Résumé Worksheet: What to Include

Interview skills lesson 17: What goes on a student résumé · Set 210 · 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 is the odd one out? (a) made-up marks (b) a long life story (c) skills like typing (d) your passwords
2. 2.Which of these goes in the projects section? (a) an email ID (b) built a rain gauge model (c) eco club member (d) basic HTML and CSS
3. 3.True or false: “awards and prizes” belongs on a student résumé. (a) True (b) False
4. 4.Which of these goes in the skills section? (a) typing 40 words a minute (b) built a rain gauge model (c) a website for our club (d) Class 10 board: 88%
5. 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your bank details (b) awards and prizes (c) your phone and email (d) languages you know
6. 6.True or false: “your bank details” should be left out of a résumé. (a) True (b) False
7. 7.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: made-up marks? (a) include it (b) leave it out
8. 8.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) your passwords (b) your siblings’ marks (c) your bank details (d) volunteer work
9. 9.Which of these goes in the activities section? (a) your city and PIN code (b) a survey of 50 shops (c) B.Com first year (d) eco club member
10. 10.Which of these goes in the education section? (a) Class 10 board: 88% (b) an email ID (c) spreadsheets (basic) (d) basic HTML and CSS
11. 11.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) languages you know (b) projects you did (c) skills like typing (d) your bank details
12. 12.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your phone and email? (a) leave it out (b) include it
13. 13.True or false: “your Aadhaar number” should be left out of a résumé. (a) False (b) True
14. 14.📄 A student with no work experience should highlight… (a) nothing at all (b) made-up jobs (c) projects and activities (d) their parents’ jobs
15. 15.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) a long life story (b) volunteer work (c) clubs and activities (d) school and marks
16. 16.📄 A résumé is… (a) a full autobiography (b) a letter of thanks (c) a short summary of you (d) a school report card
17. 17.📄 In which résumé section does this go: a survey of 50 shops? (a) skills (b) education (c) contact details (d) projects
18. 18.Which of these goes in the contact details? (a) a website for our club (b) debate club secretary (c) B.Com first year (d) a mobile number
19. 19.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your siblings’ marks? (a) include it (b) leave it out
20. 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) skills like typing (b) your phone and email (c) languages you know (d) a long life story
21. 21.📄 What font style suits a résumé? (a) five fancy fonts (b) all bold capitals (c) tiny handwriting (d) one plain, clear font
22. 22.📄 In which résumé section does this go: a website for our club? (a) projects (b) education (c) activities (d) skills
23. 23.📄 In which résumé section does this go: an email ID? (a) education (b) skills (c) projects (d) contact details
24. 24.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) a long life story (b) your passwords (c) your phone and email (d) made-up marks
25. 25.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) made-up marks (b) your passwords (c) your bank details (d) languages you know
26. 26.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: a party selfie? (a) include it (b) leave it out
27. 27.Which of these goes in the education section? (a) spreadsheets (basic) (b) a survey of 50 shops (c) basic HTML and CSS (d) Class 12 (Science), 2026
28. 28.Which of these goes in the skills section? (a) an email ID (b) basic HTML and CSS (c) Class 10 board: 88% (d) debate club secretary
29. 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) clubs and activities (b) a party selfie (c) your passwords (d) your bank details
30. 30.📄 How long should a student résumé usually be? (a) five pages (b) ten pages (c) one page (d) half a line
31. 31.Which of these goes in the contact details? (a) built a rain gauge model (b) typing 40 words a minute (c) a survey of 50 shops (d) an email ID
32. 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) made-up marks (b) awards and prizes (c) projects you did (d) clubs and activities
33. 33.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: a long life story? (a) include it (b) leave it out
34. 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a party selfie (b) projects you did (c) school and marks (d) clubs and activities
35. 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your bank details (b) your passwords (c) awards and prizes (d) your Aadhaar number
36. 36.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) projects you did (b) your passwords (c) a long life story (d) your bank details
37. 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) projects you did (b) your siblings’ marks (c) languages you know (d) skills like typing
38. 38.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: projects you did? (a) leave it out (b) include it
39. 39.True or false: “your phone and email” belongs on a student résumé. (a) False (b) True
40. 40.📄 In which résumé section does this go: school football team? (a) activities (b) education (c) projects (d) skills

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