Résumé Worksheet: What to Include

Interview skills lesson 17: What goes on a student résumé · Set 844 · 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.True or false: “projects you did” belongs on a student résumé. (a) True (b) False
2. 2.Which of these goes in the contact details? (a) Class 10 board: 88% (b) a website for our club (c) Class 12 (Science), 2026 (d) your city and PIN code
3. 3.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) made-up marks (b) your bank details (c) projects you did (d) a long life story
4. 4.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: volunteer work? (a) include it (b) leave it out
5. 5.📄 Your résumé says you led a club. In the interview you should… (a) say it was a joke (b) deny it (c) be ready to explain it (d) change the subject
6. 6.📄 In which résumé section does this go: a website for our club? (a) skills (b) projects (c) activities (d) contact details
7. 7.📄 A résumé is… (a) a school report card (b) a letter of thanks (c) a full autobiography (d) a short summary of you
8. 8.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: a long life story? (a) leave it out (b) include it
9. 9.True or false: “a long life story” belongs on a student résumé. (a) True (b) False
10. 10.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: languages you know? (a) include it (b) leave it out
11. 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your phone and email (b) school and marks (c) clubs and activities (d) your bank details
12. 12.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) skills like typing (b) clubs and activities (c) your phone and email (d) your bank details
13. 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) projects you did (b) clubs and activities (c) school and marks (d) a party selfie
14. 14.📄 What font style suits a résumé? (a) tiny handwriting (b) all bold capitals (c) one plain, clear font (d) five fancy fonts
15. 15.True or false: “volunteer work” should be left out of a résumé. (a) False (b) True
16. 16.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: awards and prizes? (a) leave it out (b) include it
17. 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a party selfie (b) made-up marks (c) skills like typing (d) your bank details
18. 18.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your passwords? (a) include it (b) leave it out
19. 19.Which of these goes in the projects section? (a) your city and PIN code (b) a website for our club (c) an email ID (d) school football team
20. 20.Which of these goes in the education section? (a) built a rain gauge model (b) eco club member (c) a mobile number (d) B.Com first year
21. 21.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) a long life story (b) languages you know (c) a party selfie (d) your passwords
22. 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your passwords (b) your Aadhaar number (c) made-up marks (d) awards and prizes
23. 23.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your bank details? (a) leave it out (b) include it
24. 24.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: a party selfie? (a) include it (b) leave it out
25. 25.True or false: “your siblings’ marks” should be left out of a résumé. (a) True (b) False
26. 26.Which of these goes in the skills section? (a) B.Com first year (b) built a rain gauge model (c) typing 40 words a minute (d) an email ID
27. 27.Which of these goes in the activities section? (a) eco club member (b) built a rain gauge model (c) Class 10 board: 88% (d) a survey of 50 shops
28. 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) school and marks (b) languages you know (c) awards and prizes (d) your Aadhaar number
29. 29.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: school and marks? (a) leave it out (b) include it
30. 30.📄 In which résumé section does this go: basic HTML and CSS? (a) activities (b) projects (c) skills (d) contact details
31. 31.True or false: “school and marks” belongs on a student résumé. (a) False (b) True
32. 32.Which of these goes in the education section? (a) spreadsheets (basic) (b) school football team (c) Class 12 (Science), 2026 (d) typing 40 words a minute
33. 33.True or false: “awards and prizes” belongs on a student résumé. (a) True (b) False
34. 34.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) a party selfie (b) languages you know (c) awards and prizes (d) your phone and email
35. 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your siblings’ marks (b) clubs and activities (c) projects you did (d) volunteer work
36. 36.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your passwords (b) a long life story (c) a party selfie (d) volunteer work
37. 37.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) awards and prizes (b) your Aadhaar number (c) a party selfie (d) your bank details
38. 38.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: clubs and activities? (a) include it (b) leave it out
39. 39.True or false: “skills like typing” belongs on a student résumé. (a) True (b) False
40. 40.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your phone and email? (a) include it (b) leave it out

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