Résumé Worksheet: What to Include

Interview skills lesson 17: What goes on a student résumé · Set 520 · 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: a party selfie? (a) include it (b) leave it out
2. 2.Which of these goes in the contact details? (a) built a rain gauge model (b) spreadsheets (basic) (c) debate club secretary (d) your city and PIN code
3. 3.True or false: “projects you did” should be left out of a résumé. (a) True (b) False
4. 4.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your passwords (b) your siblings’ marks (c) volunteer work (d) a party selfie
5. 5.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: clubs and activities? (a) include it (b) leave it out
6. 6.Which of these goes in the projects section? (a) spreadsheets (basic) (b) typing 40 words a minute (c) a website for our club (d) school football team
7. 7.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) your phone and email (b) made-up marks (c) skills like typing (d) volunteer work
8. 8.📄 In which résumé section does this go: basic HTML and CSS? (a) contact details (b) projects (c) activities (d) skills
9. 9.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: awards and prizes? (a) leave it out (b) include it
10. 10.📄 In which résumé section does this go: typing 40 words a minute? (a) projects (b) education (c) skills (d) contact details
11. 11.📄 In which résumé section does this go: Class 12 (Science), 2026? (a) skills (b) activities (c) education (d) contact details
12. 12.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) school and marks (b) your passwords (c) your bank details (d) a party selfie
13. 13.Which of these goes in the projects section? (a) eco club member (b) built a rain gauge model (c) your city and PIN code (d) typing 40 words a minute
14. 14.📄 In which résumé section does this go: a survey of 50 shops? (a) activities (b) skills (c) projects (d) contact details
15. 15.True or false: “clubs and activities” should be left out of a résumé. (a) False (b) True
16. 16.📄 In which résumé section does this go: an email ID? (a) contact details (b) education (c) activities (d) skills
17. 17.📄 Your résumé says you led a club. In the interview you should… (a) be ready to explain it (b) say it was a joke (c) change the subject (d) deny it
18. 18.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: made-up marks? (a) leave it out (b) include it
19. 19.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) volunteer work (b) a party selfie (c) your bank details (d) made-up marks
20. 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) awards and prizes (b) your Aadhaar number (c) your passwords (d) made-up marks
21. 21.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: school and marks? (a) leave it out (b) include it
22. 22.Which of these goes in the skills section? (a) a website for our club (b) debate club secretary (c) school football team (d) spreadsheets (basic)
23. 23.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: volunteer work? (a) include it (b) leave it out
24. 24.📄 In which résumé section does this go: a website for our club? (a) projects (b) skills (c) education (d) activities
25. 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a party selfie (b) projects you did (c) languages you know (d) awards and prizes
26. 26.True or false: “awards and prizes” should be left out of a résumé. (a) False (b) True
27. 27.Which of these goes in the activities section? (a) debate club secretary (b) spreadsheets (basic) (c) a website for our club (d) Class 10 board: 88%
28. 28.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) your Aadhaar number (b) skills like typing (c) your phone and email (d) awards and prizes
29. 29.📄 A résumé is… (a) a letter of thanks (b) a school report card (c) a short summary of you (d) a full autobiography
30. 30.📄 In which résumé section does this go: B.Com first year? (a) contact details (b) projects (c) education (d) activities
31. 31.📄 A student with no work experience should highlight… (a) nothing at all (b) their parents’ jobs (c) projects and activities (d) made-up jobs
32. 32.Which of these goes in the contact details? (a) school football team (b) debate club secretary (c) spreadsheets (basic) (d) an email ID
33. 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a long life story (b) your bank details (c) projects you did (d) your Aadhaar number
34. 34.True or false: “school and marks” belongs on a student résumé. (a) True (b) False
35. 35.True or false: “skills like typing” belongs on a student résumé. (a) True (b) False
36. 36.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your Aadhaar number? (a) leave it out (b) include it
37. 37.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) your passwords (b) your bank details (c) your siblings’ marks (d) languages you know
38. 38.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) projects you did (b) your passwords (c) a long life story (d) your bank details
39. 39.📄 In which résumé section does this go: built a rain gauge model? (a) projects (b) skills (c) activities (d) education
40. 40.True or false: “a long life story” should be left out of a résumé. (a) True (b) False

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