Résumé Worksheet: What to Include

Interview skills lesson 17: What goes on a student résumé · Set 337 · 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) a mobile number (b) eco club member (c) B.Com first year (d) school football team
2. 2.📄 In which résumé section does this go: spreadsheets (basic)? (a) skills (b) activities (c) contact details (d) projects
3. 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your siblings’ marks (b) your passwords (c) your Aadhaar number (d) skills like typing
4. 4.📄 In which résumé section does this go: a survey of 50 shops? (a) skills (b) contact details (c) projects (d) education
5. 5.📄 Your résumé says you led a club. In the interview you should… (a) deny it (b) say it was a joke (c) change the subject (d) be ready to explain it
6. 6.📄 In which résumé section does this go: typing 40 words a minute? (a) projects (b) activities (c) skills (d) contact details
7. 7.📄 A résumé is… (a) a school report card (b) a full autobiography (c) a letter of thanks (d) a short summary of you
8. 8.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: school and marks? (a) leave it out (b) include it
9. 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your phone and email (b) awards and prizes (c) projects you did (d) your passwords
10. 10.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a party selfie (b) skills like typing (c) awards and prizes (d) clubs and activities
11. 11.Which of these goes in the education section? (a) a survey of 50 shops (b) built a rain gauge model (c) a mobile number (d) Class 10 board: 88%
12. 12.True or false: “a party selfie” should be left out of a résumé. (a) False (b) True
13. 13.📄 In which résumé section does this go: B.Com first year? (a) skills (b) education (c) activities (d) contact details
14. 14.📄 In which résumé section does this go: debate club secretary? (a) activities (b) education (c) contact details (d) skills
15. 15.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: languages you know? (a) leave it out (b) include it
16. 16.📄 A student with no work experience should highlight… (a) nothing at all (b) projects and activities (c) their parents’ jobs (d) made-up jobs
17. 17.📄 In which résumé section does this go: a mobile number? (a) education (b) activities (c) projects (d) contact details
18. 18.True or false: “languages you know” should be left out of a résumé. (a) True (b) False
19. 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your bank details (b) languages you know (c) a party selfie (d) your passwords
20. 20.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your siblings’ marks? (a) leave it out (b) include it
21. 21.True or false: “projects you did” should be left out of a résumé. (a) False (b) True
22. 22.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) a party selfie (b) clubs and activities (c) your bank details (d) your passwords
23. 23.True or false: “awards and prizes” should be left out of a résumé. (a) True (b) False
24. 24.📄 How long should a student résumé usually be? (a) half a line (b) ten pages (c) five pages (d) one page
25. 25.📄 In which résumé section does this go: Class 10 board: 88%? (a) activities (b) skills (c) projects (d) education
26. 26.📄 What font style suits a résumé? (a) five fancy fonts (b) tiny handwriting (c) all bold capitals (d) one plain, clear font
27. 27.📄 In which résumé section does this go: Class 12 (Science), 2026? (a) contact details (b) activities (c) education (d) projects
28. 28.True or false: “your Aadhaar number” should be left out of a résumé. (a) True (b) False
29. 29.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) your siblings’ marks (b) your Aadhaar number (c) a long life story (d) school and marks
30. 30.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: projects you did? (a) include it (b) leave it out
31. 31.Which of these goes in the skills section? (a) typing 40 words a minute (b) school football team (c) your city and PIN code (d) B.Com first year
32. 32.📄 In which résumé section does this go: your city and PIN code? (a) projects (b) education (c) contact details (d) activities
33. 33.📄 In which résumé section does this go: eco club member? (a) projects (b) activities (c) contact details (d) skills
34. 34.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) a long life story (b) projects you did (c) your passwords (d) your siblings’ marks
35. 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a party selfie (b) projects you did (c) your siblings’ marks (d) a long life story
36. 36.Which of these goes in the contact details? (a) your city and PIN code (b) Class 10 board: 88% (c) Class 12 (Science), 2026 (d) eco club member
37. 37.True or false: “clubs and activities” belongs on a student résumé. (a) False (b) True
38. 38.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) your Aadhaar number (b) a party selfie (c) made-up marks (d) skills like typing
39. 39.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: a long life story? (a) include it (b) leave it out
40. 40.True or false: “your phone and email” should be left out of a résumé. (a) False (b) True

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