Résumé Worksheet: What to Include

Interview skills lesson 17: What goes on a student résumé · Set 896 · 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 mobile number (b) eco club member (c) basic HTML and CSS (d) a survey of 50 shops
2. 2.📄 How long should a student résumé usually be? (a) one page (b) ten pages (c) five pages (d) half a line
3. 3.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) your siblings’ marks (b) your bank details (c) school and marks (d) a party selfie
4. 4.Which of these goes in the contact details? (a) your city and PIN code (b) Class 10 board: 88% (c) basic HTML and CSS (d) typing 40 words a minute
5. 5.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) school and marks (b) your passwords (c) skills like typing (d) awards and prizes
6. 6.📄 A student with no work experience should highlight… (a) made-up jobs (b) projects and activities (c) nothing at all (d) their parents’ jobs
7. 7.📄 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) deny it (d) change the subject
8. 8.Which of these goes in the activities section? (a) your city and PIN code (b) eco club member (c) basic HTML and CSS (d) typing 40 words a minute
9. 9.📄 In which résumé section does this go: B.Com first year? (a) activities (b) projects (c) skills (d) education
10. 10.True or false: “a party selfie” belongs on a student résumé. (a) False (b) True
11. 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a long life story (b) your passwords (c) a party selfie (d) awards and prizes
12. 12.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your siblings’ marks? (a) include it (b) leave it out
13. 13.📄 In which résumé section does this go: Class 10 board: 88%? (a) education (b) skills (c) projects (d) contact details
14. 14.📄 A résumé is… (a) a school report card (b) a full autobiography (c) a letter of thanks (d) a short summary of you
15. 15.📄 In which résumé section does this go: typing 40 words a minute? (a) contact details (b) education (c) skills (d) projects
16. 16.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) a party selfie (b) projects you did (c) a long life story (d) your Aadhaar number
17. 17.True or false: “clubs and activities” should be left out of a résumé. (a) True (b) False
18. 18.📄 In which résumé section does this go: your city and PIN code? (a) projects (b) education (c) skills (d) contact details
19. 19.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) clubs and activities (b) languages you know (c) your siblings’ marks (d) school and marks
20. 20.Which of these goes in the education section? (a) a survey of 50 shops (b) eco club member (c) basic HTML and CSS (d) Class 10 board: 88%
21. 21.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your phone and email? (a) include it (b) leave it out
22. 22.Which of these goes in the skills section? (a) a survey of 50 shops (b) typing 40 words a minute (c) Class 10 board: 88% (d) debate club secretary
23. 23.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: a long life story? (a) include it (b) leave it out
24. 24.True or false: “your phone and email” should be left out of a résumé. (a) True (b) False
25. 25.📄 In which résumé section does this go: eco club member? (a) activities (b) contact details (c) education (d) skills
26. 26.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) made-up marks (b) a long life story (c) skills like typing (d) your siblings’ marks
27. 27.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: school and marks? (a) include it (b) leave it out
28. 28.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) made-up marks (b) a party selfie (c) your phone and email (d) your Aadhaar number
29. 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) volunteer work (b) your bank details (c) your passwords (d) your siblings’ marks
30. 30.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: clubs and activities? (a) include it (b) leave it out
31. 31.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) languages you know (b) made-up marks (c) your phone and email (d) clubs and activities
32. 32.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) volunteer work (b) a long life story (c) a party selfie (d) made-up marks
33. 33.📄 In which résumé section does this go: Class 12 (Science), 2026? (a) activities (b) education (c) skills (d) projects
34. 34.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your bank details? (a) include it (b) leave it out
35. 35.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) a long life story (b) a party selfie (c) your passwords (d) languages you know
36. 36.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) school and marks (b) your siblings’ marks (c) languages you know (d) projects you did
37. 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) projects you did (b) your phone and email (c) a party selfie (d) clubs and activities
38. 38.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: projects you did? (a) include it (b) leave it out
39. 39.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) your phone and email (b) skills like typing (c) languages you know (d) a party selfie
40. 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a party selfie (b) made-up marks (c) skills like typing (d) your Aadhaar number

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