Résumé Worksheet: What to Include

Interview skills lesson 17: What goes on a student résumé · Set 841 · 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.📄 Your résumé says you led a club. In the interview you should… (a) deny it (b) be ready to explain it (c) say it was a joke (d) change the subject
2. 2.Which of these goes in the skills section? (a) eco club member (b) Class 10 board: 88% (c) typing 40 words a minute (d) a mobile number
3. 3.📄 A student with no work experience should highlight… (a) nothing at all (b) their parents’ jobs (c) made-up jobs (d) projects and activities
4. 4.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your bank details? (a) include it (b) leave it out
5. 5.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) awards and prizes (b) school and marks (c) skills like typing (d) your bank details
6. 6.True or false: “projects you did” should be left out of a résumé. (a) True (b) False
7. 7.📄 In which résumé section does this go: an email ID? (a) activities (b) education (c) skills (d) contact details
8. 8.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) your Aadhaar number (b) school and marks (c) your bank details (d) your passwords
9. 9.Which of these goes in the contact details? (a) debate club secretary (b) a mobile number (c) Class 10 board: 88% (d) eco club member
10. 10.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) volunteer work (b) clubs and activities (c) your siblings’ marks (d) languages you know
11. 11.📄 In which résumé section does this go: Class 10 board: 88%? (a) education (b) skills (c) projects (d) contact details
12. 12.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your passwords? (a) leave it out (b) include it
13. 13.📄 In which résumé section does this go: a survey of 50 shops? (a) education (b) activities (c) skills (d) projects
14. 14.Which of these goes in the education section? (a) a survey of 50 shops (b) Class 12 (Science), 2026 (c) debate club secretary (d) typing 40 words a minute
15. 15.📄 In which résumé section does this go: typing 40 words a minute? (a) education (b) projects (c) contact details (d) skills
16. 16.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: a long life story? (a) leave it out (b) include it
17. 17.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) your passwords (b) your Aadhaar number (c) clubs and activities (d) made-up marks
18. 18.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) languages you know (b) projects you did (c) a long life story (d) volunteer work
19. 19.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: made-up marks? (a) include it (b) leave it out
20. 20.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) your passwords (b) a long life story (c) projects you did (d) your Aadhaar number
21. 21.📄 A résumé is… (a) a school report card (b) a letter of thanks (c) a full autobiography (d) a short summary of you
22. 22.True or false: “skills like typing” belongs on a student résumé. (a) False (b) True
23. 23.📄 How long should a student résumé usually be? (a) five pages (b) one page (c) ten pages (d) half a line
24. 24.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your siblings’ marks? (a) leave it out (b) include it
25. 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) awards and prizes (b) your Aadhaar number (c) your passwords (d) made-up marks
26. 26.📄 What font style suits a résumé? (a) five fancy fonts (b) tiny handwriting (c) all bold capitals (d) one plain, clear font
27. 27.True or false: “your phone and email” belongs on a student résumé. (a) True (b) False
28. 28.Which of these goes in the activities section? (a) school football team (b) a mobile number (c) your city and PIN code (d) B.Com first year
29. 29.📄 In which résumé section does this go: built a rain gauge model? (a) activities (b) education (c) skills (d) projects
30. 30.📄 In which résumé section does this go: a website for our club? (a) skills (b) projects (c) education (d) activities
31. 31.Which of these goes in the projects section? (a) debate club secretary (b) typing 40 words a minute (c) school football team (d) a survey of 50 shops
32. 32.True or false: “school and marks” belongs on a student résumé. (a) False (b) True
33. 33.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: a party selfie? (a) include it (b) leave it out
34. 34.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) projects you did (b) volunteer work (c) awards and prizes (d) made-up marks
35. 35.📄 In which résumé section does this go: Class 12 (Science), 2026? (a) projects (b) activities (c) education (d) skills
36. 36.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your passwords (b) clubs and activities (c) your Aadhaar number (d) your bank details
37. 37.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: clubs and activities? (a) leave it out (b) include it
38. 38.Which of these goes in the projects section? (a) spreadsheets (basic) (b) B.Com first year (c) an email ID (d) a website for our club
39. 39.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) skills like typing (b) languages you know (c) projects you did (d) a party selfie
40. 40.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) projects you did (b) school and marks (c) languages you know (d) your Aadhaar number

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