Résumé Worksheet: What to Include

Interview skills lesson 17: What goes on a student résumé · Set 78 · 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.📄 A student with no work experience should highlight… (a) nothing at all (b) their parents’ jobs (c) projects and activities (d) made-up jobs
2. 2.Which of these goes in the projects section? (a) Class 10 board: 88% (b) a survey of 50 shops (c) basic HTML and CSS (d) an email ID
3. 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your bank details (b) clubs and activities (c) your Aadhaar number (d) a party selfie
4. 4.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: volunteer work? (a) leave it out (b) include it
5. 5.Which of these goes in the skills section? (a) a survey of 50 shops (b) Class 10 board: 88% (c) an email ID (d) typing 40 words a minute
6. 6.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) a long life story (b) your phone and email (c) your Aadhaar number (d) your bank details
7. 7.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) made-up marks (b) volunteer work (c) a party selfie (d) your bank details
8. 8.📄 How long should a student résumé usually be? (a) half a line (b) five pages (c) one page (d) ten pages
9. 9.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) skills like typing (b) your bank details (c) school and marks (d) your phone and email
10. 10.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: skills like typing? (a) leave it out (b) include it
11. 11.Which of these goes in the contact details? (a) built a rain gauge model (b) basic HTML and CSS (c) your city and PIN code (d) typing 40 words a minute
12. 12.📄 In which résumé section does this go: B.Com first year? (a) contact details (b) skills (c) education (d) activities
13. 13.True or false: “your bank details” belongs on a student résumé. (a) True (b) False
14. 14.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: a long life story? (a) include it (b) leave it out
15. 15.📄 In which résumé section does this go: Class 10 board: 88%? (a) activities (b) education (c) projects (d) skills
16. 16.📄 Your résumé says you led a club. In the interview you should… (a) say it was a joke (b) be ready to explain it (c) deny it (d) change the subject
17. 17.True or false: “volunteer work” should be left out of a résumé. (a) True (b) False
18. 18.📄 In which résumé section does this go: Class 12 (Science), 2026? (a) projects (b) activities (c) contact details (d) education
19. 19.True or false: “your phone and email” belongs on a student résumé. (a) True (b) False
20. 20.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) your siblings’ marks (b) projects you did (c) made-up marks (d) a long life story
21. 21.True or false: “clubs and activities” belongs on a student résumé. (a) False (b) True
22. 22.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) your Aadhaar number (b) school and marks (c) your bank details (d) a party selfie
23. 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your phone and email (b) your siblings’ marks (c) volunteer work (d) projects you did
24. 24.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: a party selfie? (a) include it (b) leave it out
25. 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) languages you know (b) a long life story (c) skills like typing (d) your phone and email
26. 26.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: made-up marks? (a) include it (b) leave it out
27. 27.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) your Aadhaar number (b) a long life story (c) languages you know (d) your bank details
28. 28.True or false: “your siblings’ marks” belongs on a student résumé. (a) True (b) False
29. 29.Which of these goes in the education section? (a) school football team (b) Class 10 board: 88% (c) a website for our club (d) a survey of 50 shops
30. 30.True or false: “a long life story” belongs on a student résumé. (a) False (b) True
31. 31.Which of these goes in the contact details? (a) basic HTML and CSS (b) spreadsheets (basic) (c) typing 40 words a minute (d) an email ID
32. 32.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) your siblings’ marks (b) projects you did (c) languages you know (d) your phone and email
33. 33.📄 In which résumé section does this go: basic HTML and CSS? (a) education (b) projects (c) skills (d) contact details
34. 34.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: projects you did? (a) leave it out (b) include it
35. 35.📄 In which résumé section does this go: built a rain gauge model? (a) skills (b) contact details (c) activities (d) projects
36. 36.Which of these goes in the activities section? (a) a survey of 50 shops (b) spreadsheets (basic) (c) school football team (d) a website for our club
37. 37.📄 In which résumé section does this go: debate club secretary? (a) activities (b) contact details (c) skills (d) projects
38. 38.📄 A résumé is… (a) a letter of thanks (b) a school report card (c) a full autobiography (d) a short summary of you
39. 39.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: school and marks? (a) include it (b) leave it out
40. 40.True or false: “clubs and activities” should be left out of a résumé. (a) True (b) False

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