Résumé Worksheet: What to Include

Interview skills lesson 17: What goes on a student résumé · Set 878 · 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.📄 In which résumé section does this go: Class 10 board: 88%? (a) skills (b) contact details (c) education (d) projects
3. 3.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: languages you know? (a) include it (b) leave it out
4. 4.Which of these goes in the activities section? (a) eco club member (b) Class 12 (Science), 2026 (c) a mobile number (d) B.Com first year
5. 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) languages you know (b) school and marks (c) your bank details (d) your phone and email
6. 6.Which of these goes in the activities section? (a) basic HTML and CSS (b) your city and PIN code (c) debate club secretary (d) B.Com first year
7. 7.📄 In which résumé section does this go: eco club member? (a) contact details (b) activities (c) skills (d) education
8. 8.True or false: “clubs and activities” should be left out of a résumé. (a) True (b) False
9. 9.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) your bank details (b) your siblings’ marks (c) languages you know (d) your passwords
10. 10.Which of these goes in the contact details? (a) a mobile number (b) a survey of 50 shops (c) B.Com first year (d) basic HTML and CSS
11. 11.True or false: “projects you did” should be left out of a résumé. (a) True (b) False
12. 12.Which of these goes in the activities section? (a) Class 10 board: 88% (b) a mobile number (c) built a rain gauge model (d) school football team
13. 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your phone and email (b) projects you did (c) volunteer work (d) made-up marks
14. 14.📄 In which résumé section does this go: your city and PIN code? (a) activities (b) projects (c) contact details (d) skills
15. 15.📄 In which résumé section does this go: spreadsheets (basic)? (a) activities (b) contact details (c) projects (d) skills
16. 16.📄 A student with no work experience should highlight… (a) nothing at all (b) projects and activities (c) made-up jobs (d) their parents’ jobs
17. 17.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) volunteer work (b) your bank details (c) school and marks (d) projects you did
18. 18.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) your passwords (b) school and marks (c) a party selfie (d) your Aadhaar number
19. 19.True or false: “volunteer work” should be left out of a résumé. (a) False (b) True
20. 20.📄 In which résumé section does this go: basic HTML and CSS? (a) education (b) skills (c) activities (d) contact details
21. 21.📄 How long should a student résumé usually be? (a) ten pages (b) one page (c) five pages (d) half a line
22. 22.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: a long life story? (a) leave it out (b) include it
23. 23.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) your Aadhaar number (b) your passwords (c) a long life story (d) awards and prizes
24. 24.True or false: “your phone and email” belongs on a student résumé. (a) True (b) False
25. 25.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) a long life story (b) a party selfie (c) volunteer work (d) your Aadhaar number
26. 26.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: awards and prizes? (a) leave it out (b) include it
27. 27.📄 In which résumé section does this go: typing 40 words a minute? (a) education (b) skills (c) contact details (d) projects
28. 28.True or false: “school and marks” belongs on a student résumé. (a) True (b) False
29. 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) languages you know (b) your passwords (c) your siblings’ marks (d) a party selfie
30. 30.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: volunteer work? (a) include it (b) leave it out
31. 31.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) made-up marks (b) a party selfie (c) clubs and activities (d) your Aadhaar number
32. 32.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your passwords? (a) include it (b) leave it out
33. 33.📄 In which résumé section does this go: school football team? (a) education (b) projects (c) activities (d) contact details
34. 34.📄 What font style suits a résumé? (a) all bold capitals (b) tiny handwriting (c) one plain, clear font (d) five fancy fonts
35. 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a party selfie (b) school and marks (c) awards and prizes (d) volunteer work
36. 36.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) your bank details (b) your siblings’ marks (c) projects you did (d) made-up marks
37. 37.📄 In which résumé section does this go: an email ID? (a) education (b) skills (c) projects (d) contact details
38. 38.📄 In which résumé section does this go: built a rain gauge model? (a) activities (b) projects (c) education (d) contact details
39. 39.True or false: “languages you know” should be left out of a résumé. (a) True (b) False
40. 40.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your phone and email? (a) leave it out (b) include it

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