Résumé Worksheet: What to Include

Interview skills lesson 17: What goes on a student résumé · Set 917 · 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: school football team? (a) contact details (b) projects (c) education (d) activities
2. 2.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) awards and prizes (b) projects you did (c) a long life story (d) school and marks
3. 3.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your phone and email? (a) include it (b) leave it out
4. 4.📄 In which résumé section does this go: spreadsheets (basic)? (a) contact details (b) skills (c) education (d) projects
5. 5.True or false: “a party selfie” should be left out of a résumé. (a) False (b) True
6. 6.📄 How long should a student résumé usually be? (a) half a line (b) one page (c) ten pages (d) five pages
7. 7.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) projects you did (b) your siblings’ marks (c) made-up marks (d) a party selfie
8. 8.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) awards and prizes (b) volunteer work (c) clubs and activities (d) your passwords
9. 9.Which of these goes in the skills section? (a) built a rain gauge model (b) Class 12 (Science), 2026 (c) your city and PIN code (d) spreadsheets (basic)
10. 10.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: school and marks? (a) include it (b) leave it out
11. 11.True or false: “your phone and email” should be left out of a résumé. (a) False (b) True
12. 12.Which of these goes in the activities section? (a) Class 12 (Science), 2026 (b) typing 40 words a minute (c) eco club member (d) Class 10 board: 88%
13. 13.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) clubs and activities (b) your bank details (c) made-up marks (d) a party selfie
14. 14.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) your bank details (b) languages you know (c) your passwords (d) made-up marks
15. 15.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: projects you did? (a) leave it out (b) include it
16. 16.📄 A student with no work experience should highlight… (a) projects and activities (b) nothing at all (c) their parents’ jobs (d) made-up jobs
17. 17.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) school and marks (b) a long life story (c) clubs and activities (d) awards and prizes
18. 18.Which of these goes in the education section? (a) typing 40 words a minute (b) Class 10 board: 88% (c) basic HTML and CSS (d) spreadsheets (basic)
19. 19.True or false: “your passwords” should be left out of a résumé. (a) False (b) True
20. 20.Which of these goes in the activities section? (a) a mobile number (b) Class 12 (Science), 2026 (c) B.Com first year (d) school football team
21. 21.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) a party selfie (b) your phone and email (c) your bank details (d) your Aadhaar number
22. 22.True or false: “made-up marks” belongs on a student résumé. (a) True (b) False
23. 23.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your Aadhaar number? (a) include it (b) leave it out
24. 24.True or false: “school and marks” should be left out of a résumé. (a) True (b) False
25. 25.Which of these goes in the contact details? (a) an email ID (b) B.Com first year (c) basic HTML and CSS (d) Class 10 board: 88%
26. 26.📄 In which résumé section does this go: B.Com first year? (a) contact details (b) projects (c) education (d) skills
27. 27.True or false: “languages you know” should be left out of a résumé. (a) True (b) False
28. 28.True or false: “projects you did” belongs on a student résumé. (a) True (b) False
29. 29.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: volunteer work? (a) leave it out (b) include it
30. 30.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) your Aadhaar number (b) awards and prizes (c) your bank details (d) a party selfie
31. 31.📄 A résumé is… (a) a full autobiography (b) a letter of thanks (c) a school report card (d) a short summary of you
32. 32.📄 In which résumé section does this go: a mobile number? (a) projects (b) contact details (c) education (d) skills
33. 33.📄 What font style suits a résumé? (a) all bold capitals (b) tiny handwriting (c) one plain, clear font (d) five fancy fonts
34. 34.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) awards and prizes (b) skills like typing (c) languages you know (d) your bank details
35. 35.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) your Aadhaar number (b) a long life story (c) school and marks (d) a party selfie
36. 36.📄 In which résumé section does this go: your city and PIN code? (a) activities (b) education (c) skills (d) contact details
37. 37.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) skills like typing (b) clubs and activities (c) languages you know (d) made-up marks
38. 38.True or false: “projects you did” should be left out of a résumé. (a) True (b) False
39. 39.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) languages you know (b) clubs and activities (c) a party selfie (d) projects you did
40. 40.📄 In which résumé section does this go: Class 12 (Science), 2026? (a) projects (b) skills (c) education (d) contact details

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