Résumé Worksheet: What to Include

Interview skills lesson 17: What goes on a student résumé · Set 913 · 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.📄 In which résumé section does this go: a mobile number? (a) skills (b) activities (c) contact details (d) projects
2. 2.📄 A résumé is… (a) a letter of thanks (b) a short summary of you (c) a school report card (d) a full autobiography
3. 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) languages you know (b) your phone and email (c) volunteer work (d) your siblings’ marks
4. 4.📄 Your résumé says you led a club. In the interview you should… (a) be ready to explain it (b) say it was a joke (c) change the subject (d) deny it
5. 5.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your bank details? (a) include it (b) leave it out
6. 6.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your siblings’ marks (b) your Aadhaar number (c) clubs and activities (d) a long life story
7. 7.📄 How long should a student résumé usually be? (a) five pages (b) half a line (c) ten pages (d) one page
8. 8.Which of these goes in the education section? (a) Class 12 (Science), 2026 (b) a survey of 50 shops (c) eco club member (d) school football team
9. 9.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: skills like typing? (a) leave it out (b) include it
10. 10.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: projects you did? (a) include it (b) leave it out
11. 11.Which of these goes in the skills section? (a) eco club member (b) school football team (c) Class 12 (Science), 2026 (d) spreadsheets (basic)
12. 12.📄 In which résumé section does this go: your city and PIN code? (a) activities (b) skills (c) contact details (d) projects
13. 13.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your passwords? (a) include it (b) leave it out
14. 14.Which of these goes in the skills section? (a) eco club member (b) a website for our club (c) debate club secretary (d) basic HTML and CSS
15. 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) school and marks (b) your passwords (c) a long life story (d) your siblings’ marks
16. 16.True or false: “your siblings’ marks” belongs on a student résumé. (a) False (b) True
17. 17.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) projects you did (b) your bank details (c) made-up marks (d) your siblings’ marks
18. 18.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) your passwords (b) your phone and email (c) awards and prizes (d) clubs and activities
19. 19.Which of these goes in the activities section? (a) spreadsheets (basic) (b) your city and PIN code (c) debate club secretary (d) a survey of 50 shops
20. 20.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) a party selfie (b) skills like typing (c) awards and prizes (d) volunteer work
21. 21.📄 In which résumé section does this go: Class 12 (Science), 2026? (a) activities (b) education (c) skills (d) contact details
22. 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) school and marks (b) a long life story (c) projects you did (d) languages you know
23. 23.📄 In which résumé section does this go: basic HTML and CSS? (a) skills (b) projects (c) education (d) activities
24. 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) volunteer work (b) clubs and activities (c) school and marks (d) your passwords
25. 25.📄 In which résumé section does this go: spreadsheets (basic)? (a) projects (b) activities (c) skills (d) contact details
26. 26.📄 In which résumé section does this go: school football team? (a) projects (b) skills (c) activities (d) contact details
27. 27.True or false: “a long life story” belongs on a student résumé. (a) True (b) False
28. 28.📄 What font style suits a résumé? (a) tiny handwriting (b) all bold capitals (c) one plain, clear font (d) five fancy fonts
29. 29.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your siblings’ marks? (a) include it (b) leave it out
30. 30.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) languages you know (b) awards and prizes (c) clubs and activities (d) your bank details
31. 31.True or false: “school and marks” should be left out of a résumé. (a) False (b) True
32. 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) school and marks (b) your bank details (c) skills like typing (d) volunteer work
33. 33.True or false: “awards and prizes” belongs on a student résumé. (a) False (b) True
34. 34.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) made-up marks (b) your siblings’ marks (c) a long life story (d) languages you know
35. 35.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) awards and prizes (b) languages you know (c) projects you did (d) a long life story
36. 36.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: clubs and activities? (a) include it (b) leave it out
37. 37.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) made-up marks (b) your Aadhaar number (c) your bank details (d) skills like typing
38. 38.📄 In which résumé section does this go: B.Com first year? (a) activities (b) contact details (c) education (d) skills
39. 39.📄 In which résumé section does this go: typing 40 words a minute? (a) education (b) skills (c) contact details (d) activities
40. 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your passwords (b) your siblings’ marks (c) awards and prizes (d) your bank details

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