Résumé Worksheet: What to Include

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

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