Résumé Worksheet: What to Include

Interview skills lesson 17: What goes on a student résumé · Set 67 · 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.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your bank details? (a) leave it out (b) include it
2. 2.True or false: “clubs and activities” belongs on a student résumé. (a) False (b) True
3. 3.Which of these goes in the contact details? (a) a mobile number (b) Class 10 board: 88% (c) Class 12 (Science), 2026 (d) debate club secretary
4. 4.Which of these goes in the contact details? (a) school football team (b) your city and PIN code (c) a survey of 50 shops (d) a website for our club
5. 5.📄 In which résumé section does this go: a website for our club? (a) projects (b) skills (c) activities (d) education
6. 6.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) school and marks (b) your Aadhaar number (c) projects you did (d) your phone and email
7. 7.📄 A résumé is… (a) a letter of thanks (b) a short summary of you (c) a full autobiography (d) a school report card
8. 8.Which of these goes in the education section? (a) your city and PIN code (b) an email ID (c) a website for our club (d) Class 10 board: 88%
9. 9.Which of these goes in the activities section? (a) B.Com first year (b) your city and PIN code (c) typing 40 words a minute (d) eco club member
10. 10.📄 How long should a student résumé usually be? (a) half a line (b) one page (c) ten pages (d) five pages
11. 11.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) your siblings’ marks (b) volunteer work (c) a long life story (d) your bank details
12. 12.Which of these goes in the education section? (a) a mobile number (b) B.Com first year (c) a survey of 50 shops (d) school football team
13. 13.📄 A student with no work experience should highlight… (a) made-up jobs (b) projects and activities (c) nothing at all (d) their parents’ jobs
14. 14.Which of these goes in the activities section? (a) Class 12 (Science), 2026 (b) Class 10 board: 88% (c) your city and PIN code (d) debate club secretary
15. 15.Which of these goes in the education section? (a) your city and PIN code (b) Class 12 (Science), 2026 (c) an email ID (d) a website for our club
16. 16.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: languages you know? (a) leave it out (b) include it
17. 17.Which of these goes in the skills section? (a) an email ID (b) your city and PIN code (c) Class 10 board: 88% (d) typing 40 words a minute
18. 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your passwords (b) made-up marks (c) your Aadhaar number (d) clubs and activities
19. 19.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) projects you did (b) school and marks (c) skills like typing (d) made-up marks
20. 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) clubs and activities (b) made-up marks (c) projects you did (d) your phone and email
21. 21.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) skills like typing (b) volunteer work (c) clubs and activities (d) your siblings’ marks
22. 22.True or false: “projects you did” belongs on a student résumé. (a) False (b) True
23. 23.📄 Your résumé says you led a club. In the interview you should… (a) deny it (b) say it was a joke (c) change the subject (d) be ready to explain it
24. 24.Which of these goes in the contact details? (a) an email ID (b) school football team (c) debate club secretary (d) B.Com first year
25. 25.True or false: “school and marks” belongs on a student résumé. (a) True (b) False
26. 26.True or false: “your Aadhaar number” should be left out of a résumé. (a) False (b) True
27. 27.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) your bank details (b) volunteer work (c) school and marks (d) clubs and activities
28. 28.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: awards and prizes? (a) leave it out (b) include it
29. 29.📄 In which résumé section does this go: a survey of 50 shops? (a) skills (b) projects (c) education (d) contact details
30. 30.True or false: “your siblings’ marks” belongs on a student résumé. (a) True (b) False
31. 31.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: skills like typing? (a) include it (b) leave it out
32. 32.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) your passwords (b) made-up marks (c) awards and prizes (d) your Aadhaar number
33. 33.📄 In which résumé section does this go: a mobile number? (a) activities (b) contact details (c) education (d) skills
34. 34.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your Aadhaar number? (a) include it (b) leave it out
35. 35.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: projects you did? (a) leave it out (b) include it
36. 36.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your phone and email (b) made-up marks (c) your siblings’ marks (d) your passwords
37. 37.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) projects you did (b) school and marks (c) skills like typing (d) your passwords
38. 38.Which of these goes in the skills section? (a) B.Com first year (b) an email ID (c) basic HTML and CSS (d) a survey of 50 shops
39. 39.📄 What font style suits a résumé? (a) five fancy fonts (b) one plain, clear font (c) tiny handwriting (d) all bold capitals
40. 40.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) your phone and email (b) made-up marks (c) your siblings’ marks (d) your Aadhaar number

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