Résumé Worksheet: What to Include

Interview skills lesson 17: What goes on a student résumé · Set 58 · 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) projects and activities (c) nothing at all (d) made-up jobs
2. 2.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: volunteer work? (a) include it (b) leave it out
3. 3.📄 In which résumé section does this go: Class 12 (Science), 2026? (a) education (b) activities (c) skills (d) projects
4. 4.📄 How long should a student résumé usually be? (a) ten pages (b) one page (c) five pages (d) half a line
5. 5.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) your passwords (b) your Aadhaar number (c) made-up marks (d) your phone and email
6. 6.📄 In which résumé section does this go: an email ID? (a) projects (b) education (c) skills (d) contact details
7. 7.📄 What font style suits a résumé? (a) tiny handwriting (b) one plain, clear font (c) five fancy fonts (d) all bold capitals
8. 8.Which of these goes in the skills section? (a) typing 40 words a minute (b) built a rain gauge model (c) eco club member (d) debate club secretary
9. 9.True or false: “your bank details” belongs on a student résumé. (a) False (b) True
10. 10.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) made-up marks (b) your siblings’ marks (c) skills like typing (d) your passwords
11. 11.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) your phone and email (b) clubs and activities (c) your passwords (d) skills like typing
12. 12.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) your bank details (b) awards and prizes (c) clubs and activities (d) your phone and email
13. 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a long life story (b) clubs and activities (c) your siblings’ marks (d) made-up marks
14. 14.True or false: “your Aadhaar number” belongs on a student résumé. (a) True (b) False
15. 15.📄 In which résumé section does this go: a mobile number? (a) projects (b) activities (c) skills (d) contact details
16. 16.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) a party selfie (b) your bank details (c) school and marks (d) a long life story
17. 17.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) made-up marks (b) your siblings’ marks (c) a party selfie (d) awards and prizes
18. 18.📄 A résumé is… (a) a school report card (b) a full autobiography (c) a letter of thanks (d) a short summary of you
19. 19.📄 In which résumé section does this go: basic HTML and CSS? (a) projects (b) education (c) activities (d) skills
20. 20.Which of these goes in the contact details? (a) typing 40 words a minute (b) a mobile number (c) a survey of 50 shops (d) school football team
21. 21.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: languages you know? (a) include it (b) leave it out
22. 22.True or false: “volunteer work” belongs on a student résumé. (a) True (b) False
23. 23.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: projects you did? (a) leave it out (b) include it
24. 24.True or false: “a long life story” should be left out of a résumé. (a) False (b) True
25. 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your Aadhaar number (b) projects you did (c) made-up marks (d) a long life story
26. 26.True or false: “your phone and email” belongs on a student résumé. (a) False (b) True
27. 27.True or false: “clubs and activities” belongs on a student résumé. (a) False (b) True
28. 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) skills like typing (b) your phone and email (c) a party selfie (d) projects you did
29. 29.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) your bank details (b) your siblings’ marks (c) volunteer work (d) your Aadhaar number
30. 30.📄 In which résumé section does this go: B.Com first year? (a) contact details (b) projects (c) skills (d) education
31. 31.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: school and marks? (a) leave it out (b) include it
32. 32.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your bank details? (a) include it (b) leave it out
33. 33.True or false: “your siblings’ marks” belongs on a student résumé. (a) True (b) False
34. 34.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) a long life story (b) clubs and activities (c) school and marks (d) languages you know
35. 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your phone and email (b) volunteer work (c) languages you know (d) your siblings’ marks
36. 36.True or false: “your passwords” should be left out of a résumé. (a) False (b) True
37. 37.Which of these goes in the activities section? (a) your city and PIN code (b) debate club secretary (c) B.Com first year (d) spreadsheets (basic)
38. 38.📄 In which résumé section does this go: school football team? (a) contact details (b) skills (c) activities (d) projects
39. 39.Which of these goes in the skills section? (a) eco club member (b) basic HTML and CSS (c) your city and PIN code (d) a website for our club
40. 40.📄 Your résumé says you led a club. In the interview you should… (a) deny it (b) say it was a joke (c) change the subject (d) be ready to explain it

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