Résumé Worksheet: What to Include

Interview skills lesson 17: What goes on a student résumé · Set 122 · 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.True or false: “your passwords” should be left out of a résumé. (a) False (b) True
2. 2.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: made-up marks? (a) include it (b) leave it out
3. 3.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) your siblings’ marks (b) your Aadhaar number (c) a party selfie (d) school and marks
4. 4.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) your phone and email (b) your siblings’ marks (c) your bank details (d) your Aadhaar number
5. 5.📄 In which résumé section does this go: eco club member? (a) activities (b) education (c) contact details (d) skills
6. 6.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) volunteer work (b) your siblings’ marks (c) a long life story (d) your bank details
7. 7.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: a long life story? (a) leave it out (b) include it
8. 8.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) a long life story (b) your Aadhaar number (c) your bank details (d) projects you did
9. 9.True or false: “clubs and activities” belongs on a student résumé. (a) False (b) True
10. 10.📄 In which résumé section does this go: spreadsheets (basic)? (a) projects (b) activities (c) skills (d) education
11. 11.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) awards and prizes (b) clubs and activities (c) volunteer work (d) your bank details
12. 12.📄 In which résumé section does this go: basic HTML and CSS? (a) contact details (b) skills (c) activities (d) projects
13. 13.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your passwords? (a) include it (b) leave it out
14. 14.Which of these goes in the education section? (a) typing 40 words a minute (b) B.Com first year (c) school football team (d) debate club secretary
15. 15.Which of these goes in the education section? (a) basic HTML and CSS (b) Class 10 board: 88% (c) an email ID (d) eco club member
16. 16.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) skills like typing (b) your passwords (c) languages you know (d) volunteer work
17. 17.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: awards and prizes? (a) include it (b) leave it out
18. 18.📄 Your résumé says you led a club. In the interview you should… (a) deny it (b) say it was a joke (c) be ready to explain it (d) change the subject
19. 19.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) your phone and email (b) school and marks (c) clubs and activities (d) your siblings’ marks
20. 20.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) skills like typing (b) your phone and email (c) your Aadhaar number (d) school and marks
21. 21.Which of these goes in the skills section? (a) B.Com first year (b) a website for our club (c) your city and PIN code (d) basic HTML and CSS
22. 22.📄 How long should a student résumé usually be? (a) ten pages (b) half a line (c) one page (d) five pages
23. 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a party selfie (b) school and marks (c) clubs and activities (d) languages you know
24. 24.True or false: “made-up marks” belongs on a student résumé. (a) False (b) True
25. 25.📄 A student with no work experience should highlight… (a) projects and activities (b) their parents’ jobs (c) made-up jobs (d) nothing at all
26. 26.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) school and marks (b) volunteer work (c) your bank details (d) awards and prizes
27. 27.Which of these goes in the projects section? (a) eco club member (b) a website for our club (c) your city and PIN code (d) school football team
28. 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your bank details (b) school and marks (c) a long life story (d) a party selfie
29. 29.📄 In which résumé section does this go: Class 12 (Science), 2026? (a) education (b) skills (c) contact details (d) projects
30. 30.📄 In which résumé section does this go: typing 40 words a minute? (a) contact details (b) projects (c) skills (d) education
31. 31.Which of these goes in the contact details? (a) spreadsheets (basic) (b) basic HTML and CSS (c) Class 12 (Science), 2026 (d) your city and PIN code
32. 32.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: projects you did? (a) leave it out (b) include it
33. 33.📄 In which résumé section does this go: your city and PIN code? (a) contact details (b) projects (c) activities (d) education
34. 34.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your Aadhaar number? (a) leave it out (b) include it
35. 35.Which of these goes in the skills section? (a) a mobile number (b) a survey of 50 shops (c) spreadsheets (basic) (d) built a rain gauge model
36. 36.Which of these goes in the projects section? (a) a mobile number (b) B.Com first year (c) a survey of 50 shops (d) typing 40 words a minute
37. 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) projects you did (b) your Aadhaar number (c) your bank details (d) a party selfie
38. 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) volunteer work (b) languages you know (c) a long life story (d) your phone and email
39. 39.📄 A résumé is… (a) a short summary of you (b) a school report card (c) a letter of thanks (d) a full autobiography
40. 40.True or false: “your Aadhaar number” should be left out of a résumé. (a) False (b) True

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