Résumé Worksheet: What to Include

Interview skills lesson 17: What goes on a student résumé · Set 610 · 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.True or false: “your bank details” belongs on a student résumé. (a) True (b) False
2. 2.📄 In which résumé section does this go: a survey of 50 shops? (a) education (b) projects (c) contact details (d) activities
3. 3.📄 In which résumé section does this go: spreadsheets (basic)? (a) education (b) skills (c) activities (d) contact details
4. 4.Which of these goes in the projects section? (a) your city and PIN code (b) B.Com first year (c) basic HTML and CSS (d) a survey of 50 shops
5. 5.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: a party selfie? (a) leave it out (b) include it
6. 6.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) your passwords (b) volunteer work (c) a party selfie (d) your bank details
7. 7.Which of these goes in the skills section? (a) B.Com first year (b) your city and PIN code (c) debate club secretary (d) typing 40 words a minute
8. 8.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) languages you know (b) a party selfie (c) projects you did (d) clubs and activities
9. 9.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: made-up marks? (a) include it (b) leave it out
10. 10.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your phone and email (b) your bank details (c) volunteer work (d) languages you know
11. 11.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your phone and email? (a) include it (b) leave it out
12. 12.True or false: “volunteer work” belongs on a student résumé. (a) True (b) False
13. 13.True or false: “your passwords” should be left out of a résumé. (a) False (b) True
14. 14.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) projects you did (b) your phone and email (c) skills like typing (d) your Aadhaar number
15. 15.📄 A résumé is… (a) a school report card (b) a full autobiography (c) a letter of thanks (d) a short summary of you
16. 16.📄 In which résumé section does this go: an email ID? (a) skills (b) contact details (c) education (d) activities
17. 17.True or false: “school and marks” should be left out of a résumé. (a) False (b) True
18. 18.📄 In which résumé section does this go: Class 12 (Science), 2026? (a) activities (b) skills (c) education (d) contact details
19. 19.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) clubs and activities (b) your siblings’ marks (c) made-up marks (d) your passwords
20. 20.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) languages you know (b) made-up marks (c) your siblings’ marks (d) a long life story
21. 21.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: awards and prizes? (a) leave it out (b) include it
22. 22.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) a long life story (b) made-up marks (c) a party selfie (d) your phone and email
23. 23.📄 In which résumé section does this go: Class 10 board: 88%? (a) contact details (b) education (c) projects (d) skills
24. 24.📄 A student with no work experience should highlight… (a) projects and activities (b) nothing at all (c) made-up jobs (d) their parents’ jobs
25. 25.True or false: “a long life story” belongs on a student résumé. (a) True (b) False
26. 26.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) your bank details (b) skills like typing (c) school and marks (d) projects you did
27. 27.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) your bank details (b) projects you did (c) your Aadhaar number (d) your siblings’ marks
28. 28.📄 What font style suits a résumé? (a) one plain, clear font (b) tiny handwriting (c) all bold capitals (d) five fancy fonts
29. 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your bank details (b) made-up marks (c) your Aadhaar number (d) your phone and email
30. 30.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) your passwords (b) skills like typing (c) a party selfie (d) your bank details
31. 31.📄 In which résumé section does this go: built a rain gauge model? (a) projects (b) education (c) skills (d) contact details
32. 32.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) your passwords (b) school and marks (c) a long life story (d) made-up marks
33. 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) clubs and activities (b) a party selfie (c) awards and prizes (d) projects you did
34. 34.📄 In which résumé section does this go: a website for our club? (a) projects (b) contact details (c) skills (d) activities
35. 35.📄 In which résumé section does this go: typing 40 words a minute? (a) skills (b) projects (c) activities (d) contact details
36. 36.True or false: “awards and prizes” belongs on a student résumé. (a) True (b) False
37. 37.📄 In which résumé section does this go: your city and PIN code? (a) projects (b) contact details (c) skills (d) education
38. 38.True or false: “your siblings’ marks” should be left out of a résumé. (a) False (b) True
39. 39.True or false: “projects you did” belongs on a student résumé. (a) False (b) True
40. 40.📄 Your résumé says you led a club. In the interview you should… (a) deny it (b) be ready to explain it (c) say it was a joke (d) change the subject

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