Résumé Worksheet: What to Include

Interview skills lesson 17: What goes on a student résumé · Set 646 · 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) school and marks (b) your passwords (c) your phone and email (d) clubs and activities
2. 2.Which of these goes in the contact details? (a) debate club secretary (b) typing 40 words a minute (c) a mobile number (d) Class 10 board: 88%
3. 3.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) a party selfie (b) your siblings’ marks (c) volunteer work (d) made-up marks
4. 4.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: volunteer work? (a) leave it out (b) include it
5. 5.Which of these goes in the education section? (a) typing 40 words a minute (b) school football team (c) debate club secretary (d) Class 10 board: 88%
6. 6.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: made-up marks? (a) leave it out (b) include it
7. 7.True or false: “your phone and email” should be left out of a résumé. (a) True (b) False
8. 8.📄 How long should a student résumé usually be? (a) five pages (b) ten pages (c) half a line (d) one page
9. 9.📄 In which résumé section does this go: basic HTML and CSS? (a) contact details (b) education (c) skills (d) projects
10. 10.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your siblings’ marks? (a) include it (b) leave it out
11. 11.📄 In which résumé section does this go: a survey of 50 shops? (a) projects (b) skills (c) contact details (d) education
12. 12.True or false: “your siblings’ marks” should be left out of a résumé. (a) True (b) False
13. 13.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) your passwords (b) your siblings’ marks (c) your phone and email (d) a party selfie
14. 14.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: a long life story? (a) leave it out (b) include it
15. 15.True or false: “languages you know” should be left out of a résumé. (a) True (b) False
16. 16.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) made-up marks (b) a party selfie (c) your passwords (d) school and marks
17. 17.📄 A résumé is… (a) a short summary of you (b) a letter of thanks (c) a school report card (d) a full autobiography
18. 18.📄 What font style suits a résumé? (a) five fancy fonts (b) all bold capitals (c) one plain, clear font (d) tiny handwriting
19. 19.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) a party selfie (b) a long life story (c) your Aadhaar number (d) awards and prizes
20. 20.📄 In which résumé section does this go: your city and PIN code? (a) projects (b) education (c) contact details (d) skills
21. 21.Which of these goes in the projects section? (a) your city and PIN code (b) typing 40 words a minute (c) B.Com first year (d) a survey of 50 shops
22. 22.True or false: “your siblings’ marks” belongs on a student résumé. (a) False (b) True
23. 23.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) your phone and email (b) school and marks (c) languages you know (d) your bank details
24. 24.📄 Your résumé says you led a club. In the interview you should… (a) say it was a joke (b) change the subject (c) be ready to explain it (d) deny it
25. 25.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) your bank details (b) a long life story (c) clubs and activities (d) your passwords
26. 26.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: clubs and activities? (a) include it (b) leave it out
27. 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) languages you know (b) skills like typing (c) school and marks (d) your siblings’ marks
28. 28.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: projects you did? (a) include it (b) leave it out
29. 29.True or false: “clubs and activities” should be left out of a résumé. (a) True (b) False
30. 30.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) your phone and email (b) your Aadhaar number (c) clubs and activities (d) projects you did
31. 31.True or false: “skills like typing” belongs on a student résumé. (a) False (b) True
32. 32.Which of these goes in the education section? (a) spreadsheets (basic) (b) school football team (c) Class 12 (Science), 2026 (d) a survey of 50 shops
33. 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) volunteer work (b) skills like typing (c) projects you did (d) a party selfie
34. 34.📄 In which résumé section does this go: Class 10 board: 88%? (a) activities (b) projects (c) skills (d) education
35. 35.📄 In which résumé section does this go: a mobile number? (a) projects (b) contact details (c) skills (d) activities
36. 36.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) languages you know (b) your phone and email (c) school and marks (d) your bank details
37. 37.True or false: “projects you did” belongs on a student résumé. (a) True (b) False
38. 38.📄 In which résumé section does this go: spreadsheets (basic)? (a) skills (b) contact details (c) education (d) activities
39. 39.📄 In which résumé section does this go: built a rain gauge model? (a) education (b) skills (c) projects (d) activities
40. 40.📄 A student with no work experience should highlight… (a) nothing at all (b) projects and activities (c) made-up jobs (d) their parents’ jobs

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