Résumé Worksheet: What to Include

Interview skills lesson 17: What goes on a student résumé · Set 609 · 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: Class 12 (Science), 2026? (a) education (b) contact details (c) activities (d) skills
2. 2.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: languages you know? (a) include it (b) leave it out
3. 3.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) skills like typing (b) your siblings’ marks (c) your passwords (d) your Aadhaar number
4. 4.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) skills like typing (b) your passwords (c) your bank details (d) made-up marks
5. 5.📄 In which résumé section does this go: B.Com first year? (a) projects (b) education (c) activities (d) contact details
6. 6.📄 How long should a student résumé usually be? (a) ten pages (b) five pages (c) half a line (d) one page
7. 7.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) your Aadhaar number (b) a party selfie (c) your siblings’ marks (d) clubs and activities
8. 8.Which of these goes in the projects section? (a) eco club member (b) a mobile number (c) B.Com first year (d) built a rain gauge model
9. 9.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your passwords? (a) leave it out (b) include it
10. 10.📄 In which résumé section does this go: your city and PIN code? (a) education (b) activities (c) skills (d) contact details
11. 11.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your Aadhaar number? (a) leave it out (b) include it
12. 12.📄 A student with no work experience should highlight… (a) made-up jobs (b) their parents’ jobs (c) nothing at all (d) projects and activities
13. 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your passwords (b) your Aadhaar number (c) a party selfie (d) languages you know
14. 14.True or false: “your siblings’ marks” belongs on a student résumé. (a) True (b) False
15. 15.True or false: “made-up marks” should be left out of a résumé. (a) True (b) False
16. 16.📄 In which résumé section does this go: a website for our club? (a) activities (b) contact details (c) projects (d) skills
17. 17.📄 In which résumé section does this go: school football team? (a) education (b) projects (c) activities (d) skills
18. 18.Which of these goes in the education section? (a) school football team (b) B.Com first year (c) typing 40 words a minute (d) basic HTML and CSS
19. 19.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) skills like typing (b) languages you know (c) your phone and email (d) a party selfie
20. 20.Which of these goes in the skills section? (a) a survey of 50 shops (b) typing 40 words a minute (c) an email ID (d) school football team
21. 21.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) projects you did (b) a party selfie (c) made-up marks (d) your siblings’ marks
22. 22.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: volunteer work? (a) leave it out (b) include it
23. 23.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: awards and prizes? (a) leave it out (b) include it
24. 24.True or false: “school and marks” should be left out of a résumé. (a) False (b) True
25. 25.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: school and marks? (a) leave it out (b) include it
26. 26.📄 A résumé is… (a) a full autobiography (b) a school report card (c) a short summary of you (d) a letter of thanks
27. 27.📄 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
28. 28.Which of these goes in the activities section? (a) your city and PIN code (b) typing 40 words a minute (c) spreadsheets (basic) (d) eco club member
29. 29.Which of these goes in the projects section? (a) basic HTML and CSS (b) an email ID (c) a website for our club (d) spreadsheets (basic)
30. 30.True or false: “your phone and email” should be left out of a résumé. (a) True (b) False
31. 31.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your passwords (b) a long life story (c) your bank details (d) awards and prizes
32. 32.📄 What font style suits a résumé? (a) tiny handwriting (b) one plain, clear font (c) five fancy fonts (d) all bold capitals
33. 33.Which of these goes in the skills section? (a) B.Com first year (b) Class 10 board: 88% (c) spreadsheets (basic) (d) built a rain gauge model
34. 34.Which of these goes in the projects section? (a) a survey of 50 shops (b) an email ID (c) spreadsheets (basic) (d) Class 12 (Science), 2026
35. 35.Which of these goes in the skills section? (a) built a rain gauge model (b) a website for our club (c) a mobile number (d) basic HTML and CSS
36. 36.Which of these goes in the activities section? (a) your city and PIN code (b) Class 12 (Science), 2026 (c) B.Com first year (d) school football team
37. 37.📄 In which résumé section does this go: typing 40 words a minute? (a) projects (b) activities (c) skills (d) education
38. 38.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your bank details? (a) leave it out (b) include it
39. 39.True or false: “awards and prizes” should be left out of a résumé. (a) True (b) False
40. 40.True or false: “your bank details” should be left out of a résumé. (a) True (b) False

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