Résumé Worksheet: What to Include

Interview skills lesson 17: What goes on a student résumé · Set 666 · 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: eco club member? (a) activities (b) contact details (c) education (d) projects
2. 2.📄 In which résumé section does this go: a survey of 50 shops? (a) skills (b) education (c) activities (d) projects
3. 3.True or false: “languages you know” should be left out of a résumé. (a) True (b) False
4. 4.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: projects you did? (a) leave it out (b) include it
5. 5.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your siblings’ marks? (a) include it (b) leave it out
6. 6.📄 In which résumé section does this go: school football team? (a) contact details (b) activities (c) education (d) projects
7. 7.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) made-up marks (b) your phone and email (c) skills like typing (d) projects you did
8. 8.📄 In which résumé section does this go: basic HTML and CSS? (a) skills (b) projects (c) education (d) activities
9. 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) volunteer work (b) skills like typing (c) made-up marks (d) school and marks
10. 10.Which of these goes in the contact details? (a) a survey of 50 shops (b) a mobile number (c) B.Com first year (d) basic HTML and CSS
11. 11.📄 In which résumé section does this go: Class 12 (Science), 2026? (a) contact details (b) skills (c) projects (d) education
12. 12.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your passwords (b) school and marks (c) skills like typing (d) clubs and activities
13. 13.Which of these goes in the projects section? (a) basic HTML and CSS (b) Class 12 (Science), 2026 (c) Class 10 board: 88% (d) built a rain gauge model
14. 14.📄 In which résumé section does this go: typing 40 words a minute? (a) contact details (b) activities (c) education (d) skills
15. 15.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) a party selfie (b) a long life story (c) projects you did (d) made-up marks
16. 16.📄 Your résumé says you led a club. In the interview you should… (a) change the subject (b) be ready to explain it (c) deny it (d) say it was a joke
17. 17.True or false: “skills like typing” belongs on a student résumé. (a) False (b) True
18. 18.True or false: “a long life story” belongs on a student résumé. (a) True (b) False
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.True or false: “your bank details” belongs on a student résumé. (a) True (b) False
21. 21.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your phone and email? (a) leave it out (b) include it
22. 22.📄 In which résumé section does this go: Class 10 board: 88%? (a) contact details (b) activities (c) education (d) projects
23. 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your Aadhaar number (b) a long life story (c) your bank details (d) school and marks
24. 24.📄 In which résumé section does this go: your city and PIN code? (a) education (b) activities (c) projects (d) contact details
25. 25.True or false: “your bank details” should be left out of a résumé. (a) False (b) True
26. 26.📄 In which résumé section does this go: spreadsheets (basic)? (a) skills (b) activities (c) projects (d) education
27. 27.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) your phone and email (b) volunteer work (c) school and marks (d) your siblings’ marks
28. 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a long life story (b) your siblings’ marks (c) your Aadhaar number (d) languages you know
29. 29.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: made-up marks? (a) leave it out (b) include it
30. 30.📄 What font style suits a résumé? (a) tiny handwriting (b) five fancy fonts (c) all bold capitals (d) one plain, clear font
31. 31.📄 How long should a student résumé usually be? (a) half a line (b) ten pages (c) five pages (d) one page
32. 32.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: awards and prizes? (a) leave it out (b) include it
33. 33.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) your siblings’ marks (b) your passwords (c) clubs and activities (d) your Aadhaar number
34. 34.Which of these goes in the skills section? (a) typing 40 words a minute (b) B.Com first year (c) an email ID (d) Class 10 board: 88%
35. 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) skills like typing (b) a party selfie (c) school and marks (d) clubs and activities
36. 36.Which of these goes in the education section? (a) Class 12 (Science), 2026 (b) eco club member (c) basic HTML and CSS (d) school football team
37. 37.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: a party selfie? (a) leave it out (b) include it
38. 38.📄 In which résumé section does this go: an email ID? (a) activities (b) skills (c) education (d) contact details
39. 39.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your passwords? (a) include it (b) leave it out
40. 40.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) your passwords (b) school and marks (c) skills like typing (d) volunteer work

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