Résumé Worksheet: What to Include

Interview skills lesson 17: What goes on a student résumé · Set 109 · 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 is the odd one out? (a) your phone and email (b) made-up marks (c) your Aadhaar number (d) a long life story
2. 2.Which of these goes in the projects section? (a) a mobile number (b) basic HTML and CSS (c) an email ID (d) built a rain gauge model
3. 3.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) a long life story (b) clubs and activities (c) your bank details (d) your Aadhaar number
4. 4.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: volunteer work? (a) leave it out (b) include it
5. 5.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your siblings’ marks? (a) include it (b) leave it out
6. 6.Which of these goes in the skills section? (a) basic HTML and CSS (b) debate club secretary (c) your city and PIN code (d) an email ID
7. 7.📄 In which résumé section does this go: B.Com first year? (a) education (b) activities (c) projects (d) skills
8. 8.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: skills like typing? (a) include it (b) leave it out
9. 9.📄 A student with no work experience should highlight… (a) nothing at all (b) their parents’ jobs (c) made-up jobs (d) projects and activities
10. 10.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) your phone and email (b) a long life story (c) your bank details (d) made-up marks
11. 11.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) awards and prizes (b) volunteer work (c) your bank details (d) clubs and activities
12. 12.True or false: “your passwords” should be left out of a résumé. (a) True (b) False
13. 13.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) made-up marks (b) your phone and email (c) languages you know (d) school and marks
14. 14.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: awards and prizes? (a) leave it out (b) include it
15. 15.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your passwords? (a) leave it out (b) include it
16. 16.Which of these goes in the education section? (a) built a rain gauge model (b) a website for our club (c) Class 12 (Science), 2026 (d) basic HTML and CSS
17. 17.📄 In which résumé section does this go: typing 40 words a minute? (a) contact details (b) education (c) skills (d) activities
18. 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your bank details (b) your Aadhaar number (c) a party selfie (d) projects you did
19. 19.True or false: “languages you know” should be left out of a résumé. (a) False (b) True
20. 20.📄 In which résumé section does this go: your city and PIN code? (a) education (b) contact details (c) projects (d) skills
21. 21.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) clubs and activities (b) your Aadhaar number (c) school and marks (d) languages you know
22. 22.📄 Your résumé says you led a club. In the interview you should… (a) be ready to explain it (b) change the subject (c) say it was a joke (d) deny it
23. 23.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your phone and email? (a) include it (b) leave it out
24. 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your phone and email (b) projects you did (c) a long life story (d) skills like typing
25. 25.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) school and marks (b) a party selfie (c) your phone and email (d) languages you know
26. 26.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: clubs and activities? (a) leave it out (b) include it
27. 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a party selfie (b) your siblings’ marks (c) clubs and activities (d) your bank details
28. 28.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) your siblings’ marks (b) languages you know (c) a long life story (d) your bank details
29. 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a long life story (b) your Aadhaar number (c) made-up marks (d) school and marks
30. 30.Which of these goes in the contact details? (a) a survey of 50 shops (b) a website for our club (c) Class 10 board: 88% (d) a mobile number
31. 31.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) school and marks (b) your phone and email (c) clubs and activities (d) your Aadhaar number
32. 32.Which of these goes in the contact details? (a) a survey of 50 shops (b) an email ID (c) a website for our club (d) B.Com first year
33. 33.📄 In which résumé section does this go: Class 12 (Science), 2026? (a) contact details (b) education (c) activities (d) skills
34. 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a party selfie (b) skills like typing (c) your bank details (d) a long life story
35. 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) languages you know (b) your siblings’ marks (c) a party selfie (d) your bank details
36. 36.True or false: “skills like typing” should be left out of a résumé. (a) True (b) False
37. 37.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: projects you did? (a) leave it out (b) include it
38. 38.Which of these goes in the skills section? (a) a mobile number (b) spreadsheets (basic) (c) B.Com first year (d) your city and PIN code
39. 39.📄 How long should a student résumé usually be? (a) ten pages (b) five pages (c) one page (d) half a line
40. 40.📄 In which résumé section does this go: built a rain gauge model? (a) projects (b) activities (c) contact details (d) education

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