Résumé Worksheet: What to Include

Interview skills lesson 17: What goes on a student résumé · Set 651 · 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: a website for our club? (a) skills (b) education (c) projects (d) activities
2. 2.Which of these goes in the skills section? (a) a website for our club (b) built a rain gauge model (c) debate club secretary (d) basic HTML and CSS
3. 3.📄 In which résumé section does this go: Class 10 board: 88%? (a) activities (b) skills (c) projects (d) education
4. 4.📄 In which résumé section does this go: debate club secretary? (a) contact details (b) education (c) activities (d) skills
5. 5.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: clubs and activities? (a) leave it out (b) include it
6. 6.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your bank details (b) your passwords (c) school and marks (d) your Aadhaar number
7. 7.📄 How long should a student résumé usually be? (a) ten pages (b) half a line (c) five pages (d) one page
8. 8.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: volunteer work? (a) include it (b) leave it out
9. 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) made-up marks (b) your passwords (c) your phone and email (d) your siblings’ marks
10. 10.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your phone and email (b) a party selfie (c) volunteer work (d) projects you did
11. 11.📄 Your résumé says you led a club. In the interview you should… (a) be ready to explain it (b) change the subject (c) say it was a joke (d) deny it
12. 12.True or false: “projects you did” should be left out of a résumé. (a) True (b) False
13. 13.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) made-up marks (b) school and marks (c) your phone and email (d) volunteer work
14. 14.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your bank details (b) projects you did (c) your phone and email (d) clubs and activities
15. 15.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: languages you know? (a) leave it out (b) include it
16. 16.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) your Aadhaar number (b) a party selfie (c) your phone and email (d) your bank details
17. 17.True or false: “a party selfie” belongs on a student résumé. (a) True (b) False
18. 18.📄 What font style suits a résumé? (a) one plain, clear font (b) five fancy fonts (c) all bold capitals (d) tiny handwriting
19. 19.📄 A student with no work experience should highlight… (a) projects and activities (b) nothing at all (c) their parents’ jobs (d) made-up jobs
20. 20.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your phone and email? (a) leave it out (b) include it
21. 21.True or false: “your bank details” belongs on a student résumé. (a) False (b) True
22. 22.📄 In which résumé section does this go: typing 40 words a minute? (a) skills (b) projects (c) activities (d) contact details
23. 23.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) awards and prizes (b) school and marks (c) languages you know (d) your Aadhaar number
24. 24.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) languages you know (b) volunteer work (c) projects you did (d) your passwords
25. 25.📄 In which résumé section does this go: spreadsheets (basic)? (a) activities (b) contact details (c) projects (d) skills
26. 26.📄 In which résumé section does this go: basic HTML and CSS? (a) projects (b) education (c) contact details (d) skills
27. 27.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your passwords? (a) include it (b) leave it out
28. 28.Which of these goes in the projects section? (a) eco club member (b) typing 40 words a minute (c) built a rain gauge model (d) your city and PIN code
29. 29.Which of these goes in the contact details? (a) Class 12 (Science), 2026 (b) debate club secretary (c) your city and PIN code (d) school football team
30. 30.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) a long life story (b) clubs and activities (c) your bank details (d) your Aadhaar number
31. 31.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: school and marks? (a) leave it out (b) include it
32. 32.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your siblings’ marks? (a) include it (b) leave it out
33. 33.Which of these goes in the projects section? (a) school football team (b) a mobile number (c) a survey of 50 shops (d) eco club member
34. 34.Which of these goes in the activities section? (a) eco club member (b) B.Com first year (c) spreadsheets (basic) (d) a survey of 50 shops
35. 35.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) awards and prizes (b) your siblings’ marks (c) volunteer work (d) languages you know
36. 36.True or false: “your phone and email” should be left out of a résumé. (a) True (b) False
37. 37.True or false: “school and marks” should be left out of a résumé. (a) False (b) True
38. 38.True or false: “skills like typing” should be left out of a résumé. (a) True (b) False
39. 39.Which of these goes in the activities section? (a) school football team (b) B.Com first year (c) Class 12 (Science), 2026 (d) an email ID
40. 40.True or false: “made-up marks” belongs on a student résumé. (a) True (b) False

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