Résumé Worksheet: What to Include

Interview skills lesson 17: What goes on a student résumé · Set 574 · 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) skills (b) projects (c) activities (d) education
2. 2.True or false: “volunteer work” belongs on a student résumé. (a) False (b) True
3. 3.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) clubs and activities (b) languages you know (c) skills like typing (d) a party selfie
4. 4.📄 In which résumé section does this go: typing 40 words a minute? (a) contact details (b) skills (c) projects (d) education
5. 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a long life story (b) a party selfie (c) awards and prizes (d) your siblings’ marks
6. 6.Which of these goes in the activities section? (a) basic HTML and CSS (b) your city and PIN code (c) Class 10 board: 88% (d) eco club member
7. 7.Which of these goes in the education section? (a) typing 40 words a minute (b) Class 10 board: 88% (c) an email ID (d) your city and PIN code
8. 8.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) awards and prizes (b) volunteer work (c) languages you know (d) your Aadhaar number
9. 9.📄 Your résumé says you led a club. In the interview you should… (a) be ready to explain it (b) change the subject (c) say it was a joke (d) deny it
10. 10.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) awards and prizes (b) your phone and email (c) clubs and activities (d) made-up marks
11. 11.📄 In which résumé section does this go: Class 12 (Science), 2026? (a) activities (b) skills (c) projects (d) education
12. 12.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: awards and prizes? (a) include it (b) leave it out
13. 13.True or false: “made-up marks” belongs on a student résumé. (a) True (b) False
14. 14.True or false: “skills like typing” belongs on a student résumé. (a) True (b) False
15. 15.📄 What font style suits a résumé? (a) one plain, clear font (b) tiny handwriting (c) five fancy fonts (d) all bold capitals
16. 16.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your bank details? (a) include it (b) leave it out
17. 17.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) your bank details (b) languages you know (c) awards and prizes (d) school and marks
18. 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) volunteer work (b) skills like typing (c) your bank details (d) projects you did
19. 19.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: a party selfie? (a) include it (b) leave it out
20. 20.True or false: “school and marks” should be left out of a résumé. (a) True (b) False
21. 21.True or false: “a long life story” belongs on a student résumé. (a) False (b) True
22. 22.True or false: “awards and prizes” should be left out of a résumé. (a) True (b) False
23. 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) volunteer work (b) clubs and activities (c) your Aadhaar number (d) skills like typing
24. 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) volunteer work (b) a long life story (c) made-up marks (d) your Aadhaar number
25. 25.True or false: “your passwords” belongs on a student résumé. (a) True (b) False
26. 26.True or false: “languages you know” should be left out of a résumé. (a) True (b) False
27. 27.📄 In which résumé section does this go: built a rain gauge model? (a) projects (b) skills (c) education (d) contact details
28. 28.Which of these goes in the activities section? (a) an email ID (b) debate club secretary (c) a website for our club (d) built a rain gauge model
29. 29.Which of these goes in the skills section? (a) debate club secretary (b) a website for our club (c) a mobile number (d) typing 40 words a minute
30. 30.📄 In which résumé section does this go: a website for our club? (a) projects (b) education (c) skills (d) activities
31. 31.True or false: “your bank details” should be left out of a résumé. (a) True (b) False
32. 32.📄 A student with no work experience should highlight… (a) nothing at all (b) made-up jobs (c) their parents’ jobs (d) projects and activities
33. 33.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: skills like typing? (a) leave it out (b) include it
34. 34.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: volunteer work? (a) leave it out (b) include it
35. 35.True or false: “projects you did” should be left out of a résumé. (a) True (b) False
36. 36.📄 In which résumé section does this go: eco club member? (a) skills (b) activities (c) contact details (d) projects
37. 37.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) your phone and email (b) a long life story (c) your Aadhaar number (d) your bank details
38. 38.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: clubs and activities? (a) leave it out (b) include it
39. 39.📄 In which résumé section does this go: spreadsheets (basic)? (a) skills (b) projects (c) education (d) contact details
40. 40.True or false: “your Aadhaar number” belongs on a student résumé. (a) False (b) True

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