Résumé Worksheet: What to Include

Interview skills lesson 17: What goes on a student résumé · Set 949 · 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.📄 In which résumé section does this go: basic HTML and CSS? (a) skills (b) projects (c) contact details (d) education
2. 2.📄 A student with no work experience should highlight… (a) projects and activities (b) their parents’ jobs (c) made-up jobs (d) nothing at all
3. 3.Which of these goes in the education section? (a) basic HTML and CSS (b) Class 10 board: 88% (c) eco club member (d) typing 40 words a minute
4. 4.True or false: “volunteer work” should be left out of a résumé. (a) False (b) True
5. 5.True or false: “your siblings’ marks” belongs on a student résumé. (a) False (b) True
6. 6.📄 A résumé is… (a) a school report card (b) a short summary of you (c) a full autobiography (d) a letter of thanks
7. 7.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: volunteer work? (a) leave it out (b) include it
8. 8.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: clubs and activities? (a) include it (b) leave it out
9. 9.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) volunteer work (b) clubs and activities (c) your bank details (d) languages you know
10. 10.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) a long life story (b) your passwords (c) made-up marks (d) projects you did
11. 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your passwords (b) made-up marks (c) awards and prizes (d) your Aadhaar number
12. 12.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) made-up marks (b) school and marks (c) your phone and email (d) skills like typing
13. 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) projects you did (b) a party selfie (c) awards and prizes (d) skills like typing
14. 14.Which of these goes in the education section? (a) your city and PIN code (b) a mobile number (c) Class 12 (Science), 2026 (d) built a rain gauge model
15. 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) volunteer work (b) your siblings’ marks (c) your phone and email (d) school and marks
16. 16.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) your bank details (b) a long life story (c) your passwords (d) languages you know
17. 17.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) awards and prizes (b) volunteer work (c) your passwords (d) clubs and activities
18. 18.📄 In which résumé section does this go: an email ID? (a) projects (b) education (c) skills (d) contact details
19. 19.📄 In which résumé section does this go: typing 40 words a minute? (a) education (b) contact details (c) projects (d) skills
20. 20.📄 How long should a student résumé usually be? (a) one page (b) five pages (c) half a line (d) ten pages
21. 21.True or false: “a long life story” belongs on a student résumé. (a) True (b) False
22. 22.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) your siblings’ marks (b) a party selfie (c) skills like typing (d) your bank details
23. 23.Which of these goes in the education section? (a) debate club secretary (b) eco club member (c) a survey of 50 shops (d) B.Com first year
24. 24.Which of these goes in the contact details? (a) a website for our club (b) a mobile number (c) a survey of 50 shops (d) basic HTML and CSS
25. 25.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: made-up marks? (a) leave it out (b) include it
26. 26.📄 In which résumé section does this go: debate club secretary? (a) projects (b) skills (c) education (d) activities
27. 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) made-up marks (b) your passwords (c) your siblings’ marks (d) your phone and email
28. 28.True or false: “languages you know” belongs on a student résumé. (a) True (b) False
29. 29.Which of these goes in the contact details? (a) a survey of 50 shops (b) B.Com first year (c) debate club secretary (d) an email ID
30. 30.Which of these goes in the skills section? (a) typing 40 words a minute (b) Class 10 board: 88% (c) an email ID (d) B.Com first year
31. 31.Which of these goes in the projects section? (a) eco club member (b) a website for our club (c) basic HTML and CSS (d) your city and PIN code
32. 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) volunteer work (b) clubs and activities (c) school and marks (d) made-up marks
33. 33.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) projects you did (b) volunteer work (c) your Aadhaar number (d) skills like typing
34. 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your Aadhaar number (b) your siblings’ marks (c) a long life story (d) projects you did
35. 35.📄 Your résumé says you led a club. In the interview you should… (a) change the subject (b) be ready to explain it (c) say it was a joke (d) deny it
36. 36.True or false: “your passwords” belongs on a student résumé. (a) False (b) True
37. 37.Which of these goes in the activities section? (a) debate club secretary (b) spreadsheets (basic) (c) B.Com first year (d) a mobile number
38. 38.📄 In which résumé section does this go: built a rain gauge model? (a) contact details (b) skills (c) activities (d) projects
39. 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) school and marks (b) a party selfie (c) made-up marks (d) your passwords
40. 40.📄 In which résumé section does this go: a website for our club? (a) activities (b) projects (c) education (d) contact details

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