Résumé Worksheet: What to Include

Interview skills lesson 17: What goes on a student résumé · Set 558 · 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: Class 10 board: 88%? (a) activities (b) projects (c) contact details (d) education
2. 2.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) awards and prizes (b) languages you know (c) your bank details (d) volunteer work
3. 3.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your phone and email? (a) include it (b) leave it out
4. 4.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) volunteer work (b) your phone and email (c) a party selfie (d) school and marks
5. 5.📄 In which résumé section does this go: Class 12 (Science), 2026? (a) contact details (b) activities (c) education (d) skills
6. 6.📄 A résumé is… (a) a short summary of you (b) a letter of thanks (c) a full autobiography (d) a school report card
7. 7.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) skills like typing (b) a party selfie (c) your bank details (d) a long life story
8. 8.Which of these goes in the education section? (a) a mobile number (b) a survey of 50 shops (c) Class 10 board: 88% (d) school football team
9. 9.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: clubs and activities? (a) leave it out (b) include it
10. 10.Which of these goes in the activities section? (a) a mobile number (b) school football team (c) a website for our club (d) an email ID
11. 11.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) school and marks (b) your siblings’ marks (c) made-up marks (d) your bank details
12. 12.📄 In which résumé section does this go: a mobile number? (a) education (b) activities (c) contact details (d) skills
13. 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) clubs and activities (b) your phone and email (c) awards and prizes (d) made-up marks
14. 14.📄 In which résumé section does this go: a website for our club? (a) activities (b) education (c) projects (d) skills
15. 15.📄 What font style suits a résumé? (a) five fancy fonts (b) tiny handwriting (c) all bold capitals (d) one plain, clear font
16. 16.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your Aadhaar number (b) made-up marks (c) your siblings’ marks (d) languages you know
17. 17.Which of these goes in the contact details? (a) typing 40 words a minute (b) Class 10 board: 88% (c) an email ID (d) spreadsheets (basic)
18. 18.📄 A student with no work experience should highlight… (a) made-up jobs (b) their parents’ jobs (c) projects and activities (d) nothing at all
19. 19.Which of these goes in the education section? (a) school football team (b) Class 12 (Science), 2026 (c) a mobile number (d) debate club secretary
20. 20.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your Aadhaar number? (a) include it (b) leave it out
21. 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your siblings’ marks (b) your phone and email (c) projects you did (d) languages you know
22. 22.Which of these goes in the projects section? (a) eco club member (b) Class 12 (Science), 2026 (c) a survey of 50 shops (d) B.Com first year
23. 23.True or false: “your passwords” belongs on a student résumé. (a) False (b) True
24. 24.📄 In which résumé section does this go: spreadsheets (basic)? (a) skills (b) activities (c) contact details (d) projects
25. 25.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) your passwords (b) your siblings’ marks (c) your phone and email (d) made-up marks
26. 26.📄 In which résumé section does this go: debate club secretary? (a) projects (b) activities (c) skills (d) contact details
27. 27.📄 In which résumé section does this go: built a rain gauge model? (a) projects (b) education (c) activities (d) skills
28. 28.True or false: “clubs and activities” should be left out of a résumé. (a) True (b) False
29. 29.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) your passwords (b) a party selfie (c) languages you know (d) your bank details
30. 30.📄 In which résumé section does this go: basic HTML and CSS? (a) skills (b) contact details (c) projects (d) education
31. 31.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your passwords? (a) include it (b) leave it out
32. 32.True or false: “your Aadhaar number” belongs on a student résumé. (a) False (b) True
33. 33.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: a long life story? (a) leave it out (b) include it
34. 34.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) your bank details (b) made-up marks (c) your siblings’ marks (d) awards and prizes
35. 35.True or false: “a party selfie” should be left out of a résumé. (a) False (b) True
36. 36.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your siblings’ marks? (a) leave it out (b) include it
37. 37.Which of these goes in the skills section? (a) typing 40 words a minute (b) a website for our club (c) Class 10 board: 88% (d) school football team
38. 38.True or false: “your passwords” should be left out of a résumé. (a) True (b) False
39. 39.📄 Your résumé says you led a club. In the interview you should… (a) deny it (b) change the subject (c) say it was a joke (d) be ready to explain it
40. 40.True or false: “your siblings’ marks” belongs on a student résumé. (a) True (b) False

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