Résumé Worksheet: What to Include

Interview skills lesson 17: What goes on a student résumé · Set 231 · 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 belongs on a student résumé? (a) a long life story (b) languages you know (c) a party selfie (d) your bank details
2. 2.Which of these goes in the activities section? (a) a survey of 50 shops (b) debate club secretary (c) typing 40 words a minute (d) basic HTML and CSS
3. 3.📄 A student with no work experience should highlight… (a) their parents’ jobs (b) made-up jobs (c) nothing at all (d) projects and activities
4. 4.True or false: “a party selfie” should be left out of a résumé. (a) True (b) False
5. 5.True or false: “your Aadhaar number” belongs on a student résumé. (a) True (b) False
6. 6.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) skills like typing (b) clubs and activities (c) your phone and email (d) your passwords
7. 7.📄 Your résumé says you led a club. In the interview you should… (a) be ready to explain it (b) change the subject (c) say it was a joke (d) deny it
8. 8.True or false: “awards and prizes” belongs on a student résumé. (a) True (b) False
9. 9.📄 In which résumé section does this go: spreadsheets (basic)? (a) skills (b) education (c) projects (d) activities
10. 10.📄 How long should a student résumé usually be? (a) one page (b) half a line (c) five pages (d) ten pages
11. 11.Which of these goes in the skills section? (a) your city and PIN code (b) an email ID (c) a mobile number (d) typing 40 words a minute
12. 12.Which of these goes in the contact details? (a) a survey of 50 shops (b) Class 10 board: 88% (c) your city and PIN code (d) spreadsheets (basic)
13. 13.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) a party selfie (b) clubs and activities (c) volunteer work (d) skills like typing
14. 14.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) a party selfie (b) volunteer work (c) your siblings’ marks (d) a long life story
15. 15.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: clubs and activities? (a) leave it out (b) include it
16. 16.Which of these goes in the skills section? (a) your city and PIN code (b) spreadsheets (basic) (c) a survey of 50 shops (d) debate club secretary
17. 17.📄 In which résumé section does this go: typing 40 words a minute? (a) skills (b) activities (c) projects (d) contact details
18. 18.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: school and marks? (a) leave it out (b) include it
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 of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) your passwords (b) school and marks (c) made-up marks (d) your bank details
21. 21.True or false: “school and marks” belongs on a student résumé. (a) False (b) True
22. 22.Which of these goes in the contact details? (a) Class 12 (Science), 2026 (b) a mobile number (c) debate club secretary (d) Class 10 board: 88%
23. 23.Which of these goes in the projects section? (a) a mobile number (b) typing 40 words a minute (c) basic HTML and CSS (d) built a rain gauge model
24. 24.Which of these goes in the skills section? (a) debate club secretary (b) basic HTML and CSS (c) eco club member (d) Class 10 board: 88%
25. 25.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your phone and email? (a) leave it out (b) include it
26. 26.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: projects you did? (a) leave it out (b) include it
27. 27.📄 In which résumé section does this go: a survey of 50 shops? (a) education (b) skills (c) projects (d) activities
28. 28.📄 A résumé is… (a) a letter of thanks (b) a short summary of you (c) a school report card (d) a full autobiography
29. 29.Which of these goes in the education section? (a) B.Com first year (b) eco club member (c) your city and PIN code (d) debate club secretary
30. 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) projects you did (b) a long life story (c) school and marks (d) volunteer work
31. 31.True or false: “a party selfie” belongs on a student résumé. (a) True (b) False
32. 32.📄 In which résumé section does this go: an email ID? (a) skills (b) projects (c) contact details (d) activities
33. 33.Which of these goes in the education section? (a) basic HTML and CSS (b) school football team (c) built a rain gauge model (d) Class 10 board: 88%
34. 34.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: made-up marks? (a) include it (b) leave it out
35. 35.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: awards and prizes? (a) include it (b) leave it out
36. 36.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: a long life story? (a) include it (b) leave it out
37. 37.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) your passwords (b) awards and prizes (c) your siblings’ marks (d) a long life story
38. 38.📄 In which résumé section does this go: school football team? (a) contact details (b) projects (c) activities (d) skills
39. 39.True or false: “your bank details” should be left out of a résumé. (a) False (b) True
40. 40.Which of these goes in the education section? (a) eco club member (b) school football team (c) Class 12 (Science), 2026 (d) spreadsheets (basic)

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