Résumé Worksheet: What to Include

Interview skills lesson 17: What goes on a student résumé · Set 933 · 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) skills like typing (c) your passwords (d) languages you know
2. 2.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: volunteer work? (a) leave it out (b) include it
3. 3.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) school and marks (b) a party selfie (c) clubs and activities (d) awards and prizes
4. 4.📄 In which résumé section does this go: eco club member? (a) education (b) activities (c) skills (d) contact details
5. 5.Which of these goes in the education section? (a) an email ID (b) your city and PIN code (c) a survey of 50 shops (d) Class 10 board: 88%
6. 6.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) made-up marks (b) your Aadhaar number (c) your passwords (d) skills like typing
7. 7.Which of these goes in the projects section? (a) Class 10 board: 88% (b) built a rain gauge model (c) a mobile number (d) your city and PIN code
8. 8.📄 A student with no work experience should highlight… (a) projects and activities (b) nothing at all (c) made-up jobs (d) their parents’ jobs
9. 9.True or false: “skills like typing” belongs on a student résumé. (a) True (b) False
10. 10.📄 Your résumé says you led a club. In the interview you should… (a) change the subject (b) say it was a joke (c) be ready to explain it (d) deny it
11. 11.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: clubs and activities? (a) include it (b) leave it out
12. 12.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) made-up marks (b) school and marks (c) clubs and activities (d) skills like typing
13. 13.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your bank details? (a) leave it out (b) include it
14. 14.Which of these goes in the contact details? (a) spreadsheets (basic) (b) school football team (c) an email ID (d) typing 40 words a minute
15. 15.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: projects you did? (a) include it (b) leave it out
16. 16.Which of these goes in the contact details? (a) a mobile number (b) Class 10 board: 88% (c) a survey of 50 shops (d) typing 40 words a minute
17. 17.True or false: “a long life story” belongs on a student résumé. (a) False (b) True
18. 18.Which of these goes in the activities section? (a) spreadsheets (basic) (b) Class 10 board: 88% (c) school football team (d) a survey of 50 shops
19. 19.📄 How long should a student résumé usually be? (a) half a line (b) five pages (c) ten pages (d) one page
20. 20.True or false: “awards and prizes” belongs on a student résumé. (a) True (b) False
21. 21.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) your Aadhaar number (b) awards and prizes (c) a party selfie (d) your passwords
22. 22.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your passwords? (a) leave it out (b) include it
23. 23.True or false: “school and marks” belongs on a student résumé. (a) False (b) True
24. 24.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) skills like typing (b) languages you know (c) awards and prizes (d) your passwords
25. 25.📄 In which résumé section does this go: spreadsheets (basic)? (a) activities (b) projects (c) contact details (d) skills
26. 26.📄 In which résumé section does this go: school football team? (a) projects (b) activities (c) contact details (d) skills
27. 27.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) projects you did (b) your Aadhaar number (c) your bank details (d) your passwords
28. 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your siblings’ marks (b) your passwords (c) your bank details (d) projects you did
29. 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your bank details (b) languages you know (c) your siblings’ marks (d) a party selfie
30. 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your bank details (b) your phone and email (c) school and marks (d) languages you know
31. 31.📄 In which résumé section does this go: Class 12 (Science), 2026? (a) skills (b) activities (c) projects (d) education
32. 32.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: languages you know? (a) include it (b) leave it out
33. 33.📄 What font style suits a résumé? (a) all bold capitals (b) five fancy fonts (c) one plain, clear font (d) tiny handwriting
34. 34.Which of these goes in the projects section? (a) school football team (b) a website for our club (c) a mobile number (d) debate club secretary
35. 35.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: school and marks? (a) leave it out (b) include it
36. 36.True or false: “your phone and email” should be left out of a résumé. (a) False (b) True
37. 37.True or false: “projects you did” belongs on a student résumé. (a) True (b) False
38. 38.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) your Aadhaar number (b) your phone and email (c) a party selfie (d) made-up marks
39. 39.📄 In which résumé section does this go: basic HTML and CSS? (a) contact details (b) activities (c) education (d) skills
40. 40.True or false: “your siblings’ marks” belongs on a student résumé. (a) False (b) True

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