Résumé Worksheet: What to Include

Interview skills lesson 17: What goes on a student résumé · Set 266 · 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 education section? (a) B.Com first year (b) an email ID (c) your city and PIN code (d) a survey of 50 shops
2. 2.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your passwords? (a) leave it out (b) include it
3. 3.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) your phone and email (b) projects you did (c) a long life story (d) clubs and activities
4. 4.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: projects you did? (a) include it (b) leave it out
5. 5.Which of these goes in the projects section? (a) your city and PIN code (b) Class 10 board: 88% (c) eco club member (d) a website for our club
6. 6.📄 A résumé is… (a) a school report card (b) a short summary of you (c) a letter of thanks (d) a full autobiography
7. 7.📄 In which résumé section does this go: spreadsheets (basic)? (a) education (b) projects (c) contact details (d) skills
8. 8.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) made-up marks (b) your Aadhaar number (c) school and marks (d) a party selfie
9. 9.True or false: “made-up marks” should be left out of a résumé. (a) True (b) False
10. 10.True or false: “languages you know” should be left out of a résumé. (a) False (b) True
11. 11.📄 A student with no work experience should highlight… (a) made-up jobs (b) projects and activities (c) nothing at all (d) their parents’ jobs
12. 12.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: a long life story? (a) leave it out (b) include it
13. 13.📄 In which résumé section does this go: an email ID? (a) contact details (b) projects (c) skills (d) education
14. 14.Which of these goes in the contact details? (a) Class 12 (Science), 2026 (b) B.Com first year (c) Class 10 board: 88% (d) your city and PIN code
15. 15.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: school and marks? (a) leave it out (b) include it
16. 16.Which of these goes in the activities section? (a) a survey of 50 shops (b) basic HTML and CSS (c) debate club secretary (d) typing 40 words a minute
17. 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) projects you did (b) school and marks (c) awards and prizes (d) your siblings’ marks
18. 18.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your phone and email? (a) include it (b) leave it out
19. 19.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) awards and prizes (b) your Aadhaar number (c) school and marks (d) projects you did
20. 20.True or false: “a party selfie” should be left out of a résumé. (a) False (b) True
21. 21.📄 What font style suits a résumé? (a) one plain, clear font (b) tiny handwriting (c) all bold capitals (d) five fancy fonts
22. 22.📄 In which résumé section does this go: eco club member? (a) skills (b) activities (c) projects (d) education
23. 23.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your Aadhaar number? (a) leave it out (b) include it
24. 24.📄 In which résumé section does this go: a mobile number? (a) education (b) activities (c) skills (d) contact details
25. 25.📄 How long should a student résumé usually be? (a) half a line (b) one page (c) five pages (d) ten pages
26. 26.📄 In which résumé section does this go: a website for our club? (a) activities (b) projects (c) education (d) skills
27. 27.True or false: “volunteer work” should be left out of a résumé. (a) True (b) False
28. 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) volunteer work (b) school and marks (c) made-up marks (d) your phone and email
29. 29.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your siblings’ marks? (a) leave it out (b) include it
30. 30.True or false: “school and marks” should be left out of a résumé. (a) True (b) False
31. 31.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your bank details? (a) include it (b) leave it out
32. 32.📄 In which résumé section does this go: built a rain gauge model? (a) education (b) skills (c) activities (d) projects
33. 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) languages you know (b) projects you did (c) your bank details (d) clubs and activities
34. 34.True or false: “a party selfie” belongs on a student résumé. (a) True (b) False
35. 35.📄 In which résumé section does this go: typing 40 words a minute? (a) activities (b) projects (c) skills (d) education
36. 36.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: volunteer work? (a) leave it out (b) include it
37. 37.📄 In which résumé section does this go: your city and PIN code? (a) activities (b) education (c) projects (d) contact details
38. 38.Which of these goes in the education section? (a) Class 10 board: 88% (b) your city and PIN code (c) basic HTML and CSS (d) a website for our club
39. 39.📄 In which résumé section does this go: Class 12 (Science), 2026? (a) contact details (b) activities (c) education (d) skills
40. 40.True or false: “your bank details” belongs on a student résumé. (a) True (b) False

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