Résumé Worksheet: What to Include

Interview skills lesson 17: What goes on a student résumé · Set 223 · 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 should be left out of a résumé? (a) projects you did (b) languages you know (c) your passwords (d) skills like typing
2. 2.Which of these goes in the contact details? (a) basic HTML and CSS (b) debate club secretary (c) school football team (d) a mobile number
3. 3.Which of these goes in the skills section? (a) Class 10 board: 88% (b) eco club member (c) an email ID (d) typing 40 words a minute
4. 4.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your phone and email (b) clubs and activities (c) your siblings’ marks (d) awards and prizes
5. 5.True or false: “projects you did” should be left out of a résumé. (a) False (b) True
6. 6.📄 A student with no work experience should highlight… (a) made-up jobs (b) their parents’ jobs (c) nothing at all (d) projects and activities
7. 7.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your siblings’ marks (b) made-up marks (c) a party selfie (d) skills like typing
8. 8.📄 In which résumé section does this go: an email ID? (a) activities (b) projects (c) education (d) contact details
9. 9.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: school and marks? (a) leave it out (b) include it
10. 10.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) clubs and activities (b) awards and prizes (c) made-up marks (d) volunteer work
11. 11.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: awards and prizes? (a) include it (b) leave it out
12. 12.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: volunteer work? (a) include it (b) leave it out
13. 13.Which of these goes in the skills section? (a) your city and PIN code (b) basic HTML and CSS (c) a website for our club (d) a survey of 50 shops
14. 14.Which of these goes in the education section? (a) a mobile number (b) built a rain gauge model (c) Class 12 (Science), 2026 (d) typing 40 words a minute
15. 15.📄 How long should a student résumé usually be? (a) half a line (b) five pages (c) ten pages (d) one page
16. 16.Which of these goes in the projects section? (a) a website for our club (b) a mobile number (c) typing 40 words a minute (d) school football team
17. 17.📄 What font style suits a résumé? (a) tiny handwriting (b) all bold capitals (c) one plain, clear font (d) five fancy fonts
18. 18.True or false: “languages you know” should be left out of a résumé. (a) True (b) False
19. 19.Which of these goes in the activities section? (a) built a rain gauge model (b) your city and PIN code (c) debate club secretary (d) a mobile number
20. 20.True or false: “made-up marks” belongs on a student résumé. (a) False (b) True
21. 21.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) your phone and email (b) volunteer work (c) school and marks (d) your bank details
22. 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your phone and email (b) a party selfie (c) school and marks (d) languages you know
23. 23.Which of these goes in the skills section? (a) spreadsheets (basic) (b) school football team (c) built a rain gauge model (d) a website for our club
24. 24.📄 In which résumé section does this go: Class 10 board: 88%? (a) education (b) activities (c) skills (d) projects
25. 25.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) awards and prizes (b) your siblings’ marks (c) skills like typing (d) projects you did
26. 26.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a long life story (b) languages you know (c) made-up marks (d) your siblings’ marks
27. 27.📄 In which résumé section does this go: a website for our club? (a) education (b) contact details (c) skills (d) projects
28. 28.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) skills like typing (b) your Aadhaar number (c) your phone and email (d) awards and prizes
29. 29.True or false: “a party selfie” should be left out of a résumé. (a) True (b) False
30. 30.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: skills like typing? (a) leave it out (b) include it
31. 31.True or false: “clubs and activities” should be left out of a résumé. (a) False (b) True
32. 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your Aadhaar number (b) volunteer work (c) skills like typing (d) clubs and activities
33. 33.📄 In which résumé section does this go: basic HTML and CSS? (a) contact details (b) skills (c) projects (d) education
34. 34.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) awards and prizes (b) your bank details (c) a long life story (d) your passwords
35. 35.📄 In which résumé section does this go: typing 40 words a minute? (a) skills (b) activities (c) education (d) contact details
36. 36.📄 A résumé is… (a) a letter of thanks (b) a short summary of you (c) a full autobiography (d) a school report card
37. 37.Which of these goes in the activities section? (a) a survey of 50 shops (b) school football team (c) basic HTML and CSS (d) Class 10 board: 88%
38. 38.True or false: “your phone and email” belongs on a student résumé. (a) True (b) False
39. 39.Which of these goes in the education section? (a) a mobile number (b) your city and PIN code (c) debate club secretary (d) B.Com first year
40. 40.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your bank details? (a) include it (b) leave it out

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