Résumé Worksheet: What to Include

Interview skills lesson 17: What goes on a student résumé · Set 209 · 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) leave it out (b) include it
2. 2.📄 In which résumé section does this go: your city and PIN code? (a) education (b) skills (c) contact details (d) activities
3. 3.📄 A student with no work experience should highlight… (a) nothing at all (b) projects and activities (c) made-up jobs (d) their parents’ jobs
4. 4.True or false: “your bank details” should be left out of a résumé. (a) True (b) False
5. 5.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: clubs and activities? (a) include it (b) leave it out
6. 6.True or false: “a party selfie” belongs on a student résumé. (a) True (b) False
7. 7.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) clubs and activities (b) your siblings’ marks (c) your phone and email (d) volunteer work
8. 8.Which of these goes in the skills section? (a) debate club secretary (b) an email ID (c) basic HTML and CSS (d) Class 10 board: 88%
9. 9.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your siblings’ marks? (a) include it (b) leave it out
10. 10.True or false: “skills like typing” belongs on a student résumé. (a) True (b) False
11. 11.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your passwords? (a) leave it out (b) include it
12. 12.Which of these goes in the contact details? (a) a website for our club (b) spreadsheets (basic) (c) an email ID (d) built a rain gauge model
13. 13.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) your bank details (b) school and marks (c) made-up marks (d) your siblings’ marks
14. 14.Which of these goes in the education section? (a) a survey of 50 shops (b) eco club member (c) basic HTML and CSS (d) Class 10 board: 88%
15. 15.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) your passwords (b) volunteer work (c) a long life story (d) your Aadhaar number
16. 16.📄 What font style suits a résumé? (a) tiny handwriting (b) five fancy fonts (c) all bold capitals (d) one plain, clear font
17. 17.📄 How long should a student résumé usually be? (a) five pages (b) half a line (c) ten pages (d) one page
18. 18.Which of these goes in the education section? (a) spreadsheets (basic) (b) typing 40 words a minute (c) school football team (d) Class 12 (Science), 2026
19. 19.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: languages you know? (a) leave it out (b) include it
20. 20.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your phone and email? (a) include it (b) leave it out
21. 21.True or false: “skills like typing” should be left out of a résumé. (a) False (b) True
22. 22.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) clubs and activities (b) your bank details (c) a party selfie (d) your Aadhaar number
23. 23.Which of these goes in the projects section? (a) a mobile number (b) built a rain gauge model (c) Class 12 (Science), 2026 (d) Class 10 board: 88%
24. 24.Which of these goes in the skills section? (a) Class 10 board: 88% (b) B.Com first year (c) spreadsheets (basic) (d) built a rain gauge model
25. 25.Which of these goes in the projects section? (a) an email ID (b) Class 10 board: 88% (c) a survey of 50 shops (d) spreadsheets (basic)
26. 26.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) projects you did (b) skills like typing (c) your phone and email (d) your passwords
27. 27.Which of these goes in the contact details? (a) a mobile number (b) basic HTML and CSS (c) typing 40 words a minute (d) a website for our club
28. 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) awards and prizes (b) skills like typing (c) projects you did (d) a party selfie
29. 29.📄 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
30. 30.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: projects you did? (a) leave it out (b) include it
31. 31.True or false: “school and marks” should be left out of a résumé. (a) False (b) True
32. 32.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) volunteer work (b) a party selfie (c) your phone and email (d) awards and prizes
33. 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) made-up marks (b) languages you know (c) awards and prizes (d) clubs and activities
34. 34.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: school and marks? (a) include it (b) leave it out
35. 35.📄 A résumé is… (a) a letter of thanks (b) a short summary of you (c) a school report card (d) a full autobiography
36. 36.True or false: “a party selfie” should be left out of a résumé. (a) True (b) False
37. 37.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: volunteer work? (a) leave it out (b) include it
38. 38.True or false: “awards and prizes” should be left out of a résumé. (a) True (b) False
39. 39.Which of these goes in the activities section? (a) a mobile number (b) spreadsheets (basic) (c) debate club secretary (d) a website for our club
40. 40.Which of these goes in the projects section? (a) a website for our club (b) debate club secretary (c) a mobile number (d) B.Com first year

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