Résumé Worksheet: What to Include

Interview skills lesson 17: What goes on a student résumé · Set 951 · 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 contact details? (a) Class 10 board: 88% (b) typing 40 words a minute (c) Class 12 (Science), 2026 (d) an email ID
2. 2.Which of these goes in the skills section? (a) a mobile number (b) school football team (c) spreadsheets (basic) (d) your city and PIN code
3. 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) clubs and activities (b) made-up marks (c) skills like typing (d) projects you did
4. 4.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your bank details? (a) include it (b) leave it out
5. 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) languages you know (b) school and marks (c) skills like typing (d) your passwords
6. 6.📄 In which résumé section does this go: Class 10 board: 88%? (a) skills (b) education (c) projects (d) contact details
7. 7.Which of these goes in the projects section? (a) an email ID (b) Class 12 (Science), 2026 (c) built a rain gauge model (d) eco club member
8. 8.📄 What font style suits a résumé? (a) one plain, clear font (b) five fancy fonts (c) all bold capitals (d) tiny handwriting
9. 9.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) made-up marks (b) your bank details (c) your passwords (d) awards and prizes
10. 10.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) your Aadhaar number (b) languages you know (c) made-up marks (d) a party selfie
11. 11.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) school and marks (b) volunteer work (c) your Aadhaar number (d) languages you know
12. 12.Which of these goes in the education section? (a) Class 10 board: 88% (b) basic HTML and CSS (c) a survey of 50 shops (d) eco club member
13. 13.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: made-up marks? (a) include it (b) leave it out
14. 14.📄 How long should a student résumé usually be? (a) one page (b) half a line (c) five pages (d) ten pages
15. 15.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) your bank details (b) made-up marks (c) your phone and email (d) your passwords
16. 16.📄 In which résumé section does this go: built a rain gauge model? (a) education (b) activities (c) contact details (d) projects
17. 17.True or false: “projects you did” should be left out of a résumé. (a) False (b) True
18. 18.📄 A student with no work experience should highlight… (a) made-up jobs (b) their parents’ jobs (c) projects and activities (d) nothing at all
19. 19.Which of these goes in the contact details? (a) a mobile number (b) eco club member (c) a website for our club (d) basic HTML and CSS
20. 20.Which of these goes in the projects section? (a) B.Com first year (b) an email ID (c) eco club member (d) a website for our club
21. 21.True or false: “volunteer work” belongs on a student résumé. (a) False (b) True
22. 22.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) a party selfie (b) clubs and activities (c) school and marks (d) languages you know
23. 23.True or false: “your phone and email” belongs on a student résumé. (a) True (b) False
24. 24.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) languages you know (b) awards and prizes (c) your phone and email (d) your passwords
25. 25.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) skills like typing (b) your siblings’ marks (c) clubs and activities (d) your phone and email
26. 26.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: school and marks? (a) include it (b) leave it out
27. 27.📄 In which résumé section does this go: a website for our club? (a) projects (b) education (c) activities (d) skills
28. 28.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) your passwords (b) projects you did (c) your siblings’ marks (d) made-up marks
29. 29.📄 A résumé is… (a) a school report card (b) a short summary of you (c) a letter of thanks (d) a full autobiography
30. 30.Which of these goes in the skills section? (a) debate club secretary (b) an email ID (c) basic HTML and CSS (d) Class 12 (Science), 2026
31. 31.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) skills like typing (b) your passwords (c) made-up marks (d) a party selfie
32. 32.📄 In which résumé section does this go: basic HTML and CSS? (a) education (b) projects (c) skills (d) activities
33. 33.True or false: “languages you know” belongs on a student résumé. (a) False (b) True
34. 34.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: awards and prizes? (a) include it (b) leave it out
35. 35.📄 Your résumé says you led a club. In the interview you should… (a) be ready to explain it (b) say it was a joke (c) deny it (d) change the subject
36. 36.Which of these goes in the skills section? (a) B.Com first year (b) Class 10 board: 88% (c) built a rain gauge model (d) typing 40 words a minute
37. 37.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) your Aadhaar number (b) your passwords (c) your siblings’ marks (d) volunteer work
38. 38.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: volunteer work? (a) leave it out (b) include it
39. 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your Aadhaar number (b) awards and prizes (c) a party selfie (d) your siblings’ marks
40. 40.Which of these goes in the activities section? (a) a website for our club (b) Class 12 (Science), 2026 (c) an email ID (d) school football team

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