Résumé Worksheet: What to Include

Interview skills lesson 17: What goes on a student résumé · Set 580 · 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.Which of these goes in the education section? (a) spreadsheets (basic) (b) Class 10 board: 88% (c) a website for our club (d) basic HTML and CSS
2. 2.True or false: “your phone and email” should be left out of a résumé. (a) False (b) True
3. 3.📄 What font style suits a résumé? (a) five fancy fonts (b) tiny handwriting (c) all bold capitals (d) one plain, clear font
4. 4.Which of these goes in the projects section? (a) a survey of 50 shops (b) school football team (c) typing 40 words a minute (d) Class 10 board: 88%
5. 5.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your bank details? (a) include it (b) leave it out
6. 6.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: projects you did? (a) include it (b) leave it out
7. 7.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) made-up marks (b) volunteer work (c) projects you did (d) clubs and activities
8. 8.Which of these goes in the skills section? (a) built a rain gauge model (b) basic HTML and CSS (c) a mobile number (d) Class 12 (Science), 2026
9. 9.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: made-up marks? (a) include it (b) leave it out
10. 10.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your phone and email (b) made-up marks (c) a party selfie (d) your passwords
11. 11.True or false: “skills like typing” should be left out of a résumé. (a) True (b) False
12. 12.📄 A résumé is… (a) a letter of thanks (b) a school report card (c) a full autobiography (d) a short summary of you
13. 13.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) awards and prizes (b) your passwords (c) your bank details (d) a long life story
14. 14.📄 In which résumé section does this go: Class 10 board: 88%? (a) activities (b) education (c) contact details (d) projects
15. 15.📄 A student with no work experience should highlight… (a) nothing at all (b) their parents’ jobs (c) projects and activities (d) made-up jobs
16. 16.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) your Aadhaar number (b) made-up marks (c) volunteer work (d) a party selfie
17. 17.📄 In which résumé section does this go: your city and PIN code? (a) activities (b) education (c) contact details (d) skills
18. 18.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) clubs and activities (b) school and marks (c) volunteer work (d) your passwords
19. 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) languages you know (b) skills like typing (c) a party selfie (d) projects you did
20. 20.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) languages you know (b) your siblings’ marks (c) a long life story (d) your bank details
21. 21.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: school and marks? (a) include it (b) leave it out
22. 22.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: a long life story? (a) leave it out (b) include it
23. 23.Which of these goes in the education section? (a) typing 40 words a minute (b) school football team (c) Class 12 (Science), 2026 (d) eco club member
24. 24.Which of these goes in the projects section? (a) a website for our club (b) Class 10 board: 88% (c) your city and PIN code (d) B.Com first year
25. 25.📄 How long should a student résumé usually be? (a) half a line (b) five pages (c) ten pages (d) one page
26. 26.Which of these goes in the activities section? (a) a survey of 50 shops (b) school football team (c) a website for our club (d) B.Com first year
27. 27.📄 In which résumé section does this go: basic HTML and CSS? (a) projects (b) skills (c) education (d) activities
28. 28.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your passwords? (a) leave it out (b) include it
29. 29.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your siblings’ marks? (a) include it (b) leave it out
30. 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your bank details (b) your Aadhaar number (c) your siblings’ marks (d) skills like typing
31. 31.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a long life story (b) your bank details (c) your Aadhaar number (d) languages you know
32. 32.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) your bank details (b) clubs and activities (c) volunteer work (d) projects you did
33. 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) projects you did (b) volunteer work (c) skills like typing (d) your bank details
34. 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your bank details (b) school and marks (c) your Aadhaar number (d) your siblings’ marks
35. 35.📄 In which résumé section does this go: Class 12 (Science), 2026? (a) activities (b) contact details (c) education (d) skills
36. 36.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your Aadhaar number (b) a long life story (c) your passwords (d) clubs and activities
37. 37.📄 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
38. 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) projects you did (b) your siblings’ marks (c) volunteer work (d) school and marks
39. 39.True or false: “a party selfie” belongs on a student résumé. (a) False (b) True
40. 40.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: a party selfie? (a) include it (b) leave it out

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