Résumé Worksheet: What to Include

Interview skills lesson 17: What goes on a student résumé · Set 449 · 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: built a rain gauge model? (a) projects (b) activities (c) skills (d) contact details
2. 2.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your passwords (b) made-up marks (c) volunteer work (d) your bank details
3. 3.Which of these goes in the projects section? (a) Class 12 (Science), 2026 (b) a survey of 50 shops (c) your city and PIN code (d) B.Com first year
4. 4.Which of these goes in the education section? (a) your city and PIN code (b) Class 12 (Science), 2026 (c) an email ID (d) typing 40 words a minute
5. 5.📄 How long should a student résumé usually be? (a) five pages (b) half a line (c) ten pages (d) one page
6. 6.📄 A student with no work experience should highlight… (a) made-up jobs (b) projects and activities (c) nothing at all (d) their parents’ jobs
7. 7.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your bank details (b) a party selfie (c) a long life story (d) awards and prizes
8. 8.📄 In which résumé section does this go: spreadsheets (basic)? (a) education (b) projects (c) contact details (d) skills
9. 9.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: a party selfie? (a) include it (b) leave it out
10. 10.Which of these goes in the activities section? (a) a survey of 50 shops (b) a website for our club (c) an email ID (d) eco club member
11. 11.True or false: “awards and prizes” should be left out of a résumé. (a) False (b) True
12. 12.True or false: “your phone and email” should be left out of a résumé. (a) True (b) False
13. 13.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: awards and prizes? (a) leave it out (b) include it
14. 14.True or false: “your passwords” should be left out of a résumé. (a) True (b) False
15. 15.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your siblings’ marks? (a) leave it out (b) include it
16. 16.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) languages you know (b) your Aadhaar number (c) projects you did (d) your phone and email
17. 17.Which of these goes in the activities section? (a) Class 10 board: 88% (b) school football team (c) spreadsheets (basic) (d) B.Com first year
18. 18.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your Aadhaar number? (a) leave it out (b) include it
19. 19.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) skills like typing (b) awards and prizes (c) a long life story (d) school and marks
20. 20.📄 Your résumé says you led a club. In the interview you should… (a) say it was a joke (b) deny it (c) be ready to explain it (d) change the subject
21. 21.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) school and marks (b) volunteer work (c) clubs and activities (d) your bank details
22. 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your phone and email (b) awards and prizes (c) a party selfie (d) projects you did
23. 23.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: a long life story? (a) include it (b) leave it out
24. 24.True or false: “school and marks” should be left out of a résumé. (a) False (b) True
25. 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a party selfie (b) a long life story (c) school and marks (d) your siblings’ marks
26. 26.📄 A résumé is… (a) a school report card (b) a full autobiography (c) a letter of thanks (d) a short summary of you
27. 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) clubs and activities (b) skills like typing (c) your phone and email (d) your siblings’ marks
28. 28.Which of these goes in the projects section? (a) Class 12 (Science), 2026 (b) basic HTML and CSS (c) a website for our club (d) spreadsheets (basic)
29. 29.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) made-up marks (b) languages you know (c) a party selfie (d) your Aadhaar number
30. 30.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) clubs and activities (b) your bank details (c) a long life story (d) a party selfie
31. 31.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your phone and email (b) volunteer work (c) a long life story (d) clubs and activities
32. 32.Which of these goes in the projects section? (a) basic HTML and CSS (b) eco club member (c) built a rain gauge model (d) school football team
33. 33.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: projects you did? (a) include it (b) leave it out
34. 34.True or false: “your bank details” should be left out of a résumé. (a) False (b) True
35. 35.Which of these goes in the skills section? (a) a survey of 50 shops (b) spreadsheets (basic) (c) Class 10 board: 88% (d) B.Com first year
36. 36.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: languages you know? (a) leave it out (b) include it
37. 37.True or false: “awards and prizes” belongs on a student résumé. (a) True (b) False
38. 38.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) school and marks (b) awards and prizes (c) made-up marks (d) clubs and activities
39. 39.True or false: “projects you did” belongs on a student résumé. (a) True (b) False
40. 40.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: made-up marks? (a) leave it out (b) include it

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