Résumé Worksheet: What to Include

Interview skills lesson 17: What goes on a student résumé · Set 894 · 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 skills section? (a) a mobile number (b) an email ID (c) typing 40 words a minute (d) Class 10 board: 88%
2. 2.Which of these goes in the skills section? (a) school football team (b) spreadsheets (basic) (c) built a rain gauge model (d) your city and PIN code
3. 3.True or false: “your Aadhaar number” should be left out of a résumé. (a) False (b) True
4. 4.📄 How long should a student résumé usually be? (a) ten pages (b) half a line (c) five pages (d) one page
5. 5.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: languages you know? (a) include it (b) leave it out
6. 6.📄 In which résumé section does this go: spreadsheets (basic)? (a) activities (b) contact details (c) skills (d) projects
7. 7.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your passwords? (a) leave it out (b) include it
8. 8.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) your bank details (b) made-up marks (c) school and marks (d) your passwords
9. 9.📄 In which résumé section does this go: school football team? (a) projects (b) skills (c) activities (d) education
10. 10.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) your passwords (b) volunteer work (c) languages you know (d) projects you did
11. 11.📄 A résumé is… (a) a letter of thanks (b) a school report card (c) a short summary of you (d) a full autobiography
12. 12.Which of these goes in the education section? (a) a mobile number (b) typing 40 words a minute (c) Class 12 (Science), 2026 (d) debate club secretary
13. 13.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) school and marks (b) your Aadhaar number (c) volunteer work (d) clubs and activities
14. 14.📄 A student with no work experience should highlight… (a) projects and activities (b) their parents’ jobs (c) nothing at all (d) made-up jobs
15. 15.📄 What font style suits a résumé? (a) five fancy fonts (b) all bold capitals (c) tiny handwriting (d) one plain, clear font
16. 16.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your phone and email? (a) leave it out (b) include it
17. 17.📄 In which résumé section does this go: a mobile number? (a) projects (b) activities (c) contact details (d) skills
18. 18.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) projects you did (b) your siblings’ marks (c) your bank details (d) your Aadhaar number
19. 19.📄 Your résumé says you led a club. In the interview you should… (a) be ready to explain it (b) change the subject (c) say it was a joke (d) deny it
20. 20.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: skills like typing? (a) include it (b) leave it out
21. 21.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) your bank details (b) a long life story (c) your Aadhaar number (d) your phone and email
22. 22.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: a party selfie? (a) leave it out (b) include it
23. 23.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: projects you did? (a) include it (b) leave it out
24. 24.Which of these goes in the activities section? (a) eco club member (b) basic HTML and CSS (c) Class 10 board: 88% (d) B.Com first year
25. 25.True or false: “skills like typing” belongs on a student résumé. (a) False (b) True
26. 26.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) skills like typing (b) made-up marks (c) your phone and email (d) clubs and activities
27. 27.📄 In which résumé section does this go: typing 40 words a minute? (a) activities (b) skills (c) projects (d) contact details
28. 28.Which of these goes in the education section? (a) eco club member (b) B.Com first year (c) typing 40 words a minute (d) basic HTML and CSS
29. 29.📄 In which résumé section does this go: eco club member? (a) skills (b) education (c) projects (d) activities
30. 30.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: made-up marks? (a) leave it out (b) include it
31. 31.True or false: “your phone and email” should be left out of a résumé. (a) False (b) True
32. 32.📄 In which résumé section does this go: a survey of 50 shops? (a) projects (b) skills (c) activities (d) contact details
33. 33.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your bank details? (a) leave it out (b) include it
34. 34.Which of these goes in the projects section? (a) built a rain gauge model (b) eco club member (c) an email ID (d) spreadsheets (basic)
35. 35.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) volunteer work (b) awards and prizes (c) your bank details (d) your phone and email
36. 36.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a long life story (b) your passwords (c) awards and prizes (d) a party selfie
37. 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your siblings’ marks (b) made-up marks (c) a long life story (d) clubs and activities
38. 38.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: school and marks? (a) leave it out (b) include it
39. 39.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) a long life story (b) awards and prizes (c) made-up marks (d) your bank details
40. 40.📄 In which résumé section does this go: Class 10 board: 88%? (a) projects (b) contact details (c) education (d) skills

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