Résumé Worksheet: What to Include

Interview skills lesson 17: What goes on a student résumé · Set 863 · 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 goes in the projects section? (a) a website for our club (b) Class 12 (Science), 2026 (c) your city and PIN code (d) an email ID
2. 2.📄 A student with no work experience should highlight… (a) projects and activities (b) their parents’ jobs (c) nothing at all (d) made-up jobs
3. 3.Which of these goes in the skills section? (a) a mobile number (b) school football team (c) a website for our club (d) basic HTML and CSS
4. 4.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your phone and email? (a) leave it out (b) include it
5. 5.📄 How long should a student résumé usually be? (a) five pages (b) one page (c) half a line (d) ten pages
6. 6.📄 What font style suits a résumé? (a) tiny handwriting (b) five fancy fonts (c) all bold capitals (d) one plain, clear font
7. 7.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a party selfie (b) skills like typing (c) your siblings’ marks (d) your Aadhaar number
8. 8.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: volunteer work? (a) leave it out (b) include it
9. 9.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your passwords? (a) leave it out (b) include it
10. 10.Which of these goes in the contact details? (a) spreadsheets (basic) (b) your city and PIN code (c) typing 40 words a minute (d) basic HTML and CSS
11. 11.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) awards and prizes (b) a long life story (c) languages you know (d) clubs and activities
12. 12.📄 In which résumé section does this go: an email ID? (a) projects (b) contact details (c) activities (d) education
13. 13.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: a long life story? (a) leave it out (b) include it
14. 14.True or false: “your bank details” should be left out of a résumé. (a) True (b) False
15. 15.📄 In which résumé section does this go: your city and PIN code? (a) education (b) skills (c) contact details (d) activities
16. 16.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) made-up marks (b) clubs and activities (c) skills like typing (d) projects you did
17. 17.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your Aadhaar number? (a) leave it out (b) include it
18. 18.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) a long life story (b) made-up marks (c) your phone and email (d) a party selfie
19. 19.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) school and marks (b) your siblings’ marks (c) your bank details (d) your passwords
20. 20.Which of these goes in the projects section? (a) basic HTML and CSS (b) B.Com first year (c) a survey of 50 shops (d) school football team
21. 21.📄 Your résumé says you led a club. In the interview you should… (a) deny it (b) say it was a joke (c) be ready to explain it (d) change the subject
22. 22.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) volunteer work (b) your Aadhaar number (c) your passwords (d) made-up marks
23. 23.True or false: “skills like typing” should be left out of a résumé. (a) True (b) False
24. 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your phone and email (b) your siblings’ marks (c) a party selfie (d) made-up marks
25. 25.Which of these goes in the projects section? (a) school football team (b) spreadsheets (basic) (c) built a rain gauge model (d) Class 10 board: 88%
26. 26.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) awards and prizes (b) your bank details (c) school and marks (d) projects you did
27. 27.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) volunteer work (b) your Aadhaar number (c) your phone and email (d) school and marks
28. 28.📄 In which résumé section does this go: a mobile number? (a) skills (b) education (c) contact details (d) activities
29. 29.📄 A résumé is… (a) a letter of thanks (b) a school report card (c) a short summary of you (d) a full autobiography
30. 30.True or false: “projects you did” belongs on a student résumé. (a) False (b) True
31. 31.True or false: “awards and prizes” should be left out of a résumé. (a) True (b) False
32. 32.True or false: “school and marks” should be left out of a résumé. (a) False (b) True
33. 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) clubs and activities (b) your Aadhaar number (c) languages you know (d) school and marks
34. 34.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) clubs and activities (b) your bank details (c) your siblings’ marks (d) a party selfie
35. 35.True or false: “clubs and activities” should be left out of a résumé. (a) True (b) False
36. 36.Which of these goes in the activities section? (a) typing 40 words a minute (b) an email ID (c) built a rain gauge model (d) school football team
37. 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your bank details (b) made-up marks (c) a party selfie (d) volunteer work
38. 38.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: made-up marks? (a) leave it out (b) include it
39. 39.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: a party selfie? (a) leave it out (b) include it
40. 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) school and marks (b) languages you know (c) clubs and activities (d) your passwords

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