Résumé Worksheet: What to Include

Interview skills lesson 17: What goes on a student résumé · Set 618 · 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: your city and PIN code? (a) education (b) activities (c) contact details (d) skills
2. 2.📄 A student with no work experience should highlight… (a) made-up jobs (b) projects and activities (c) nothing at all (d) their parents’ jobs
3. 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) skills like typing (b) projects you did (c) awards and prizes (d) your bank details
4. 4.📄 Your résumé says you led a club. In the interview you should… (a) change the subject (b) say it was a joke (c) deny it (d) be ready to explain it
5. 5.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: languages you know? (a) include it (b) leave it out
6. 6.📄 How long should a student résumé usually be? (a) half a line (b) five pages (c) one page (d) ten pages
7. 7.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) skills like typing (b) school and marks (c) your siblings’ marks (d) clubs and activities
8. 8.📄 A résumé is… (a) a full autobiography (b) a short summary of you (c) a school report card (d) a letter of thanks
9. 9.📄 In which résumé section does this go: spreadsheets (basic)? (a) skills (b) activities (c) contact details (d) projects
10. 10.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) school and marks (b) your passwords (c) a long life story (d) your Aadhaar number
11. 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your passwords (b) a long life story (c) clubs and activities (d) a party selfie
12. 12.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) your bank details (b) volunteer work (c) a long life story (d) made-up marks
13. 13.Which of these goes in the projects section? (a) eco club member (b) debate club secretary (c) your city and PIN code (d) a survey of 50 shops
14. 14.True or false: “volunteer work” belongs on a student résumé. (a) False (b) True
15. 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your siblings’ marks (b) your passwords (c) a long life story (d) your phone and email
16. 16.📄 In which résumé section does this go: built a rain gauge model? (a) activities (b) skills (c) projects (d) education
17. 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your passwords (b) your Aadhaar number (c) volunteer work (d) made-up marks
18. 18.📄 In which résumé section does this go: an email ID? (a) contact details (b) projects (c) education (d) skills
19. 19.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) your passwords (b) your bank details (c) your Aadhaar number (d) languages you know
20. 20.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: projects you did? (a) include it (b) leave it out
21. 21.Which of these goes in the activities section? (a) a mobile number (b) an email ID (c) school football team (d) your city and PIN code
22. 22.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) your Aadhaar number (b) your bank details (c) your passwords (d) skills like typing
23. 23.📄 In which résumé section does this go: school football team? (a) projects (b) skills (c) education (d) activities
24. 24.True or false: “school and marks” belongs on a student résumé. (a) True (b) False
25. 25.📄 In which résumé section does this go: Class 12 (Science), 2026? (a) education (b) contact details (c) activities (d) projects
26. 26.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: volunteer work? (a) include it (b) leave it out
27. 27.📄 In which résumé section does this go: typing 40 words a minute? (a) education (b) contact details (c) activities (d) skills
28. 28.True or false: “projects you did” belongs on a student résumé. (a) False (b) True
29. 29.True or false: “languages you know” should be left out of a résumé. (a) False (b) True
30. 30.True or false: “your passwords” should be left out of a résumé. (a) True (b) False
31. 31.True or false: “your siblings’ marks” should be left out of a résumé. (a) True (b) False
32. 32.True or false: “projects you did” should be left out of a résumé. (a) True (b) False
33. 33.True or false: “your bank details” belongs on a student résumé. (a) False (b) True
34. 34.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: clubs and activities? (a) leave it out (b) include it
35. 35.True or false: “a party selfie” belongs on a student résumé. (a) True (b) False
36. 36.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) clubs and activities (b) your phone and email (c) your bank details (d) awards and prizes
37. 37.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: a long life story? (a) include it (b) leave it out
38. 38.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) a party selfie (b) made-up marks (c) your bank details (d) projects you did
39. 39.📄 In which résumé section does this go: Class 10 board: 88%? (a) contact details (b) education (c) projects (d) activities
40. 40.📄 What font style suits a résumé? (a) five fancy fonts (b) all bold capitals (c) one plain, clear font (d) tiny handwriting

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