Résumé Worksheet: What to Include

Interview skills lesson 17: What goes on a student résumé · Set 582 · 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: a mobile number? (a) contact details (b) skills (c) education (d) projects
2. 2.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: school and marks? (a) leave it out (b) include it
3. 3.Which of these goes in the projects section? (a) basic HTML and CSS (b) your city and PIN code (c) typing 40 words a minute (d) built a rain gauge model
4. 4.Which of these goes in the projects section? (a) basic HTML and CSS (b) school football team (c) debate club secretary (d) a survey of 50 shops
5. 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your phone and email (b) school and marks (c) projects you did (d) your passwords
6. 6.True or false: “projects you did” should be left out of a résumé. (a) False (b) True
7. 7.Which of these goes in the activities section? (a) eco club member (b) a mobile number (c) built a rain gauge model (d) B.Com first year
8. 8.Which of these goes in the education section? (a) your city and PIN code (b) spreadsheets (basic) (c) built a rain gauge model (d) Class 12 (Science), 2026
9. 9.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) made-up marks (b) your passwords (c) volunteer work (d) a long life story
10. 10.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) clubs and activities (b) your passwords (c) your Aadhaar number (d) made-up marks
11. 11.True or false: “your passwords” should be left out of a résumé. (a) False (b) True
12. 12.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) made-up marks (b) a long life story (c) your passwords (d) skills like typing
13. 13.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your siblings’ marks? (a) include it (b) leave it out
14. 14.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: projects you did? (a) include it (b) leave it out
15. 15.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your phone and email? (a) include it (b) leave it out
16. 16.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your phone and email (b) awards and prizes (c) school and marks (d) your siblings’ marks
17. 17.📄 A student with no work experience should highlight… (a) nothing at all (b) made-up jobs (c) their parents’ jobs (d) projects and activities
18. 18.📄 What font style suits a résumé? (a) one plain, clear font (b) tiny handwriting (c) five fancy fonts (d) all bold capitals
19. 19.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: clubs and activities? (a) include it (b) leave it out
20. 20.True or false: “skills like typing” belongs on a student résumé. (a) True (b) False
21. 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) volunteer work (b) your passwords (c) your bank details (d) your siblings’ marks
22. 22.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) school and marks (b) clubs and activities (c) your bank details (d) projects you did
23. 23.Which of these goes in the contact details? (a) a mobile number (b) basic HTML and CSS (c) built a rain gauge model (d) Class 12 (Science), 2026
24. 24.Which of these goes in the contact details? (a) Class 10 board: 88% (b) Class 12 (Science), 2026 (c) your city and PIN code (d) B.Com first year
25. 25.📄 Your résumé says you led a club. In the interview you should… (a) change the subject (b) deny it (c) say it was a joke (d) be ready to explain it
26. 26.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: volunteer work? (a) include it (b) leave it out
27. 27.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) projects you did (b) your Aadhaar number (c) your bank details (d) made-up marks
28. 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a party selfie (b) skills like typing (c) your siblings’ marks (d) a long life story
29. 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your bank details (b) languages you know (c) your phone and email (d) projects you did
30. 30.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) projects you did (b) clubs and activities (c) skills like typing (d) your siblings’ marks
31. 31.📄 How long should a student résumé usually be? (a) five pages (b) ten pages (c) half a line (d) one page
32. 32.📄 In which résumé section does this go: spreadsheets (basic)? (a) skills (b) activities (c) education (d) contact details
33. 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) projects you did (b) school and marks (c) languages you know (d) a party selfie
34. 34.Which of these goes in the education section? (a) typing 40 words a minute (b) basic HTML and CSS (c) Class 10 board: 88% (d) a survey of 50 shops
35. 35.True or false: “volunteer work” should be left out of a résumé. (a) True (b) False
36. 36.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) your Aadhaar number (b) awards and prizes (c) a long life story (d) your bank details
37. 37.📄 In which résumé section does this go: basic HTML and CSS? (a) projects (b) activities (c) education (d) skills
38. 38.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) your siblings’ marks (b) your passwords (c) a party selfie (d) your phone and email
39. 39.True or false: “your phone and email” should be left out of a résumé. (a) True (b) False
40. 40.True or false: “your phone and email” belongs on a student résumé. (a) True (b) False

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