Résumé Worksheet: What to Include

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

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