Résumé Worksheet: What to Include

Interview skills lesson 17: What goes on a student résumé · Set 242 · 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 goes in the skills section? (a) spreadsheets (basic) (b) your city and PIN code (c) eco club member (d) Class 10 board: 88%
2. 2.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) awards and prizes (b) projects you did (c) your siblings’ marks (d) school and marks
3. 3.📄 In which résumé section does this go: a website for our club? (a) projects (b) education (c) activities (d) skills
4. 4.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) volunteer work (b) projects you did (c) awards and prizes (d) your passwords
5. 5.📄 How long should a student résumé usually be? (a) ten pages (b) five pages (c) half a line (d) one page
6. 6.📄 In which résumé section does this go: school football team? (a) activities (b) projects (c) skills (d) education
7. 7.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) your bank details (b) your Aadhaar number (c) a party selfie (d) skills like typing
8. 8.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: projects you did? (a) include it (b) leave it out
9. 9.Which of these goes in the activities section? (a) Class 10 board: 88% (b) a survey of 50 shops (c) school football team (d) Class 12 (Science), 2026
10. 10.📄 A student with no work experience should highlight… (a) their parents’ jobs (b) made-up jobs (c) projects and activities (d) nothing at all
11. 11.True or false: “your phone and email” should be left out of a résumé. (a) False (b) True
12. 12.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: clubs and activities? (a) include it (b) leave it out
13. 13.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: made-up marks? (a) include it (b) leave it out
14. 14.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: skills like typing? (a) leave it out (b) include it
15. 15.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) awards and prizes (b) a party selfie (c) your phone and email (d) clubs and activities
16. 16.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) clubs and activities (b) school and marks (c) skills like typing (d) your Aadhaar number
17. 17.Which of these goes in the projects section? (a) school football team (b) B.Com first year (c) a website for our club (d) typing 40 words a minute
18. 18.Which of these goes in the education section? (a) a website for our club (b) an email ID (c) Class 12 (Science), 2026 (d) typing 40 words a minute
19. 19.📄 Your résumé says you led a club. In the interview you should… (a) say it was a joke (b) change the subject (c) deny it (d) be ready to explain it
20. 20.📄 In which résumé section does this go: built a rain gauge model? (a) projects (b) contact details (c) activities (d) skills
21. 21.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: a long life story? (a) include it (b) leave it out
22. 22.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your passwords? (a) include it (b) leave it out
23. 23.True or false: “a long life story” should be left out of a résumé. (a) False (b) True
24. 24.📄 In which résumé section does this go: typing 40 words a minute? (a) contact details (b) projects (c) education (d) skills
25. 25.Which of these goes in the skills section? (a) Class 10 board: 88% (b) eco club member (c) your city and PIN code (d) basic HTML and CSS
26. 26.True or false: “skills like typing” should be left out of a résumé. (a) False (b) True
27. 27.📄 In which résumé section does this go: a mobile number? (a) contact details (b) activities (c) education (d) projects
28. 28.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your bank details? (a) leave it out (b) include it
29. 29.Which of these goes in the education section? (a) an email ID (b) school football team (c) B.Com first year (d) typing 40 words a minute
30. 30.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) awards and prizes (b) skills like typing (c) volunteer work (d) your Aadhaar number
31. 31.📄 In which résumé section does this go: eco club member? (a) contact details (b) skills (c) activities (d) projects
32. 32.True or false: “a long life story” belongs on a student résumé. (a) True (b) False
33. 33.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) your passwords (b) your bank details (c) school and marks (d) a party selfie
34. 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) volunteer work (b) your bank details (c) skills like typing (d) awards and prizes
35. 35.📄 In which résumé section does this go: Class 10 board: 88%? (a) education (b) activities (c) contact details (d) skills
36. 36.Which of these goes in the education section? (a) typing 40 words a minute (b) Class 10 board: 88% (c) a survey of 50 shops (d) an email ID
37. 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) languages you know (b) volunteer work (c) made-up marks (d) skills like typing
38. 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your passwords (b) your Aadhaar number (c) skills like typing (d) a party selfie
39. 39.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: a party selfie? (a) leave it out (b) include it
40. 40.True or false: “volunteer work” belongs on a student résumé. (a) False (b) True

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