Résumé Worksheet: What to Include

Interview skills lesson 17: What goes on a student résumé · Set 681 · 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.📄 What font style suits a résumé? (a) five fancy fonts (b) tiny handwriting (c) all bold capitals (d) one plain, clear font
2. 2.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) awards and prizes (b) your phone and email (c) skills like typing (d) your Aadhaar number
3. 3.Which of these goes in the activities section? (a) school football team (b) a survey of 50 shops (c) a mobile number (d) spreadsheets (basic)
4. 4.True or false: “your siblings’ marks” should be left out of a résumé. (a) True (b) False
5. 5.Which of these goes in the contact details? (a) your city and PIN code (b) debate club secretary (c) typing 40 words a minute (d) a website for our club
6. 6.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) your phone and email (b) a long life story (c) your Aadhaar number (d) made-up marks
7. 7.📄 In which résumé section does this go: basic HTML and CSS? (a) skills (b) contact details (c) projects (d) education
8. 8.📄 A student with no work experience should highlight… (a) nothing at all (b) made-up jobs (c) projects and activities (d) their parents’ jobs
9. 9.📄 How long should a student résumé usually be? (a) half a line (b) five pages (c) one page (d) ten pages
10. 10.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your siblings’ marks? (a) leave it out (b) include it
11. 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a party selfie (b) your siblings’ marks (c) made-up marks (d) your phone and email
12. 12.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) made-up marks (b) volunteer work (c) school and marks (d) projects you did
13. 13.Which of these goes in the skills section? (a) eco club member (b) Class 10 board: 88% (c) typing 40 words a minute (d) an email ID
14. 14.True or false: “volunteer work” should be left out of a résumé. (a) False (b) True
15. 15.Which of these goes in the projects section? (a) typing 40 words a minute (b) an email ID (c) a mobile number (d) built a rain gauge model
16. 16.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) your bank details (b) projects you did (c) a party selfie (d) your passwords
17. 17.📄 In which résumé section does this go: an email ID? (a) education (b) projects (c) activities (d) contact details
18. 18.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) volunteer work (b) school and marks (c) a party selfie (d) clubs and activities
19. 19.Which of these goes in the education section? (a) eco club member (b) Class 12 (Science), 2026 (c) debate club secretary (d) a mobile number
20. 20.Which of these goes in the activities section? (a) an email ID (b) Class 12 (Science), 2026 (c) Class 10 board: 88% (d) eco club member
21. 21.True or false: “your siblings’ marks” belongs on a student résumé. (a) True (b) False
22. 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) skills like typing (b) your passwords (c) projects you did (d) clubs and activities
23. 23.📄 Your résumé says you led a club. In the interview you should… (a) deny it (b) be ready to explain it (c) say it was a joke (d) change the subject
24. 24.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) awards and prizes (b) clubs and activities (c) a long life story (d) your phone and email
25. 25.📄 In which résumé section does this go: spreadsheets (basic)? (a) skills (b) projects (c) education (d) activities
26. 26.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) projects you did (b) school and marks (c) your bank details (d) awards and prizes
27. 27.📄 In which résumé section does this go: debate club secretary? (a) activities (b) skills (c) contact details (d) education
28. 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) made-up marks (b) languages you know (c) skills like typing (d) projects you did
29. 29.📄 In which résumé section does this go: a website for our club? (a) contact details (b) skills (c) projects (d) activities
30. 30.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your Aadhaar number? (a) leave it out (b) include it
31. 31.📄 In which résumé section does this go: built a rain gauge model? (a) education (b) projects (c) contact details (d) skills
32. 32.📄 In which résumé section does this go: school football team? (a) activities (b) skills (c) education (d) projects
33. 33.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your bank details? (a) leave it out (b) include it
34. 34.Which of these goes in the education section? (a) B.Com first year (b) an email ID (c) a survey of 50 shops (d) debate club secretary
35. 35.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: school and marks? (a) leave it out (b) include it
36. 36.📄 In which résumé section does this go: a mobile number? (a) projects (b) education (c) contact details (d) activities
37. 37.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: awards and prizes? (a) include it (b) leave it out
38. 38.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) clubs and activities (b) your phone and email (c) your Aadhaar number (d) languages you know
39. 39.Which of these goes in the education section? (a) Class 10 board: 88% (b) your city and PIN code (c) a survey of 50 shops (d) spreadsheets (basic)
40. 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a party selfie (b) your Aadhaar number (c) awards and prizes (d) a long life story

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