Résumé Worksheet: What to Include

Interview skills lesson 17: What goes on a student résumé · Set 470 · 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: typing 40 words a minute? (a) contact details (b) activities (c) education (d) skills
2. 2.📄 Your résumé says you led a club. In the interview you should… (a) deny it (b) say it was a joke (c) change the subject (d) be ready to explain it
3. 3.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your passwords? (a) leave it out (b) include it
4. 4.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) volunteer work (b) your passwords (c) a party selfie (d) your siblings’ marks
5. 5.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: languages you know? (a) include it (b) leave it out
6. 6.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) made-up marks (b) skills like typing (c) your passwords (d) a long life story
7. 7.📄 A student with no work experience should highlight… (a) their parents’ jobs (b) projects and activities (c) nothing at all (d) made-up jobs
8. 8.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) volunteer work (b) a party selfie (c) your phone and email (d) projects you did
9. 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your passwords (b) school and marks (c) your Aadhaar number (d) a party selfie
10. 10.📄 How long should a student résumé usually be? (a) half a line (b) one page (c) ten pages (d) five pages
11. 11.📄 A résumé is… (a) a full autobiography (b) a letter of thanks (c) a school report card (d) a short summary of you
12. 12.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) awards and prizes (b) school and marks (c) your passwords (d) clubs and activities
13. 13.Which of these goes in the projects section? (a) your city and PIN code (b) built a rain gauge model (c) a mobile number (d) typing 40 words a minute
14. 14.Which of these goes in the education section? (a) eco club member (b) Class 10 board: 88% (c) spreadsheets (basic) (d) a survey of 50 shops
15. 15.Which of these goes in the skills section? (a) a survey of 50 shops (b) B.Com first year (c) Class 10 board: 88% (d) spreadsheets (basic)
16. 16.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: projects you did? (a) include it (b) leave it out
17. 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your bank details (b) a party selfie (c) skills like typing (d) your Aadhaar number
18. 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your passwords (b) your siblings’ marks (c) your bank details (d) clubs and activities
19. 19.True or false: “school and marks” should be left out of a résumé. (a) True (b) False
20. 20.📄 In which résumé section does this go: eco club member? (a) projects (b) skills (c) contact details (d) activities
21. 21.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your Aadhaar number? (a) leave it out (b) include it
22. 22.📄 In which résumé section does this go: Class 12 (Science), 2026? (a) education (b) projects (c) activities (d) skills
23. 23.Which of these goes in the education section? (a) spreadsheets (basic) (b) your city and PIN code (c) school football team (d) B.Com first year
24. 24.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) awards and prizes (b) languages you know (c) your phone and email (d) your siblings’ marks
25. 25.📄 In which résumé section does this go: Class 10 board: 88%? (a) education (b) contact details (c) skills (d) activities
26. 26.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: made-up marks? (a) leave it out (b) include it
27. 27.📄 What font style suits a résumé? (a) five fancy fonts (b) tiny handwriting (c) all bold capitals (d) one plain, clear font
28. 28.📄 In which résumé section does this go: built a rain gauge model? (a) contact details (b) activities (c) education (d) projects
29. 29.Which of these goes in the skills section? (a) an email ID (b) typing 40 words a minute (c) your city and PIN code (d) built a rain gauge model
30. 30.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) your phone and email (b) made-up marks (c) school and marks (d) awards and prizes
31. 31.True or false: “projects you did” belongs on a student résumé. (a) False (b) True
32. 32.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) projects you did (b) awards and prizes (c) your passwords (d) skills like typing
33. 33.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) your bank details (b) awards and prizes (c) languages you know (d) projects you did
34. 34.True or false: “volunteer work” should be left out of a résumé. (a) True (b) False
35. 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a party selfie (b) projects you did (c) your passwords (d) your bank details
36. 36.True or false: “your passwords” belongs on a student résumé. (a) False (b) True
37. 37.True or false: “a long life story” belongs on a student résumé. (a) True (b) False
38. 38.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your phone and email? (a) include it (b) leave it out
39. 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your phone and email (b) skills like typing (c) clubs and activities (d) a party selfie
40. 40.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) your bank details (b) your Aadhaar number (c) your phone and email (d) your siblings’ marks

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