Résumé Worksheet: What to Include

Interview skills lesson 17: What goes on a student résumé · Set 509 · 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 activities section? (a) your city and PIN code (b) spreadsheets (basic) (c) basic HTML and CSS (d) debate club secretary
2. 2.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) your passwords (b) your Aadhaar number (c) volunteer work (d) your siblings’ marks
3. 3.📄 How long should a student résumé usually be? (a) one page (b) five pages (c) half a line (d) ten pages
4. 4.Which of these goes in the activities section? (a) built a rain gauge model (b) Class 10 board: 88% (c) typing 40 words a minute (d) school football team
5. 5.True or false: “your passwords” belongs on a student résumé. (a) False (b) True
6. 6.📄 In which résumé section does this go: basic HTML and CSS? (a) education (b) skills (c) projects (d) contact details
7. 7.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: awards and prizes? (a) include it (b) leave it out
8. 8.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: volunteer work? (a) leave it out (b) include it
9. 9.📄 In which résumé section does this go: your city and PIN code? (a) skills (b) projects (c) activities (d) contact details
10. 10.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your bank details? (a) leave it out (b) include it
11. 11.True or false: “awards and prizes” belongs on a student résumé. (a) True (b) False
12. 12.True or false: “school and marks” belongs on a student résumé. (a) True (b) False
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.📄 Your résumé says you led a club. In the interview you should… (a) change the subject (b) say it was a joke (c) deny it (d) be ready to explain it
15. 15.True or false: “skills like typing” should be left out of a résumé. (a) False (b) True
16. 16.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your passwords? (a) leave it out (b) include it
17. 17.Which of these goes in the contact details? (a) your city and PIN code (b) built a rain gauge model (c) school football team (d) Class 12 (Science), 2026
18. 18.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) awards and prizes (b) made-up marks (c) your bank details (d) your siblings’ marks
19. 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) awards and prizes (b) made-up marks (c) projects you did (d) school and marks
20. 20.Which of these goes in the education section? (a) spreadsheets (basic) (b) basic HTML and CSS (c) Class 10 board: 88% (d) a mobile number
21. 21.True or false: “a long life story” should be left out of a résumé. (a) True (b) False
22. 22.True or false: “clubs and activities” should be left out of a résumé. (a) True (b) False
23. 23.True or false: “a party selfie” should be left out of a résumé. (a) False (b) True
24. 24.Which of these goes in the activities section? (a) eco club member (b) an email ID (c) a mobile number (d) a survey of 50 shops
25. 25.📄 In which résumé section does this go: a survey of 50 shops? (a) projects (b) activities (c) education (d) contact details
26. 26.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: skills like typing? (a) leave it out (b) include it
27. 27.📄 A résumé is… (a) a letter of thanks (b) a full autobiography (c) a short summary of you (d) a school report card
28. 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) projects you did (b) awards and prizes (c) a party selfie (d) languages you know
29. 29.Which of these goes in the skills section? (a) Class 10 board: 88% (b) school football team (c) typing 40 words a minute (d) an email ID
30. 30.Which of these goes in the projects section? (a) eco club member (b) Class 12 (Science), 2026 (c) typing 40 words a minute (d) a website for our club
31. 31.📄 What font style suits a résumé? (a) one plain, clear font (b) all bold capitals (c) five fancy fonts (d) tiny handwriting
32. 32.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: school and marks? (a) include it (b) leave it out
33. 33.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 bank details
34. 34.📄 In which résumé section does this go: an email ID? (a) skills (b) contact details (c) projects (d) education
35. 35.📄 In which résumé section does this go: B.Com first year? (a) projects (b) skills (c) education (d) contact details
36. 36.Which of these goes in the projects section? (a) spreadsheets (basic) (b) built a rain gauge model (c) typing 40 words a minute (d) basic HTML and CSS
37. 37.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) made-up marks (b) languages you know (c) volunteer work (d) skills like typing
38. 38.True or false: “a party selfie” belongs on a student résumé. (a) False (b) True
39. 39.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) skills like typing (b) volunteer work (c) your siblings’ marks (d) projects you did
40. 40.📄 In which résumé section does this go: Class 10 board: 88%? (a) skills (b) projects (c) activities (d) education

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