Résumé Worksheet: What to Include

Interview skills lesson 17: What goes on a student résumé · Set 858 · 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 belongs on a student résumé? (a) a long life story (b) volunteer work (c) a party selfie (d) your siblings’ marks
2. 2.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) school and marks (b) your passwords (c) skills like typing (d) projects you did
3. 3.📄 In which résumé section does this go: built a rain gauge model? (a) skills (b) contact details (c) projects (d) activities
4. 4.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: school and marks? (a) leave it out (b) include it
5. 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) skills like typing (b) school and marks (c) projects you did (d) a party selfie
6. 6.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: made-up marks? (a) leave it out (b) include it
7. 7.📄 In which résumé section does this go: typing 40 words a minute? (a) contact details (b) activities (c) skills (d) education
8. 8.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) volunteer work (b) clubs and activities (c) languages you know (d) your siblings’ marks
9. 9.📄 Your résumé says you led a club. In the interview you should… (a) be ready to explain it (b) deny it (c) change the subject (d) say it was a joke
10. 10.📄 In which résumé section does this go: Class 10 board: 88%? (a) projects (b) education (c) skills (d) contact details
11. 11.📄 A student with no work experience should highlight… (a) made-up jobs (b) nothing at all (c) their parents’ jobs (d) projects and activities
12. 12.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) made-up marks (b) awards and prizes (c) school and marks (d) languages you know
13. 13.True or false: “your siblings’ marks” belongs on a student résumé. (a) True (b) False
14. 14.📄 In which résumé section does this go: eco club member? (a) education (b) projects (c) activities (d) skills
15. 15.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your phone and email? (a) leave it out (b) include it
16. 16.Which of these goes in the contact details? (a) a survey of 50 shops (b) typing 40 words a minute (c) a mobile number (d) debate club secretary
17. 17.Which of these goes in the projects section? (a) basic HTML and CSS (b) your city and PIN code (c) a mobile number (d) a website for our club
18. 18.True or false: “a long life story” belongs on a student résumé. (a) True (b) False
19. 19.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) projects you did (b) clubs and activities (c) your passwords (d) awards and prizes
20. 20.📄 How long should a student résumé usually be? (a) half a line (b) one page (c) five pages (d) ten pages
21. 21.📄 A résumé is… (a) a full autobiography (b) a school report card (c) a letter of thanks (d) a short summary of you
22. 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) volunteer work (b) projects you did (c) made-up marks (d) languages you know
23. 23.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your siblings’ marks? (a) include it (b) leave it out
24. 24.Which of these goes in the skills section? (a) an email ID (b) debate club secretary (c) typing 40 words a minute (d) B.Com first year
25. 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) languages you know (b) your siblings’ marks (c) clubs and activities (d) school and marks
26. 26.📄 In which résumé section does this go: an email ID? (a) projects (b) activities (c) contact details (d) education
27. 27.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) made-up marks (b) your passwords (c) school and marks (d) your Aadhaar number
28. 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your Aadhaar number (b) your phone and email (c) made-up marks (d) a party selfie
29. 29.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: languages you know? (a) include it (b) leave it out
30. 30.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) awards and prizes (b) a long life story (c) volunteer work (d) projects you did
31. 31.Which of these goes in the education section? (a) Class 12 (Science), 2026 (b) a mobile number (c) an email ID (d) basic HTML and CSS
32. 32.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) languages you know (b) school and marks (c) volunteer work (d) a party selfie
33. 33.📄 In which résumé section does this go: a mobile number? (a) contact details (b) activities (c) education (d) skills
34. 34.📄 What font style suits a résumé? (a) five fancy fonts (b) all bold capitals (c) one plain, clear font (d) tiny handwriting
35. 35.True or false: “made-up marks” should be left out of a résumé. (a) False (b) True
36. 36.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) made-up marks (b) your phone and email (c) your bank details (d) your passwords
37. 37.Which of these goes in the education section? (a) eco club member (b) a survey of 50 shops (c) B.Com first year (d) built a rain gauge model
38. 38.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: clubs and activities? (a) include it (b) leave it out
39. 39.Which of these goes in the projects section? (a) school football team (b) Class 12 (Science), 2026 (c) B.Com first year (d) a survey of 50 shops
40. 40.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) awards and prizes (b) a party selfie (c) a long life story (d) your siblings’ marks

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