Résumé Worksheet: What to Include

Interview skills lesson 17: What goes on a student résumé · Set 581 · 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 projects section? (a) Class 10 board: 88% (b) eco club member (c) a survey of 50 shops (d) a mobile number
2. 2.True or false: “awards and prizes” belongs on a student résumé. (a) False (b) True
3. 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) skills like typing (b) your bank details (c) a long life story (d) your Aadhaar number
4. 4.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a long life story (b) a party selfie (c) clubs and activities (d) your bank details
5. 5.📄 In which résumé section does this go: a mobile number? (a) projects (b) skills (c) activities (d) contact details
6. 6.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your Aadhaar number? (a) include it (b) leave it out
7. 7.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) volunteer work (b) projects you did (c) clubs and activities (d) your bank details
8. 8.📄 In which résumé section does this go: a survey of 50 shops? (a) contact details (b) skills (c) projects (d) education
9. 9.📄 In which résumé section does this go: school football team? (a) activities (b) contact details (c) skills (d) projects
10. 10.True or false: “your bank details” should be left out of a résumé. (a) False (b) True
11. 11.📄 A student with no work experience should highlight… (a) made-up jobs (b) projects and activities (c) their parents’ jobs (d) nothing at all
12. 12.📄 What font style suits a résumé? (a) five fancy fonts (b) tiny handwriting (c) all bold capitals (d) one plain, clear font
13. 13.True or false: “volunteer work” belongs on a student résumé. (a) False (b) True
14. 14.Which of these goes in the activities section? (a) school football team (b) Class 12 (Science), 2026 (c) Class 10 board: 88% (d) a survey of 50 shops
15. 15.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your phone and email? (a) leave it out (b) include it
16. 16.📄 In which résumé section does this go: spreadsheets (basic)? (a) skills (b) education (c) contact details (d) projects
17. 17.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: volunteer work? (a) leave it out (b) include it
18. 18.True or false: “awards and prizes” should be left out of a résumé. (a) False (b) True
19. 19.True or false: “your passwords” should be left out of a résumé. (a) True (b) False
20. 20.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) awards and prizes (b) your phone and email (c) clubs and activities (d) your passwords
21. 21.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: made-up marks? (a) leave it out (b) include it
22. 22.📄 In which résumé section does this go: Class 10 board: 88%? (a) projects (b) contact details (c) education (d) skills
23. 23.📄 A résumé is… (a) a full autobiography (b) a letter of thanks (c) a short summary of you (d) a school report card
24. 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) volunteer work (b) made-up marks (c) your passwords (d) your bank details
25. 25.📄 In which résumé section does this go: basic HTML and CSS? (a) education (b) skills (c) contact details (d) projects
26. 26.Which of these goes in the skills section? (a) Class 10 board: 88% (b) B.Com first year (c) your city and PIN code (d) spreadsheets (basic)
27. 27.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: school and marks? (a) leave it out (b) include it
28. 28.📄 How long should a student résumé usually be? (a) five pages (b) half a line (c) one page (d) ten pages
29. 29.True or false: “languages you know” belongs on a student résumé. (a) True (b) False
30. 30.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) skills like typing (b) awards and prizes (c) projects you did (d) a party selfie
31. 31.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) skills like typing (b) projects you did (c) your passwords (d) clubs and activities
32. 32.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) volunteer work (b) a long life story (c) your Aadhaar number (d) a party selfie
33. 33.📄 Your résumé says you led a club. In the interview you should… (a) change the subject (b) be ready to explain it (c) deny it (d) say it was a joke
34. 34.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your passwords? (a) include it (b) leave it out
35. 35.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) your phone and email (b) skills like typing (c) your siblings’ marks (d) awards and prizes
36. 36.📄 In which résumé section does this go: typing 40 words a minute? (a) activities (b) education (c) contact details (d) skills
37. 37.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) awards and prizes (b) skills like typing (c) languages you know (d) your bank details
38. 38.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your siblings’ marks? (a) include it (b) leave it out
39. 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) made-up marks (b) your Aadhaar number (c) your bank details (d) school and marks
40. 40.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) made-up marks (b) your bank details (c) a party selfie (d) languages you know

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