Résumé Worksheet: What to Include

Interview skills lesson 17: What goes on a student résumé · Set 793 · 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 projects section? (a) typing 40 words a minute (b) a website for our club (c) Class 10 board: 88% (d) school football team
2. 2.📄 In which résumé section does this go: spreadsheets (basic)? (a) projects (b) activities (c) contact details (d) skills
3. 3.📄 How long should a student résumé usually be? (a) half a line (b) ten pages (c) one page (d) five pages
4. 4.📄 A student with no work experience should highlight… (a) made-up jobs (b) nothing at all (c) their parents’ jobs (d) projects and activities
5. 5.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: skills like typing? (a) leave it out (b) include it
6. 6.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) skills like typing (b) languages you know (c) awards and prizes (d) your bank details
7. 7.📄 In which résumé section does this go: school football team? (a) skills (b) projects (c) activities (d) education
8. 8.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) volunteer work (b) a long life story (c) projects you did (d) clubs and activities
9. 9.📄 In which résumé section does this go: a mobile number? (a) education (b) skills (c) contact details (d) projects
10. 10.📄 Your résumé says you led a club. In the interview you should… (a) be ready to explain it (b) deny it (c) change the subject (d) say it was a joke
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 education section? (a) debate club secretary (b) basic HTML and CSS (c) B.Com first year (d) a mobile number
13. 13.📄 A résumé is… (a) a full autobiography (b) a letter of thanks (c) a short summary of you (d) a school report card
14. 14.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a long life story (b) your bank details (c) made-up marks (d) volunteer work
15. 15.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your phone and email? (a) include it (b) leave it out
16. 16.📄 In which résumé section does this go: basic HTML and CSS? (a) education (b) projects (c) activities (d) skills
17. 17.True or false: “skills like typing” should be left out of a résumé. (a) True (b) False
18. 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your Aadhaar number (b) your bank details (c) your siblings’ marks (d) school and marks
19. 19.True or false: “your phone and email” belongs on a student résumé. (a) False (b) True
20. 20.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: a long life story? (a) leave it out (b) include it
21. 21.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) your bank details (b) a long life story (c) languages you know (d) a party selfie
22. 22.Which of these goes in the activities section? (a) debate club secretary (b) B.Com first year (c) basic HTML and CSS (d) spreadsheets (basic)
23. 23.True or false: “your passwords” should be left out of a résumé. (a) True (b) False
24. 24.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: made-up marks? (a) include it (b) leave it out
25. 25.📄 In which résumé section does this go: built a rain gauge model? (a) projects (b) education (c) activities (d) contact details
26. 26.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: projects you did? (a) leave it out (b) include it
27. 27.📄 In which résumé section does this go: your city and PIN code? (a) activities (b) contact details (c) education (d) skills
28. 28.📄 In which résumé section does this go: a survey of 50 shops? (a) activities (b) projects (c) contact details (d) skills
29. 29.True or false: “clubs and activities” should be left out of a résumé. (a) False (b) True
30. 30.Which of these goes in the projects section? (a) typing 40 words a minute (b) Class 12 (Science), 2026 (c) a survey of 50 shops (d) your city and PIN code
31. 31.📄 In which résumé section does this go: Class 10 board: 88%? (a) projects (b) skills (c) education (d) activities
32. 32.True or false: “your phone and email” should be left out of a résumé. (a) True (b) False
33. 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) school and marks (b) volunteer work (c) awards and prizes (d) your Aadhaar number
34. 34.📄 In which résumé section does this go: typing 40 words a minute? (a) projects (b) skills (c) contact details (d) activities
35. 35.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) skills like typing (b) a long life story (c) clubs and activities (d) your phone and email
36. 36.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: a party selfie? (a) leave it out (b) include it
37. 37.📄 In which résumé section does this go: a website for our club? (a) skills (b) projects (c) activities (d) education
38. 38.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) languages you know (b) clubs and activities (c) volunteer work (d) your siblings’ marks
39. 39.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) volunteer work (b) projects you did (c) languages you know (d) your Aadhaar number
40. 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your bank details (b) your Aadhaar number (c) projects you did (d) a long life story

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