Résumé Worksheet: What to Include

Interview skills lesson 17: What goes on a student résumé · Set 918 · 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 is the odd one out? (a) projects you did (b) languages you know (c) volunteer work (d) a long life story
2. 2.📄 In which résumé section does this go: an email ID? (a) skills (b) activities (c) projects (d) contact details
3. 3.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: volunteer work? (a) include it (b) leave it out
4. 4.Which of these goes in the education section? (a) Class 12 (Science), 2026 (b) a website for our club (c) school football team (d) an email ID
5. 5.True or false: “volunteer work” should be left out of a résumé. (a) False (b) True
6. 6.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a party selfie (b) volunteer work (c) your bank details (d) your passwords
7. 7.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) your passwords (b) your bank details (c) a long life story (d) clubs and activities
8. 8.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) volunteer work (b) projects you did (c) skills like typing (d) your passwords
9. 9.📄 In which résumé section does this go: a website for our club? (a) projects (b) skills (c) activities (d) education
10. 10.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your passwords? (a) leave it out (b) include it
11. 11.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) school and marks (b) made-up marks (c) your siblings’ marks (d) your Aadhaar number
12. 12.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: clubs and activities? (a) include it (b) leave it out
13. 13.📄 In which résumé section does this go: typing 40 words a minute? (a) projects (b) contact details (c) education (d) skills
14. 14.Which of these goes in the activities section? (a) basic HTML and CSS (b) your city and PIN code (c) debate club secretary (d) a mobile number
15. 15.True or false: “languages you know” should be left out of a résumé. (a) True (b) False
16. 16.True or false: “projects you did” should be left out of a résumé. (a) False (b) True
17. 17.📄 In which résumé section does this go: built a rain gauge model? (a) skills (b) education (c) activities (d) projects
18. 18.Which of these goes in the contact details? (a) a website for our club (b) typing 40 words a minute (c) your city and PIN code (d) B.Com first year
19. 19.Which of these goes in the education section? (a) an email ID (b) a mobile number (c) your city and PIN code (d) B.Com first year
20. 20.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your Aadhaar number? (a) leave it out (b) include it
21. 21.📄 How long should a student résumé usually be? (a) ten pages (b) five pages (c) half a line (d) one page
22. 22.Which of these goes in the projects section? (a) B.Com first year (b) typing 40 words a minute (c) a website for our club (d) school football team
23. 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your phone and email (b) school and marks (c) volunteer work (d) a party selfie
24. 24.📄 A student with no work experience should highlight… (a) their parents’ jobs (b) made-up jobs (c) nothing at all (d) projects and activities
25. 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your passwords (b) clubs and activities (c) a party selfie (d) your Aadhaar number
26. 26.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your phone and email? (a) include it (b) leave it out
27. 27.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: school and marks? (a) leave it out (b) include it
28. 28.📄 In which résumé section does this go: Class 12 (Science), 2026? (a) activities (b) education (c) projects (d) skills
29. 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your phone and email (b) school and marks (c) made-up marks (d) awards and prizes
30. 30.Which of these goes in the education section? (a) a survey of 50 shops (b) Class 10 board: 88% (c) typing 40 words a minute (d) your city and PIN code
31. 31.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) your phone and email (b) a long life story (c) your bank details (d) your siblings’ marks
32. 32.📄 A résumé is… (a) a school report card (b) a letter of thanks (c) a full autobiography (d) a short summary of you
33. 33.True or false: “school and marks” should be left out of a résumé. (a) True (b) False
34. 34.📄 In which résumé section does this go: a survey of 50 shops? (a) activities (b) projects (c) contact details (d) education
35. 35.True or false: “skills like typing” belongs on a student résumé. (a) False (b) True
36. 36.True or false: “a long life story” should be left out of a résumé. (a) False (b) True
37. 37.True or false: “made-up marks” should be left out of a résumé. (a) True (b) False
38. 38.Which of these goes in the activities section? (a) school football team (b) a survey of 50 shops (c) Class 10 board: 88% (d) a website for our club
39. 39.📄 What font style suits a résumé? (a) five fancy fonts (b) all bold capitals (c) one plain, clear font (d) tiny handwriting
40. 40.True or false: “awards and prizes” belongs on a student résumé. (a) False (b) True

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