Résumé Worksheet: What to Include

Interview skills lesson 17: What goes on a student résumé · Set 995 · 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) made-up jobs (b) projects and activities (c) their parents’ jobs (d) nothing at all
2. 2.Which of these goes in the projects section? (a) typing 40 words a minute (b) debate club secretary (c) built a rain gauge model (d) school football team
3. 3.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) a party selfie (b) school and marks (c) projects you did (d) volunteer work
4. 4.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: clubs and activities? (a) include it (b) leave it out
5. 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a party selfie (b) made-up marks (c) a long life story (d) volunteer work
6. 6.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) volunteer work (b) awards and prizes (c) school and marks (d) your bank details
7. 7.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: a long life story? (a) include it (b) leave it out
8. 8.True or false: “your passwords” should be left out of a résumé. (a) False (b) True
9. 9.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: made-up marks? (a) include it (b) leave it out
10. 10.📄 What font style suits a résumé? (a) tiny handwriting (b) all bold capitals (c) one plain, clear font (d) five fancy fonts
11. 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) clubs and activities (b) made-up marks (c) volunteer work (d) your phone and email
12. 12.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your bank details? (a) include it (b) leave it out
13. 13.True or false: “school and marks” should be left out of a résumé. (a) True (b) False
14. 14.📄 A résumé is… (a) a short summary of you (b) a school report card (c) a letter of thanks (d) a full autobiography
15. 15.📄 Your résumé says you led a club. In the interview you should… (a) change the subject (b) say it was a joke (c) be ready to explain it (d) deny it
16. 16.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) made-up marks (b) your passwords (c) your siblings’ marks (d) skills like typing
17. 17.📄 In which résumé section does this go: spreadsheets (basic)? (a) education (b) contact details (c) skills (d) projects
18. 18.Which of these goes in the projects section? (a) basic HTML and CSS (b) a mobile number (c) a website for our club (d) an email ID
19. 19.📄 In which résumé section does this go: an email ID? (a) activities (b) skills (c) contact details (d) education
20. 20.📄 How long should a student résumé usually be? (a) ten pages (b) half a line (c) five pages (d) one page
21. 21.Which of these goes in the skills section? (a) basic HTML and CSS (b) debate club secretary (c) your city and PIN code (d) school football team
22. 22.📄 In which résumé section does this go: your city and PIN code? (a) activities (b) skills (c) contact details (d) education
23. 23.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: volunteer work? (a) leave it out (b) include it
24. 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your siblings’ marks (b) projects you did (c) your passwords (d) a long life story
25. 25.📄 In which résumé section does this go: typing 40 words a minute? (a) education (b) projects (c) skills (d) contact details
26. 26.📄 In which résumé section does this go: eco club member? (a) skills (b) projects (c) education (d) activities
27. 27.📄 In which résumé section does this go: built a rain gauge model? (a) education (b) contact details (c) projects (d) skills
28. 28.Which of these goes in the education section? (a) eco club member (b) a survey of 50 shops (c) an email ID (d) Class 10 board: 88%
29. 29.True or false: “your passwords” belongs on a student résumé. (a) True (b) False
30. 30.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your phone and email? (a) leave it out (b) include it
31. 31.Which of these goes in the education section? (a) basic HTML and CSS (b) Class 12 (Science), 2026 (c) an email ID (d) built a rain gauge model
32. 32.True or false: “awards and prizes” belongs on a student résumé. (a) True (b) False
33. 33.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) your passwords (b) your phone and email (c) made-up marks (d) a party selfie
34. 34.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: school and marks? (a) include it (b) leave it out
35. 35.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: languages you know? (a) leave it out (b) include it
36. 36.Which of these goes in the activities section? (a) an email ID (b) basic HTML and CSS (c) eco club member (d) typing 40 words a minute
37. 37.Which of these goes in the activities section? (a) built a rain gauge model (b) typing 40 words a minute (c) a website for our club (d) debate club secretary
38. 38.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: awards and prizes? (a) include it (b) leave it out
39. 39.True or false: “your phone and email” should be left out of a résumé. (a) True (b) False
40. 40.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) your passwords (b) your siblings’ marks (c) made-up marks (d) school and marks

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