Résumé Worksheet: What to Include

Interview skills lesson 17: What goes on a student résumé · Set 990 · 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 student with no work experience should highlight… (a) their parents’ jobs (b) nothing at all (c) projects and activities (d) made-up jobs
2. 2.📄 How long should a student résumé usually be? (a) five pages (b) ten pages (c) half a line (d) one page
3. 3.True or false: “your phone and email” belongs on a student résumé. (a) True (b) False
4. 4.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) languages you know (b) made-up marks (c) your Aadhaar number (d) a long life story
5. 5.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) your Aadhaar number (b) a long life story (c) your phone and email (d) your siblings’ marks
6. 6.Which of these goes in the activities section? (a) school football team (b) your city and PIN code (c) an email ID (d) typing 40 words a minute
7. 7.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) awards and prizes (b) your bank details (c) languages you know (d) projects you did
8. 8.True or false: “projects you did” belongs on a student résumé. (a) True (b) False
9. 9.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) your passwords (b) school and marks (c) your Aadhaar number (d) made-up marks
10. 10.True or false: “clubs and activities” should be left out of a résumé. (a) True (b) False
11. 11.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) a party selfie (b) skills like typing (c) your bank details (d) a long life story
12. 12.📄 Your résumé says you led a club. In the interview you should… (a) deny it (b) say it was a joke (c) change the subject (d) be ready to explain it
13. 13.📄 A résumé is… (a) a short summary of you (b) a full autobiography (c) a school report card (d) a letter of thanks
14. 14.📄 In which résumé section does this go: Class 12 (Science), 2026? (a) projects (b) education (c) activities (d) skills
15. 15.Which of these goes in the skills section? (a) spreadsheets (basic) (b) an email ID (c) a mobile number (d) eco club member
16. 16.Which of these goes in the education section? (a) a mobile number (b) your city and PIN code (c) an email ID (d) B.Com first year
17. 17.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) your Aadhaar number (b) languages you know (c) projects you did (d) awards and prizes
18. 18.Which of these goes in the education section? (a) eco club member (b) a survey of 50 shops (c) Class 10 board: 88% (d) a mobile number
19. 19.📄 In which résumé section does this go: eco club member? (a) projects (b) skills (c) activities (d) contact details
20. 20.Which of these goes in the projects section? (a) an email ID (b) eco club member (c) B.Com first year (d) a website for our club
21. 21.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) your siblings’ marks (b) awards and prizes (c) your Aadhaar number (d) a party selfie
22. 22.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: projects you did? (a) leave it out (b) include it
23. 23.📄 In which résumé section does this go: spreadsheets (basic)? (a) education (b) skills (c) contact details (d) projects
24. 24.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your siblings’ marks? (a) include it (b) leave it out
25. 25.True or false: “your siblings’ marks” belongs on a student résumé. (a) True (b) False
26. 26.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: made-up marks? (a) leave it out (b) include it
27. 27.True or false: “languages you know” belongs on a student résumé. (a) False (b) True
28. 28.📄 In which résumé section does this go: a survey of 50 shops? (a) skills (b) projects (c) contact details (d) education
29. 29.True or false: “a party selfie” belongs on a student résumé. (a) True (b) False
30. 30.Which of these goes in the contact details? (a) a mobile number (b) school football team (c) built a rain gauge model (d) basic HTML and CSS
31. 31.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: school and marks? (a) include it (b) leave it out
32. 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) school and marks (b) your phone and email (c) languages you know (d) your bank details
33. 33.📄 In which résumé section does this go: Class 10 board: 88%? (a) contact details (b) education (c) skills (d) activities
34. 34.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) your phone and email (b) a party selfie (c) skills like typing (d) school and marks
35. 35.Which of these goes in the skills section? (a) school football team (b) typing 40 words a minute (c) a website for our club (d) eco club member
36. 36.Which of these goes in the projects section? (a) Class 12 (Science), 2026 (b) spreadsheets (basic) (c) Class 10 board: 88% (d) built a rain gauge model
37. 37.True or false: “awards and prizes” should be left out of a résumé. (a) False (b) True
38. 38.True or false: “volunteer work” should be left out of a résumé. (a) True (b) False
39. 39.True or false: “a long life story” belongs on a student résumé. (a) True (b) False
40. 40.Which of these goes in the contact details? (a) school football team (b) your city and PIN code (c) B.Com first year (d) spreadsheets (basic)

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