Résumé Worksheet: What to Include

Interview skills lesson 17: What goes on a student résumé · Set 698 · 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: debate club secretary? (a) activities (b) contact details (c) education (d) skills
2. 2.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) made-up marks (b) your bank details (c) your siblings’ marks (d) school and marks
3. 3.Which of these goes in the contact details? (a) Class 10 board: 88% (b) basic HTML and CSS (c) school football team (d) a mobile number
4. 4.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) school and marks (b) projects you did (c) volunteer work (d) made-up marks
5. 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) skills like typing (b) your bank details (c) awards and prizes (d) projects you did
6. 6.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your bank details? (a) include it (b) leave it out
7. 7.📄 What font style suits a résumé? (a) one plain, clear font (b) all bold capitals (c) five fancy fonts (d) tiny handwriting
8. 8.Which of these goes in the projects section? (a) basic HTML and CSS (b) B.Com first year (c) typing 40 words a minute (d) a survey of 50 shops
9. 9.Which of these goes in the skills section? (a) basic HTML and CSS (b) debate club secretary (c) a website for our club (d) your city and PIN code
10. 10.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) made-up marks (b) your siblings’ marks (c) a party selfie (d) awards and prizes
11. 11.Which of these goes in the education section? (a) spreadsheets (basic) (b) Class 10 board: 88% (c) a website for our club (d) typing 40 words a minute
12. 12.📄 In which résumé section does this go: basic HTML and CSS? (a) education (b) skills (c) contact details (d) projects
13. 13.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your phone and email? (a) leave it out (b) include it
14. 14.Which of these goes in the activities section? (a) typing 40 words a minute (b) school football team (c) a website for our club (d) your city and PIN code
15. 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) languages you know (b) made-up marks (c) your passwords (d) a party selfie
16. 16.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) your phone and email (b) your bank details (c) a party selfie (d) your siblings’ marks
17. 17.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: a party selfie? (a) leave it out (b) include it
18. 18.Which of these goes in the education section? (a) spreadsheets (basic) (b) typing 40 words a minute (c) Class 12 (Science), 2026 (d) school football team
19. 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a long life story (b) languages you know (c) clubs and activities (d) awards and prizes
20. 20.Which of these goes in the education section? (a) debate club secretary (b) a website for our club (c) B.Com first year (d) spreadsheets (basic)
21. 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) skills like typing (b) awards and prizes (c) your siblings’ marks (d) your phone and email
22. 22.📄 A student with no work experience should highlight… (a) nothing at all (b) made-up jobs (c) projects and activities (d) their parents’ jobs
23. 23.📄 How long should a student résumé usually be? (a) ten pages (b) one page (c) half a line (d) five pages
24. 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your bank details (b) a party selfie (c) your passwords (d) skills like typing
25. 25.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your siblings’ marks? (a) include it (b) leave it out
26. 26.📄 In which résumé section does this go: Class 10 board: 88%? (a) skills (b) education (c) activities (d) projects
27. 27.📄 A résumé is… (a) a full autobiography (b) a school report card (c) a short summary of you (d) a letter of thanks
28. 28.True or false: “your phone and email” should be left out of a résumé. (a) True (b) False
29. 29.Which of these goes in the projects section? (a) Class 10 board: 88% (b) built a rain gauge model (c) B.Com first year (d) school football team
30. 30.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your passwords? (a) include it (b) leave it out
31. 31.📄 Your résumé says you led a club. In the interview you should… (a) change the subject (b) be ready to explain it (c) say it was a joke (d) deny it
32. 32.📄 In which résumé section does this go: a survey of 50 shops? (a) education (b) activities (c) projects (d) skills
33. 33.True or false: “skills like typing” should be left out of a résumé. (a) True (b) False
34. 34.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) clubs and activities (b) made-up marks (c) your passwords (d) a party selfie
35. 35.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) your Aadhaar number (b) volunteer work (c) clubs and activities (d) skills like typing
36. 36.📄 In which résumé section does this go: Class 12 (Science), 2026? (a) projects (b) skills (c) contact details (d) education
37. 37.True or false: “languages you know” belongs on a student résumé. (a) True (b) False
38. 38.True or false: “your siblings’ marks” belongs on a student résumé. (a) False (b) True
39. 39.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) volunteer work (b) your phone and email (c) school and marks (d) your siblings’ marks
40. 40.Which of these goes in the skills section? (a) spreadsheets (basic) (b) eco club member (c) Class 10 board: 88% (d) debate club secretary

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