Résumé Worksheet: What to Include

Interview skills lesson 17: What goes on a student résumé · Set 400 · 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.📄 What font style suits a résumé? (a) tiny handwriting (b) five fancy fonts (c) all bold capitals (d) one plain, clear font
2. 2.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) a long life story (b) your Aadhaar number (c) a party selfie (d) awards and prizes
3. 3.Which of these goes in the projects section? (a) a website for our club (b) a mobile number (c) eco club member (d) your city and PIN code
4. 4.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: projects you did? (a) include it (b) leave it out
5. 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) volunteer work (b) your bank details (c) awards and prizes (d) languages you know
6. 6.Which of these goes in the activities section? (a) school football team (b) spreadsheets (basic) (c) Class 10 board: 88% (d) typing 40 words a minute
7. 7.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your Aadhaar number (b) clubs and activities (c) made-up marks (d) a party selfie
8. 8.Which of these goes in the skills section? (a) typing 40 words a minute (b) school football team (c) eco club member (d) Class 12 (Science), 2026
9. 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your siblings’ marks (b) clubs and activities (c) volunteer work (d) skills like typing
10. 10.📄 In which résumé section does this go: a website for our club? (a) activities (b) projects (c) education (d) contact details
11. 11.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: languages you know? (a) leave it out (b) include it
12. 12.📄 Your résumé says you led a club. In the interview you should… (a) deny it (b) change the subject (c) be ready to explain it (d) say it was a joke
13. 13.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your phone and email? (a) leave it out (b) include it
14. 14.📄 In which résumé section does this go: a mobile number? (a) skills (b) education (c) contact details (d) projects
15. 15.True or false: “projects you did” belongs on a student résumé. (a) False (b) True
16. 16.📄 In which résumé section does this go: an email ID? (a) projects (b) education (c) skills (d) contact details
17. 17.📄 A student with no work experience should highlight… (a) nothing at all (b) made-up jobs (c) projects and activities (d) their parents’ jobs
18. 18.Which of these goes in the education section? (a) your city and PIN code (b) eco club member (c) Class 12 (Science), 2026 (d) school football team
19. 19.Which of these goes in the projects section? (a) spreadsheets (basic) (b) your city and PIN code (c) eco club member (d) a survey of 50 shops
20. 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) skills like typing (b) clubs and activities (c) school and marks (d) your passwords
21. 21.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your siblings’ marks? (a) include it (b) leave it out
22. 22.📄 In which résumé section does this go: school football team? (a) education (b) activities (c) contact details (d) projects
23. 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your phone and email (b) a party selfie (c) projects you did (d) skills like typing
24. 24.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) skills like typing (b) your passwords (c) your phone and email (d) volunteer work
25. 25.📄 A résumé is… (a) a school report card (b) a full autobiography (c) a short summary of you (d) a letter of thanks
26. 26.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your Aadhaar number? (a) include it (b) leave it out
27. 27.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) made-up marks (b) your phone and email (c) school and marks (d) skills like typing
28. 28.📄 In which résumé section does this go: B.Com first year? (a) projects (b) education (c) skills (d) contact details
29. 29.Which of these goes in the contact details? (a) basic HTML and CSS (b) an email ID (c) B.Com first year (d) debate club secretary
30. 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a long life story (b) skills like typing (c) your phone and email (d) awards and prizes
31. 31.📄 In which résumé section does this go: Class 10 board: 88%? (a) projects (b) activities (c) skills (d) education
32. 32.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) your bank details (b) a long life story (c) school and marks (d) your siblings’ marks
33. 33.True or false: “made-up marks” should be left out of a résumé. (a) True (b) False
34. 34.Which of these goes in the education section? (a) built a rain gauge model (b) basic HTML and CSS (c) B.Com first year (d) school football team
35. 35.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) clubs and activities (b) your siblings’ marks (c) a party selfie (d) your bank details
36. 36.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: clubs and activities? (a) include it (b) leave it out
37. 37.Which of these goes in the projects section? (a) school football team (b) B.Com first year (c) typing 40 words a minute (d) built a rain gauge model
38. 38.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) your phone and email (b) a party selfie (c) your Aadhaar number (d) your siblings’ marks
39. 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) school and marks (b) your passwords (c) a long life story (d) your siblings’ marks
40. 40.True or false: “projects you did” should be left out of a résumé. (a) True (b) False

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