Résumé Worksheet: What to Include

Interview skills lesson 17: What goes on a student résumé · Set 890 · 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) your passwords (b) your Aadhaar number (c) your bank details (d) projects you did
2. 2.Which of these goes in the projects section? (a) a mobile number (b) Class 10 board: 88% (c) built a rain gauge model (d) Class 12 (Science), 2026
3. 3.True or false: “a long life story” belongs on a student résumé. (a) True (b) False
4. 4.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your phone and email? (a) include it (b) leave it out
5. 5.📄 How long should a student résumé usually be? (a) ten pages (b) one page (c) half a line (d) five pages
6. 6.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) projects you did (b) volunteer work (c) a long life story (d) school and marks
7. 7.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) made-up marks (b) a party selfie (c) your siblings’ marks (d) languages you know
8. 8.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) languages you know (b) a party selfie (c) your siblings’ marks (d) made-up marks
9. 9.True or false: “your phone and email” belongs on a student résumé. (a) True (b) False
10. 10.Which of these goes in the projects section? (a) basic HTML and CSS (b) a survey of 50 shops (c) Class 10 board: 88% (d) an email ID
11. 11.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) your passwords (b) your bank details (c) your siblings’ marks (d) clubs and activities
12. 12.📄 A résumé is… (a) a school report card (b) a letter of thanks (c) a short summary of you (d) a full autobiography
13. 13.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: languages you know? (a) leave it out (b) include it
14. 14.📄 In which résumé section does this go: your city and PIN code? (a) activities (b) projects (c) education (d) contact details
15. 15.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: skills like typing? (a) include it (b) leave it out
16. 16.📄 In which résumé section does this go: basic HTML and CSS? (a) education (b) projects (c) contact details (d) skills
17. 17.Which of these goes in the education section? (a) eco club member (b) Class 10 board: 88% (c) school football team (d) spreadsheets (basic)
18. 18.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: school and marks? (a) include it (b) leave it out
19. 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your bank details (b) your phone and email (c) school and marks (d) skills like typing
20. 20.Which of these goes in the education section? (a) a mobile number (b) Class 12 (Science), 2026 (c) a website for our club (d) basic HTML and CSS
21. 21.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: a long life story? (a) leave it out (b) include it
22. 22.Which of these goes in the skills section? (a) B.Com first year (b) school football team (c) Class 12 (Science), 2026 (d) basic HTML and CSS
23. 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) volunteer work (b) a long life story (c) projects you did (d) clubs and activities
24. 24.📄 In which résumé section does this go: school football team? (a) skills (b) projects (c) activities (d) contact details
25. 25.Which of these goes in the skills section? (a) B.Com first year (b) built a rain gauge model (c) a mobile number (d) spreadsheets (basic)
26. 26.📄 In which résumé section does this go: B.Com first year? (a) skills (b) education (c) activities (d) contact details
27. 27.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: awards and prizes? (a) include it (b) leave it out
28. 28.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) your bank details (b) your passwords (c) made-up marks (d) awards and prizes
29. 29.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) your passwords (b) a long life story (c) a party selfie (d) your phone and email
30. 30.True or false: “projects you did” should be left out of a résumé. (a) False (b) True
31. 31.📄 In which résumé section does this go: Class 12 (Science), 2026? (a) skills (b) education (c) contact details (d) activities
32. 32.📄 In which résumé section does this go: an email ID? (a) contact details (b) activities (c) skills (d) education
33. 33.📄 Your résumé says you led a club. In the interview you should… (a) be ready to explain it (b) deny it (c) say it was a joke (d) change the subject
34. 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) made-up marks (b) school and marks (c) a long life story (d) your siblings’ marks
35. 35.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) languages you know (b) awards and prizes (c) your passwords (d) school and marks
36. 36.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) skills like typing (b) school and marks (c) volunteer work (d) a party selfie
37. 37.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) volunteer work (b) your siblings’ marks (c) your passwords (d) made-up marks
38. 38.True or false: “awards and prizes” should be left out of a résumé. (a) True (b) False
39. 39.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your passwords? (a) include it (b) leave it out
40. 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) volunteer work (b) school and marks (c) clubs and activities (d) your Aadhaar number

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