Résumé Worksheet: What to Include

Interview skills lesson 17: What goes on a student résumé · Set 592 · 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 should be left out of a résumé? (a) languages you know (b) a party selfie (c) school and marks (d) your phone and email
2. 2.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: clubs and activities? (a) leave it out (b) include it
3. 3.📄 How long should a student résumé usually be? (a) half a line (b) five pages (c) ten pages (d) one page
4. 4.📄 What font style suits a résumé? (a) five fancy fonts (b) tiny handwriting (c) one plain, clear font (d) all bold capitals
5. 5.True or false: “skills like typing” should be left out of a résumé. (a) True (b) False
6. 6.True or false: “a long life story” should be left out of a résumé. (a) False (b) True
7. 7.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) a party selfie (b) your Aadhaar number (c) your siblings’ marks (d) skills like typing
8. 8.Which of these goes in the education section? (a) Class 12 (Science), 2026 (b) a mobile number (c) a survey of 50 shops (d) debate club secretary
9. 9.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: languages you know? (a) leave it out (b) include it
10. 10.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your siblings’ marks (b) a party selfie (c) made-up marks (d) volunteer work
11. 11.True or false: “made-up marks” belongs on a student résumé. (a) True (b) False
12. 12.Which of these goes in the projects section? (a) a survey of 50 shops (b) basic HTML and CSS (c) typing 40 words a minute (d) Class 10 board: 88%
13. 13.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: a party selfie? (a) include it (b) leave it out
14. 14.True or false: “a party selfie” belongs on a student résumé. (a) True (b) False
15. 15.Which of these goes in the skills section? (a) built a rain gauge model (b) typing 40 words a minute (c) an email ID (d) Class 10 board: 88%
16. 16.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: awards and prizes? (a) include it (b) leave it out
17. 17.📄 In which résumé section does this go: an email ID? (a) education (b) skills (c) contact details (d) projects
18. 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) volunteer work (b) your bank details (c) clubs and activities (d) awards and prizes
19. 19.📄 In which résumé section does this go: Class 10 board: 88%? (a) activities (b) projects (c) contact details (d) education
20. 20.📄 In which résumé section does this go: Class 12 (Science), 2026? (a) contact details (b) skills (c) activities (d) education
21. 21.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: school and marks? (a) leave it out (b) include it
22. 22.Which of these goes in the activities section? (a) your city and PIN code (b) school football team (c) Class 10 board: 88% (d) a survey of 50 shops
23. 23.Which of these goes in the skills section? (a) a website for our club (b) school football team (c) an email ID (d) basic HTML and CSS
24. 24.📄 In which résumé section does this go: typing 40 words a minute? (a) skills (b) contact details (c) projects (d) education
25. 25.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) your siblings’ marks (b) volunteer work (c) skills like typing (d) your phone and email
26. 26.True or false: “your bank details” should be left out of a résumé. (a) True (b) False
27. 27.📄 In which résumé section does this go: a mobile number? (a) contact details (b) skills (c) education (d) activities
28. 28.Which of these goes in the contact details? (a) an email ID (b) built a rain gauge model (c) B.Com first year (d) spreadsheets (basic)
29. 29.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your bank details? (a) include it (b) leave it out
30. 30.Which of these goes in the activities section? (a) an email ID (b) typing 40 words a minute (c) Class 12 (Science), 2026 (d) debate club secretary
31. 31.📄 A résumé is… (a) a school report card (b) a full autobiography (c) a letter of thanks (d) a short summary of you
32. 32.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: a long life story? (a) leave it out (b) include it
33. 33.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) languages you know (b) your Aadhaar number (c) awards and prizes (d) volunteer work
34. 34.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) clubs and activities (b) a long life story (c) your siblings’ marks (d) your bank details
35. 35.True or false: “skills like typing” belongs on a student résumé. (a) True (b) False
36. 36.Which of these goes in the education section? (a) a website for our club (b) an email ID (c) Class 10 board: 88% (d) basic HTML and CSS
37. 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) made-up marks (b) your passwords (c) your bank details (d) awards and prizes
38. 38.Which of these goes in the projects section? (a) Class 10 board: 88% (b) debate club secretary (c) typing 40 words a minute (d) built a rain gauge model
39. 39.📄 A student with no work experience should highlight… (a) made-up jobs (b) nothing at all (c) their parents’ jobs (d) projects and activities
40. 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) made-up marks (b) school and marks (c) your Aadhaar number (d) your passwords

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