Résumé Worksheet: What to Include

Interview skills lesson 17: What goes on a student résumé · Set 51 · 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) built a rain gauge model (b) debate club secretary (c) Class 12 (Science), 2026 (d) Class 10 board: 88%
2. 2.📄 A résumé is… (a) a short summary of you (b) a letter of thanks (c) a school report card (d) a full autobiography
3. 3.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) your passwords (b) made-up marks (c) a long life story (d) languages you know
4. 4.True or false: “your bank details” belongs on a student résumé. (a) False (b) True
5. 5.📄 In which résumé section does this go: built a rain gauge model? (a) activities (b) skills (c) projects (d) education
6. 6.📄 In which résumé section does this go: spreadsheets (basic)? (a) contact details (b) projects (c) skills (d) activities
7. 7.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your Aadhaar number? (a) include it (b) leave it out
8. 8.True or false: “a long life story” should be left out of a résumé. (a) True (b) False
9. 9.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) your passwords (b) your siblings’ marks (c) made-up marks (d) volunteer work
10. 10.📄 How long should a student résumé usually be? (a) five pages (b) half a line (c) one page (d) ten pages
11. 11.📄 What font style suits a résumé? (a) five fancy fonts (b) all bold capitals (c) tiny handwriting (d) one plain, clear font
12. 12.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your siblings’ marks (b) your bank details (c) a party selfie (d) awards and prizes
13. 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a long life story (b) school and marks (c) your siblings’ marks (d) a party selfie
14. 14.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your siblings’ marks? (a) include it (b) leave it out
15. 15.Which of these goes in the education section? (a) built a rain gauge model (b) Class 10 board: 88% (c) basic HTML and CSS (d) a website for our club
16. 16.📄 In which résumé section does this go: eco club member? (a) skills (b) contact details (c) education (d) activities
17. 17.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) school and marks (b) clubs and activities (c) your siblings’ marks (d) awards and prizes
18. 18.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: school and marks? (a) include it (b) leave it out
19. 19.Which of these goes in the skills section? (a) Class 12 (Science), 2026 (b) Class 10 board: 88% (c) typing 40 words a minute (d) B.Com first year
20. 20.True or false: “your phone and email” belongs on a student résumé. (a) True (b) False
21. 21.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) your bank details (b) projects you did (c) your passwords (d) made-up marks
22. 22.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: made-up marks? (a) include it (b) leave it out
23. 23.True or false: “made-up marks” should be left out of a résumé. (a) False (b) True
24. 24.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) a long life story (b) your passwords (c) school and marks (d) your siblings’ marks
25. 25.📄 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
26. 26.📄 In which résumé section does this go: debate club secretary? (a) projects (b) contact details (c) education (d) activities
27. 27.Which of these goes in the activities section? (a) Class 10 board: 88% (b) a survey of 50 shops (c) your city and PIN code (d) eco club member
28. 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your bank details (b) languages you know (c) volunteer work (d) awards and prizes
29. 29.True or false: “your Aadhaar number” should be left out of a résumé. (a) False (b) True
30. 30.📄 A student with no work experience should highlight… (a) projects and activities (b) their parents’ jobs (c) made-up jobs (d) nothing at all
31. 31.True or false: “a long life story” belongs on a student résumé. (a) True (b) False
32. 32.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your phone and email? (a) leave it out (b) include it
33. 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) made-up marks (b) your passwords (c) volunteer work (d) your bank details
34. 34.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: a party selfie? (a) include it (b) leave it out
35. 35.📄 In which résumé section does this go: a mobile number? (a) skills (b) projects (c) activities (d) contact details
36. 36.Which of these goes in the education section? (a) Class 12 (Science), 2026 (b) your city and PIN code (c) a website for our club (d) built a rain gauge model
37. 37.True or false: “your siblings’ marks” should be left out of a résumé. (a) False (b) True
38. 38.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your passwords? (a) leave it out (b) include it
39. 39.📄 In which résumé section does this go: Class 12 (Science), 2026? (a) skills (b) activities (c) education (d) projects
40. 40.True or false: “made-up marks” belongs on a student résumé. (a) True (b) False

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