Résumé Worksheet: What to Include

Interview skills lesson 17: What goes on a student résumé · Set 463 · 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 contact details? (a) typing 40 words a minute (b) school football team (c) a mobile number (d) a survey of 50 shops
2. 2.📄 In which résumé section does this go: basic HTML and CSS? (a) education (b) contact details (c) activities (d) skills
3. 3.True or false: “volunteer work” belongs on a student résumé. (a) False (b) True
4. 4.📄 In which résumé section does this go: school football team? (a) contact details (b) activities (c) education (d) skills
5. 5.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) your Aadhaar number (b) your passwords (c) clubs and activities (d) your siblings’ marks
6. 6.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) school and marks (b) your siblings’ marks (c) projects you did (d) languages you know
7. 7.True or false: “your phone and email” should be left out of a résumé. (a) False (b) True
8. 8.Which of these goes in the education section? (a) school football team (b) debate club secretary (c) built a rain gauge model (d) Class 12 (Science), 2026
9. 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your Aadhaar number (b) your phone and email (c) a party selfie (d) your passwords
10. 10.Which of these goes in the education section? (a) debate club secretary (b) basic HTML and CSS (c) B.Com first year (d) a survey of 50 shops
11. 11.📄 In which résumé section does this go: spreadsheets (basic)? (a) activities (b) projects (c) education (d) skills
12. 12.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a long life story (b) made-up marks (c) your Aadhaar number (d) projects you did
13. 13.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) school and marks (b) projects you did (c) your phone and email (d) your Aadhaar number
14. 14.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) school and marks (b) your passwords (c) your Aadhaar number (d) a party selfie
15. 15.📄 A résumé is… (a) a letter of thanks (b) a short summary of you (c) a school report card (d) a full autobiography
16. 16.📄 A student with no work experience should highlight… (a) their parents’ jobs (b) projects and activities (c) nothing at all (d) made-up jobs
17. 17.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: a party selfie? (a) include it (b) leave it out
18. 18.True or false: “your passwords” should be left out of a résumé. (a) True (b) False
19. 19.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) skills like typing (b) a long life story (c) projects you did (d) school and marks
20. 20.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) your passwords (b) your phone and email (c) your Aadhaar number (d) made-up marks
21. 21.Which of these goes in the contact details? (a) Class 10 board: 88% (b) your city and PIN code (c) basic HTML and CSS (d) debate club secretary
22. 22.Which of these goes in the education section? (a) basic HTML and CSS (b) Class 10 board: 88% (c) typing 40 words a minute (d) a mobile number
23. 23.📄 In which résumé section does this go: debate club secretary? (a) activities (b) skills (c) education (d) projects
24. 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) awards and prizes (b) clubs and activities (c) school and marks (d) a party selfie
25. 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your passwords (b) your siblings’ marks (c) awards and prizes (d) made-up marks
26. 26.True or false: “school and marks” should be left out of a résumé. (a) False (b) True
27. 27.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) volunteer work (b) a party selfie (c) school and marks (d) languages you know
28. 28.Which of these goes in the skills section? (a) B.Com first year (b) debate club secretary (c) Class 10 board: 88% (d) spreadsheets (basic)
29. 29.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: a long life story? (a) include it (b) leave it out
30. 30.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) your siblings’ marks (b) your bank details (c) made-up marks (d) projects you did
31. 31.Which of these goes in the activities section? (a) typing 40 words a minute (b) spreadsheets (basic) (c) a survey of 50 shops (d) debate club secretary
32. 32.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your passwords? (a) include it (b) leave it out
33. 33.True or false: “awards and prizes” should be left out of a résumé. (a) False (b) True
34. 34.True or false: “your bank details” should be left out of a résumé. (a) True (b) False
35. 35.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) school and marks (b) languages you know (c) your bank details (d) your phone and email
36. 36.📄 In which résumé section does this go: built a rain gauge model? (a) projects (b) activities (c) contact details (d) skills
37. 37.📄 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
38. 38.📄 What font style suits a résumé? (a) five fancy fonts (b) all bold capitals (c) tiny handwriting (d) one plain, clear font
39. 39.True or false: “your phone and email” belongs on a student résumé. (a) True (b) False
40. 40.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your Aadhaar number? (a) include it (b) leave it out

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