Résumé Worksheet: What to Include

Interview skills lesson 17: What goes on a student résumé · Set 441 · 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: Class 12 (Science), 2026? (a) contact details (b) projects (c) skills (d) education
2. 2.Which of these goes in the activities section? (a) basic HTML and CSS (b) school football team (c) a website for our club (d) spreadsheets (basic)
3. 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your siblings’ marks (b) skills like typing (c) a party selfie (d) your passwords
4. 4.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) a long life story (b) your bank details (c) clubs and activities (d) your siblings’ marks
5. 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) school and marks (b) projects you did (c) volunteer work (d) made-up marks
6. 6.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) a long life story (b) volunteer work (c) made-up marks (d) your bank details
7. 7.📄 In which résumé section does this go: built a rain gauge model? (a) contact details (b) education (c) projects (d) skills
8. 8.📄 In which résumé section does this go: school football team? (a) projects (b) education (c) activities (d) skills
9. 9.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: volunteer work? (a) leave it out (b) include it
10. 10.📄 A résumé is… (a) a full autobiography (b) a short summary of you (c) a letter of thanks (d) a school report card
11. 11.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your passwords? (a) leave it out (b) include it
12. 12.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: projects you did? (a) include it (b) leave it out
13. 13.📄 In which résumé section does this go: your city and PIN code? (a) projects (b) education (c) skills (d) contact details
14. 14.📄 In which résumé section does this go: a mobile number? (a) education (b) activities (c) contact details (d) projects
15. 15.📄 In which résumé section does this go: eco club member? (a) contact details (b) skills (c) projects (d) activities
16. 16.📄 In which résumé section does this go: typing 40 words a minute? (a) contact details (b) skills (c) projects (d) activities
17. 17.📄 In which résumé section does this go: spreadsheets (basic)? (a) skills (b) contact details (c) activities (d) education
18. 18.Which of these goes in the projects section? (a) your city and PIN code (b) a survey of 50 shops (c) B.Com first year (d) a mobile number
19. 19.True or false: “clubs and activities” should be left out of a résumé. (a) True (b) False
20. 20.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) skills like typing (b) your bank details (c) projects you did (d) languages you know
21. 21.Which of these goes in the education section? (a) basic HTML and CSS (b) Class 12 (Science), 2026 (c) a survey of 50 shops (d) spreadsheets (basic)
22. 22.📄 A student with no work experience should highlight… (a) projects and activities (b) nothing at all (c) their parents’ jobs (d) made-up jobs
23. 23.📄 In which résumé section does this go: basic HTML and CSS? (a) skills (b) projects (c) contact details (d) education
24. 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) languages you know (b) your siblings’ marks (c) a party selfie (d) your bank details
25. 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your phone and email (b) a long life story (c) a party selfie (d) your bank details
26. 26.📄 How long should a student résumé usually be? (a) five pages (b) half a line (c) ten pages (d) one page
27. 27.📄 In which résumé section does this go: a survey of 50 shops? (a) activities (b) education (c) contact details (d) projects
28. 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your siblings’ marks (b) a party selfie (c) school and marks (d) made-up marks
29. 29.Which of these goes in the skills section? (a) spreadsheets (basic) (b) built a rain gauge model (c) school football team (d) Class 12 (Science), 2026
30. 30.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) your siblings’ marks (b) your bank details (c) your Aadhaar number (d) school and marks
31. 31.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) a long life story (b) a party selfie (c) skills like typing (d) your passwords
32. 32.Which of these goes in the projects section? (a) a mobile number (b) your city and PIN code (c) a website for our club (d) an email ID
33. 33.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your bank details? (a) leave it out (b) include it
34. 34.True or false: “projects you did” should be left out of a résumé. (a) True (b) False
35. 35.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: a long life story? (a) include it (b) leave it out
36. 36.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) volunteer work (b) languages you know (c) school and marks (d) a party selfie
37. 37.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) skills like typing (b) your Aadhaar number (c) projects you did (d) languages you know
38. 38.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) awards and prizes (b) clubs and activities (c) projects you did (d) made-up marks
39. 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) volunteer work (b) languages you know (c) your phone and email (d) a long life story
40. 40.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: languages you know? (a) leave it out (b) include it

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