Résumé Worksheet: What to Include

Interview skills lesson 17: What goes on a student résumé · Set 289 · 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 mobile number? (a) skills (b) contact details (c) activities (d) projects
2. 2.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your bank details (b) volunteer work (c) a long life story (d) your siblings’ marks
3. 3.True or false: “made-up marks” belongs on a student résumé. (a) False (b) True
4. 4.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) school and marks (b) languages you know (c) a long life story (d) projects you did
5. 5.True or false: “volunteer work” belongs on a student résumé. (a) False (b) True
6. 6.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) projects you did (b) skills like typing (c) your passwords (d) volunteer work
7. 7.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) your bank details (b) a long life story (c) made-up marks (d) languages you know
8. 8.Which of these goes in the activities section? (a) a survey of 50 shops (b) basic HTML and CSS (c) Class 10 board: 88% (d) eco club member
9. 9.📄 In which résumé section does this go: debate club secretary? (a) projects (b) activities (c) skills (d) contact details
10. 10.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your passwords? (a) leave it out (b) include it
11. 11.True or false: “your phone and email” should be left out of a résumé. (a) True (b) False
12. 12.Which of these goes in the projects section? (a) spreadsheets (basic) (b) school football team (c) a website for our club (d) basic HTML and CSS
13. 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your phone and email (b) clubs and activities (c) made-up marks (d) volunteer work
14. 14.True or false: “awards and prizes” should be left out of a résumé. (a) True (b) False
15. 15.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: a long life story? (a) leave it out (b) include it
16. 16.📄 In which résumé section does this go: typing 40 words a minute? (a) projects (b) activities (c) contact details (d) skills
17. 17.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: skills like typing? (a) leave it out (b) include it
18. 18.Which of these goes in the skills section? (a) built a rain gauge model (b) debate club secretary (c) spreadsheets (basic) (d) a website for our club
19. 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your bank details (b) awards and prizes (c) a long life story (d) made-up marks
20. 20.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: projects you did? (a) include it (b) leave it out
21. 21.📄 How long should a student résumé usually be? (a) one page (b) ten pages (c) five pages (d) half a line
22. 22.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) made-up marks (b) your bank details (c) projects you did (d) your passwords
23. 23.Which of these goes in the skills section? (a) basic HTML and CSS (b) Class 10 board: 88% (c) your city and PIN code (d) debate club secretary
24. 24.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: a party selfie? (a) include it (b) leave it out
25. 25.📄 In which résumé section does this go: Class 12 (Science), 2026? (a) contact details (b) education (c) projects (d) skills
26. 26.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) languages you know (b) your phone and email (c) volunteer work (d) a party selfie
27. 27.📄 A student with no work experience should highlight… (a) projects and activities (b) nothing at all (c) their parents’ jobs (d) made-up jobs
28. 28.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your Aadhaar number? (a) leave it out (b) include it
29. 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your Aadhaar number (b) your bank details (c) a party selfie (d) school and marks
30. 30.True or false: “a long life story” belongs on a student résumé. (a) False (b) True
31. 31.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: languages you know? (a) leave it out (b) include it
32. 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your passwords (b) clubs and activities (c) your Aadhaar number (d) made-up marks
33. 33.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: clubs and activities? (a) leave it out (b) include it
34. 34.Which of these goes in the contact details? (a) a website for our club (b) B.Com first year (c) a mobile number (d) debate club secretary
35. 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your siblings’ marks (b) clubs and activities (c) volunteer work (d) skills like typing
36. 36.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your bank details? (a) include it (b) leave it out
37. 37.Which of these goes in the skills section? (a) school football team (b) your city and PIN code (c) eco club member (d) typing 40 words a minute
38. 38.True or false: “school and marks” belongs on a student résumé. (a) False (b) True
39. 39.True or false: “your passwords” belongs on a student résumé. (a) True (b) False
40. 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your Aadhaar number (b) projects you did (c) your passwords (d) a party selfie

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