Résumé Worksheet: What to Include

Interview skills lesson 17: What goes on a student résumé · Set 228 · 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 party selfie? (a) include it (b) leave it out
2. 2.Which of these goes in the skills section? (a) a website for our club (b) built a rain gauge model (c) spreadsheets (basic) (d) a survey of 50 shops
3. 3.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: a long life story? (a) leave it out (b) include it
4. 4.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your bank details? (a) leave it out (b) include it
5. 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) awards and prizes (b) a long life story (c) skills like typing (d) volunteer work
6. 6.📄 How long should a student résumé usually be? (a) five pages (b) ten pages (c) one page (d) half a line
7. 7.📄 What font style suits a résumé? (a) tiny handwriting (b) all bold capitals (c) one plain, clear font (d) five fancy fonts
8. 8.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your phone and email? (a) include it (b) leave it out
9. 9.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your passwords? (a) include it (b) leave it out
10. 10.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) languages you know (b) made-up marks (c) school and marks (d) clubs and activities
11. 11.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) your bank details (b) your phone and email (c) a party selfie (d) made-up marks
12. 12.📄 Your résumé says you led a club. In the interview you should… (a) deny it (b) change the subject (c) be ready to explain it (d) say it was a joke
13. 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) awards and prizes (b) your phone and email (c) school and marks (d) your passwords
14. 14.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) made-up marks (b) volunteer work (c) your Aadhaar number (d) your passwords
15. 15.Which of these goes in the contact details? (a) Class 12 (Science), 2026 (b) your city and PIN code (c) basic HTML and CSS (d) Class 10 board: 88%
16. 16.📄 A student with no work experience should highlight… (a) their parents’ jobs (b) nothing at all (c) projects and activities (d) made-up jobs
17. 17.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: awards and prizes? (a) leave it out (b) include it
18. 18.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: clubs and activities? (a) leave it out (b) include it
19. 19.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your siblings’ marks? (a) leave it out (b) include it
20. 20.True or false: “volunteer work” should be left out of a résumé. (a) False (b) True
21. 21.True or false: “awards and prizes” belongs on a student résumé. (a) False (b) True
22. 22.📄 A résumé is… (a) a letter of thanks (b) a short summary of you (c) a full autobiography (d) a school report card
23. 23.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) a long life story (b) your siblings’ marks (c) your bank details (d) languages you know
24. 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your phone and email (b) languages you know (c) your bank details (d) projects you did
25. 25.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) languages you know (b) volunteer work (c) skills like typing (d) your bank details
26. 26.📄 In which résumé section does this go: an email ID? (a) education (b) contact details (c) skills (d) activities
27. 27.📄 In which résumé section does this go: a mobile number? (a) activities (b) education (c) skills (d) contact details
28. 28.📄 In which résumé section does this go: built a rain gauge model? (a) education (b) activities (c) contact details (d) projects
29. 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your Aadhaar number (b) your bank details (c) projects you did (d) your passwords
30. 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your phone and email (b) volunteer work (c) a party selfie (d) clubs and activities
31. 31.True or false: “made-up marks” should be left out of a résumé. (a) False (b) True
32. 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a party selfie (b) a long life story (c) languages you know (d) your bank details
33. 33.True or false: “volunteer work” belongs on a student résumé. (a) False (b) True
34. 34.📄 In which résumé section does this go: a website for our club? (a) activities (b) education (c) projects (d) skills
35. 35.Which of these goes in the projects section? (a) B.Com first year (b) debate club secretary (c) typing 40 words a minute (d) built a rain gauge model
36. 36.Which of these goes in the activities section? (a) a website for our club (b) basic HTML and CSS (c) a mobile number (d) debate club secretary
37. 37.Which of these goes in the education section? (a) Class 12 (Science), 2026 (b) built a rain gauge model (c) a website for our club (d) basic HTML and CSS
38. 38.📄 In which résumé section does this go: Class 12 (Science), 2026? (a) skills (b) contact details (c) activities (d) education
39. 39.Which of these goes in the skills section? (a) Class 12 (Science), 2026 (b) typing 40 words a minute (c) Class 10 board: 88% (d) a survey of 50 shops
40. 40.True or false: “your passwords” belongs on a student résumé. (a) True (b) False

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