Résumé Worksheet: What to Include

Interview skills lesson 17: What goes on a student résumé · Set 145 · 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) a long life story (b) your passwords (c) made-up marks (d) your phone and email
2. 2.📄 In which résumé section does this go: B.Com first year? (a) skills (b) education (c) activities (d) projects
3. 3.📄 Your résumé says you led a club. In the interview you should… (a) change the subject (b) say it was a joke (c) deny it (d) be ready to explain it
4. 4.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) clubs and activities (b) school and marks (c) skills like typing (d) made-up marks
5. 5.📄 In which résumé section does this go: a website for our club? (a) activities (b) education (c) contact details (d) projects
6. 6.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your Aadhaar number? (a) leave it out (b) include it
7. 7.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a party selfie (b) made-up marks (c) your passwords (d) skills like typing
8. 8.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your siblings’ marks? (a) leave it out (b) include it
9. 9.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) your bank details (b) school and marks (c) a long life story (d) made-up marks
10. 10.📄 In which résumé section does this go: built a rain gauge model? (a) activities (b) education (c) contact details (d) projects
11. 11.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your passwords? (a) leave it out (b) include it
12. 12.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: languages you know? (a) include it (b) leave it out
13. 13.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) volunteer work (b) your phone and email (c) clubs and activities (d) your bank details
14. 14.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your phone and email? (a) include it (b) leave it out
15. 15.📄 How long should a student résumé usually be? (a) ten pages (b) one page (c) half a line (d) five pages
16. 16.Which of these goes in the education section? (a) Class 10 board: 88% (b) a mobile number (c) spreadsheets (basic) (d) an email ID
17. 17.📄 A résumé is… (a) a school report card (b) a full autobiography (c) a letter of thanks (d) a short summary of you
18. 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) languages you know (b) a long life story (c) awards and prizes (d) school and marks
19. 19.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: volunteer work? (a) include it (b) leave it out
20. 20.True or false: “your siblings’ marks” belongs on a student résumé. (a) True (b) False
21. 21.True or false: “your Aadhaar number” belongs on a student résumé. (a) True (b) False
22. 22.Which of these goes in the education section? (a) eco club member (b) a survey of 50 shops (c) Class 12 (Science), 2026 (d) debate club secretary
23. 23.Which of these goes in the skills section? (a) built a rain gauge model (b) Class 10 board: 88% (c) spreadsheets (basic) (d) debate club secretary
24. 24.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) school and marks (b) awards and prizes (c) volunteer work (d) a party selfie
25. 25.True or false: “your phone and email” should be left out of a résumé. (a) True (b) False
26. 26.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) your siblings’ marks (b) projects you did (c) school and marks (d) your phone and email
27. 27.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) your siblings’ marks (b) made-up marks (c) languages you know (d) a party selfie
28. 28.True or false: “projects you did” should be left out of a résumé. (a) True (b) False
29. 29.Which of these goes in the contact details? (a) built a rain gauge model (b) an email ID (c) B.Com first year (d) spreadsheets (basic)
30. 30.Which of these goes in the projects section? (a) built a rain gauge model (b) Class 10 board: 88% (c) Class 12 (Science), 2026 (d) your city and PIN code
31. 31.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: awards and prizes? (a) leave it out (b) include it
32. 32.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: school and marks? (a) include it (b) leave it out
33. 33.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: projects you did? (a) leave it out (b) include it
34. 34.📄 In which résumé section does this go: Class 10 board: 88%? (a) contact details (b) skills (c) activities (d) education
35. 35.📄 What font style suits a résumé? (a) all bold capitals (b) one plain, clear font (c) tiny handwriting (d) five fancy fonts
36. 36.True or false: “volunteer work” should be left out of a résumé. (a) False (b) True
37. 37.True or false: “made-up marks” should be left out of a résumé. (a) False (b) True
38. 38.📄 In which résumé section does this go: basic HTML and CSS? (a) projects (b) education (c) activities (d) skills
39. 39.True or false: “your bank details” belongs on a student résumé. (a) False (b) True
40. 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) awards and prizes (b) your passwords (c) your bank details (d) your Aadhaar number

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