Résumé Worksheet: What to Include

Interview skills lesson 17: What goes on a student résumé · Set 942 · 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 of these goes in the projects section? (a) typing 40 words a minute (b) built a rain gauge model (c) B.Com first year (d) debate club secretary
2. 2.True or false: “school and marks” belongs on a student résumé. (a) False (b) True
3. 3.📄 Your résumé says you led a club. In the interview you should… (a) say it was a joke (b) change the subject (c) be ready to explain it (d) deny it
4. 4.True or false: “your phone and email” should be left out of a résumé. (a) False (b) True
5. 5.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) your passwords (b) your bank details (c) skills like typing (d) your Aadhaar number
6. 6.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: skills like typing? (a) include it (b) leave it out
7. 7.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) volunteer work (b) languages you know (c) school and marks (d) a long life story
8. 8.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: a long life story? (a) include it (b) leave it out
9. 9.Which of these goes in the activities section? (a) B.Com first year (b) debate club secretary (c) a website for our club (d) Class 10 board: 88%
10. 10.📄 A student with no work experience should highlight… (a) projects and activities (b) their parents’ jobs (c) nothing at all (d) made-up jobs
11. 11.📄 In which résumé section does this go: Class 10 board: 88%? (a) education (b) contact details (c) activities (d) projects
12. 12.📄 What font style suits a résumé? (a) tiny handwriting (b) one plain, clear font (c) all bold capitals (d) five fancy fonts
13. 13.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your siblings’ marks? (a) leave it out (b) include it
14. 14.📄 A résumé is… (a) a full autobiography (b) a school report card (c) a short summary of you (d) a letter of thanks
15. 15.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: awards and prizes? (a) include it (b) leave it out
16. 16.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) awards and prizes (b) your phone and email (c) made-up marks (d) projects you did
17. 17.Which of these goes in the activities section? (a) basic HTML and CSS (b) a website for our club (c) B.Com first year (d) eco club member
18. 18.📄 In which résumé section does this go: basic HTML and CSS? (a) education (b) contact details (c) activities (d) skills
19. 19.📄 How long should a student résumé usually be? (a) half a line (b) five pages (c) one page (d) ten pages
20. 20.Which of these goes in the contact details? (a) your city and PIN code (b) debate club secretary (c) built a rain gauge model (d) typing 40 words a minute
21. 21.Which of these goes in the skills section? (a) typing 40 words a minute (b) built a rain gauge model (c) an email ID (d) Class 12 (Science), 2026
22. 22.📄 In which résumé section does this go: Class 12 (Science), 2026? (a) education (b) activities (c) skills (d) contact details
23. 23.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: volunteer work? (a) leave it out (b) include it
24. 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) projects you did (b) your Aadhaar number (c) a long life story (d) a party selfie
25. 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) projects you did (b) clubs and activities (c) a long life story (d) school and marks
26. 26.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) your bank details (b) languages you know (c) projects you did (d) school and marks
27. 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your passwords (b) volunteer work (c) a party selfie (d) your Aadhaar number
28. 28.Which of these goes in the education section? (a) basic HTML and CSS (b) spreadsheets (basic) (c) B.Com first year (d) a survey of 50 shops
29. 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) volunteer work (b) languages you know (c) your passwords (d) school and marks
30. 30.Which of these goes in the education section? (a) basic HTML and CSS (b) a website for our club (c) Class 12 (Science), 2026 (d) built a rain gauge model
31. 31.True or false: “languages you know” belongs on a student résumé. (a) False (b) True
32. 32.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: school and marks? (a) include it (b) leave it out
33. 33.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your passwords? (a) include it (b) leave it out
34. 34.Which of these goes in the projects section? (a) a survey of 50 shops (b) B.Com first year (c) your city and PIN code (d) Class 12 (Science), 2026
35. 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) skills like typing (b) a long life story (c) your Aadhaar number (d) made-up marks
36. 36.True or false: “your bank details” should be left out of a résumé. (a) False (b) True
37. 37.True or false: “a party selfie” belongs on a student résumé. (a) False (b) True
38. 38.Which of these goes in the education section? (a) a website for our club (b) your city and PIN code (c) Class 10 board: 88% (d) eco club member
39. 39.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: clubs and activities? (a) leave it out (b) include it
40. 40.📄 In which résumé section does this go: spreadsheets (basic)? (a) projects (b) activities (c) skills (d) education

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