Résumé Worksheet: What to Include

Interview skills lesson 17: What goes on a student résumé · Set 903 · 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 education section? (a) school football team (b) Class 10 board: 88% (c) a website for our club (d) your city and PIN code
2. 2.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your phone and email? (a) include it (b) leave it out
3. 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a long life story (b) your bank details (c) your siblings’ marks (d) awards and prizes
4. 4.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: volunteer work? (a) include it (b) leave it out
5. 5.Which of these goes in the contact details? (a) typing 40 words a minute (b) a mobile number (c) spreadsheets (basic) (d) Class 12 (Science), 2026
6. 6.Which of these goes in the projects section? (a) your city and PIN code (b) debate club secretary (c) basic HTML and CSS (d) built a rain gauge model
7. 7.📄 In which résumé section does this go: debate club secretary? (a) education (b) skills (c) activities (d) contact details
8. 8.📄 A résumé is… (a) a letter of thanks (b) a school report card (c) a short summary of you (d) a full autobiography
9. 9.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: school and marks? (a) include it (b) leave it out
10. 10.📄 In which résumé section does this go: typing 40 words a minute? (a) education (b) activities (c) skills (d) projects
11. 11.True or false: “your bank details” should be left out of a résumé. (a) False (b) True
12. 12.📄 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
13. 13.Which of these goes in the skills section? (a) typing 40 words a minute (b) Class 12 (Science), 2026 (c) a mobile number (d) a website for our club
14. 14.True or false: “your passwords” should be left out of a résumé. (a) True (b) False
15. 15.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your siblings’ marks? (a) include it (b) leave it out
16. 16.True or false: “your passwords” belongs on a student résumé. (a) False (b) True
17. 17.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) awards and prizes (b) skills like typing (c) languages you know (d) a long life story
18. 18.📄 In which résumé section does this go: a mobile number? (a) activities (b) education (c) skills (d) contact details
19. 19.📄 What font style suits a résumé? (a) five fancy fonts (b) one plain, clear font (c) tiny handwriting (d) all bold capitals
20. 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) school and marks (b) made-up marks (c) awards and prizes (d) volunteer work
21. 21.Which of these goes in the contact details? (a) basic HTML and CSS (b) Class 12 (Science), 2026 (c) a website for our club (d) your city and PIN code
22. 22.📄 In which résumé section does this go: Class 12 (Science), 2026? (a) education (b) skills (c) activities (d) projects
23. 23.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: awards and prizes? (a) leave it out (b) include it
24. 24.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) made-up marks (b) clubs and activities (c) school and marks (d) your phone and email
25. 25.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) your Aadhaar number (b) your passwords (c) your siblings’ marks (d) skills like typing
26. 26.Which of these goes in the activities section? (a) a survey of 50 shops (b) typing 40 words a minute (c) debate club secretary (d) basic HTML and CSS
27. 27.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) your siblings’ marks (b) volunteer work (c) languages you know (d) your phone and email
28. 28.📄 How long should a student résumé usually be? (a) five pages (b) ten pages (c) half a line (d) one page
29. 29.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: projects you did? (a) leave it out (b) include it
30. 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) languages you know (b) a party selfie (c) projects you did (d) volunteer work
31. 31.📄 A student with no work experience should highlight… (a) nothing at all (b) made-up jobs (c) their parents’ jobs (d) projects and activities
32. 32.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: clubs and activities? (a) include it (b) leave it out
33. 33.True or false: “projects you did” should be left out of a résumé. (a) False (b) True
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 is the odd one out? (a) made-up marks (b) a party selfie (c) skills like typing (d) your siblings’ marks
36. 36.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) awards and prizes (b) projects you did (c) clubs and activities (d) your Aadhaar number
37. 37.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) awards and prizes (b) your bank details (c) your passwords (d) a party selfie
38. 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) school and marks (b) volunteer work (c) your Aadhaar number (d) projects you did
39. 39.True or false: “volunteer work” should be left out of a résumé. (a) True (b) False
40. 40.Which of these goes in the activities section? (a) a mobile number (b) your city and PIN code (c) typing 40 words a minute (d) eco club member

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