Résumé Worksheet: What to Include

Interview skills lesson 17: What goes on a student résumé · Set 510 · 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: a mobile number? (a) skills (b) education (c) contact details (d) projects
2. 2.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) your bank details (b) skills like typing (c) your siblings’ marks (d) a long life story
3. 3.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) your passwords (b) your Aadhaar number (c) your siblings’ marks (d) volunteer work
4. 4.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: school and marks? (a) leave it out (b) include it
5. 5.📄 In which résumé section does this go: Class 10 board: 88%? (a) projects (b) skills (c) contact details (d) education
6. 6.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: clubs and activities? (a) leave it out (b) include it
7. 7.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: a party selfie? (a) include it (b) leave it out
8. 8.📄 In which résumé section does this go: an email ID? (a) skills (b) education (c) activities (d) contact details
9. 9.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: languages you know? (a) include it (b) leave it out
10. 10.📄 In which résumé section does this go: built a rain gauge model? (a) activities (b) contact details (c) projects (d) skills
11. 11.📄 Your résumé says you led a club. In the interview you should… (a) change the subject (b) deny it (c) say it was a joke (d) be ready to explain it
12. 12.Which of these goes in the skills section? (a) typing 40 words a minute (b) school football team (c) Class 12 (Science), 2026 (d) a survey of 50 shops
13. 13.📄 In which résumé section does this go: spreadsheets (basic)? (a) education (b) contact details (c) activities (d) skills
14. 14.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) school and marks (b) awards and prizes (c) volunteer work (d) your bank details
15. 15.True or false: “a long life story” belongs on a student résumé. (a) False (b) True
16. 16.Which of these goes in the education section? (a) debate club secretary (b) school football team (c) an email ID (d) Class 12 (Science), 2026
17. 17.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) your phone and email (b) a party selfie (c) made-up marks (d) your siblings’ marks
18. 18.Which of these goes in the projects section? (a) B.Com first year (b) built a rain gauge model (c) Class 12 (Science), 2026 (d) typing 40 words a minute
19. 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your siblings’ marks (b) a party selfie (c) volunteer work (d) made-up marks
20. 20.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your phone and email? (a) leave it out (b) include it
21. 21.Which of these goes in the education section? (a) built a rain gauge model (b) a survey of 50 shops (c) Class 10 board: 88% (d) a mobile number
22. 22.📄 In which résumé section does this go: B.Com first year? (a) projects (b) activities (c) skills (d) education
23. 23.📄 A résumé is… (a) a school report card (b) a full autobiography (c) a short summary of you (d) a letter of thanks
24. 24.Which of these goes in the contact details? (a) typing 40 words a minute (b) eco club member (c) spreadsheets (basic) (d) an email ID
25. 25.📄 In which résumé section does this go: typing 40 words a minute? (a) skills (b) projects (c) contact details (d) education
26. 26.True or false: “projects you did” should be left out of a résumé. (a) True (b) False
27. 27.True or false: “volunteer work” belongs on a student résumé. (a) False (b) True
28. 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your Aadhaar number (b) your passwords (c) school and marks (d) your siblings’ marks
29. 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your siblings’ marks (b) awards and prizes (c) your passwords (d) made-up marks
30. 30.Which of these goes in the contact details? (a) B.Com first year (b) your city and PIN code (c) school football team (d) built a rain gauge model
31. 31.📄 A student with no work experience should highlight… (a) their parents’ jobs (b) nothing at all (c) projects and activities (d) made-up jobs
32. 32.📄 How long should a student résumé usually be? (a) half a line (b) ten pages (c) one page (d) five pages
33. 33.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) projects you did (b) school and marks (c) your Aadhaar number (d) volunteer work
34. 34.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: made-up marks? (a) include it (b) leave it out
35. 35.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) school and marks (b) awards and prizes (c) projects you did (d) made-up marks
36. 36.📄 What font style suits a résumé? (a) five fancy fonts (b) all bold capitals (c) tiny handwriting (d) one plain, clear font
37. 37.True or false: “school and marks” belongs on a student résumé. (a) True (b) False
38. 38.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your bank details? (a) include it (b) leave it out
39. 39.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) your passwords (b) a party selfie (c) made-up marks (d) school and marks
40. 40.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your passwords? (a) leave it out (b) include it

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