Résumé Worksheet: What to Include

Interview skills lesson 17: What goes on a student résumé · Set 251 · 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 contact details? (a) B.Com first year (b) a website for our club (c) built a rain gauge model (d) an email ID
2. 2.📄 In which résumé section does this go: Class 12 (Science), 2026? (a) skills (b) activities (c) contact details (d) education
3. 3.True or false: “awards and prizes” belongs on a student résumé. (a) True (b) False
4. 4.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) your passwords (b) your phone and email (c) made-up marks (d) your siblings’ marks
5. 5.📄 In which résumé section does this go: B.Com first year? (a) skills (b) projects (c) activities (d) education
6. 6.Which of these goes in the projects section? (a) B.Com first year (b) built a rain gauge model (c) your city and PIN code (d) basic HTML and CSS
7. 7.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) projects you did (b) your phone and email (c) a party selfie (d) languages you know
8. 8.True or false: “school and marks” should be left out of a résumé. (a) True (b) False
9. 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) projects you did (b) your bank details (c) awards and prizes (d) clubs and activities
10. 10.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) skills like typing (b) your phone and email (c) volunteer work (d) your siblings’ marks
11. 11.📄 In which résumé section does this go: a mobile number? (a) skills (b) education (c) activities (d) contact details
12. 12.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: languages you know? (a) include it (b) leave it out
13. 13.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: clubs and activities? (a) leave it out (b) include it
14. 14.📄 Your résumé says you led a club. In the interview you should… (a) say it was a joke (b) change the subject (c) be ready to explain it (d) deny it
15. 15.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) a party selfie (b) languages you know (c) projects you did (d) awards and prizes
16. 16.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your passwords (b) school and marks (c) your siblings’ marks (d) made-up marks
17. 17.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) volunteer work (b) your passwords (c) your phone and email (d) school and marks
18. 18.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: made-up marks? (a) include it (b) leave it out
19. 19.📄 A résumé is… (a) a school report card (b) a short summary of you (c) a full autobiography (d) a letter of thanks
20. 20.📄 In which résumé section does this go: debate club secretary? (a) education (b) skills (c) projects (d) activities
21. 21.Which of these goes in the education section? (a) a mobile number (b) Class 12 (Science), 2026 (c) school football team (d) debate club secretary
22. 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your Aadhaar number (b) skills like typing (c) your passwords (d) your siblings’ marks
23. 23.📄 In which résumé section does this go: typing 40 words a minute? (a) education (b) contact details (c) skills (d) activities
24. 24.📄 In which résumé section does this go: an email ID? (a) projects (b) skills (c) contact details (d) education
25. 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a party selfie (b) languages you know (c) your Aadhaar number (d) made-up marks
26. 26.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) awards and prizes (b) projects you did (c) languages you know (d) your siblings’ marks
27. 27.📄 What font style suits a résumé? (a) five fancy fonts (b) tiny handwriting (c) all bold capitals (d) one plain, clear font
28. 28.📄 How long should a student résumé usually be? (a) half a line (b) five pages (c) ten pages (d) one page
29. 29.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: projects you did? (a) include it (b) leave it out
30. 30.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your siblings’ marks? (a) leave it out (b) include it
31. 31.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) projects you did (b) your siblings’ marks (c) your passwords (d) a party selfie
32. 32.📄 A student with no work experience should highlight… (a) nothing at all (b) projects and activities (c) their parents’ jobs (d) made-up jobs
33. 33.True or false: “your siblings’ marks” should be left out of a résumé. (a) True (b) False
34. 34.Which of these goes in the education section? (a) basic HTML and CSS (b) a mobile number (c) built a rain gauge model (d) Class 10 board: 88%
35. 35.📄 In which résumé section does this go: school football team? (a) contact details (b) projects (c) education (d) activities
36. 36.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) your Aadhaar number (b) languages you know (c) a long life story (d) your siblings’ marks
37. 37.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: a long life story? (a) leave it out (b) include it
38. 38.True or false: “skills like typing” belongs on a student résumé. (a) True (b) False
39. 39.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your Aadhaar number? (a) include it (b) leave it out
40. 40.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: skills like typing? (a) leave it out (b) include it

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