Résumé Worksheet: What to Include

Interview skills lesson 17: What goes on a student résumé · Set 225 · 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.📄 What font style suits a résumé? (a) all bold capitals (b) tiny handwriting (c) one plain, clear font (d) five fancy fonts
2. 2.Which of these goes in the education section? (a) Class 12 (Science), 2026 (b) typing 40 words a minute (c) school football team (d) built a rain gauge model
3. 3.📄 In which résumé section does this go: Class 10 board: 88%? (a) education (b) activities (c) contact details (d) projects
4. 4.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: clubs and activities? (a) include it (b) leave it out
5. 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your Aadhaar number (b) your passwords (c) a party selfie (d) your phone and email
6. 6.Which of these goes in the activities section? (a) a mobile number (b) spreadsheets (basic) (c) typing 40 words a minute (d) eco club member
7. 7.📄 Your résumé says you led a club. In the interview you should… (a) deny it (b) say it was a joke (c) be ready to explain it (d) change the subject
8. 8.True or false: “projects you did” should be left out of a résumé. (a) False (b) True
9. 9.Which of these goes in the contact details? (a) school football team (b) Class 10 board: 88% (c) an email ID (d) B.Com first year
10. 10.True or false: “your siblings’ marks” should be left out of a résumé. (a) False (b) True
11. 11.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: volunteer work? (a) include it (b) leave it out
12. 12.True or false: “your siblings’ marks” belongs on a student résumé. (a) False (b) True
13. 13.📄 In which résumé section does this go: a mobile number? (a) skills (b) contact details (c) education (d) activities
14. 14.True or false: “a long life story” belongs on a student résumé. (a) True (b) False
15. 15.📄 In which résumé section does this go: B.Com first year? (a) projects (b) education (c) contact details (d) activities
16. 16.📄 In which résumé section does this go: typing 40 words a minute? (a) contact details (b) skills (c) projects (d) education
17. 17.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) school and marks (b) your phone and email (c) a long life story (d) projects you did
18. 18.True or false: “your passwords” should be left out of a résumé. (a) True (b) False
19. 19.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your phone and email? (a) leave it out (b) include it
20. 20.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) projects you did (b) school and marks (c) your Aadhaar number (d) volunteer work
21. 21.📄 In which résumé section does this go: eco club member? (a) contact details (b) projects (c) activities (d) education
22. 22.📄 In which résumé section does this go: school football team? (a) projects (b) contact details (c) activities (d) education
23. 23.Which of these goes in the contact details? (a) a website for our club (b) Class 10 board: 88% (c) typing 40 words a minute (d) a mobile number
24. 24.📄 A résumé is… (a) a short summary of you (b) a full autobiography (c) a school report card (d) a letter of thanks
25. 25.📄 In which résumé section does this go: a survey of 50 shops? (a) contact details (b) education (c) activities (d) projects
26. 26.Which of these goes in the skills section? (a) spreadsheets (basic) (b) B.Com first year (c) an email ID (d) built a rain gauge model
27. 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) school and marks (b) clubs and activities (c) your siblings’ marks (d) volunteer work
28. 28.Which of these goes in the activities section? (a) a mobile number (b) typing 40 words a minute (c) school football team (d) spreadsheets (basic)
29. 29.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: skills like typing? (a) include it (b) leave it out
30. 30.📄 In which résumé section does this go: an email ID? (a) projects (b) contact details (c) education (d) skills
31. 31.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) made-up marks (b) skills like typing (c) a long life story (d) your bank details
32. 32.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) volunteer work (b) clubs and activities (c) your passwords (d) your phone and email
33. 33.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: awards and prizes? (a) leave it out (b) include it
34. 34.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) a party selfie (b) your Aadhaar number (c) your passwords (d) school and marks
35. 35.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) your bank details (b) your passwords (c) your siblings’ marks (d) volunteer work
36. 36.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your Aadhaar number? (a) include it (b) leave it out
37. 37.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) volunteer work (b) your phone and email (c) school and marks (d) made-up marks
38. 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) made-up marks (b) clubs and activities (c) your bank details (d) your siblings’ marks
39. 39.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) projects you did (b) your passwords (c) your siblings’ marks (d) your Aadhaar number
40. 40.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) a long life story (b) your siblings’ marks (c) your phone and email (d) a party selfie

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