Résumé Worksheet: What to Include

Interview skills lesson 17: What goes on a student résumé · Set 99 · 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.📄 A résumé is… (a) a full autobiography (b) a school report card (c) a short summary of you (d) a letter of thanks
2. 2.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) made-up marks (b) clubs and activities (c) your passwords (d) a party selfie
3. 3.📄 Your résumé says you led a club. In the interview you should… (a) say it was a joke (b) be ready to explain it (c) deny it (d) change the subject
4. 4.True or false: “languages you know” belongs on a student résumé. (a) False (b) True
5. 5.📄 In which résumé section does this go: basic HTML and CSS? (a) education (b) activities (c) skills (d) contact details
6. 6.Which of these goes in the contact details? (a) spreadsheets (basic) (b) a survey of 50 shops (c) built a rain gauge model (d) an email ID
7. 7.True or false: “your passwords” belongs on a student résumé. (a) True (b) False
8. 8.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) skills like typing (b) projects you did (c) a long life story (d) volunteer work
9. 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) projects you did (b) your Aadhaar number (c) clubs and activities (d) your phone and email
10. 10.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) clubs and activities (b) your Aadhaar number (c) school and marks (d) awards and prizes
11. 11.📄 A student with no work experience should highlight… (a) nothing at all (b) made-up jobs (c) projects and activities (d) their parents’ jobs
12. 12.📄 In which résumé section does this go: Class 12 (Science), 2026? (a) contact details (b) skills (c) education (d) activities
13. 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) languages you know (b) your phone and email (c) awards and prizes (d) your siblings’ marks
14. 14.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: clubs and activities? (a) leave it out (b) include it
15. 15.True or false: “awards and prizes” should be left out of a résumé. (a) True (b) False
16. 16.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) a party selfie (b) a long life story (c) your passwords (d) languages you know
17. 17.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: a party selfie? (a) leave it out (b) include it
18. 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) volunteer work (b) a party selfie (c) languages you know (d) skills like typing
19. 19.Which of these goes in the projects section? (a) basic HTML and CSS (b) B.Com first year (c) built a rain gauge model (d) your city and PIN code
20. 20.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) your Aadhaar number (b) your passwords (c) a party selfie (d) skills like typing
21. 21.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) your phone and email (b) your bank details (c) volunteer work (d) languages you know
22. 22.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: volunteer work? (a) include it (b) leave it out
23. 23.Which of these goes in the skills section? (a) basic HTML and CSS (b) built a rain gauge model (c) B.Com first year (d) an email ID
24. 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) awards and prizes (b) clubs and activities (c) projects you did (d) your passwords
25. 25.Which of these goes in the projects section? (a) basic HTML and CSS (b) B.Com first year (c) a survey of 50 shops (d) a mobile number
26. 26.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your passwords? (a) leave it out (b) include it
27. 27.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) your Aadhaar number (b) your passwords (c) a long life story (d) awards and prizes
28. 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) made-up marks (b) languages you know (c) your bank details (d) your siblings’ marks
29. 29.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: made-up marks? (a) include it (b) leave it out
30. 30.True or false: “a long life story” should be left out of a résumé. (a) True (b) False
31. 31.📄 How long should a student résumé usually be? (a) half a line (b) one page (c) five pages (d) ten pages
32. 32.Which of these goes in the activities section? (a) a website for our club (b) B.Com first year (c) school football team (d) built a rain gauge model
33. 33.Which of these goes in the education section? (a) B.Com first year (b) a mobile number (c) basic HTML and CSS (d) typing 40 words a minute
34. 34.Which of these goes in the activities section? (a) an email ID (b) a mobile number (c) spreadsheets (basic) (d) eco club member
35. 35.📄 In which résumé section does this go: a survey of 50 shops? (a) education (b) activities (c) projects (d) skills
36. 36.True or false: “made-up marks” belongs on a student résumé. (a) False (b) True
37. 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your phone and email (b) your Aadhaar number (c) your passwords (d) a party selfie
38. 38.True or false: “languages you know” should be left out of a résumé. (a) False (b) True
39. 39.Which of these goes in the contact details? (a) spreadsheets (basic) (b) a website for our club (c) a mobile number (d) Class 10 board: 88%
40. 40.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) made-up marks (b) your siblings’ marks (c) school and marks (d) your bank details

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