Résumé Worksheet: What to Include

Interview skills lesson 17: What goes on a student résumé · Set 902 · 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 activities section? (a) school football team (b) a mobile number (c) typing 40 words a minute (d) spreadsheets (basic)
2. 2.📄 In which résumé section does this go: your city and PIN code? (a) projects (b) skills (c) activities (d) contact details
3. 3.📄 A student with no work experience should highlight… (a) made-up jobs (b) projects and activities (c) nothing at all (d) their parents’ jobs
4. 4.True or false: “languages you know” belongs on a student résumé. (a) False (b) True
5. 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) clubs and activities (b) your phone and email (c) your passwords (d) school and marks
6. 6.True or false: “a party selfie” belongs on a student résumé. (a) False (b) True
7. 7.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) clubs and activities (b) your bank details (c) awards and prizes (d) school and marks
8. 8.📄 Your résumé says you led a club. In the interview you should… (a) change the subject (b) say it was a joke (c) deny it (d) be ready to explain it
9. 9.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: awards and prizes? (a) leave it out (b) include it
10. 10.Which of these goes in the education section? (a) a website for our club (b) B.Com first year (c) school football team (d) a survey of 50 shops
11. 11.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) a long life story (b) a party selfie (c) your siblings’ marks (d) volunteer work
12. 12.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) awards and prizes (b) skills like typing (c) a party selfie (d) projects you did
13. 13.True or false: “awards and prizes” belongs on a student résumé. (a) True (b) False
14. 14.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: projects you did? (a) leave it out (b) include it
15. 15.True or false: “your passwords” should be left out of a résumé. (a) False (b) True
16. 16.📄 In which résumé section does this go: typing 40 words a minute? (a) projects (b) skills (c) contact details (d) education
17. 17.📄 How long should a student résumé usually be? (a) ten pages (b) five pages (c) one page (d) half a line
18. 18.📄 A résumé is… (a) a letter of thanks (b) a full autobiography (c) a school report card (d) a short summary of you
19. 19.Which of these goes in the projects section? (a) spreadsheets (basic) (b) Class 12 (Science), 2026 (c) a survey of 50 shops (d) eco club member
20. 20.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) volunteer work (b) projects you did (c) clubs and activities (d) your Aadhaar number
21. 21.📄 In which résumé section does this go: a survey of 50 shops? (a) education (b) contact details (c) skills (d) projects
22. 22.Which of these goes in the education section? (a) a survey of 50 shops (b) Class 12 (Science), 2026 (c) typing 40 words a minute (d) your city and PIN code
23. 23.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) your passwords (b) clubs and activities (c) made-up marks (d) your Aadhaar number
24. 24.Which of these goes in the contact details? (a) basic HTML and CSS (b) school football team (c) B.Com first year (d) a mobile number
25. 25.True or false: “your passwords” belongs on a student résumé. (a) True (b) False
26. 26.True or false: “languages you know” should be left out of a résumé. (a) True (b) False
27. 27.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) made-up marks (b) projects you did (c) school and marks (d) volunteer work
28. 28.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your passwords? (a) leave it out (b) include it
29. 29.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) your passwords (b) clubs and activities (c) your phone and email (d) skills like typing
30. 30.Which of these goes in the activities section? (a) spreadsheets (basic) (b) Class 10 board: 88% (c) a website for our club (d) eco club member
31. 31.True or false: “made-up marks” should be left out of a résumé. (a) True (b) False
32. 32.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) languages you know (b) your passwords (c) a long life story (d) made-up marks
33. 33.Which of these goes in the projects section? (a) Class 12 (Science), 2026 (b) built a rain gauge model (c) your city and PIN code (d) spreadsheets (basic)
34. 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your phone and email (b) a long life story (c) awards and prizes (d) skills like typing
35. 35.📄 In which résumé section does this go: basic HTML and CSS? (a) skills (b) contact details (c) education (d) activities
36. 36.True or false: “your Aadhaar number” should be left out of a résumé. (a) True (b) False
37. 37.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: made-up marks? (a) include it (b) leave it out
38. 38.True or false: “school and marks” belongs on a student résumé. (a) False (b) True
39. 39.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: a long life story? (a) include it (b) leave it out
40. 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your passwords (b) a long life story (c) made-up marks (d) skills like typing

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