a) skills (b) contact details (c) education (d) activities
3. 3.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your siblings’ marks? (a) include it (b) leave it out
4. 4.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: languages you know? (a) leave it out (b) include it
5. 5.📄 In which résumé section does this go: a website for our club? (a) contact details (b) projects (c) education (d) activities
6. 6.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your bank details (b) volunteer work (c) a party selfie (d) made-up marks
7. 7.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) projects you did (b) made-up marks (c) school and marks (d) languages you know
8. 8.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: skills like typing? (a) leave it out (b) include it
9. 9.True or false: “languages you know” should be left out of a résumé. (a) False (b) True
10. 10.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your siblings’ marks (b) projects you did (c) your passwords (d) your Aadhaar number
11. 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) made-up marks (b) languages you know (c) skills like typing (d) your phone and email
12. 12.True or false: “your Aadhaar number” belongs on a student résumé. (a) False (b) True
13. 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) made-up marks (b) your bank details (c) languages you know (d) a party selfie
14. 14.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a party selfie (b) your siblings’ marks (c) your bank details (d) awards and prizes
15. 15.📄 In which résumé section does this go: spreadsheets (basic)? (a) education (b) skills (c) contact details (d) projects
16. 16.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) projects you did (b) a party selfie (c) clubs and activities (d) volunteer work
17. 17.True or false: “made-up marks” should be left out of a résumé. (a) True (b) False
18. 18.📄 In which résumé section does this go: a survey of 50 shops? (a) activities (b) education (c) skills (d) projects
19. 19.Which of these goes in the activities section? (a) school football team (b) an email ID (c) built a rain gauge model (d) basic HTML and CSS
20. 20.📄 In which résumé section does this go: a mobile number? (a) projects (b) education (c) activities (d) contact details
21. 21.📄 A student with no work experience should highlight… (a) projects and activities (b) their parents’ jobs (c) nothing at all (d) made-up jobs
22. 22.📄 In which résumé section does this go: built a rain gauge model? (a) skills (b) projects (c) education (d) activities
23. 23.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) school and marks (b) your passwords (c) projects you did (d) skills like typing
24. 24.Which of these goes in the education section? (a) debate club secretary (b) a mobile number (c) Class 12 (Science), 2026 (d) an email ID
25. 25.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your bank details? (a) include it (b) leave it out
26. 26.📄 In which résumé section does this go: B.Com first year? (a) contact details (b) activities (c) skills (d) education
27. 27.True or false: “volunteer work” should be left out of a résumé. (a) False (b) True
28. 28.Which of these goes in the contact details? (a) an email ID (b) Class 12 (Science), 2026 (c) B.Com first year (d) built a rain gauge model
29. 29.📄 Your résumé says you led a club. In the interview you should… (a) say it was a joke (b) deny it (c) change the subject (d) be ready to explain it
30. 30.📄 In which résumé section does this go: debate club secretary? (a) skills (b) activities (c) projects (d) education
31. 31.📄 What font style suits a résumé? (a) tiny handwriting (b) five fancy fonts (c) one plain, clear font (d) all bold capitals
32. 32.📄 How long should a student résumé usually be? (a) five pages (b) half a line (c) ten pages (d) one page
33. 33.📄 In which résumé section does this go: an email ID? (a) skills (b) activities (c) education (d) contact details
34. 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your bank details (b) your phone and email (c) volunteer work (d) projects you did
35. 35.Which of these goes in the contact details? (a) a survey of 50 shops (b) your city and PIN code (c) typing 40 words a minute (d) basic HTML and CSS
36. 36.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) languages you know (b) school and marks (c) your siblings’ marks (d) your phone and email
37. 37.Which of these goes in the skills section? (a) debate club secretary (b) basic HTML and CSS (c) eco club member (d) your city and PIN code
38. 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) projects you did (b) awards and prizes (c) your Aadhaar number (d) volunteer work
39. 39.📄 In which résumé section does this go: typing 40 words a minute? (a) projects (b) skills (c) contact details (d) education
40. 40.Which of these goes in the contact details? (a) B.Com first year (b) a mobile number (c) school football team (d) basic HTML and CSS

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