Résumé Worksheet: What to Include

Interview skills lesson 17: What goes on a student résumé · Set 955 · 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 belongs on a student résumé? (a) your phone and email (b) your passwords (c) your bank details (d) your siblings’ marks
2. 2.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) your phone and email (b) volunteer work (c) languages you know (d) a party selfie
3. 3.Which of these goes in the contact details? (a) your city and PIN code (b) Class 10 board: 88% (c) school football team (d) a survey of 50 shops
4. 4.True or false: “school and marks” belongs on a student résumé. (a) True (b) False
5. 5.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) projects you did (b) languages you know (c) school and marks (d) your siblings’ marks
6. 6.📄 What font style suits a résumé? (a) all bold capitals (b) tiny handwriting (c) five fancy fonts (d) one plain, clear font
7. 7.True or false: “your phone and email” belongs on a student résumé. (a) False (b) True
8. 8.📄 A student with no work experience should highlight… (a) projects and activities (b) made-up jobs (c) their parents’ jobs (d) nothing at all
9. 9.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) languages you know (b) skills like typing (c) a long life story (d) awards and prizes
10. 10.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) a long life story (b) your bank details (c) your passwords (d) awards and prizes
11. 11.📄 In which résumé section does this go: your city and PIN code? (a) education (b) projects (c) contact details (d) skills
12. 12.Which of these goes in the projects section? (a) a website for our club (b) debate club secretary (c) Class 10 board: 88% (d) basic HTML and CSS
13. 13.📄 In which résumé section does this go: Class 12 (Science), 2026? (a) skills (b) projects (c) contact details (d) education
14. 14.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) awards and prizes (b) a long life story (c) school and marks (d) your phone and email
15. 15.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your Aadhaar number? (a) include it (b) leave it out
16. 16.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a party selfie (b) your Aadhaar number (c) school and marks (d) made-up marks
17. 17.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: volunteer work? (a) leave it out (b) include it
18. 18.📄 Your résumé says you led a club. In the interview you should… (a) deny it (b) be ready to explain it (c) change the subject (d) say it was a joke
19. 19.Which of these goes in the skills section? (a) your city and PIN code (b) eco club member (c) a survey of 50 shops (d) basic HTML and CSS
20. 20.Which of these goes in the education section? (a) basic HTML and CSS (b) a mobile number (c) Class 12 (Science), 2026 (d) a website for our club
21. 21.Which of these goes in the skills section? (a) Class 12 (Science), 2026 (b) spreadsheets (basic) (c) Class 10 board: 88% (d) built a rain gauge model
22. 22.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: a party selfie? (a) include it (b) leave it out
23. 23.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: skills like typing? (a) leave it out (b) include it
24. 24.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: a long life story? (a) include it (b) leave it out
25. 25.📄 In which résumé section does this go: a survey of 50 shops? (a) projects (b) education (c) activities (d) skills
26. 26.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) a party selfie (b) clubs and activities (c) your passwords (d) your Aadhaar number
27. 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) skills like typing (b) your siblings’ marks (c) your bank details (d) a party selfie
28. 28.📄 In which résumé section does this go: an email ID? (a) activities (b) education (c) skills (d) contact details
29. 29.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: languages you know? (a) leave it out (b) include it
30. 30.True or false: “your Aadhaar number” should be left out of a résumé. (a) False (b) True
31. 31.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) languages you know (b) your bank details (c) your phone and email (d) projects you did
32. 32.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) clubs and activities (b) your passwords (c) awards and prizes (d) projects you did
33. 33.Which of these goes in the activities section? (a) a survey of 50 shops (b) a website for our club (c) an email ID (d) school football team
34. 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) clubs and activities (b) projects you did (c) skills like typing (d) a party selfie
35. 35.📄 In which résumé section does this go: basic HTML and CSS? (a) activities (b) skills (c) projects (d) education
36. 36.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) school and marks (b) your Aadhaar number (c) your bank details (d) your passwords
37. 37.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) projects you did (b) made-up marks (c) volunteer work (d) school and marks
38. 38.Which of these goes in the education section? (a) a website for our club (b) eco club member (c) Class 10 board: 88% (d) typing 40 words a minute
39. 39.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your bank details? (a) include it (b) leave it out
40. 40.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your siblings’ marks? (a) leave it out (b) include it

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