Résumé Worksheet: What to Include

Interview skills lesson 17: What goes on a student résumé · Set 407 · 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 goes in the skills section? (a) an email ID (b) basic HTML and CSS (c) Class 10 board: 88% (d) debate club secretary
2. 2.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a party selfie (b) school and marks (c) your passwords (d) made-up marks
3. 3.📄 In which résumé section does this go: Class 12 (Science), 2026? (a) education (b) projects (c) contact details (d) activities
4. 4.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your bank details? (a) include it (b) leave it out
5. 5.True or false: “a party selfie” should be left out of a résumé. (a) True (b) False
6. 6.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) school and marks (b) projects you did (c) a long life story (d) volunteer work
7. 7.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your phone and email? (a) leave it out (b) include it
8. 8.📄 In which résumé section does this go: typing 40 words a minute? (a) contact details (b) activities (c) skills (d) projects
9. 9.Which of these goes in the contact details? (a) a mobile number (b) school football team (c) typing 40 words a minute (d) B.Com first year
10. 10.True or false: “your siblings’ marks” should be left out of a résumé. (a) False (b) True
11. 11.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) school and marks (b) your Aadhaar number (c) a party selfie (d) your siblings’ marks
12. 12.📄 A résumé is… (a) a school report card (b) a letter of thanks (c) a short summary of you (d) a full autobiography
13. 13.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) awards and prizes (b) school and marks (c) your phone and email (d) your bank details
14. 14.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your Aadhaar number? (a) leave it out (b) include it
15. 15.📄 A student with no work experience should highlight… (a) made-up jobs (b) their parents’ jobs (c) projects and activities (d) nothing at all
16. 16.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your Aadhaar number (b) made-up marks (c) skills like typing (d) your passwords
17. 17.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: made-up marks? (a) leave it out (b) include it
18. 18.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) awards and prizes (b) your phone and email (c) clubs and activities (d) your siblings’ marks
19. 19.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: projects you did? (a) include it (b) leave it out
20. 20.True or false: “languages you know” should be left out of a résumé. (a) True (b) False
21. 21.True or false: “projects you did” should be left out of a résumé. (a) False (b) True
22. 22.True or false: “volunteer work” should be left out of a résumé. (a) True (b) False
23. 23.Which of these goes in the projects section? (a) Class 12 (Science), 2026 (b) school football team (c) B.Com first year (d) a survey of 50 shops
24. 24.True or false: “awards and prizes” should be left out of a résumé. (a) True (b) False
25. 25.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) languages you know (b) school and marks (c) your phone and email (d) a party selfie
26. 26.Which of these goes in the projects section? (a) Class 12 (Science), 2026 (b) your city and PIN code (c) built a rain gauge model (d) spreadsheets (basic)
27. 27.Which of these goes in the education section? (a) eco club member (b) built a rain gauge model (c) Class 12 (Science), 2026 (d) school football team
28. 28.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: a party selfie? (a) include it (b) leave it out
29. 29.True or false: “your passwords” belongs on a student résumé. (a) False (b) True
30. 30.📄 In which résumé section does this go: built a rain gauge model? (a) skills (b) projects (c) contact details (d) education
31. 31.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your bank details (b) awards and prizes (c) your passwords (d) a long life story
32. 32.📄 In which résumé section does this go: Class 10 board: 88%? (a) projects (b) activities (c) contact details (d) education
33. 33.True or false: “your Aadhaar number” should be left out of a résumé. (a) True (b) False
34. 34.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: a long life story? (a) leave it out (b) include it
35. 35.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your siblings’ marks? (a) leave it out (b) include it
36. 36.True or false: “volunteer work” belongs on a student résumé. (a) True (b) False
37. 37.True or false: “clubs and activities” should be left out of a résumé. (a) False (b) True
38. 38.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: school and marks? (a) leave it out (b) include it
39. 39.📄 In which résumé section does this go: basic HTML and CSS? (a) contact details (b) education (c) skills (d) projects
40. 40.📄 In which résumé section does this go: school football team? (a) skills (b) education (c) contact details (d) activities

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