Résumé Worksheet: What to Include

Interview skills lesson 17: What goes on a student résumé · Set 297 · 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: eco club member? (a) education (b) contact details (c) activities (d) skills
2. 2.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) your Aadhaar number (b) made-up marks (c) your bank details (d) languages you know
3. 3.True or false: “skills like typing” should be left out of a résumé. (a) False (b) True
4. 4.📄 In which résumé section does this go: built a rain gauge model? (a) education (b) projects (c) skills (d) contact details
5. 5.📄 In which résumé section does this go: spreadsheets (basic)? (a) skills (b) projects (c) education (d) activities
6. 6.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your siblings’ marks? (a) include it (b) leave it out
7. 7.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) languages you know (b) your siblings’ marks (c) school and marks (d) projects you did
8. 8.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: school and marks? (a) include it (b) leave it out
9. 9.📄 In which résumé section does this go: Class 12 (Science), 2026? (a) projects (b) activities (c) education (d) skills
10. 10.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) a long life story (b) clubs and activities (c) skills like typing (d) languages you know
11. 11.True or false: “awards and prizes” should be left out of a résumé. (a) True (b) False
12. 12.📄 A résumé is… (a) a school report card (b) a full autobiography (c) a letter of thanks (d) a short summary of you
13. 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a long life story (b) skills like typing (c) made-up marks (d) your bank details
14. 14.Which of these goes in the education section? (a) built a rain gauge model (b) school football team (c) Class 12 (Science), 2026 (d) your city and PIN code
15. 15.📄 How long should a student résumé usually be? (a) five pages (b) half a line (c) ten pages (d) one page
16. 16.📄 In which résumé section does this go: B.Com first year? (a) contact details (b) skills (c) education (d) projects
17. 17.📄 What font style suits a résumé? (a) tiny handwriting (b) one plain, clear font (c) all bold capitals (d) five fancy fonts
18. 18.📄 A student with no work experience should highlight… (a) made-up jobs (b) their parents’ jobs (c) nothing at all (d) projects and activities
19. 19.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: volunteer work? (a) include it (b) leave it out
20. 20.📄 In which résumé section does this go: basic HTML and CSS? (a) activities (b) education (c) projects (d) skills
21. 21.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) your phone and email (b) languages you know (c) your siblings’ marks (d) volunteer work
22. 22.Which of these goes in the skills section? (a) a survey of 50 shops (b) your city and PIN code (c) a mobile number (d) typing 40 words a minute
23. 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a long life story (b) projects you did (c) languages you know (d) volunteer work
24. 24.True or false: “school and marks” belongs on a student résumé. (a) True (b) False
25. 25.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your Aadhaar number? (a) include it (b) leave it out
26. 26.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) a party selfie (b) your passwords (c) your phone and email (d) your siblings’ marks
27. 27.Which of these goes in the activities section? (a) typing 40 words a minute (b) a survey of 50 shops (c) spreadsheets (basic) (d) school football team
28. 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) languages you know (b) awards and prizes (c) projects you did (d) a party selfie
29. 29.📄 In which résumé section does this go: your city and PIN code? (a) contact details (b) projects (c) skills (d) activities
30. 30.True or false: “projects you did” should be left out of a résumé. (a) True (b) False
31. 31.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) skills like typing (b) awards and prizes (c) volunteer work (d) a party selfie
32. 32.True or false: “a party selfie” should be left out of a résumé. (a) True (b) False
33. 33.True or false: “projects you did” belongs on a student résumé. (a) False (b) True
34. 34.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: clubs and activities? (a) leave it out (b) include it
35. 35.True or false: “skills like typing” belongs on a student résumé. (a) False (b) True
36. 36.📄 In which résumé section does this go: a website for our club? (a) projects (b) contact details (c) activities (d) education
37. 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) clubs and activities (b) a party selfie (c) your passwords (d) your siblings’ marks
38. 38.📄 In which résumé section does this go: typing 40 words a minute? (a) projects (b) education (c) skills (d) contact details
39. 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your bank details (b) languages you know (c) your Aadhaar number (d) made-up marks
40. 40.📄 Your résumé says you led a club. In the interview you should… (a) deny it (b) be ready to explain it (c) change the subject (d) say it was a joke

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