Résumé Worksheet: What to Include

Interview skills lesson 17: What goes on a student résumé · Set 751 · 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: basic HTML and CSS? (a) education (b) skills (c) contact details (d) projects
2. 2.📄 In which résumé section does this go: built a rain gauge model? (a) contact details (b) projects (c) activities (d) education
3. 3.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) school and marks (b) volunteer work (c) your Aadhaar number (d) clubs and activities
4. 4.Which of these goes in the activities section? (a) Class 12 (Science), 2026 (b) an email ID (c) debate club secretary (d) built a rain gauge model
5. 5.📄 In which résumé section does this go: a website for our club? (a) contact details (b) education (c) projects (d) activities
6. 6.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) volunteer work (b) your bank details (c) your phone and email (d) projects you did
7. 7.Which of these goes in the education section? (a) built a rain gauge model (b) spreadsheets (basic) (c) your city and PIN code (d) Class 12 (Science), 2026
8. 8.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: projects you did? (a) leave it out (b) include it
9. 9.📄 How long should a student résumé usually be? (a) one page (b) five pages (c) half a line (d) ten pages
10. 10.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) a long life story (b) a party selfie (c) clubs and activities (d) your Aadhaar number
11. 11.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: clubs and activities? (a) include it (b) leave it out
12. 12.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) your Aadhaar number (b) your siblings’ marks (c) a long life story (d) projects you did
13. 13.Which of these goes in the contact details? (a) your city and PIN code (b) school football team (c) Class 12 (Science), 2026 (d) a survey of 50 shops
14. 14.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) languages you know (b) a party selfie (c) a long life story (d) your Aadhaar number
15. 15.📄 In which résumé section does this go: school football team? (a) projects (b) activities (c) education (d) skills
16. 16.📄 A résumé is… (a) a school report card (b) a short summary of you (c) a letter of thanks (d) a full autobiography
17. 17.True or false: “volunteer work” should be left out of a résumé. (a) True (b) False
18. 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) projects you did (b) your siblings’ marks (c) a party selfie (d) a long life story
19. 19.True or false: “clubs and activities” belongs on a student résumé. (a) False (b) True
20. 20.True or false: “school and marks” belongs on a student résumé. (a) True (b) False
21. 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your passwords (b) a party selfie (c) your siblings’ marks (d) your phone and email
22. 22.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) skills like typing (b) projects you did (c) school and marks (d) a long life story
23. 23.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) awards and prizes (b) made-up marks (c) school and marks (d) skills like typing
24. 24.Which of these goes in the education section? (a) B.Com first year (b) school football team (c) an email ID (d) eco club member
25. 25.Which of these goes in the contact details? (a) spreadsheets (basic) (b) B.Com first year (c) typing 40 words a minute (d) an email ID
26. 26.📄 A student with no work experience should highlight… (a) nothing at all (b) projects and activities (c) made-up jobs (d) their parents’ jobs
27. 27.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your passwords? (a) leave it out (b) include it
28. 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your bank details (b) your passwords (c) your siblings’ marks (d) awards and prizes
29. 29.📄 In which résumé section does this go: Class 10 board: 88%? (a) activities (b) projects (c) education (d) skills
30. 30.True or false: “a party selfie” belongs on a student résumé. (a) False (b) True
31. 31.📄 What font style suits a résumé? (a) tiny handwriting (b) all bold capitals (c) one plain, clear font (d) five fancy fonts
32. 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your bank details (b) a party selfie (c) skills like typing (d) made-up marks
33. 33.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: a long life story? (a) include it (b) leave it out
34. 34.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: school and marks? (a) leave it out (b) include it
35. 35.True or false: “a long life story” belongs on a student résumé. (a) False (b) True
36. 36.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your siblings’ marks (b) your Aadhaar number (c) languages you know (d) a party selfie
37. 37.Which of these goes in the projects section? (a) a mobile number (b) basic HTML and CSS (c) a survey of 50 shops (d) typing 40 words a minute
38. 38.True or false: “projects you did” belongs on a student résumé. (a) False (b) True
39. 39.True or false: “your siblings’ marks” belongs on a student résumé. (a) False (b) True
40. 40.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: volunteer work? (a) leave it out (b) include it

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