Résumé Worksheet: What to Include

Interview skills lesson 17: What goes on a student résumé · Set 781 · 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.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) your passwords (b) your bank details (c) volunteer work (d) a long life story
2. 2.📄 A student with no work experience should highlight… (a) nothing at all (b) made-up jobs (c) their parents’ jobs (d) projects and activities
3. 3.📄 In which résumé section does this go: debate club secretary? (a) contact details (b) activities (c) education (d) skills
4. 4.Which of these goes in the education section? (a) basic HTML and CSS (b) eco club member (c) built a rain gauge model (d) Class 10 board: 88%
5. 5.Which of these goes in the skills section? (a) school football team (b) spreadsheets (basic) (c) debate club secretary (d) a survey of 50 shops
6. 6.Which of these goes in the activities section? (a) a survey of 50 shops (b) your city and PIN code (c) eco club member (d) spreadsheets (basic)
7. 7.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: school and marks? (a) leave it out (b) include it
8. 8.📄 In which résumé section does this go: Class 12 (Science), 2026? (a) skills (b) education (c) projects (d) contact details
9. 9.True or false: “skills like typing” should be left out of a résumé. (a) False (b) True
10. 10.📄 How long should a student résumé usually be? (a) ten pages (b) five pages (c) one page (d) half a line
11. 11.📄 What font style suits a résumé? (a) all bold capitals (b) one plain, clear font (c) five fancy fonts (d) tiny handwriting
12. 12.Which of these goes in the activities section? (a) Class 10 board: 88% (b) Class 12 (Science), 2026 (c) typing 40 words a minute (d) school football team
13. 13.True or false: “projects you did” belongs on a student résumé. (a) True (b) False
14. 14.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your passwords (b) made-up marks (c) a party selfie (d) your phone and email
15. 15.Which of these goes in the contact details? (a) an email ID (b) eco club member (c) basic HTML and CSS (d) school football team
16. 16.Which of these goes in the contact details? (a) built a rain gauge model (b) spreadsheets (basic) (c) Class 10 board: 88% (d) your city and PIN code
17. 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your passwords (b) languages you know (c) your Aadhaar number (d) made-up marks
18. 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your phone and email (b) a long life story (c) projects you did (d) school and marks
19. 19.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) your phone and email (b) languages you know (c) your siblings’ marks (d) clubs and activities
20. 20.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: a party selfie? (a) include it (b) leave it out
21. 21.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your bank details? (a) leave it out (b) include it
22. 22.True or false: “a party selfie” belongs on a student résumé. (a) False (b) True
23. 23.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) volunteer work (b) projects you did (c) school and marks (d) a long life story
24. 24.📄 A résumé is… (a) a short summary of you (b) a school report card (c) a letter of thanks (d) a full autobiography
25. 25.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: projects you did? (a) leave it out (b) include it
26. 26.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) school and marks (b) your passwords (c) projects you did (d) languages you know
27. 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your Aadhaar number (b) your passwords (c) your bank details (d) projects you did
28. 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your bank details (b) projects you did (c) volunteer work (d) school and marks
29. 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a party selfie (b) projects you did (c) volunteer work (d) school and marks
30. 30.📄 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
31. 31.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) your bank details (b) school and marks (c) clubs and activities (d) projects you did
32. 32.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) projects you did (b) made-up marks (c) your Aadhaar number (d) a party selfie
33. 33.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) projects you did (b) volunteer work (c) languages you know (d) a party selfie
34. 34.📄 In which résumé section does this go: built a rain gauge model? (a) projects (b) skills (c) activities (d) education
35. 35.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) made-up marks (b) your Aadhaar number (c) languages you know (d) your siblings’ marks
36. 36.Which of these goes in the projects section? (a) B.Com first year (b) basic HTML and CSS (c) debate club secretary (d) a website for our club
37. 37.📄 In which résumé section does this go: B.Com first year? (a) activities (b) education (c) skills (d) projects
38. 38.📄 In which résumé section does this go: eco club member? (a) education (b) activities (c) projects (d) contact details
39. 39.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) a party selfie (b) a long life story (c) school and marks (d) your siblings’ marks
40. 40.True or false: “a long life story” should be left out of a résumé. (a) True (b) False

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