Résumé Worksheet: What to Include

Interview skills lesson 17: What goes on a student résumé · Set 937 · 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) made-up marks (c) clubs and activities (d) your phone and email
2. 2.📄 In which résumé section does this go: a survey of 50 shops? (a) activities (b) contact details (c) education (d) projects
3. 3.📄 In which résumé section does this go: spreadsheets (basic)? (a) projects (b) skills (c) contact details (d) education
4. 4.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) your bank details (b) made-up marks (c) languages you know (d) a long life story
5. 5.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: school and marks? (a) include it (b) leave it out
6. 6.📄 A student with no work experience should highlight… (a) projects and activities (b) their parents’ jobs (c) nothing at all (d) made-up jobs
7. 7.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your bank details? (a) leave it out (b) include it
8. 8.True or false: “languages you know” belongs on a student résumé. (a) True (b) False
9. 9.📄 In which résumé section does this go: a website for our club? (a) skills (b) contact details (c) activities (d) projects
10. 10.Which of these goes in the contact details? (a) school football team (b) your city and PIN code (c) B.Com first year (d) Class 10 board: 88%
11. 11.📄 In which résumé section does this go: basic HTML and CSS? (a) education (b) contact details (c) projects (d) skills
12. 12.Which of these goes in the skills section? (a) your city and PIN code (b) B.Com first year (c) spreadsheets (basic) (d) built a rain gauge model
13. 13.True or false: “a long life story” should be left out of a résumé. (a) False (b) True
14. 14.True or false: “your siblings’ marks” should be left out of a résumé. (a) False (b) True
15. 15.True or false: “school and marks” belongs on a student résumé. (a) True (b) False
16. 16.True or false: “volunteer work” belongs on a student résumé. (a) True (b) False
17. 17.📄 In which résumé section does this go: Class 10 board: 88%? (a) skills (b) contact details (c) education (d) activities
18. 18.Which of these goes in the education section? (a) a website for our club (b) basic HTML and CSS (c) built a rain gauge model (d) Class 10 board: 88%
19. 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) school and marks (b) your phone and email (c) your siblings’ marks (d) projects you did
20. 20.Which of these goes in the activities section? (a) Class 12 (Science), 2026 (b) your city and PIN code (c) basic HTML and CSS (d) debate club secretary
21. 21.📄 A résumé is… (a) a school report card (b) a full autobiography (c) a short summary of you (d) a letter of thanks
22. 22.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) a long life story (b) your bank details (c) your passwords (d) skills like typing
23. 23.📄 What font style suits a résumé? (a) all bold capitals (b) tiny handwriting (c) one plain, clear font (d) five fancy fonts
24. 24.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) a long life story (b) school and marks (c) your bank details (d) made-up marks
25. 25.📄 In which résumé section does this go: Class 12 (Science), 2026? (a) projects (b) education (c) skills (d) activities
26. 26.Which of these goes in the projects section? (a) B.Com first year (b) Class 10 board: 88% (c) an email ID (d) built a rain gauge model
27. 27.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) your Aadhaar number (b) your phone and email (c) made-up marks (d) your siblings’ marks
28. 28.📄 In which résumé section does this go: a mobile number? (a) projects (b) contact details (c) education (d) skills
29. 29.True or false: “awards and prizes” should be left out of a résumé. (a) True (b) False
30. 30.📄 How long should a student résumé usually be? (a) ten pages (b) five pages (c) half a line (d) one page
31. 31.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: languages you know? (a) leave it out (b) include it
32. 32.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: volunteer work? (a) include it (b) leave it out
33. 33.Which of these goes in the skills section? (a) debate club secretary (b) basic HTML and CSS (c) Class 10 board: 88% (d) a website for our club
34. 34.📄 In which résumé section does this go: your city and PIN code? (a) skills (b) education (c) projects (d) contact details
35. 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) school and marks (b) projects you did (c) your bank details (d) languages you know
36. 36.📄 In which résumé section does this go: typing 40 words a minute? (a) education (b) projects (c) skills (d) contact details
37. 37.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: a party selfie? (a) leave it out (b) include it
38. 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) languages you know (b) your phone and email (c) a party selfie (d) school and marks
39. 39.Which of these goes in the activities section? (a) Class 12 (Science), 2026 (b) an email ID (c) a mobile number (d) school football team
40. 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your Aadhaar number (b) school and marks (c) clubs and activities (d) volunteer work

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