Résumé Worksheet: What to Include

Interview skills lesson 17: What goes on a student résumé · Set 991 · 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.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: awards and prizes? (a) leave it out (b) include it
2. 2.📄 Your résumé says you led a club. In the interview you should… (a) deny it (b) change the subject (c) be ready to explain it (d) say it was a joke
3. 3.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) your bank details (b) awards and prizes (c) skills like typing (d) languages you know
4. 4.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) made-up marks (b) volunteer work (c) your siblings’ marks (d) a party selfie
5. 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a long life story (b) your Aadhaar number (c) skills like typing (d) a party selfie
6. 6.📄 In which résumé section does this go: basic HTML and CSS? (a) skills (b) education (c) activities (d) projects
7. 7.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) made-up marks (b) your passwords (c) awards and prizes (d) a long life story
8. 8.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) your passwords (b) made-up marks (c) your bank details (d) clubs and activities
9. 9.📄 A student with no work experience should highlight… (a) projects and activities (b) made-up jobs (c) nothing at all (d) their parents’ jobs
10. 10.Which of these goes in the projects section? (a) B.Com first year (b) Class 12 (Science), 2026 (c) a website for our club (d) eco club member
11. 11.Which of these goes in the activities section? (a) Class 12 (Science), 2026 (b) a survey of 50 shops (c) an email ID (d) school football team
12. 12.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: made-up marks? (a) leave it out (b) include it
13. 13.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) your bank details (b) awards and prizes (c) your passwords (d) your siblings’ marks
14. 14.Which of these goes in the contact details? (a) debate club secretary (b) typing 40 words a minute (c) an email ID (d) a survey of 50 shops
15. 15.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) your phone and email (b) school and marks (c) a party selfie (d) skills like typing
16. 16.Which of these goes in the contact details? (a) a mobile number (b) spreadsheets (basic) (c) a survey of 50 shops (d) debate club secretary
17. 17.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: a long life story? (a) include it (b) leave it out
18. 18.📄 In which résumé section does this go: your city and PIN code? (a) projects (b) education (c) contact details (d) activities
19. 19.Which of these goes in the skills section? (a) school football team (b) Class 10 board: 88% (c) spreadsheets (basic) (d) eco club member
20. 20.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: a party selfie? (a) leave it out (b) include it
21. 21.📄 A résumé is… (a) a short summary of you (b) a school report card (c) a full autobiography (d) a letter of thanks
22. 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) clubs and activities (b) awards and prizes (c) your phone and email (d) a long life story
23. 23.📄 What font style suits a résumé? (a) five fancy fonts (b) tiny handwriting (c) all bold capitals (d) one plain, clear font
24. 24.True or false: “skills like typing” belongs on a student résumé. (a) True (b) False
25. 25.Which of these goes in the education section? (a) spreadsheets (basic) (b) a survey of 50 shops (c) built a rain gauge model (d) Class 10 board: 88%
26. 26.Which of these goes in the skills section? (a) a survey of 50 shops (b) typing 40 words a minute (c) Class 12 (Science), 2026 (d) debate club secretary
27. 27.📄 In which résumé section does this go: a website for our club? (a) education (b) contact details (c) skills (d) projects
28. 28.📄 In which résumé section does this go: an email ID? (a) activities (b) education (c) projects (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.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) your siblings’ marks (b) languages you know (c) your phone and email (d) projects you did
31. 31.True or false: “projects you did” should be left out of a résumé. (a) False (b) True
32. 32.True or false: “clubs and activities” belongs on a student résumé. (a) False (b) True
33. 33.True or false: “awards and prizes” belongs on a student résumé. (a) True (b) False
34. 34.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) clubs and activities (b) school and marks (c) languages you know (d) made-up marks
35. 35.📄 How long should a student résumé usually be? (a) half a line (b) one page (c) ten pages (d) five pages
36. 36.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) awards and prizes (b) skills like typing (c) your phone and email (d) your passwords
37. 37.Which of these goes in the education section? (a) a survey of 50 shops (b) eco club member (c) basic HTML and CSS (d) Class 12 (Science), 2026
38. 38.True or false: “a long life story” should be left out of a résumé. (a) True (b) False
39. 39.📄 In which résumé section does this go: school football team? (a) education (b) projects (c) activities (d) contact details
40. 40.📄 In which résumé section does this go: a survey of 50 shops? (a) activities (b) skills (c) education (d) projects

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