Résumé Worksheet: What to Include

Interview skills lesson 17: What goes on a student résumé · Set 164 · 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.📄 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
2. 2.Which of these goes in the education section? (a) spreadsheets (basic) (b) Class 12 (Science), 2026 (c) debate club secretary (d) a website for our club
3. 3.True or false: “your Aadhaar number” should be left out of a résumé. (a) False (b) True
4. 4.📄 In which résumé section does this go: school football team? (a) contact details (b) activities (c) skills (d) projects
5. 5.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your phone and email? (a) leave it out (b) include it
6. 6.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a party selfie (b) skills like typing (c) your Aadhaar number (d) a long life story
7. 7.📄 In which résumé section does this go: a survey of 50 shops? (a) education (b) contact details (c) skills (d) projects
8. 8.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: projects you did? (a) leave it out (b) include it
9. 9.Which of these goes in the projects section? (a) a website for our club (b) an email ID (c) eco club member (d) debate club secretary
10. 10.True or false: “skills like typing” belongs on a student résumé. (a) False (b) True
11. 11.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) languages you know (b) school and marks (c) awards and prizes (d) your bank details
12. 12.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your phone and email (b) skills like typing (c) your siblings’ marks (d) school and marks
13. 13.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: skills like typing? (a) leave it out (b) include it
14. 14.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) school and marks (b) your bank details (c) projects you did (d) volunteer work
15. 15.📄 A résumé is… (a) a letter of thanks (b) a full autobiography (c) a short summary of you (d) a school report card
16. 16.📄 In which résumé section does this go: B.Com first year? (a) contact details (b) projects (c) skills (d) education
17. 17.True or false: “languages you know” should be left out of a résumé. (a) False (b) True
18. 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your phone and email (b) clubs and activities (c) school and marks (d) a long life story
19. 19.Which of these goes in the skills section? (a) a survey of 50 shops (b) typing 40 words a minute (c) Class 10 board: 88% (d) built a rain gauge model
20. 20.📄 In which résumé section does this go: a mobile number? (a) education (b) skills (c) projects (d) contact details
21. 21.True or false: “made-up marks” should be left out of a résumé. (a) False (b) True
22. 22.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your Aadhaar number? (a) include it (b) leave it out
23. 23.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) volunteer work (b) a party selfie (c) languages you know (d) clubs and activities
24. 24.📄 In which résumé section does this go: typing 40 words a minute? (a) education (b) projects (c) skills (d) activities
25. 25.📄 In which résumé section does this go: eco club member? (a) education (b) activities (c) contact details (d) skills
26. 26.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your siblings’ marks? (a) include it (b) leave it out
27. 27.📄 In which résumé section does this go: basic HTML and CSS? (a) skills (b) contact details (c) projects (d) education
28. 28.📄 In which résumé section does this go: Class 12 (Science), 2026? (a) education (b) activities (c) skills (d) contact details
29. 29.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: made-up marks? (a) include it (b) leave it out
30. 30.Which of these goes in the projects section? (a) an email ID (b) a survey of 50 shops (c) a mobile number (d) B.Com first year
31. 31.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) projects you did (b) your passwords (c) a party selfie (d) a long life story
32. 32.True or false: “a long life story” should be left out of a résumé. (a) False (b) True
33. 33.Which of these goes in the contact details? (a) basic HTML and CSS (b) school football team (c) your city and PIN code (d) B.Com first year
34. 34.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) languages you know (b) awards and prizes (c) made-up marks (d) your phone and email
35. 35.📄 In which résumé section does this go: built a rain gauge model? (a) education (b) activities (c) projects (d) contact details
36. 36.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) clubs and activities (b) your passwords (c) your Aadhaar number (d) a party selfie
37. 37.True or false: “skills like typing” should be left out of a résumé. (a) False (b) True
38. 38.📄 How long should a student résumé usually be? (a) ten pages (b) half a line (c) five pages (d) one page
39. 39.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: a long life story? (a) include it (b) leave it out
40. 40.True or false: “school and marks” should be left out of a résumé. (a) False (b) True

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