Résumé Worksheet: What to Include

Interview skills lesson 17: What goes on a student résumé · Set 789 · 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 is the odd one out? (a) your bank details (b) your siblings’ marks (c) languages you know (d) a party selfie
2. 2.📄 A student with no work experience should highlight… (a) their parents’ jobs (b) projects and activities (c) nothing at all (d) made-up jobs
3. 3.📄 In which résumé section does this go: built a rain gauge model? (a) projects (b) contact details (c) activities (d) skills
4. 4.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: projects you did? (a) include it (b) leave it out
5. 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) awards and prizes (b) your phone and email (c) volunteer work (d) a party selfie
6. 6.Which of these goes in the skills section? (a) Class 12 (Science), 2026 (b) Class 10 board: 88% (c) basic HTML and CSS (d) an email ID
7. 7.📄 What font style suits a résumé? (a) five fancy fonts (b) tiny handwriting (c) one plain, clear font (d) all bold capitals
8. 8.True or false: “projects you did” should be left out of a résumé. (a) False (b) True
9. 9.📄 How long should a student résumé usually be? (a) five pages (b) one page (c) half a line (d) ten pages
10. 10.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: skills like typing? (a) include it (b) leave it out
11. 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your phone and email (b) school and marks (c) your siblings’ marks (d) awards and prizes
12. 12.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: a long life story? (a) leave it out (b) include it
13. 13.📄 Your résumé says you led a club. In the interview you should… (a) change the subject (b) deny it (c) say it was a joke (d) be ready to explain it
14. 14.True or false: “a party selfie” should be left out of a résumé. (a) False (b) True
15. 15.True or false: “school and marks” belongs on a student résumé. (a) True (b) False
16. 16.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: awards and prizes? (a) include it (b) leave it out
17. 17.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) your bank details (b) your siblings’ marks (c) made-up marks (d) volunteer work
18. 18.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: clubs and activities? (a) include it (b) leave it out
19. 19.📄 In which résumé section does this go: a website for our club? (a) activities (b) projects (c) contact details (d) education
20. 20.True or false: “your phone and email” should be left out of a résumé. (a) False (b) True
21. 21.📄 In which résumé section does this go: debate club secretary? (a) projects (b) activities (c) contact details (d) skills
22. 22.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) projects you did (b) your Aadhaar number (c) school and marks (d) awards and prizes
23. 23.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) your Aadhaar number (b) your passwords (c) your siblings’ marks (d) skills like typing
24. 24.📄 In which résumé section does this go: school football team? (a) skills (b) activities (c) contact details (d) projects
25. 25.Which of these goes in the projects section? (a) a website for our club (b) B.Com first year (c) eco club member (d) debate club secretary
26. 26.True or false: “awards and prizes” belongs on a student résumé. (a) False (b) True
27. 27.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: languages you know? (a) leave it out (b) include it
28. 28.📄 In which résumé section does this go: your city and PIN code? (a) education (b) contact details (c) skills (d) projects
29. 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) clubs and activities (b) a long life story (c) projects you did (d) your phone and email
30. 30.📄 A résumé is… (a) a short summary of you (b) a full autobiography (c) a letter of thanks (d) a school report card
31. 31.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a party selfie (b) clubs and activities (c) your Aadhaar number (d) your siblings’ marks
32. 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your Aadhaar number (b) volunteer work (c) a long life story (d) a party selfie
33. 33.📄 In which résumé section does this go: B.Com first year? (a) projects (b) skills (c) activities (d) education
34. 34.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) projects you did (b) a party selfie (c) clubs and activities (d) languages you know
35. 35.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) your bank details (b) awards and prizes (c) your Aadhaar number (d) a party selfie
36. 36.Which of these goes in the projects section? (a) typing 40 words a minute (b) built a rain gauge model (c) basic HTML and CSS (d) B.Com first year
37. 37.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) your bank details (b) school and marks (c) your Aadhaar number (d) a party selfie
38. 38.Which of these goes in the contact details? (a) a mobile number (b) debate club secretary (c) eco club member (d) basic HTML and CSS
39. 39.📄 In which résumé section does this go: typing 40 words a minute? (a) education (b) skills (c) activities (d) contact details
40. 40.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) skills like typing (b) projects you did (c) your bank details (d) volunteer work

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