Résumé Worksheet: What to Include

Interview skills lesson 17: What goes on a student résumé · Set 530 · 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 résumé is… (a) a letter of thanks (b) a school report card (c) a full autobiography (d) a short summary of you
2. 2.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) your Aadhaar number (b) a party selfie (c) a long life story (d) languages you know
3. 3.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) a party selfie (b) your bank details (c) clubs and activities (d) your siblings’ marks
4. 4.📄 Your résumé says you led a club. In the interview you should… (a) be ready to explain it (b) deny it (c) say it was a joke (d) change the subject
5. 5.Which of these goes in the projects section? (a) a website for our club (b) eco club member (c) typing 40 words a minute (d) B.Com first year
6. 6.True or false: “clubs and activities” should be left out of a résumé. (a) True (b) False
7. 7.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your phone and email (b) awards and prizes (c) school and marks (d) a party selfie
8. 8.📄 In which résumé section does this go: your city and PIN code? (a) activities (b) skills (c) contact details (d) projects
9. 9.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) made-up marks (b) clubs and activities (c) school and marks (d) your phone and email
10. 10.Which of these goes in the projects section? (a) school football team (b) B.Com first year (c) a survey of 50 shops (d) your city and PIN code
11. 11.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) projects you did (b) skills like typing (c) school and marks (d) your siblings’ marks
12. 12.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) languages you know (b) projects you did (c) clubs and activities (d) your bank details
13. 13.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: a long life story? (a) include it (b) leave it out
14. 14.True or false: “your passwords” should be left out of a résumé. (a) True (b) False
15. 15.True or false: “volunteer work” should be left out of a résumé. (a) False (b) True
16. 16.📄 What font style suits a résumé? (a) five fancy fonts (b) all bold capitals (c) one plain, clear font (d) tiny handwriting
17. 17.📄 In which résumé section does this go: basic HTML and CSS? (a) projects (b) skills (c) education (d) contact details
18. 18.Which of these goes in the education section? (a) a survey of 50 shops (b) a website for our club (c) B.Com first year (d) your city and PIN code
19. 19.📄 In which résumé section does this go: Class 10 board: 88%? (a) projects (b) contact details (c) skills (d) education
20. 20.📄 In which résumé section does this go: eco club member? (a) activities (b) projects (c) contact details (d) education
21. 21.Which of these goes in the skills section? (a) basic HTML and CSS (b) a website for our club (c) Class 10 board: 88% (d) a survey of 50 shops
22. 22.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) school and marks (b) volunteer work (c) a party selfie (d) awards and prizes
23. 23.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) skills like typing (b) volunteer work (c) your passwords (d) projects you did
24. 24.Which of these goes in the activities section? (a) a survey of 50 shops (b) B.Com first year (c) debate club secretary (d) a mobile number
25. 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) made-up marks (b) a party selfie (c) your phone and email (d) a long life story
26. 26.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) a long life story (b) projects you did (c) your passwords (d) made-up marks
27. 27.📄 In which résumé section does this go: a mobile number? (a) projects (b) education (c) activities (d) contact details
28. 28.Which of these goes in the education section? (a) a website for our club (b) Class 12 (Science), 2026 (c) an email ID (d) typing 40 words a minute
29. 29.True or false: “projects you did” belongs on a student résumé. (a) True (b) False
30. 30.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: volunteer work? (a) leave it out (b) include it
31. 31.True or false: “skills like typing” belongs on a student résumé. (a) True (b) False
32. 32.True or false: “languages you know” belongs on a student résumé. (a) False (b) True
33. 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) awards and prizes (b) projects you did (c) volunteer work (d) made-up marks
34. 34.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your bank details? (a) include it (b) leave it out
35. 35.📄 In which résumé section does this go: debate club secretary? (a) education (b) activities (c) projects (d) contact details
36. 36.📄 How long should a student résumé usually be? (a) five pages (b) one page (c) half a line (d) ten pages
37. 37.Which of these goes in the activities section? (a) typing 40 words a minute (b) school football team (c) basic HTML and CSS (d) your city and PIN code
38. 38.Which of these goes in the contact details? (a) built a rain gauge model (b) B.Com first year (c) Class 10 board: 88% (d) an email ID
39. 39.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) made-up marks (b) your phone and email (c) your Aadhaar number (d) your siblings’ marks
40. 40.Which of these goes in the projects section? (a) school football team (b) Class 12 (Science), 2026 (c) a mobile number (d) built a rain gauge model

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