Résumé Worksheet: What to Include

Interview skills lesson 17: What goes on a student résumé · Set 364 · 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 belongs on a student résumé? (a) made-up marks (b) your siblings’ marks (c) your phone and email (d) your Aadhaar number
2. 2.True or false: “your siblings’ marks” belongs on a student résumé. (a) True (b) False
3. 3.True or false: “skills like typing” should be left out of a résumé. (a) True (b) False
4. 4.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) languages you know (b) your phone and email (c) awards and prizes (d) a party selfie
5. 5.📄 In which résumé section does this go: school football team? (a) projects (b) activities (c) skills (d) education
6. 6.True or false: “your siblings’ marks” should be left out of a résumé. (a) True (b) False
7. 7.📄 Your résumé says you led a club. In the interview you should… (a) say it was a joke (b) change the subject (c) be ready to explain it (d) deny it
8. 8.True or false: “your phone and email” belongs on a student résumé. (a) False (b) True
9. 9.True or false: “school and marks” belongs on a student résumé. (a) False (b) True
10. 10.📄 In which résumé section does this go: built a rain gauge model? (a) skills (b) activities (c) projects (d) education
11. 11.📄 A student with no work experience should highlight… (a) made-up jobs (b) projects and activities (c) nothing at all (d) their parents’ jobs
12. 12.True or false: “your Aadhaar number” should be left out of a résumé. (a) False (b) True
13. 13.True or false: “volunteer work” should be left out of a résumé. (a) False (b) True
14. 14.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) your siblings’ marks (b) projects you did (c) volunteer work (d) school and marks
15. 15.Which of these goes in the contact details? (a) Class 12 (Science), 2026 (b) basic HTML and CSS (c) built a rain gauge model (d) your city and PIN code
16. 16.Which of these goes in the education section? (a) Class 10 board: 88% (b) built a rain gauge model (c) spreadsheets (basic) (d) your city and PIN code
17. 17.True or false: “projects you did” should be left out of a résumé. (a) False (b) True
18. 18.📄 What font style suits a résumé? (a) all bold capitals (b) tiny handwriting (c) one plain, clear font (d) five fancy fonts
19. 19.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) made-up marks (b) your passwords (c) your siblings’ marks (d) clubs and activities
20. 20.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) a long life story (b) your siblings’ marks (c) your passwords (d) skills like typing
21. 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a party selfie (b) school and marks (c) a long life story (d) your passwords
22. 22.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your phone and email? (a) include it (b) leave it out
23. 23.Which of these goes in the skills section? (a) debate club secretary (b) basic HTML and CSS (c) Class 10 board: 88% (d) an email ID
24. 24.True or false: “awards and prizes” belongs on a student résumé. (a) True (b) False
25. 25.📄 A résumé is… (a) a school report card (b) a letter of thanks (c) a full autobiography (d) a short summary of you
26. 26.True or false: “languages you know” belongs on a student résumé. (a) False (b) True
27. 27.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: made-up marks? (a) include it (b) leave it out
28. 28.Which of these goes in the projects section? (a) an email ID (b) Class 10 board: 88% (c) built a rain gauge model (d) Class 12 (Science), 2026
29. 29.Which of these goes in the contact details? (a) an email ID (b) Class 12 (Science), 2026 (c) a survey of 50 shops (d) typing 40 words a minute
30. 30.Which of these goes in the skills section? (a) school football team (b) Class 10 board: 88% (c) typing 40 words a minute (d) built a rain gauge model
31. 31.Which of these goes in the activities section? (a) built a rain gauge model (b) typing 40 words a minute (c) debate club secretary (d) B.Com first year
32. 32.True or false: “your Aadhaar number” belongs on a student résumé. (a) True (b) False
33. 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your bank details (b) a party selfie (c) languages you know (d) your siblings’ marks
34. 34.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your passwords? (a) include it (b) leave it out
35. 35.Which of these goes in the projects section? (a) Class 12 (Science), 2026 (b) a survey of 50 shops (c) a mobile number (d) your city and PIN code
36. 36.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: languages you know? (a) leave it out (b) include it
37. 37.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) your bank details (b) volunteer work (c) skills like typing (d) your phone and email
38. 38.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: a long life story? (a) leave it out (b) include it
39. 39.📄 In which résumé section does this go: eco club member? (a) skills (b) education (c) activities (d) contact details
40. 40.Which of these goes in the education section? (a) spreadsheets (basic) (b) your city and PIN code (c) B.Com first year (d) school football team

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