Résumé Worksheet: What to Include

Interview skills lesson 17: What goes on a student résumé · Set 922 · 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.True or false: “school and marks” belongs on a student résumé. (a) False (b) True
2. 2.Which of these goes in the activities section? (a) school football team (b) Class 12 (Science), 2026 (c) a mobile number (d) an email ID
3. 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) languages you know (b) your phone and email (c) your Aadhaar number (d) volunteer work
4. 4.📄 In which résumé section does this go: basic HTML and CSS? (a) activities (b) education (c) projects (d) skills
5. 5.📄 A student with no work experience should highlight… (a) made-up jobs (b) nothing at all (c) projects and activities (d) their parents’ jobs
6. 6.📄 In which résumé section does this go: built a rain gauge model? (a) contact details (b) skills (c) projects (d) activities
7. 7.Which of these goes in the projects section? (a) basic HTML and CSS (b) your city and PIN code (c) typing 40 words a minute (d) a survey of 50 shops
8. 8.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your siblings’ marks (b) school and marks (c) made-up marks (d) your passwords
9. 9.True or false: “your phone and email” should be left out of a résumé. (a) False (b) True
10. 10.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) languages you know (b) your phone and email (c) skills like typing (d) a party selfie
11. 11.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) your phone and email (b) your bank details (c) a long life story (d) a party selfie
12. 12.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) your siblings’ marks (b) skills like typing (c) languages you know (d) clubs and activities
13. 13.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) made-up marks (b) languages you know (c) a party selfie (d) your passwords
14. 14.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) school and marks (b) your phone and email (c) awards and prizes (d) your passwords
15. 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) school and marks (b) awards and prizes (c) a long life story (d) projects you did
16. 16.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) your phone and email (b) clubs and activities (c) school and marks (d) your Aadhaar number
17. 17.📄 In which résumé section does this go: a survey of 50 shops? (a) activities (b) contact details (c) education (d) projects
18. 18.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) a party selfie (b) school and marks (c) projects you did (d) your phone and email
19. 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your siblings’ marks (b) a party selfie (c) projects you did (d) made-up marks
20. 20.Which of these goes in the education section? (a) B.Com first year (b) typing 40 words a minute (c) eco club member (d) debate club secretary
21. 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your bank details (b) a long life story (c) your Aadhaar number (d) languages you know
22. 22.📄 How long should a student résumé usually be? (a) one page (b) half a line (c) five pages (d) ten pages
23. 23.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: skills like typing? (a) include it (b) leave it out
24. 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your passwords (b) clubs and activities (c) made-up marks (d) a long life story
25. 25.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your phone and email? (a) include it (b) leave it out
26. 26.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: a long life story? (a) leave it out (b) include it
27. 27.Which of these goes in the skills section? (a) debate club secretary (b) Class 10 board: 88% (c) school football team (d) basic HTML and CSS
28. 28.📄 Your résumé says you led a club. In the interview you should… (a) deny it (b) say it was a joke (c) be ready to explain it (d) change the subject
29. 29.Which of these goes in the projects section? (a) debate club secretary (b) Class 10 board: 88% (c) built a rain gauge model (d) spreadsheets (basic)
30. 30.📄 A résumé is… (a) a full autobiography (b) a letter of thanks (c) a short summary of you (d) a school report card
31. 31.Which of these goes in the skills section? (a) spreadsheets (basic) (b) B.Com first year (c) built a rain gauge model (d) debate club secretary
32. 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) awards and prizes (b) your bank details (c) your phone and email (d) volunteer work
33. 33.Which of these goes in the activities section? (a) B.Com first year (b) an email ID (c) spreadsheets (basic) (d) debate club secretary
34. 34.📄 In which résumé section does this go: debate club secretary? (a) skills (b) activities (c) contact details (d) education
35. 35.Which of these goes in the education section? (a) basic HTML and CSS (b) your city and PIN code (c) eco club member (d) Class 12 (Science), 2026
36. 36.Which of these goes in the contact details? (a) B.Com first year (b) school football team (c) a survey of 50 shops (d) a mobile number
37. 37.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your Aadhaar number? (a) leave it out (b) include it
38. 38.Which of these goes in the education section? (a) a mobile number (b) spreadsheets (basic) (c) your city and PIN code (d) Class 10 board: 88%
39. 39.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: clubs and activities? (a) include it (b) leave it out
40. 40.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) your bank details (b) a party selfie (c) skills like typing (d) your siblings’ marks

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