Résumé Worksheet: What to Include

Interview skills lesson 17: What goes on a student résumé · Set 586 · 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: built a rain gauge model? (a) projects (b) contact details (c) education (d) activities
2. 2.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) skills like typing (b) your Aadhaar number (c) awards and prizes (d) clubs and activities
3. 3.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) projects you did (b) languages you know (c) clubs and activities (d) a long life story
4. 4.True or false: “a long life story” belongs on a student résumé. (a) True (b) False
5. 5.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: languages you know? (a) include it (b) leave it out
6. 6.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: a long life story? (a) leave it out (b) include it
7. 7.Which of these goes in the activities section? (a) typing 40 words a minute (b) debate club secretary (c) your city and PIN code (d) spreadsheets (basic)
8. 8.Which of these goes in the education section? (a) a website for our club (b) Class 12 (Science), 2026 (c) typing 40 words a minute (d) school football team
9. 9.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: awards and prizes? (a) include it (b) leave it out
10. 10.📄 What font style suits a résumé? (a) all bold capitals (b) tiny handwriting (c) one plain, clear font (d) five fancy fonts
11. 11.True or false: “your phone and email” belongs on a student résumé. (a) False (b) True
12. 12.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) your siblings’ marks (b) volunteer work (c) clubs and activities (d) your phone and email
13. 13.📄 In which résumé section does this go: a survey of 50 shops? (a) projects (b) contact details (c) education (d) skills
14. 14.Which of these goes in the skills section? (a) an email ID (b) debate club secretary (c) spreadsheets (basic) (d) your city and PIN code
15. 15.True or false: “volunteer work” belongs on a student résumé. (a) True (b) False
16. 16.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your passwords (b) a party selfie (c) volunteer work (d) your Aadhaar number
17. 17.Which of these goes in the skills section? (a) a mobile number (b) basic HTML and CSS (c) school football team (d) built a rain gauge model
18. 18.Which of these goes in the contact details? (a) typing 40 words a minute (b) Class 10 board: 88% (c) a survey of 50 shops (d) your city and PIN code
19. 19.True or false: “languages you know” should be left out of a résumé. (a) False (b) True
20. 20.📄 In which résumé section does this go: basic HTML and CSS? (a) education (b) activities (c) projects (d) skills
21. 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your Aadhaar number (b) made-up marks (c) a party selfie (d) school and marks
22. 22.📄 How long should a student résumé usually be? (a) ten pages (b) five pages (c) one page (d) half a line
23. 23.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) school and marks (b) your bank details (c) your passwords (d) a long life story
24. 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a party selfie (b) volunteer work (c) your phone and email (d) clubs and activities
25. 25.True or false: “your bank details” should be left out of a résumé. (a) False (b) True
26. 26.📄 In which résumé section does this go: a mobile number? (a) contact details (b) activities (c) education (d) projects
27. 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) made-up marks (b) a party selfie (c) your bank details (d) skills like typing
28. 28.Which of these goes in the activities section? (a) school football team (b) your city and PIN code (c) basic HTML and CSS (d) typing 40 words a minute
29. 29.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: projects you did? (a) leave it out (b) include it
30. 30.📄 Your résumé says you led a club. In the interview you should… (a) change the subject (b) deny it (c) be ready to explain it (d) say it was a joke
31. 31.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) your bank details (b) clubs and activities (c) projects you did (d) awards and prizes
32. 32.📄 In which résumé section does this go: debate club secretary? (a) education (b) skills (c) projects (d) activities
33. 33.Which of these goes in the contact details? (a) a website for our club (b) typing 40 words a minute (c) Class 12 (Science), 2026 (d) an email ID
34. 34.📄 A student with no work experience should highlight… (a) their parents’ jobs (b) projects and activities (c) made-up jobs (d) nothing at all
35. 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a long life story (b) your phone and email (c) your passwords (d) your Aadhaar number
36. 36.📄 In which résumé section does this go: school football team? (a) projects (b) activities (c) contact details (d) skills
37. 37.Which of these goes in the projects section? (a) school football team (b) a mobile number (c) built a rain gauge model (d) your city and PIN code
38. 38.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your bank details? (a) include it (b) leave it out
39. 39.True or false: “your passwords” should be left out of a résumé. (a) False (b) True
40. 40.True or false: “volunteer work” should be left out of a résumé. (a) True (b) False

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