Résumé Worksheet: What to Include

Interview skills lesson 17: What goes on a student résumé · Set 717 · 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: projects you did? (a) include it (b) leave it out
2. 2.Which of these goes in the activities section? (a) typing 40 words a minute (b) an email ID (c) school football team (d) your city and PIN code
3. 3.True or false: “made-up marks” belongs on a student résumé. (a) False (b) True
4. 4.📄 What font style suits a résumé? (a) five fancy fonts (b) tiny handwriting (c) all bold capitals (d) one plain, clear font
5. 5.📄 In which résumé section does this go: Class 10 board: 88%? (a) skills (b) activities (c) contact details (d) education
6. 6.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) awards and prizes (b) school and marks (c) your bank details (d) skills like typing
7. 7.📄 A résumé is… (a) a full autobiography (b) a school report card (c) a short summary of you (d) a letter of thanks
8. 8.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) volunteer work (b) your phone and email (c) clubs and activities (d) your bank details
9. 9.📄 In which résumé section does this go: basic HTML and CSS? (a) activities (b) contact details (c) projects (d) skills
10. 10.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) skills like typing (b) your Aadhaar number (c) languages you know (d) projects you did
11. 11.📄 How long should a student résumé usually be? (a) five pages (b) half a line (c) one page (d) ten pages
12. 12.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) your bank details (b) your Aadhaar number (c) school and marks (d) your passwords
13. 13.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) a party selfie (b) your phone and email (c) awards and prizes (d) clubs and activities
14. 14.📄 Your résumé says you led a club. In the interview you should… (a) say it was a joke (b) change the subject (c) deny it (d) be ready to explain it
15. 15.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) clubs and activities (b) your passwords (c) made-up marks (d) your Aadhaar number
16. 16.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your bank details (b) a party selfie (c) your siblings’ marks (d) your phone and email
17. 17.Which of these goes in the projects section? (a) a survey of 50 shops (b) typing 40 words a minute (c) school football team (d) B.Com first year
18. 18.Which of these goes in the skills section? (a) eco club member (b) spreadsheets (basic) (c) debate club secretary (d) B.Com first year
19. 19.📄 In which résumé section does this go: a mobile number? (a) skills (b) contact details (c) projects (d) activities
20. 20.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: made-up marks? (a) include it (b) leave it out
21. 21.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) projects you did (b) your Aadhaar number (c) school and marks (d) clubs and activities
22. 22.True or false: “awards and prizes” should be left out of a résumé. (a) True (b) False
23. 23.True or false: “your passwords” belongs on a student résumé. (a) False (b) True
24. 24.Which of these goes in the education section? (a) school football team (b) basic HTML and CSS (c) Class 12 (Science), 2026 (d) eco club member
25. 25.Which of these goes in the projects section? (a) basic HTML and CSS (b) typing 40 words a minute (c) built a rain gauge model (d) Class 10 board: 88%
26. 26.True or false: “skills like typing” belongs on a student résumé. (a) True (b) False
27. 27.Which of these goes in the activities section? (a) your city and PIN code (b) basic HTML and CSS (c) debate club secretary (d) a website for our club
28. 28.Which of these goes in the contact details? (a) spreadsheets (basic) (b) a survey of 50 shops (c) basic HTML and CSS (d) an email ID
29. 29.📄 A student with no work experience should highlight… (a) made-up jobs (b) nothing at all (c) their parents’ jobs (d) projects and activities
30. 30.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) projects you did (b) a long life story (c) your Aadhaar number (d) your passwords
31. 31.True or false: “your Aadhaar number” should be left out of a résumé. (a) True (b) False
32. 32.True or false: “your siblings’ marks” should be left out of a résumé. (a) True (b) False
33. 33.Which of these goes in the activities section? (a) a website for our club (b) Class 10 board: 88% (c) spreadsheets (basic) (d) eco club member
34. 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your bank details (b) volunteer work (c) your Aadhaar number (d) a party selfie
35. 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a long life story (b) clubs and activities (c) your passwords (d) your bank details
36. 36.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) your phone and email (b) a party selfie (c) your passwords (d) made-up marks
37. 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) skills like typing (b) school and marks (c) your phone and email (d) your passwords
38. 38.True or false: “your bank details” belongs on a student résumé. (a) False (b) True
39. 39.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your Aadhaar number? (a) leave it out (b) include it
40. 40.True or false: “clubs and activities” should be left out of a résumé. (a) False (b) True

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