Résumé Worksheet: What to Include

Interview skills lesson 17: What goes on a student résumé · Set 785 · 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 goes in the contact details? (a) Class 12 (Science), 2026 (b) basic HTML and CSS (c) your city and PIN code (d) a website for our club
2. 2.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: a party selfie? (a) include it (b) leave it out
3. 3.Which of these goes in the activities section? (a) debate club secretary (b) built a rain gauge model (c) Class 10 board: 88% (d) a mobile number
4. 4.📄 A résumé is… (a) a school report card (b) a short summary of you (c) a letter of thanks (d) a full autobiography
5. 5.True or false: “your phone and email” belongs on a student résumé. (a) True (b) False
6. 6.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: a long life story? (a) leave it out (b) include it
7. 7.Which of these goes in the education section? (a) your city and PIN code (b) B.Com first year (c) basic HTML and CSS (d) an email ID
8. 8.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a party selfie (b) your Aadhaar number (c) school and marks (d) your passwords
9. 9.📄 In which résumé section does this go: Class 10 board: 88%? (a) skills (b) education (c) projects (d) activities
10. 10.Which of these goes in the skills section? (a) a survey of 50 shops (b) B.Com first year (c) Class 10 board: 88% (d) basic HTML and CSS
11. 11.📄 In which résumé section does this go: an email ID? (a) activities (b) skills (c) contact details (d) education
12. 12.📄 In which résumé section does this go: typing 40 words a minute? (a) contact details (b) projects (c) skills (d) activities
13. 13.📄 In which résumé section does this go: a website for our club? (a) education (b) activities (c) projects (d) contact details
14. 14.Which of these goes in the education section? (a) basic HTML and CSS (b) spreadsheets (basic) (c) Class 10 board: 88% (d) typing 40 words a minute
15. 15.📄 In which résumé section does this go: basic HTML and CSS? (a) skills (b) activities (c) contact details (d) projects
16. 16.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) volunteer work (b) projects you did (c) school and marks (d) made-up marks
17. 17.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: languages you know? (a) include it (b) leave it out
18. 18.True or false: “languages you know” should be left out of a résumé. (a) True (b) False
19. 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a party selfie (b) made-up marks (c) your phone and email (d) your siblings’ marks
20. 20.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: projects you did? (a) leave it out (b) include it
21. 21.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) awards and prizes (b) clubs and activities (c) your phone and email (d) your siblings’ marks
22. 22.📄 In which résumé section does this go: a mobile number? (a) projects (b) education (c) contact details (d) skills
23. 23.True or false: “made-up marks” should be left out of a résumé. (a) True (b) False
24. 24.Which of these goes in the education section? (a) spreadsheets (basic) (b) typing 40 words a minute (c) a website for our club (d) Class 12 (Science), 2026
25. 25.📄 Your résumé says you led a club. In the interview you should… (a) say it was a joke (b) change the subject (c) be ready to explain it (d) deny it
26. 26.📄 In which résumé section does this go: Class 12 (Science), 2026? (a) activities (b) skills (c) contact details (d) education
27. 27.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) projects you did (b) school and marks (c) your passwords (d) volunteer work
28. 28.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) your passwords (b) your siblings’ marks (c) a party selfie (d) your phone and email
29. 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) school and marks (b) a long life story (c) languages you know (d) awards and prizes
30. 30.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: awards and prizes? (a) include it (b) leave it out
31. 31.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) projects you did (b) your phone and email (c) your bank details (d) languages you know
32. 32.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your siblings’ marks? (a) leave it out (b) include it
33. 33.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your Aadhaar number? (a) leave it out (b) include it
34. 34.📄 How long should a student résumé usually be? (a) five pages (b) ten pages (c) one page (d) half a line
35. 35.Which of these goes in the contact details? (a) Class 10 board: 88% (b) school football team (c) B.Com first year (d) a mobile number
36. 36.📄 A student with no work experience should highlight… (a) made-up jobs (b) nothing at all (c) projects and activities (d) their parents’ jobs
37. 37.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: volunteer work? (a) include it (b) leave it out
38. 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) volunteer work (b) your bank details (c) a party selfie (d) made-up marks
39. 39.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) awards and prizes (b) made-up marks (c) your Aadhaar number (d) a party selfie
40. 40.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) a party selfie (b) school and marks (c) your passwords (d) your siblings’ marks

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