Résumé Worksheet: What to Include

Interview skills lesson 17: What goes on a student résumé · Set 692 · 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.📄 How long should a student résumé usually be? (a) ten pages (b) one page (c) half a line (d) five pages
2. 2.📄 In which résumé section does this go: Class 10 board: 88%? (a) contact details (b) skills (c) activities (d) education
3. 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) projects you did (b) languages you know (c) made-up marks (d) school and marks
4. 4.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your phone and email? (a) leave it out (b) include it
5. 5.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your bank details? (a) leave it out (b) include it
6. 6.Which of these goes in the activities section? (a) a survey of 50 shops (b) spreadsheets (basic) (c) school football team (d) B.Com first year
7. 7.📄 In which résumé section does this go: a survey of 50 shops? (a) activities (b) contact details (c) skills (d) projects
8. 8.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: school and marks? (a) include it (b) leave it out
9. 9.📄 A résumé is… (a) a short summary of you (b) a letter of thanks (c) a full autobiography (d) a school report card
10. 10.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) made-up marks (b) a party selfie (c) your bank details (d) languages you know
11. 11.Which of these goes in the contact details? (a) a website for our club (b) basic HTML and CSS (c) a survey of 50 shops (d) a mobile number
12. 12.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) made-up marks (b) your passwords (c) a long life story (d) your phone and email
13. 13.True or false: “your bank details” should be left out of a résumé. (a) True (b) False
14. 14.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) languages you know (b) school and marks (c) your Aadhaar number (d) awards and prizes
15. 15.Which of these goes in the contact details? (a) Class 12 (Science), 2026 (b) an email ID (c) built a rain gauge model (d) basic HTML and CSS
16. 16.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) a long life story (b) your passwords (c) made-up marks (d) school and marks
17. 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your bank details (b) a long life story (c) your Aadhaar number (d) volunteer work
18. 18.Which of these goes in the skills section? (a) your city and PIN code (b) debate club secretary (c) B.Com first year (d) typing 40 words a minute
19. 19.📄 A student with no work experience should highlight… (a) nothing at all (b) their parents’ jobs (c) projects and activities (d) made-up jobs
20. 20.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) clubs and activities (b) awards and prizes (c) your passwords (d) skills like typing
21. 21.📄 What font style suits a résumé? (a) one plain, clear font (b) five fancy fonts (c) all bold capitals (d) tiny handwriting
22. 22.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) your phone and email (b) your siblings’ marks (c) skills like typing (d) clubs and activities
23. 23.True or false: “skills like typing” should be left out of a résumé. (a) False (b) True
24. 24.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: volunteer work? (a) include it (b) leave it out
25. 25.📄 In which résumé section does this go: eco club member? (a) education (b) activities (c) contact details (d) projects
26. 26.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: a long life story? (a) leave it out (b) include it
27. 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) languages you know (b) school and marks (c) volunteer work (d) your passwords
28. 28.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) your Aadhaar number (b) made-up marks (c) awards and prizes (d) your bank details
29. 29.📄 Your résumé says you led a club. In the interview you should… (a) be ready to explain it (b) deny it (c) change the subject (d) say it was a joke
30. 30.📄 In which résumé section does this go: debate club secretary? (a) contact details (b) education (c) activities (d) skills
31. 31.📄 In which résumé section does this go: built a rain gauge model? (a) projects (b) activities (c) education (d) skills
32. 32.📄 In which résumé section does this go: Class 12 (Science), 2026? (a) contact details (b) education (c) projects (d) skills
33. 33.True or false: “languages you know” should be left out of a résumé. (a) False (b) True
34. 34.📄 In which résumé section does this go: your city and PIN code? (a) skills (b) contact details (c) education (d) activities
35. 35.Which of these goes in the contact details? (a) typing 40 words a minute (b) school football team (c) a survey of 50 shops (d) your city and PIN code
36. 36.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) a long life story (b) your phone and email (c) a party selfie (d) your siblings’ marks
37. 37.📄 In which résumé section does this go: a website for our club? (a) activities (b) skills (c) projects (d) education
38. 38.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) your Aadhaar number (b) your bank details (c) skills like typing (d) made-up marks
39. 39.Which of these goes in the activities section? (a) spreadsheets (basic) (b) Class 12 (Science), 2026 (c) eco club member (d) B.Com first year
40. 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your siblings’ marks (b) your passwords (c) projects you did (d) made-up marks

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