Résumé Worksheet: What to Include

Interview skills lesson 17: What goes on a student résumé · Set 810 · 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 education section? (a) debate club secretary (b) a website for our club (c) Class 12 (Science), 2026 (d) built a rain gauge model
2. 2.📄 Your résumé says you led a club. In the interview you should… (a) deny it (b) be ready to explain it (c) change the subject (d) say it was a joke
3. 3.True or false: “projects you did” should be left out of a résumé. (a) True (b) False
4. 4.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: a long life story? (a) include it (b) leave it out
5. 5.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) languages you know (b) skills like typing (c) clubs and activities (d) your siblings’ marks
6. 6.Which of these goes in the contact details? (a) spreadsheets (basic) (b) school football team (c) a mobile number (d) eco club member
7. 7.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your siblings’ marks (b) projects you did (c) your phone and email (d) awards and prizes
8. 8.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) clubs and activities (b) languages you know (c) your bank details (d) your phone and email
9. 9.📄 In which résumé section does this go: a survey of 50 shops? (a) education (b) projects (c) skills (d) activities
10. 10.📄 In which résumé section does this go: Class 12 (Science), 2026? (a) activities (b) education (c) projects (d) skills
11. 11.📄 In which résumé section does this go: spreadsheets (basic)? (a) skills (b) education (c) projects (d) contact details
12. 12.True or false: “a long life story” should be left out of a résumé. (a) False (b) True
13. 13.Which of these goes in the skills section? (a) a survey of 50 shops (b) B.Com first year (c) typing 40 words a minute (d) a website for our club
14. 14.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) volunteer work (b) awards and prizes (c) school and marks (d) your bank details
15. 15.Which of these goes in the skills section? (a) school football team (b) spreadsheets (basic) (c) built a rain gauge model (d) a website for our club
16. 16.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) your Aadhaar number (b) volunteer work (c) a party selfie (d) your passwords
17. 17.Which of these goes in the education section? (a) eco club member (b) debate club secretary (c) spreadsheets (basic) (d) B.Com first year
18. 18.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) made-up marks (b) skills like typing (c) your siblings’ marks (d) a party selfie
19. 19.True or false: “your bank details” should be left out of a résumé. (a) True (b) False
20. 20.True or false: “awards and prizes” belongs on a student résumé. (a) True (b) False
21. 21.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: a party selfie? (a) leave it out (b) include it
22. 22.📄 In which résumé section does this go: an email ID? (a) activities (b) skills (c) contact details (d) projects
23. 23.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: languages you know? (a) include it (b) leave it out
24. 24.📄 A résumé is… (a) a letter of thanks (b) a short summary of you (c) a full autobiography (d) a school report card
25. 25.True or false: “skills like typing” belongs on a student résumé. (a) True (b) False
26. 26.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: volunteer work? (a) leave it out (b) include it
27. 27.📄 What font style suits a résumé? (a) tiny handwriting (b) one plain, clear font (c) five fancy fonts (d) all bold capitals
28. 28.📄 In which résumé section does this go: typing 40 words a minute? (a) projects (b) education (c) skills (d) activities
29. 29.Which of these goes in the activities section? (a) debate club secretary (b) built a rain gauge model (c) spreadsheets (basic) (d) typing 40 words a minute
30. 30.📄 How long should a student résumé usually be? (a) half a line (b) ten pages (c) five pages (d) one page
31. 31.📄 In which résumé section does this go: your city and PIN code? (a) activities (b) contact details (c) skills (d) education
32. 32.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) made-up marks (b) your siblings’ marks (c) school and marks (d) your Aadhaar number
33. 33.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: awards and prizes? (a) leave it out (b) include it
34. 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your phone and email (b) made-up marks (c) school and marks (d) clubs and activities
35. 35.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) made-up marks (b) projects you did (c) your Aadhaar number (d) a party selfie
36. 36.📄 A student with no work experience should highlight… (a) projects and activities (b) made-up jobs (c) their parents’ jobs (d) nothing at all
37. 37.Which of these goes in the contact details? (a) built a rain gauge model (b) Class 12 (Science), 2026 (c) B.Com first year (d) your city and PIN code
38. 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) made-up marks (b) a long life story (c) your bank details (d) clubs and activities
39. 39.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) volunteer work (b) awards and prizes (c) languages you know (d) your Aadhaar number
40. 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a party selfie (b) your phone and email (c) your passwords (d) made-up marks

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