Résumé Worksheet: What to Include

Interview skills lesson 17: What goes on a student résumé · Set 383 · 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.📄 In which résumé section does this go: spreadsheets (basic)? (a) projects (b) activities (c) education (d) skills
2. 2.True or false: “your phone and email” belongs on a student résumé. (a) False (b) True
3. 3.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: awards and prizes? (a) include it (b) leave it out
4. 4.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your bank details (b) a long life story (c) your Aadhaar number (d) languages you know
5. 5.📄 In which résumé section does this go: built a rain gauge model? (a) projects (b) education (c) activities (d) skills
6. 6.📄 In which résumé section does this go: basic HTML and CSS? (a) activities (b) contact details (c) education (d) skills
7. 7.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a party selfie (b) your siblings’ marks (c) awards and prizes (d) a long life story
8. 8.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: school and marks? (a) leave it out (b) include it
9. 9.True or false: “your siblings’ marks” belongs on a student résumé. (a) False (b) True
10. 10.📄 In which résumé section does this go: a survey of 50 shops? (a) projects (b) education (c) skills (d) activities
11. 11.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: projects you did? (a) leave it out (b) include it
12. 12.📄 In which résumé section does this go: typing 40 words a minute? (a) contact details (b) activities (c) projects (d) skills
13. 13.Which of these goes in the projects section? (a) a survey of 50 shops (b) debate club secretary (c) your city and PIN code (d) basic HTML and CSS
14. 14.Which of these goes in the education section? (a) a website for our club (b) school football team (c) Class 12 (Science), 2026 (d) typing 40 words a minute
15. 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) languages you know (b) school and marks (c) a long life story (d) volunteer work
16. 16.True or false: “your passwords” belongs on a student résumé. (a) True (b) False
17. 17.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) projects you did (b) your passwords (c) a party selfie (d) your bank details
18. 18.📄 How long should a student résumé usually be? (a) five pages (b) ten pages (c) half a line (d) one page
19. 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a long life story (b) your siblings’ marks (c) made-up marks (d) projects you did
20. 20.📄 Your résumé says you led a club. In the interview you should… (a) change the subject (b) say it was a joke (c) be ready to explain it (d) deny it
21. 21.Which of these goes in the contact details? (a) your city and PIN code (b) B.Com first year (c) eco club member (d) a website for our club
22. 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) clubs and activities (b) made-up marks (c) your passwords (d) your bank details
23. 23.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your passwords? (a) leave it out (b) include it
24. 24.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) made-up marks (b) a long life story (c) your bank details (d) school and marks
25. 25.Which of these goes in the projects section? (a) a website for our club (b) school football team (c) eco club member (d) B.Com first year
26. 26.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: clubs and activities? (a) leave it out (b) include it
27. 27.📄 In which résumé section does this go: school football team? (a) projects (b) education (c) skills (d) activities
28. 28.📄 In which résumé section does this go: Class 10 board: 88%? (a) activities (b) projects (c) skills (d) education
29. 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) skills like typing (b) your siblings’ marks (c) made-up marks (d) your Aadhaar number
30. 30.📄 What font style suits a résumé? (a) tiny handwriting (b) one plain, clear font (c) five fancy fonts (d) all bold capitals
31. 31.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: skills like typing? (a) include it (b) leave it out
32. 32.True or false: “volunteer work” belongs on a student résumé. (a) False (b) True
33. 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your siblings’ marks (b) projects you did (c) school and marks (d) languages you know
34. 34.Which of these goes in the activities section? (a) basic HTML and CSS (b) typing 40 words a minute (c) eco club member (d) a website for our club
35. 35.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) made-up marks (b) your Aadhaar number (c) awards and prizes (d) your bank details
36. 36.True or false: “school and marks” belongs on a student résumé. (a) False (b) True
37. 37.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) awards and prizes (b) volunteer work (c) your siblings’ marks (d) languages you know
38. 38.📄 A résumé is… (a) a school report card (b) a full autobiography (c) a letter of thanks (d) a short summary of you
39. 39.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) projects you did (b) your passwords (c) skills like typing (d) your phone and email
40. 40.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your Aadhaar number? (a) leave it out (b) include it

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