Résumé Worksheet: What to Include

Interview skills lesson 17: What goes on a student résumé · Set 275 · 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.True or false: “skills like typing” belongs on a student résumé. (a) False (b) True
2. 2.True or false: “a party selfie” should be left out of a résumé. (a) False (b) True
3. 3.True or false: “projects you did” belongs on a student résumé. (a) True (b) False
4. 4.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) your bank details (b) your passwords (c) volunteer work (d) a party selfie
5. 5.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: languages you know? (a) leave it out (b) include it
6. 6.📄 A résumé is… (a) a short summary of you (b) a school report card (c) a letter of thanks (d) a full autobiography
7. 7.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your passwords (b) a party selfie (c) skills like typing (d) a long life story
8. 8.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) projects you did (b) your bank details (c) volunteer work (d) awards and prizes
9. 9.True or false: “volunteer work” belongs on a student résumé. (a) False (b) True
10. 10.Which of these goes in the activities section? (a) school football team (b) a survey of 50 shops (c) basic HTML and CSS (d) B.Com first year
11. 11.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: projects you did? (a) include it (b) leave it out
12. 12.Which of these goes in the projects section? (a) Class 12 (Science), 2026 (b) basic HTML and CSS (c) a mobile number (d) built a rain gauge model
13. 13.Which of these goes in the projects section? (a) typing 40 words a minute (b) a website for our club (c) basic HTML and CSS (d) eco club member
14. 14.Which of these goes in the activities section? (a) a survey of 50 shops (b) built a rain gauge model (c) a website for our club (d) debate club secretary
15. 15.True or false: “clubs and activities” should be left out of a résumé. (a) True (b) False
16. 16.📄 In which résumé section does this go: typing 40 words a minute? (a) skills (b) contact details (c) projects (d) activities
17. 17.True or false: “your phone and email” belongs on a student résumé. (a) True (b) False
18. 18.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your passwords? (a) leave it out (b) include it
19. 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a long life story (b) clubs and activities (c) your passwords (d) a party selfie
20. 20.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your bank details? (a) include it (b) leave it out
21. 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your phone and email (b) your Aadhaar number (c) school and marks (d) languages you know
22. 22.📄 In which résumé section does this go: basic HTML and CSS? (a) activities (b) skills (c) contact details (d) projects
23. 23.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: a long life story? (a) leave it out (b) include it
24. 24.📄 In which résumé section does this go: a website for our club? (a) contact details (b) projects (c) education (d) activities
25. 25.Which of these goes in the skills section? (a) spreadsheets (basic) (b) a website for our club (c) your city and PIN code (d) a survey of 50 shops
26. 26.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) school and marks (b) volunteer work (c) a long life story (d) clubs and activities
27. 27.Which of these goes in the contact details? (a) typing 40 words a minute (b) basic HTML and CSS (c) your city and PIN code (d) Class 10 board: 88%
28. 28.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) a long life story (b) your passwords (c) skills like typing (d) made-up marks
29. 29.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: made-up marks? (a) include it (b) leave it out
30. 30.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) languages you know (b) a party selfie (c) made-up marks (d) your siblings’ marks
31. 31.📄 A student with no work experience should highlight… (a) nothing at all (b) projects and activities (c) made-up jobs (d) their parents’ jobs
32. 32.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: clubs and activities? (a) leave it out (b) include it
33. 33.📄 In which résumé section does this go: spreadsheets (basic)? (a) education (b) activities (c) projects (d) skills
34. 34.📄 In which résumé section does this go: school football team? (a) education (b) skills (c) projects (d) activities
35. 35.📄 How long should a student résumé usually be? (a) half a line (b) ten pages (c) five pages (d) one page
36. 36.True or false: “awards and prizes” should be left out of a résumé. (a) False (b) True
37. 37.True or false: “your siblings’ marks” belongs on a student résumé. (a) True (b) False
38. 38.Which of these goes in the skills section? (a) basic HTML and CSS (b) eco club member (c) an email ID (d) built a rain gauge model
39. 39.📄 In which résumé section does this go: debate club secretary? (a) projects (b) skills (c) contact details (d) activities
40. 40.Which of these goes in the education section? (a) a mobile number (b) B.Com first year (c) your city and PIN code (d) built a rain gauge model

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