Résumé Worksheet: What to Include

Interview skills lesson 17: What goes on a student résumé · Set 290 · 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 projects section? (a) your city and PIN code (b) spreadsheets (basic) (c) typing 40 words a minute (d) a website for our club
2. 2.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) a party selfie (b) projects you did (c) a long life story (d) made-up marks
3. 3.📄 How long should a student résumé usually be? (a) one page (b) half a line (c) ten pages (d) five pages
4. 4.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) your bank details (b) your Aadhaar number (c) volunteer work (d) a long life story
5. 5.📄 Your résumé says you led a club. In the interview you should… (a) say it was a joke (b) change the subject (c) deny it (d) be ready to explain it
6. 6.True or false: “your Aadhaar number” belongs on a student résumé. (a) False (b) True
7. 7.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) a long life story (b) your bank details (c) made-up marks (d) school and marks
8. 8.Which of these goes in the contact details? (a) a survey of 50 shops (b) your city and PIN code (c) typing 40 words a minute (d) Class 12 (Science), 2026
9. 9.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your siblings’ marks? (a) include it (b) leave it out
10. 10.Which of these goes in the activities section? (a) your city and PIN code (b) typing 40 words a minute (c) a mobile number (d) eco club member
11. 11.📄 A student with no work experience should highlight… (a) nothing at all (b) their parents’ jobs (c) made-up jobs (d) projects and activities
12. 12.Which of these goes in the activities section? (a) a survey of 50 shops (b) built a rain gauge model (c) school football team (d) B.Com first year
13. 13.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your Aadhaar number? (a) include it (b) leave it out
14. 14.📄 In which résumé section does this go: an email ID? (a) contact details (b) skills (c) projects (d) education
15. 15.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: projects you did? (a) leave it out (b) include it
16. 16.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) volunteer work (b) your phone and email (c) your bank details (d) skills like typing
17. 17.📄 In which résumé section does this go: Class 12 (Science), 2026? (a) education (b) projects (c) activities (d) contact details
18. 18.Which of these goes in the contact details? (a) debate club secretary (b) a mobile number (c) built a rain gauge model (d) basic HTML and CSS
19. 19.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: school and marks? (a) include it (b) leave it out
20. 20.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: languages you know? (a) include it (b) leave it out
21. 21.📄 In which résumé section does this go: school football team? (a) activities (b) projects (c) education (d) contact details
22. 22.True or false: “school and marks” should be left out of a résumé. (a) True (b) False
23. 23.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) a long life story (b) awards and prizes (c) projects you did (d) clubs and activities
24. 24.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) a party selfie (b) made-up marks (c) clubs and activities (d) a long life story
25. 25.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) skills like typing (b) projects you did (c) a party selfie (d) school and marks
26. 26.True or false: “a long life story” belongs on a student résumé. (a) True (b) False
27. 27.📄 What font style suits a résumé? (a) tiny handwriting (b) one plain, clear font (c) all bold capitals (d) five fancy fonts
28. 28.True or false: “your passwords” should be left out of a résumé. (a) True (b) False
29. 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) awards and prizes (b) skills like typing (c) projects you did (d) your Aadhaar number
30. 30.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: made-up marks? (a) leave it out (b) include it
31. 31.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: volunteer work? (a) include it (b) leave it out
32. 32.📄 A résumé is… (a) a full autobiography (b) a letter of thanks (c) a school report card (d) a short summary of you
33. 33.📄 In which résumé section does this go: a mobile number? (a) activities (b) contact details (c) skills (d) projects
34. 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) clubs and activities (b) a long life story (c) skills like typing (d) volunteer work
35. 35.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: a party selfie? (a) leave it out (b) include it
36. 36.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) volunteer work (b) your bank details (c) your phone and email (d) projects you did
37. 37.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) your phone and email (b) clubs and activities (c) your siblings’ marks (d) awards and prizes
38. 38.📄 In which résumé section does this go: a website for our club? (a) projects (b) education (c) activities (d) contact details
39. 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a party selfie (b) projects you did (c) your phone and email (d) languages you know
40. 40.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) your Aadhaar number (b) a long life story (c) your passwords (d) awards and prizes

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