Résumé Worksheet: What to Include

Interview skills lesson 17: What goes on a student résumé · Set 522 · 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.📄 A student with no work experience should highlight… (a) their parents’ jobs (b) made-up jobs (c) nothing at all (d) projects and activities
2. 2.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) projects you did (b) your phone and email (c) a long life story (d) volunteer work
3. 3.📄 How long should a student résumé usually be? (a) five pages (b) ten pages (c) one page (d) half a line
4. 4.Which of these goes in the education section? (a) your city and PIN code (b) B.Com first year (c) school football team (d) a survey of 50 shops
5. 5.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) your passwords (b) your phone and email (c) clubs and activities (d) volunteer work
6. 6.📄 In which résumé section does this go: eco club member? (a) skills (b) projects (c) activities (d) contact details
7. 7.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) your phone and email (b) your siblings’ marks (c) school and marks (d) volunteer work
8. 8.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) your passwords (b) a party selfie (c) school and marks (d) your bank details
9. 9.📄 In which résumé section does this go: spreadsheets (basic)? (a) activities (b) contact details (c) skills (d) education
10. 10.Which of these goes in the activities section? (a) debate club secretary (b) a survey of 50 shops (c) a website for our club (d) basic HTML and CSS
11. 11.Which of these goes in the projects section? (a) debate club secretary (b) eco club member (c) school football team (d) built a rain gauge model
12. 12.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) skills like typing (b) your bank details (c) volunteer work (d) projects you did
13. 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a long life story (b) school and marks (c) skills like typing (d) clubs and activities
14. 14.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your bank details (b) your Aadhaar number (c) your passwords (d) school and marks
15. 15.True or false: “your siblings’ marks” belongs on a student résumé. (a) True (b) False
16. 16.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your Aadhaar number? (a) leave it out (b) include it
17. 17.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) a party selfie (b) projects you did (c) your Aadhaar number (d) made-up marks
18. 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) school and marks (b) skills like typing (c) awards and prizes (d) your bank details
19. 19.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: made-up marks? (a) include it (b) leave it out
20. 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) skills like typing (b) awards and prizes (c) your siblings’ marks (d) languages you know
21. 21.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your siblings’ marks? (a) include it (b) leave it out
22. 22.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) a long life story (b) your bank details (c) made-up marks (d) awards and prizes
23. 23.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your phone and email? (a) leave it out (b) include it
24. 24.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: projects you did? (a) include it (b) leave it out
25. 25.📄 Your résumé says you led a club. In the interview you should… (a) deny it (b) be ready to explain it (c) say it was a joke (d) change the subject
26. 26.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your bank details? (a) include it (b) leave it out
27. 27.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your passwords? (a) leave it out (b) include it
28. 28.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) volunteer work (b) awards and prizes (c) skills like typing (d) your Aadhaar number
29. 29.📄 A résumé is… (a) a school report card (b) a letter of thanks (c) a full autobiography (d) a short summary of you
30. 30.📄 In which résumé section does this go: school football team? (a) education (b) activities (c) skills (d) contact details
31. 31.True or false: “your bank details” should be left out of a résumé. (a) True (b) False
32. 32.Which of these goes in the education section? (a) a survey of 50 shops (b) eco club member (c) Class 10 board: 88% (d) your city and PIN code
33. 33.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: skills like typing? (a) include it (b) leave it out
34. 34.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) school and marks (b) made-up marks (c) awards and prizes (d) projects you did
35. 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) school and marks (b) volunteer work (c) made-up marks (d) your phone and email
36. 36.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) made-up marks (b) your Aadhaar number (c) volunteer work (d) your bank details
37. 37.📄 In which résumé section does this go: built a rain gauge model? (a) projects (b) contact details (c) activities (d) skills
38. 38.📄 What font style suits a résumé? (a) all bold capitals (b) one plain, clear font (c) five fancy fonts (d) tiny handwriting
39. 39.Which of these goes in the education section? (a) an email ID (b) Class 12 (Science), 2026 (c) eco club member (d) built a rain gauge model
40. 40.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) a party selfie (b) languages you know (c) your Aadhaar number (d) your siblings’ marks

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