Résumé Worksheet: What to Include

Interview skills lesson 17: What goes on a student résumé · Set 304 · 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) contact details (b) projects (c) skills (d) education
2. 2.📄 What font style suits a résumé? (a) five fancy fonts (b) tiny handwriting (c) all bold capitals (d) one plain, clear font
3. 3.📄 A student with no work experience should highlight… (a) nothing at all (b) made-up jobs (c) projects and activities (d) their parents’ jobs
4. 4.📄 In which résumé section does this go: debate club secretary? (a) activities (b) education (c) projects (d) skills
5. 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) school and marks (b) languages you know (c) a long life story (d) awards and prizes
6. 6.📄 How long should a student résumé usually be? (a) half a line (b) one page (c) ten pages (d) five pages
7. 7.📄 In which résumé section does this go: B.Com first year? (a) education (b) projects (c) contact details (d) skills
8. 8.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) school and marks (b) your Aadhaar number (c) your phone and email (d) volunteer work
9. 9.📄 In which résumé section does this go: school football team? (a) education (b) contact details (c) projects (d) activities
10. 10.True or false: “your siblings’ marks” should be left out of a résumé. (a) False (b) True
11. 11.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: clubs and activities? (a) include it (b) leave it out
12. 12.True or false: “your phone and email” belongs on a student résumé. (a) False (b) True
13. 13.True or false: “your phone and email” should be left out of a résumé. (a) False (b) True
14. 14.True or false: “skills like typing” should be left out of a résumé. (a) True (b) False
15. 15.Which of these goes in the skills section? (a) a mobile number (b) Class 12 (Science), 2026 (c) built a rain gauge model (d) basic HTML and CSS
16. 16.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) volunteer work (b) school and marks (c) your bank details (d) skills like typing
17. 17.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: volunteer work? (a) include it (b) leave it out
18. 18.📄 In which résumé section does this go: built a rain gauge model? (a) education (b) skills (c) projects (d) contact details
19. 19.Which of these goes in the projects section? (a) debate club secretary (b) an email ID (c) spreadsheets (basic) (d) a survey of 50 shops
20. 20.Which of these goes in the education section? (a) an email ID (b) school football team (c) Class 12 (Science), 2026 (d) typing 40 words a minute
21. 21.📄 In which résumé section does this go: an email ID? (a) activities (b) contact details (c) education (d) skills
22. 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) projects you did (b) your siblings’ marks (c) made-up marks (d) your bank details
23. 23.📄 In which résumé section does this go: basic HTML and CSS? (a) skills (b) activities (c) projects (d) contact details
24. 24.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: school and marks? (a) include it (b) leave it out
25. 25.📄 In which résumé section does this go: Class 10 board: 88%? (a) skills (b) activities (c) projects (d) education
26. 26.Which of these goes in the skills section? (a) a mobile number (b) B.Com first year (c) built a rain gauge model (d) typing 40 words a minute
27. 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your bank details (b) a long life story (c) your phone and email (d) made-up marks
28. 28.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) projects you did (b) skills like typing (c) school and marks (d) your siblings’ marks
29. 29.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) your siblings’ marks (b) your bank details (c) a party selfie (d) skills like typing
30. 30.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: languages you know? (a) leave it out (b) include it
31. 31.True or false: “projects you did” should be left out of a résumé. (a) True (b) False
32. 32.Which of these goes in the activities section? (a) basic HTML and CSS (b) eco club member (c) a mobile number (d) your city and PIN code
33. 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your siblings’ marks (b) your Aadhaar number (c) your bank details (d) clubs and activities
34. 34.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: awards and prizes? (a) include it (b) leave it out
35. 35.True or false: “projects you did” belongs on a student résumé. (a) False (b) True
36. 36.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) your Aadhaar number (b) your siblings’ marks (c) clubs and activities (d) a long life story
37. 37.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) volunteer work (b) your phone and email (c) languages you know (d) a long life story
38. 38.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: skills like typing? (a) include it (b) leave it out
39. 39.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) languages you know (b) volunteer work (c) awards and prizes (d) your passwords
40. 40.Which of these goes in the activities section? (a) a survey of 50 shops (b) a mobile number (c) Class 12 (Science), 2026 (d) debate club secretary

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