Résumé Worksheet: What to Include

Interview skills lesson 17: What goes on a student résumé · Set 495 · 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.📄 A student with no work experience should highlight… (a) projects and activities (b) nothing at all (c) made-up jobs (d) their parents’ jobs
2. 2.Which of these goes in the projects section? (a) an email ID (b) school football team (c) basic HTML and CSS (d) a survey of 50 shops
3. 3.Which of these goes in the contact details? (a) eco club member (b) Class 12 (Science), 2026 (c) your city and PIN code (d) built a rain gauge model
4. 4.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: a party selfie? (a) leave it out (b) include it
5. 5.📄 Your résumé says you led a club. In the interview you should… (a) change the subject (b) be ready to explain it (c) say it was a joke (d) deny it
6. 6.True or false: “school and marks” belongs on a student résumé. (a) True (b) False
7. 7.True or false: “your phone and email” should be left out of a résumé. (a) False (b) True
8. 8.True or false: “a party selfie” should be left out of a résumé. (a) True (b) False
9. 9.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: languages you know? (a) leave it out (b) include it
10. 10.True or false: “a long life story” belongs on a student résumé. (a) False (b) True
11. 11.📄 In which résumé section does this go: typing 40 words a minute? (a) projects (b) skills (c) education (d) contact details
12. 12.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: clubs and activities? (a) leave it out (b) include it
13. 13.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: made-up marks? (a) include it (b) leave it out
14. 14.📄 What font style suits a résumé? (a) one plain, clear font (b) all bold capitals (c) five fancy fonts (d) tiny handwriting
15. 15.📄 A résumé is… (a) a short summary of you (b) a school report card (c) a letter of thanks (d) a full autobiography
16. 16.Which of these goes in the contact details? (a) debate club secretary (b) a mobile number (c) eco club member (d) built a rain gauge model
17. 17.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your bank details? (a) leave it out (b) include it
18. 18.True or false: “made-up marks” belongs on a student résumé. (a) True (b) False
19. 19.True or false: “your phone and email” belongs on a student résumé. (a) True (b) False
20. 20.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) projects you did (b) made-up marks (c) a long life story (d) your Aadhaar number
21. 21.True or false: “projects you did” belongs on a student résumé. (a) False (b) True
22. 22.Which of these goes in the education section? (a) B.Com first year (b) a website for our club (c) school football team (d) basic HTML and CSS
23. 23.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) volunteer work (b) languages you know (c) a party selfie (d) skills like typing
24. 24.True or false: “projects you did” should be left out of a résumé. (a) True (b) False
25. 25.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: projects you did? (a) leave it out (b) include it
26. 26.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) awards and prizes (b) projects you did (c) your phone and email (d) your siblings’ marks
27. 27.Which of these goes in the education section? (a) a survey of 50 shops (b) debate club secretary (c) eco club member (d) Class 10 board: 88%
28. 28.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: skills like typing? (a) include it (b) leave it out
29. 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) awards and prizes (b) projects you did (c) a long life story (d) your phone and email
30. 30.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) clubs and activities (b) your bank details (c) volunteer work (d) school and marks
31. 31.📄 In which résumé section does this go: a survey of 50 shops? (a) skills (b) projects (c) education (d) activities
32. 32.📄 In which résumé section does this go: an email ID? (a) education (b) contact details (c) activities (d) skills
33. 33.📄 In which résumé section does this go: Class 12 (Science), 2026? (a) skills (b) contact details (c) activities (d) education
34. 34.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) clubs and activities (b) your passwords (c) your Aadhaar number (d) made-up marks
35. 35.📄 How long should a student résumé usually be? (a) half a line (b) one page (c) five pages (d) ten pages
36. 36.📄 In which résumé section does this go: built a rain gauge model? (a) activities (b) projects (c) skills (d) education
37. 37.Which of these goes in the education section? (a) spreadsheets (basic) (b) Class 12 (Science), 2026 (c) a website for our club (d) a mobile number
38. 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) school and marks (b) clubs and activities (c) your phone and email (d) a party selfie
39. 39.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) your phone and email (b) made-up marks (c) projects you did (d) school and marks
40. 40.📄 In which résumé section does this go: spreadsheets (basic)? (a) education (b) activities (c) skills (d) contact details

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