Résumé Worksheet: What to Include

Interview skills lesson 17: What goes on a student résumé · Set 285 · 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.📄 In which résumé section does this go: a website for our club? (a) activities (b) education (c) contact details (d) projects
2. 2.📄 How long should a student résumé usually be? (a) ten pages (b) five pages (c) one page (d) half a line
3. 3.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) a long life story (b) your Aadhaar number (c) awards and prizes (d) made-up marks
4. 4.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your siblings’ marks? (a) leave it out (b) include it
5. 5.📄 In which résumé section does this go: your city and PIN code? (a) education (b) activities (c) projects (d) contact details
6. 6.📄 What font style suits a résumé? (a) one plain, clear font (b) all bold capitals (c) five fancy fonts (d) tiny handwriting
7. 7.True or false: “skills like typing” should be left out of a résumé. (a) False (b) True
8. 8.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) clubs and activities (b) made-up marks (c) your Aadhaar number (d) your siblings’ marks
9. 9.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your phone and email? (a) leave it out (b) include it
10. 10.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) languages you know (b) school and marks (c) awards and prizes (d) your siblings’ marks
11. 11.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: a long life story? (a) include it (b) leave it out
12. 12.📄 In which résumé section does this go: Class 10 board: 88%? (a) activities (b) skills (c) education (d) projects
13. 13.📄 In which résumé section does this go: basic HTML and CSS? (a) skills (b) activities (c) education (d) contact details
14. 14.Which of these goes in the education section? (a) basic HTML and CSS (b) debate club secretary (c) school football team (d) Class 12 (Science), 2026
15. 15.Which of these goes in the education section? (a) an email ID (b) typing 40 words a minute (c) a mobile number (d) B.Com first year
16. 16.True or false: “your bank details” belongs on a student résumé. (a) False (b) True
17. 17.📄 In which résumé section does this go: spreadsheets (basic)? (a) skills (b) projects (c) education (d) contact details
18. 18.True or false: “your phone and email” should be left out of a résumé. (a) True (b) False
19. 19.True or false: “awards and prizes” should be left out of a résumé. (a) True (b) False
20. 20.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: a party selfie? (a) leave it out (b) include it
21. 21.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: volunteer work? (a) leave it out (b) include it
22. 22.📄 In which résumé section does this go: debate club secretary? (a) projects (b) skills (c) contact details (d) activities
23. 23.True or false: “projects you did” should be left out of a résumé. (a) True (b) False
24. 24.📄 In which résumé section does this go: built a rain gauge model? (a) activities (b) projects (c) contact details (d) skills
25. 25.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your passwords? (a) leave it out (b) include it
26. 26.Which of these goes in the skills section? (a) B.Com first year (b) typing 40 words a minute (c) debate club secretary (d) Class 10 board: 88%
27. 27.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) your passwords (b) your bank details (c) your Aadhaar number (d) your phone and email
28. 28.True or false: “your passwords” should be left out of a résumé. (a) True (b) False
29. 29.📄 Your résumé says you led a club. In the interview you should… (a) change the subject (b) deny it (c) be ready to explain it (d) say it was a joke
30. 30.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) your passwords (b) volunteer work (c) projects you did (d) school and marks
31. 31.📄 In which résumé section does this go: eco club member? (a) activities (b) projects (c) skills (d) education
32. 32.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) your passwords (b) a party selfie (c) languages you know (d) your Aadhaar number
33. 33.Which of these goes in the education section? (a) your city and PIN code (b) typing 40 words a minute (c) school football team (d) Class 10 board: 88%
34. 34.True or false: “your bank details” should be left out of a résumé. (a) False (b) True
35. 35.True or false: “your passwords” belongs on a student résumé. (a) True (b) False
36. 36.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) awards and prizes (b) a long life story (c) your passwords (d) your siblings’ marks
37. 37.Which of these goes in the skills section? (a) your city and PIN code (b) B.Com first year (c) spreadsheets (basic) (d) debate club secretary
38. 38.Which of these goes in the skills section? (a) basic HTML and CSS (b) built a rain gauge model (c) Class 10 board: 88% (d) eco club member
39. 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) clubs and activities (b) your phone and email (c) projects you did (d) your passwords
40. 40.📄 A résumé is… (a) a letter of thanks (b) a school report card (c) a short summary of you (d) a full autobiography

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