Résumé Worksheet: What to Include

Interview skills lesson 17: What goes on a student résumé · Set 506 · 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.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: projects you did? (a) include it (b) leave it out
2. 2.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) made-up marks (b) volunteer work (c) your bank details (d) a long life story
3. 3.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) your passwords (b) your siblings’ marks (c) skills like typing (d) your bank details
4. 4.📄 In which résumé section does this go: an email ID? (a) contact details (b) projects (c) education (d) skills
5. 5.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: a long life story? (a) leave it out (b) include it
6. 6.True or false: “languages you know” should be left out of a résumé. (a) True (b) False
7. 7.📄 How long should a student résumé usually be? (a) five pages (b) half a line (c) ten pages (d) one page
8. 8.Which of these goes in the education section? (a) Class 10 board: 88% (b) spreadsheets (basic) (c) basic HTML and CSS (d) an email ID
9. 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) made-up marks (b) your passwords (c) a party selfie (d) skills like typing
10. 10.True or false: “projects you did” should be left out of a résumé. (a) False (b) True
11. 11.Which of these goes in the education section? (a) typing 40 words a minute (b) your city and PIN code (c) basic HTML and CSS (d) Class 12 (Science), 2026
12. 12.📄 In which résumé section does this go: typing 40 words a minute? (a) activities (b) contact details (c) projects (d) skills
13. 13.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your phone and email? (a) leave it out (b) include it
14. 14.📄 In which résumé section does this go: basic HTML and CSS? (a) activities (b) skills (c) education (d) projects
15. 15.Which of these goes in the contact details? (a) an email ID (b) debate club secretary (c) eco club member (d) B.Com first year
16. 16.True or false: “made-up marks” belongs on a student résumé. (a) False (b) True
17. 17.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) skills like typing (b) awards and prizes (c) a party selfie (d) school and marks
18. 18.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) school and marks (b) your passwords (c) projects you did (d) skills like typing
19. 19.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: clubs and activities? (a) leave it out (b) include it
20. 20.📄 What font style suits a résumé? (a) tiny handwriting (b) all bold capitals (c) one plain, clear font (d) five fancy fonts
21. 21.True or false: “a party selfie” should be left out of a résumé. (a) False (b) True
22. 22.📄 In which résumé section does this go: a mobile number? (a) contact details (b) education (c) activities (d) projects
23. 23.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: school and marks? (a) leave it out (b) include it
24. 24.📄 In which résumé section does this go: built a rain gauge model? (a) contact details (b) skills (c) education (d) projects
25. 25.📄 In which résumé section does this go: Class 12 (Science), 2026? (a) projects (b) education (c) skills (d) contact details
26. 26.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: awards and prizes? (a) include it (b) leave it out
27. 27.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) a long life story (b) clubs and activities (c) volunteer work (d) school and marks
28. 28.Which of these goes in the activities section? (a) your city and PIN code (b) an email ID (c) school football team (d) built a rain gauge model
29. 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) languages you know (b) your siblings’ marks (c) a long life story (d) your bank details
30. 30.📄 A résumé is… (a) a school report card (b) a letter of thanks (c) a short summary of you (d) a full autobiography
31. 31.📄 In which résumé section does this go: debate club secretary? (a) education (b) activities (c) skills (d) contact details
32. 32.📄 In which résumé section does this go: Class 10 board: 88%? (a) activities (b) education (c) skills (d) contact details
33. 33.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: made-up marks? (a) include it (b) leave it out
34. 34.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) made-up marks (b) your passwords (c) your siblings’ marks (d) clubs and activities
35. 35.📄 A student with no work experience should highlight… (a) their parents’ jobs (b) nothing at all (c) projects and activities (d) made-up jobs
36. 36.True or false: “clubs and activities” should be left out of a résumé. (a) True (b) False
37. 37.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: volunteer work? (a) leave it out (b) include it
38. 38.📄 In which résumé section does this go: school football team? (a) education (b) activities (c) contact details (d) skills
39. 39.📄 Your résumé says you led a club. In the interview you should… (a) say it was a joke (b) be ready to explain it (c) change the subject (d) deny it
40. 40.📄 In which résumé section does this go: a website for our club? (a) activities (b) contact details (c) projects (d) education

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