Résumé Worksheet: What to Include

Interview skills lesson 17: What goes on a student résumé · Set 596 · 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 skills section? (a) an email ID (b) typing 40 words a minute (c) Class 10 board: 88% (d) a mobile number
2. 2.Which of these goes in the projects section? (a) your city and PIN code (b) a website for our club (c) debate club secretary (d) spreadsheets (basic)
3. 3.📄 In which résumé section does this go: a survey of 50 shops? (a) contact details (b) education (c) projects (d) skills
4. 4.📄 In which résumé section does this go: spreadsheets (basic)? (a) education (b) projects (c) contact details (d) skills
5. 5.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: skills like typing? (a) include it (b) leave it out
6. 6.True or false: “made-up marks” belongs on a student résumé. (a) True (b) False
7. 7.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) clubs and activities (b) made-up marks (c) a party selfie (d) your passwords
8. 8.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) your passwords (b) your phone and email (c) made-up marks (d) a long life story
9. 9.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your passwords? (a) include it (b) leave it out
10. 10.📄 In which résumé section does this go: B.Com first year? (a) skills (b) activities (c) contact details (d) education
11. 11.📄 A résumé is… (a) a full autobiography (b) a school report card (c) a short summary of you (d) a letter of thanks
12. 12.📄 In which résumé section does this go: an email ID? (a) education (b) contact details (c) projects (d) skills
13. 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your Aadhaar number (b) a party selfie (c) a long life story (d) skills like typing
14. 14.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a party selfie (b) made-up marks (c) volunteer work (d) your bank details
15. 15.📄 How long should a student résumé usually be? (a) five pages (b) one page (c) ten pages (d) half a line
16. 16.Which of these goes in the education section? (a) B.Com first year (b) a mobile number (c) eco club member (d) built a rain gauge model
17. 17.True or false: “skills like typing” belongs on a student résumé. (a) True (b) False
18. 18.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) a party selfie (b) awards and prizes (c) made-up marks (d) a long life story
19. 19.Which of these goes in the activities section? (a) basic HTML and CSS (b) eco club member (c) spreadsheets (basic) (d) built a rain gauge model
20. 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) school and marks (b) projects you did (c) your passwords (d) languages you know
21. 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) clubs and activities (b) a party selfie (c) your siblings’ marks (d) your passwords
22. 22.True or false: “made-up marks” should be left out of a résumé. (a) False (b) True
23. 23.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: clubs and activities? (a) leave it out (b) include it
24. 24.📄 In which résumé section does this go: basic HTML and CSS? (a) education (b) skills (c) activities (d) projects
25. 25.Which of these goes in the skills section? (a) spreadsheets (basic) (b) B.Com first year (c) school football team (d) Class 12 (Science), 2026
26. 26.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) skills like typing (b) your bank details (c) your phone and email (d) school and marks
27. 27.True or false: “volunteer work” belongs on a student résumé. (a) False (b) True
28. 28.📄 Your résumé says you led a club. In the interview you should… (a) say it was a joke (b) change the subject (c) deny it (d) be ready to explain it
29. 29.📄 In which résumé section does this go: a mobile number? (a) activities (b) skills (c) contact details (d) projects
30. 30.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your bank details? (a) include it (b) leave it out
31. 31.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) your Aadhaar number (b) projects you did (c) your bank details (d) a party selfie
32. 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your bank details (b) your phone and email (c) clubs and activities (d) volunteer work
33. 33.Which of these goes in the projects section? (a) a mobile number (b) debate club secretary (c) a survey of 50 shops (d) Class 10 board: 88%
34. 34.True or false: “school and marks” should be left out of a résumé. (a) False (b) True
35. 35.True or false: “languages you know” belongs on a student résumé. (a) False (b) True
36. 36.Which of these goes in the skills section? (a) basic HTML and CSS (b) school football team (c) an email ID (d) debate club secretary
37. 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your Aadhaar number (b) a long life story (c) projects you did (d) your passwords
38. 38.📄 What font style suits a résumé? (a) one plain, clear font (b) five fancy fonts (c) tiny handwriting (d) all bold capitals
39. 39.📄 In which résumé section does this go: school football team? (a) education (b) activities (c) skills (d) projects
40. 40.Which of these goes in the contact details? (a) an email ID (b) eco club member (c) Class 10 board: 88% (d) typing 40 words a minute

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