Résumé Worksheet: What to Include

Interview skills lesson 17: What goes on a student résumé · Set 532 · 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 school report card (b) a short summary of you (c) a full autobiography (d) a letter of thanks
2. 2.📄 How long should a student résumé usually be? (a) ten pages (b) five pages (c) one page (d) half a line
3. 3.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) clubs and activities (b) projects you did (c) skills like typing (d) a party selfie
4. 4.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your phone and email? (a) leave it out (b) include it
5. 5.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your passwords? (a) include it (b) leave it out
6. 6.📄 In which résumé section does this go: school football team? (a) contact details (b) activities (c) skills (d) projects
7. 7.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: projects you did? (a) leave it out (b) include it
8. 8.📄 In which résumé section does this go: typing 40 words a minute? (a) activities (b) projects (c) contact details (d) skills
9. 9.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) your siblings’ marks (b) your Aadhaar number (c) school and marks (d) a long life story
10. 10.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) clubs and activities (b) school and marks (c) your Aadhaar number (d) languages you know
11. 11.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: a long life story? (a) include it (b) leave it out
12. 12.📄 In which résumé section does this go: an email ID? (a) contact details (b) skills (c) projects (d) activities
13. 13.Which of these goes in the contact details? (a) eco club member (b) school football team (c) a survey of 50 shops (d) your city and PIN code
14. 14.True or false: “your bank details” should be left out of a résumé. (a) True (b) False
15. 15.True or false: “your siblings’ marks” should be left out of a résumé. (a) False (b) True
16. 16.Which of these goes in the activities section? (a) an email ID (b) typing 40 words a minute (c) debate club secretary (d) spreadsheets (basic)
17. 17.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) a long life story (b) your passwords (c) a party selfie (d) projects you did
18. 18.Which of these goes in the projects section? (a) typing 40 words a minute (b) Class 10 board: 88% (c) school football team (d) a website for our club
19. 19.True or false: “awards and prizes” should be left out of a résumé. (a) False (b) True
20. 20.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) your Aadhaar number (b) your bank details (c) skills like typing (d) your siblings’ marks
21. 21.Which of these goes in the education section? (a) basic HTML and CSS (b) debate club secretary (c) typing 40 words a minute (d) Class 10 board: 88%
22. 22.Which of these goes in the contact details? (a) a mobile number (b) debate club secretary (c) spreadsheets (basic) (d) a survey of 50 shops
23. 23.📄 In which résumé section does this go: Class 10 board: 88%? (a) contact details (b) activities (c) skills (d) education
24. 24.Which of these goes in the skills section? (a) built a rain gauge model (b) school football team (c) spreadsheets (basic) (d) a mobile number
25. 25.📄 In which résumé section does this go: spreadsheets (basic)? (a) projects (b) skills (c) contact details (d) education
26. 26.True or false: “made-up marks” belongs on a student résumé. (a) False (b) True
27. 27.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your Aadhaar number? (a) include it (b) leave it out
28. 28.📄 In which résumé section does this go: a survey of 50 shops? (a) activities (b) contact details (c) projects (d) skills
29. 29.📄 In which résumé section does this go: basic HTML and CSS? (a) skills (b) education (c) activities (d) projects
30. 30.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your bank details? (a) leave it out (b) include it
31. 31.True or false: “school and marks” should be left out of a résumé. (a) False (b) True
32. 32.📄 A student with no work experience should highlight… (a) made-up jobs (b) projects and activities (c) their parents’ jobs (d) nothing at all
33. 33.Which of these goes in the skills section? (a) basic HTML and CSS (b) B.Com first year (c) Class 12 (Science), 2026 (d) a survey of 50 shops
34. 34.True or false: “skills like typing” belongs on a student résumé. (a) False (b) True
35. 35.📄 Your résumé says you led a club. In the interview you should… (a) change the subject (b) say it was a joke (c) deny it (d) be ready to explain it
36. 36.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) school and marks (b) awards and prizes (c) a long life story (d) volunteer work
37. 37.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) clubs and activities (b) your phone and email (c) your passwords (d) projects you did
38. 38.Which of these goes in the activities section? (a) school football team (b) basic HTML and CSS (c) a website for our club (d) B.Com first year
39. 39.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: clubs and activities? (a) include it (b) leave it out
40. 40.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) projects you did (b) your siblings’ marks (c) skills like typing (d) volunteer work

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