Résumé Worksheet: What to Include

Interview skills lesson 17: What goes on a student résumé · Set 882 · 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.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: a long life story? (a) leave it out (b) include it
2. 2.Which of these goes in the education section? (a) typing 40 words a minute (b) spreadsheets (basic) (c) Class 10 board: 88% (d) debate club secretary
3. 3.📄 In which résumé section does this go: debate club secretary? (a) contact details (b) projects (c) education (d) activities
4. 4.📄 How long should a student résumé usually be? (a) ten pages (b) one page (c) half a line (d) five pages
5. 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your bank details (b) projects you did (c) your Aadhaar number (d) your passwords
6. 6.True or false: “skills like typing” should be left out of a résumé. (a) False (b) True
7. 7.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your siblings’ marks (b) your phone and email (c) your bank details (d) your Aadhaar number
8. 8.📄 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
9. 9.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) your siblings’ marks (b) projects you did (c) a long life story (d) your passwords
10. 10.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your bank details (b) skills like typing (c) your Aadhaar number (d) your siblings’ marks
11. 11.True or false: “languages you know” belongs on a student résumé. (a) True (b) False
12. 12.Which of these goes in the projects section? (a) a mobile number (b) a website for our club (c) school football team (d) eco club member
13. 13.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) a party selfie (b) your siblings’ marks (c) your bank details (d) clubs and activities
14. 14.📄 In which résumé section does this go: a website for our club? (a) projects (b) skills (c) education (d) activities
15. 15.📄 In which résumé section does this go: B.Com first year? (a) projects (b) activities (c) education (d) skills
16. 16.True or false: “a party selfie” should be left out of a résumé. (a) True (b) False
17. 17.📄 In which résumé section does this go: an email ID? (a) education (b) contact details (c) skills (d) activities
18. 18.📄 In which résumé section does this go: built a rain gauge model? (a) projects (b) activities (c) education (d) contact details
19. 19.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your bank details? (a) leave it out (b) include it
20. 20.📄 A résumé is… (a) a short summary of you (b) a letter of thanks (c) a full autobiography (d) a school report card
21. 21.📄 In which résumé section does this go: Class 10 board: 88%? (a) skills (b) education (c) projects (d) contact details
22. 22.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) made-up marks (b) your Aadhaar number (c) your passwords (d) languages you know
23. 23.True or false: “a long life story” should be left out of a résumé. (a) True (b) False
24. 24.True or false: “your passwords” belongs on a student résumé. (a) True (b) False
25. 25.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) your passwords (b) made-up marks (c) awards and prizes (d) your siblings’ marks
26. 26.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) your phone and email (b) volunteer work (c) projects you did (d) your siblings’ marks
27. 27.True or false: “skills like typing” belongs on a student résumé. (a) True (b) False
28. 28.Which of these goes in the skills section? (a) a survey of 50 shops (b) eco club member (c) school football team (d) basic HTML and CSS
29. 29.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: languages you know? (a) leave it out (b) include it
30. 30.📄 In which résumé section does this go: basic HTML and CSS? (a) skills (b) education (c) contact details (d) projects
31. 31.True or false: “your phone and email” belongs on a student résumé. (a) True (b) False
32. 32.📄 A student with no work experience should highlight… (a) their parents’ jobs (b) projects and activities (c) made-up jobs (d) nothing at all
33. 33.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) your passwords (b) awards and prizes (c) languages you know (d) projects you did
34. 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) volunteer work (b) your Aadhaar number (c) your passwords (d) your siblings’ marks
35. 35.📄 In which résumé section does this go: spreadsheets (basic)? (a) projects (b) skills (c) contact details (d) activities
36. 36.True or false: “your siblings’ marks” should be left out of a résumé. (a) False (b) True
37. 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) projects you did (b) languages you know (c) school and marks (d) your Aadhaar number
38. 38.True or false: “your phone and email” should be left out of a résumé. (a) True (b) False
39. 39.Which of these goes in the projects section? (a) Class 12 (Science), 2026 (b) typing 40 words a minute (c) a survey of 50 shops (d) Class 10 board: 88%
40. 40.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: a party selfie? (a) leave it out (b) include it

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