Résumé Worksheet: What to Include

Interview skills lesson 17: What goes on a student résumé · Set 827 · 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.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: awards and prizes? (a) leave it out (b) include it
2. 2.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: volunteer work? (a) include it (b) leave it out
3. 3.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your phone and email? (a) include it (b) leave it out
4. 4.📄 In which résumé section does this go: your city and PIN code? (a) activities (b) projects (c) contact details (d) skills
5. 5.Which of these goes in the education section? (a) a website for our club (b) typing 40 words a minute (c) an email ID (d) Class 12 (Science), 2026
6. 6.True or false: “a long life story” should be left out of a résumé. (a) True (b) False
7. 7.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) skills like typing (b) a party selfie (c) your bank details (d) your siblings’ marks
8. 8.📄 What font style suits a résumé? (a) one plain, clear font (b) tiny handwriting (c) all bold capitals (d) five fancy fonts
9. 9.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: school and marks? (a) include it (b) leave it out
10. 10.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) volunteer work (b) school and marks (c) made-up marks (d) clubs and activities
11. 11.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: a party selfie? (a) include it (b) leave it out
12. 12.📄 In which résumé section does this go: school football team? (a) education (b) contact details (c) activities (d) projects
13. 13.📄 How long should a student résumé usually be? (a) five pages (b) ten pages (c) half a line (d) one page
14. 14.Which of these goes in the skills section? (a) a website for our club (b) Class 10 board: 88% (c) a mobile number (d) typing 40 words a minute
15. 15.Which of these goes in the activities section? (a) school football team (b) basic HTML and CSS (c) Class 12 (Science), 2026 (d) a survey of 50 shops
16. 16.True or false: “languages you know” should be left out of a résumé. (a) True (b) False
17. 17.Which of these goes in the contact details? (a) an email ID (b) debate club secretary (c) typing 40 words a minute (d) school football team
18. 18.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) your Aadhaar number (b) made-up marks (c) your passwords (d) your phone and email
19. 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) projects you did (b) your phone and email (c) your Aadhaar number (d) clubs and activities
20. 20.Which of these goes in the activities section? (a) a survey of 50 shops (b) debate club secretary (c) a website for our club (d) spreadsheets (basic)
21. 21.True or false: “skills like typing” belongs on a student résumé. (a) True (b) False
22. 22.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) made-up marks (b) your Aadhaar number (c) projects you did (d) your passwords
23. 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) school and marks (b) languages you know (c) your phone and email (d) your bank details
24. 24.True or false: “volunteer work” belongs on a student résumé. (a) True (b) False
25. 25.📄 Your résumé says you led a club. In the interview you should… (a) change the subject (b) be ready to explain it (c) say it was a joke (d) deny it
26. 26.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) volunteer work (b) awards and prizes (c) a party selfie (d) projects you did
27. 27.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: clubs and activities? (a) include it (b) leave it out
28. 28.📄 A student with no work experience should highlight… (a) their parents’ jobs (b) nothing at all (c) made-up jobs (d) projects and activities
29. 29.Which of these goes in the education section? (a) basic HTML and CSS (b) built a rain gauge model (c) Class 10 board: 88% (d) spreadsheets (basic)
30. 30.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) your siblings’ marks (b) your Aadhaar number (c) your bank details (d) clubs and activities
31. 31.True or false: “school and marks” belongs on a student résumé. (a) False (b) True
32. 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) projects you did (b) a long life story (c) your siblings’ marks (d) your bank details
33. 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) projects you did (b) awards and prizes (c) school and marks (d) made-up marks
34. 34.True or false: “your siblings’ marks” belongs on a student résumé. (a) True (b) False
35. 35.📄 In which résumé section does this go: a survey of 50 shops? (a) contact details (b) education (c) activities (d) projects
36. 36.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: languages you know? (a) leave it out (b) include it
37. 37.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) your siblings’ marks (b) your bank details (c) skills like typing (d) made-up marks
38. 38.Which of these goes in the skills section? (a) basic HTML and CSS (b) Class 12 (Science), 2026 (c) school football team (d) a survey of 50 shops
39. 39.True or false: “clubs and activities” belongs on a student résumé. (a) True (b) False
40. 40.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) skills like typing (b) volunteer work (c) your siblings’ marks (d) school and marks

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