Résumé Worksheet: What to Include

Interview skills lesson 17: What goes on a student résumé · Set 170 · 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) projects and activities (b) made-up jobs (c) their parents’ jobs (d) nothing at all
2. 2.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) skills like typing (b) a long life story (c) your phone and email (d) clubs and activities
3. 3.📄 In which résumé section does this go: an email ID? (a) skills (b) education (c) contact details (d) projects
4. 4.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your Aadhaar number? (a) include it (b) leave it out
5. 5.Which of these goes in the skills section? (a) spreadsheets (basic) (b) a website for our club (c) B.Com first year (d) an email ID
6. 6.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) your siblings’ marks (b) clubs and activities (c) your Aadhaar number (d) your bank details
7. 7.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your Aadhaar number (b) your siblings’ marks (c) made-up marks (d) languages you know
8. 8.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) projects you did (b) languages you know (c) your phone and email (d) made-up marks
9. 9.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) awards and prizes (b) a party selfie (c) your siblings’ marks (d) made-up marks
10. 10.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) your phone and email (b) a party selfie (c) your Aadhaar number (d) a long life story
11. 11.📄 In which résumé section does this go: basic HTML and CSS? (a) projects (b) education (c) activities (d) skills
12. 12.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) awards and prizes (b) clubs and activities (c) languages you know (d) your siblings’ marks
13. 13.Which of these goes in the contact details? (a) a survey of 50 shops (b) Class 10 board: 88% (c) a mobile number (d) Class 12 (Science), 2026
14. 14.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: volunteer work? (a) leave it out (b) include it
15. 15.📄 What font style suits a résumé? (a) one plain, clear font (b) all bold capitals (c) tiny handwriting (d) five fancy fonts
16. 16.📄 How long should a student résumé usually be? (a) half a line (b) five pages (c) one page (d) ten pages
17. 17.True or false: “a long life story” belongs on a student résumé. (a) True (b) False
18. 18.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) your siblings’ marks (b) your bank details (c) school and marks (d) a party selfie
19. 19.📄 In which résumé section does this go: built a rain gauge model? (a) education (b) activities (c) projects (d) skills
20. 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your passwords (b) school and marks (c) your bank details (d) a party selfie
21. 21.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) your bank details (b) volunteer work (c) a party selfie (d) a long life story
22. 22.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: awards and prizes? (a) include it (b) leave it out
23. 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) languages you know (b) skills like typing (c) your siblings’ marks (d) your phone and email
24. 24.True or false: “clubs and activities” belongs on a student résumé. (a) False (b) True
25. 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) volunteer work (b) languages you know (c) a party selfie (d) clubs and activities
26. 26.📄 In which résumé section does this go: debate club secretary? (a) skills (b) education (c) projects (d) activities
27. 27.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: school and marks? (a) include it (b) leave it out
28. 28.Which of these goes in the contact details? (a) B.Com first year (b) debate club secretary (c) eco club member (d) an email ID
29. 29.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) your phone and email (b) clubs and activities (c) a long life story (d) volunteer work
30. 30.📄 In which résumé section does this go: typing 40 words a minute? (a) projects (b) skills (c) education (d) activities
31. 31.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) languages you know (b) your Aadhaar number (c) awards and prizes (d) school and marks
32. 32.Which of these goes in the activities section? (a) a survey of 50 shops (b) a website for our club (c) eco club member (d) Class 10 board: 88%
33. 33.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) skills like typing (b) your phone and email (c) clubs and activities (d) your bank details
34. 34.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: clubs and activities? (a) leave it out (b) include it
35. 35.True or false: “volunteer work” should be left out of a résumé. (a) False (b) True
36. 36.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your bank details? (a) include it (b) leave it out
37. 37.📄 In which résumé section does this go: Class 12 (Science), 2026? (a) education (b) projects (c) activities (d) contact details
38. 38.📄 In which résumé section does this go: a mobile number? (a) activities (b) projects (c) education (d) contact details
39. 39.Which of these goes in the skills section? (a) Class 12 (Science), 2026 (b) typing 40 words a minute (c) Class 10 board: 88% (d) an email ID
40. 40.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) a party selfie (b) a long life story (c) your passwords (d) languages you know

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