Résumé Worksheet: What to Include

Interview skills lesson 17: What goes on a student résumé · Set 86 · 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.📄 How long should a student résumé usually be? (a) half a line (b) ten pages (c) one page (d) five pages
2. 2.Which of these goes in the projects section? (a) a survey of 50 shops (b) Class 10 board: 88% (c) your city and PIN code (d) an email ID
3. 3.📄 Your résumé says you led a club. In the interview you should… (a) say it was a joke (b) be ready to explain it (c) change the subject (d) deny it
4. 4.Which of these goes in the activities section? (a) Class 12 (Science), 2026 (b) Class 10 board: 88% (c) spreadsheets (basic) (d) school football team
5. 5.Which of these goes in the contact details? (a) your city and PIN code (b) spreadsheets (basic) (c) B.Com first year (d) basic HTML and CSS
6. 6.True or false: “awards and prizes” should be left out of a résumé. (a) True (b) False
7. 7.True or false: “your passwords” should be left out of a résumé. (a) False (b) True
8. 8.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: a long life story? (a) include it (b) leave it out
9. 9.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) your passwords (b) awards and prizes (c) school and marks (d) skills like typing
10. 10.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: made-up marks? (a) leave it out (b) include it
11. 11.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) clubs and activities (b) made-up marks (c) your bank details (d) your Aadhaar number
12. 12.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) projects you did (b) skills like typing (c) awards and prizes (d) your passwords
13. 13.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: languages you know? (a) leave it out (b) include it
14. 14.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) volunteer work (b) skills like typing (c) a party selfie (d) projects you did
15. 15.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) a party selfie (b) your bank details (c) your Aadhaar number (d) volunteer work
16. 16.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your siblings’ marks (b) skills like typing (c) projects you did (d) school and marks
17. 17.True or false: “a long life story” should be left out of a résumé. (a) False (b) True
18. 18.📄 In which résumé section does this go: school football team? (a) activities (b) contact details (c) projects (d) education
19. 19.True or false: “your phone and email” should be left out of a résumé. (a) False (b) True
20. 20.Which of these goes in the contact details? (a) a mobile number (b) basic HTML and CSS (c) school football team (d) a website for our club
21. 21.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) awards and prizes (b) volunteer work (c) projects you did (d) your siblings’ marks
22. 22.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) your phone and email (b) your bank details (c) your Aadhaar number (d) your passwords
23. 23.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) volunteer work (b) clubs and activities (c) your Aadhaar number (d) your phone and email
24. 24.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) awards and prizes (b) your bank details (c) made-up marks (d) your siblings’ marks
25. 25.True or false: “made-up marks” should be left out of a résumé. (a) False (b) True
26. 26.Which of these goes in the activities section? (a) eco club member (b) Class 12 (Science), 2026 (c) a mobile number (d) built a rain gauge model
27. 27.Which of these goes in the education section? (a) Class 12 (Science), 2026 (b) spreadsheets (basic) (c) a website for our club (d) eco club member
28. 28.📄 A student with no work experience should highlight… (a) projects and activities (b) their parents’ jobs (c) nothing at all (d) made-up jobs
29. 29.True or false: “made-up marks” belongs on a student résumé. (a) True (b) False
30. 30.📄 In which résumé section does this go: Class 10 board: 88%? (a) education (b) projects (c) contact details (d) activities
31. 31.📄 In which résumé section does this go: a survey of 50 shops? (a) activities (b) projects (c) contact details (d) education
32. 32.📄 In which résumé section does this go: spreadsheets (basic)? (a) contact details (b) education (c) skills (d) projects
33. 33.📄 In which résumé section does this go: a mobile number? (a) contact details (b) education (c) activities (d) skills
34. 34.Which of these goes in the education section? (a) Class 10 board: 88% (b) a mobile number (c) typing 40 words a minute (d) a website for our club
35. 35.📄 A résumé is… (a) a short summary of you (b) a letter of thanks (c) a school report card (d) a full autobiography
36. 36.📄 In which résumé section does this go: typing 40 words a minute? (a) education (b) skills (c) activities (d) contact details
37. 37.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) a party selfie (b) projects you did (c) your bank details (d) your siblings’ marks
38. 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your siblings’ marks (b) a party selfie (c) clubs and activities (d) made-up marks
39. 39.Which of these goes in the activities section? (a) debate club secretary (b) B.Com first year (c) a mobile number (d) built a rain gauge model
40. 40.📄 In which résumé section does this go: a website for our club? (a) projects (b) education (c) activities (d) contact details

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