Résumé Worksheet: What to Include

Interview skills lesson 17: What goes on a student résumé · Set 397 · 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.📄 Your résumé says you led a club. In the interview you should… (a) deny it (b) be ready to explain it (c) say it was a joke (d) change the subject
2. 2.Which of these goes in the activities section? (a) spreadsheets (basic) (b) eco club member (c) B.Com first year (d) Class 12 (Science), 2026
3. 3.📄 In which résumé section does this go: Class 12 (Science), 2026? (a) skills (b) contact details (c) activities (d) education
4. 4.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) your phone and email (b) awards and prizes (c) clubs and activities (d) your Aadhaar number
5. 5.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your siblings’ marks? (a) include it (b) leave it out
6. 6.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: awards and prizes? (a) include it (b) leave it out
7. 7.True or false: “volunteer work” belongs on a student résumé. (a) False (b) True
8. 8.📄 In which résumé section does this go: basic HTML and CSS? (a) skills (b) projects (c) contact details (d) activities
9. 9.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: projects you did? (a) include it (b) leave it out
10. 10.📄 A résumé is… (a) a school report card (b) a letter of thanks (c) a short summary of you (d) a full autobiography
11. 11.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) a long life story (b) your siblings’ marks (c) languages you know (d) your Aadhaar number
12. 12.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your passwords (b) a party selfie (c) your bank details (d) clubs and activities
13. 13.📄 How long should a student résumé usually be? (a) five pages (b) one page (c) half a line (d) ten pages
14. 14.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: languages you know? (a) include it (b) leave it out
15. 15.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: made-up marks? (a) include it (b) leave it out
16. 16.📄 What font style suits a résumé? (a) tiny handwriting (b) five fancy fonts (c) all bold capitals (d) one plain, clear font
17. 17.True or false: “your Aadhaar number” belongs on a student résumé. (a) True (b) False
18. 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your Aadhaar number (b) volunteer work (c) your passwords (d) a party selfie
19. 19.True or false: “projects you did” belongs on a student résumé. (a) True (b) False
20. 20.Which of these goes in the activities section? (a) B.Com first year (b) built a rain gauge model (c) debate club secretary (d) a survey of 50 shops
21. 21.Which of these goes in the education section? (a) basic HTML and CSS (b) Class 10 board: 88% (c) typing 40 words a minute (d) a mobile number
22. 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your bank details (b) school and marks (c) your siblings’ marks (d) made-up marks
23. 23.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) a party selfie (b) your passwords (c) your Aadhaar number (d) clubs and activities
24. 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) school and marks (b) clubs and activities (c) skills like typing (d) a party selfie
25. 25.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) your bank details (b) your passwords (c) awards and prizes (d) your siblings’ marks
26. 26.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) projects you did (b) a party selfie (c) made-up marks (d) your bank details
27. 27.Which of these goes in the education section? (a) a survey of 50 shops (b) a website for our club (c) Class 12 (Science), 2026 (d) school football team
28. 28.📄 A student with no work experience should highlight… (a) nothing at all (b) projects and activities (c) their parents’ jobs (d) made-up jobs
29. 29.📄 In which résumé section does this go: B.Com first year? (a) contact details (b) education (c) activities (d) projects
30. 30.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) your passwords (b) languages you know (c) volunteer work (d) your phone and email
31. 31.Which of these goes in the projects section? (a) basic HTML and CSS (b) typing 40 words a minute (c) Class 10 board: 88% (d) built a rain gauge model
32. 32.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: a party selfie? (a) leave it out (b) include it
33. 33.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) skills like typing (b) volunteer work (c) your bank details (d) school and marks
34. 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a party selfie (b) skills like typing (c) your bank details (d) a long life story
35. 35.Which of these goes in the skills section? (a) spreadsheets (basic) (b) Class 10 board: 88% (c) Class 12 (Science), 2026 (d) debate club secretary
36. 36.Which of these goes in the contact details? (a) a survey of 50 shops (b) an email ID (c) debate club secretary (d) built a rain gauge model
37. 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) volunteer work (b) your siblings’ marks (c) clubs and activities (d) languages you know
38. 38.True or false: “languages you know” should be left out of a résumé. (a) True (b) False
39. 39.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your passwords? (a) include it (b) leave it out
40. 40.Which of these goes in the contact details? (a) typing 40 words a minute (b) Class 10 board: 88% (c) built a rain gauge model (d) your city and PIN code

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