Résumé Worksheet: What to Include

Interview skills lesson 17: What goes on a student résumé · Set 335 · 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 contact details? (a) spreadsheets (basic) (b) a mobile number (c) basic HTML and CSS (d) Class 12 (Science), 2026
2. 2.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your bank details (b) a long life story (c) a party selfie (d) projects you did
3. 3.True or false: “a party selfie” should be left out of a résumé. (a) True (b) False
4. 4.Which of these goes in the projects section? (a) eco club member (b) Class 10 board: 88% (c) a website for our club (d) Class 12 (Science), 2026
5. 5.📄 In which résumé section does this go: typing 40 words a minute? (a) contact details (b) projects (c) activities (d) skills
6. 6.True or false: “your passwords” belongs on a student résumé. (a) False (b) True
7. 7.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a long life story (b) your passwords (c) a party selfie (d) clubs and activities
8. 8.Which of these goes in the education section? (a) your city and PIN code (b) school football team (c) typing 40 words a minute (d) Class 10 board: 88%
9. 9.True or false: “skills like typing” should be left out of a résumé. (a) False (b) True
10. 10.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your phone and email? (a) include it (b) leave it out
11. 11.📄 A résumé is… (a) a short summary of you (b) a letter of thanks (c) a full autobiography (d) a school report card
12. 12.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) your siblings’ marks (b) languages you know (c) a party selfie (d) your bank details
13. 13.📄 Your résumé says you led a club. In the interview you should… (a) change the subject (b) deny it (c) say it was a joke (d) be ready to explain it
14. 14.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) projects you did (b) made-up marks (c) clubs and activities (d) skills like typing
15. 15.Which of these goes in the skills section? (a) basic HTML and CSS (b) debate club secretary (c) B.Com first year (d) Class 12 (Science), 2026
16. 16.📄 What font style suits a résumé? (a) tiny handwriting (b) one plain, clear font (c) all bold capitals (d) five fancy fonts
17. 17.📄 In which résumé section does this go: Class 10 board: 88%? (a) activities (b) projects (c) education (d) skills
18. 18.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: projects you did? (a) leave it out (b) include it
19. 19.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) your passwords (b) a party selfie (c) school and marks (d) your Aadhaar number
20. 20.📄 A student with no work experience should highlight… (a) nothing at all (b) made-up jobs (c) their parents’ jobs (d) projects and activities
21. 21.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: clubs and activities? (a) leave it out (b) include it
22. 22.📄 In which résumé section does this go: an email ID? (a) contact details (b) education (c) skills (d) activities
23. 23.📄 In which résumé section does this go: eco club member? (a) activities (b) contact details (c) projects (d) skills
24. 24.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your passwords? (a) include it (b) leave it out
25. 25.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: languages you know? (a) leave it out (b) include it
26. 26.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) projects you did (b) school and marks (c) a long life story (d) awards and prizes
27. 27.True or false: “a long life story” should be left out of a résumé. (a) True (b) False
28. 28.True or false: “made-up marks” belongs on a student résumé. (a) False (b) True
29. 29.📄 In which résumé section does this go: basic HTML and CSS? (a) projects (b) contact details (c) skills (d) activities
30. 30.True or false: “your phone and email” belongs on a student résumé. (a) False (b) True
31. 31.📄 In which résumé section does this go: B.Com first year? (a) activities (b) education (c) contact details (d) projects
32. 32.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: school and marks? (a) include it (b) leave it out
33. 33.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: a party selfie? (a) leave it out (b) include it
34. 34.📄 In which résumé section does this go: a mobile number? (a) activities (b) education (c) contact details (d) projects
35. 35.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: skills like typing? (a) leave it out (b) include it
36. 36.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) a party selfie (b) your passwords (c) awards and prizes (d) your siblings’ marks
37. 37.True or false: “projects you did” belongs on a student résumé. (a) False (b) True
38. 38.Which of these goes in the education section? (a) school football team (b) built a rain gauge model (c) debate club secretary (d) Class 12 (Science), 2026
39. 39.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) a long life story (b) your siblings’ marks (c) skills like typing (d) a party selfie
40. 40.True or false: “volunteer work” should be left out of a résumé. (a) False (b) True

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