Résumé Worksheet: What to Include

Interview skills lesson 17: What goes on a student résumé · Set 327 · 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 skills section? (a) an email ID (b) spreadsheets (basic) (c) built a rain gauge model (d) eco club member
2. 2.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: a long life story? (a) leave it out (b) include it
3. 3.📄 What font style suits a résumé? (a) all bold capitals (b) one plain, clear font (c) five fancy fonts (d) tiny handwriting
4. 4.Which of these goes in the activities section? (a) a website for our club (b) basic HTML and CSS (c) your city and PIN code (d) eco club member
5. 5.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your passwords? (a) leave it out (b) include it
6. 6.📄 A student with no work experience should highlight… (a) nothing at all (b) made-up jobs (c) their parents’ jobs (d) projects and activities
7. 7.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) your passwords (b) a long life story (c) made-up marks (d) languages you know
8. 8.True or false: “your passwords” belongs on a student résumé. (a) False (b) True
9. 9.True or false: “school and marks” should be left out of a résumé. (a) False (b) True
10. 10.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your phone and email (b) school and marks (c) awards and prizes (d) your bank details
11. 11.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) made-up marks (b) a long life story (c) projects you did (d) your siblings’ marks
12. 12.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) a party selfie (b) languages you know (c) clubs and activities (d) volunteer work
13. 13.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your phone and email? (a) include it (b) leave it out
14. 14.True or false: “your bank details” belongs on a student résumé. (a) False (b) True
15. 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) skills like typing (b) your bank details (c) your siblings’ marks (d) your passwords
16. 16.📄 In which résumé section does this go: school football team? (a) projects (b) education (c) activities (d) skills
17. 17.📄 How long should a student résumé usually be? (a) five pages (b) half a line (c) ten pages (d) one page
18. 18.True or false: “skills like typing” should be left out of a résumé. (a) False (b) True
19. 19.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) your phone and email (b) school and marks (c) your Aadhaar number (d) awards and prizes
20. 20.📄 In which résumé section does this go: typing 40 words a minute? (a) education (b) projects (c) skills (d) activities
21. 21.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: skills like typing? (a) leave it out (b) include it
22. 22.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) a long life story (b) your passwords (c) school and marks (d) your siblings’ marks
23. 23.Which of these goes in the education section? (a) typing 40 words a minute (b) Class 12 (Science), 2026 (c) debate club secretary (d) school football team
24. 24.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: projects you did? (a) leave it out (b) include it
25. 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) clubs and activities (b) school and marks (c) your siblings’ marks (d) volunteer work
26. 26.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: languages you know? (a) include it (b) leave it out
27. 27.📄 Your résumé says you led a club. In the interview you should… (a) say it was a joke (b) be ready to explain it (c) change the subject (d) deny it
28. 28.Which of these goes in the activities section? (a) a survey of 50 shops (b) your city and PIN code (c) debate club secretary (d) Class 10 board: 88%
29. 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) skills like typing (b) awards and prizes (c) clubs and activities (d) a party selfie
30. 30.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: made-up marks? (a) include it (b) leave it out
31. 31.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) a long life story (b) a party selfie (c) made-up marks (d) your phone and email
32. 32.Which of these goes in the projects section? (a) Class 10 board: 88% (b) basic HTML and CSS (c) a website for our club (d) eco club member
33. 33.True or false: “your siblings’ marks” belongs on a student résumé. (a) False (b) True
34. 34.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: school and marks? (a) leave it out (b) include it
35. 35.True or false: “projects you did” should be left out of a résumé. (a) False (b) True
36. 36.True or false: “clubs and activities” belongs on a student résumé. (a) True (b) False
37. 37.📄 In which résumé section does this go: a survey of 50 shops? (a) education (b) activities (c) skills (d) projects
38. 38.📄 In which résumé section does this go: spreadsheets (basic)? (a) projects (b) skills (c) education (d) contact details
39. 39.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your Aadhaar number? (a) leave it out (b) include it
40. 40.Which of these goes in the skills section? (a) built a rain gauge model (b) Class 12 (Science), 2026 (c) B.Com first year (d) basic HTML and CSS

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