Résumé Worksheet: What to Include

Interview skills lesson 17: What goes on a student résumé · Set 822 · 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 should be left out of a résumé? (a) your phone and email (b) school and marks (c) volunteer work (d) a party selfie
2. 2.📄 In which résumé section does this go: an email ID? (a) activities (b) education (c) contact details (d) skills
3. 3.📄 In which résumé section does this go: basic HTML and CSS? (a) skills (b) contact details (c) projects (d) education
4. 4.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) a party selfie (b) school and marks (c) your passwords (d) made-up marks
5. 5.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your passwords? (a) leave it out (b) include it
6. 6.📄 In which résumé section does this go: school football team? (a) activities (b) education (c) projects (d) contact details
7. 7.Which of these goes in the projects section? (a) an email ID (b) B.Com first year (c) school football team (d) built a rain gauge model
8. 8.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your siblings’ marks? (a) leave it out (b) include it
9. 9.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) your bank details (b) made-up marks (c) a long life story (d) awards and prizes
10. 10.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) projects you did (b) a long life story (c) a party selfie (d) made-up marks
11. 11.📄 Your résumé says you led a club. In the interview you should… (a) change the subject (b) say it was a joke (c) deny it (d) be ready to explain it
12. 12.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: school and marks? (a) include it (b) leave it out
13. 13.📄 In which résumé section does this go: eco club member? (a) projects (b) skills (c) contact details (d) activities
14. 14.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) projects you did (b) volunteer work (c) your phone and email (d) made-up marks
15. 15.📄 How long should a student résumé usually be? (a) one page (b) five pages (c) half a line (d) ten pages
16. 16.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: languages you know? (a) leave it out (b) include it
17. 17.Which of these goes in the education section? (a) a mobile number (b) debate club secretary (c) Class 10 board: 88% (d) typing 40 words a minute
18. 18.True or false: “projects you did” belongs on a student résumé. (a) True (b) False
19. 19.Which of these goes in the contact details? (a) Class 10 board: 88% (b) school football team (c) your city and PIN code (d) spreadsheets (basic)
20. 20.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: skills like typing? (a) include it (b) leave it out
21. 21.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: a party selfie? (a) leave it out (b) include it
22. 22.Which of these goes in the contact details? (a) spreadsheets (basic) (b) B.Com first year (c) an email ID (d) built a rain gauge model
23. 23.True or false: “made-up marks” belongs on a student résumé. (a) True (b) False
24. 24.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) a long life story (b) your passwords (c) languages you know (d) a party selfie
25. 25.True or false: “your passwords” belongs on a student résumé. (a) False (b) True
26. 26.📄 In which résumé section does this go: a survey of 50 shops? (a) contact details (b) skills (c) projects (d) activities
27. 27.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) volunteer work (b) a party selfie (c) your passwords (d) made-up marks
28. 28.True or false: “your phone and email” should be left out of a résumé. (a) True (b) False
29. 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) school and marks (b) a party selfie (c) your phone and email (d) projects you did
30. 30.Which of these goes in the contact details? (a) debate club secretary (b) Class 12 (Science), 2026 (c) a mobile number (d) spreadsheets (basic)
31. 31.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) made-up marks (b) projects you did (c) a party selfie (d) your siblings’ marks
32. 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) volunteer work (b) clubs and activities (c) school and marks (d) your siblings’ marks
33. 33.📄 In which résumé section does this go: typing 40 words a minute? (a) projects (b) contact details (c) education (d) skills
34. 34.Which of these goes in the education section? (a) debate club secretary (b) a survey of 50 shops (c) your city and PIN code (d) B.Com first year
35. 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) projects you did (b) your passwords (c) awards and prizes (d) your phone and email
36. 36.Which of these goes in the skills section? (a) school football team (b) basic HTML and CSS (c) Class 10 board: 88% (d) an email ID
37. 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a long life story (b) your Aadhaar number (c) your bank details (d) volunteer work
38. 38.True or false: “skills like typing” belongs on a student résumé. (a) True (b) False
39. 39.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) volunteer work (b) awards and prizes (c) your phone and email (d) your bank details
40. 40.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: clubs and activities? (a) leave it out (b) include it

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