Résumé Worksheet: What to Include

Interview skills lesson 17: What goes on a student résumé · Set 174 · 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 bank details (b) your phone and email (c) languages you know (d) clubs and activities
2. 2.True or false: “your phone and email” belongs on a student résumé. (a) True (b) False
3. 3.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) clubs and activities (b) a party selfie (c) a long life story (d) your bank details
4. 4.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your passwords (b) made-up marks (c) awards and prizes (d) a party selfie
5. 5.True or false: “your bank details” belongs on a student résumé. (a) True (b) False
6. 6.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your siblings’ marks? (a) include it (b) leave it out
7. 7.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your Aadhaar number? (a) include it (b) leave it out
8. 8.📄 Your résumé says you led a club. In the interview you should… (a) say it was a joke (b) deny it (c) change the subject (d) be ready to explain it
9. 9.Which of these goes in the activities section? (a) typing 40 words a minute (b) a website for our club (c) debate club secretary (d) Class 10 board: 88%
10. 10.Which of these goes in the skills section? (a) a survey of 50 shops (b) a website for our club (c) basic HTML and CSS (d) your city and PIN code
11. 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your siblings’ marks (b) your phone and email (c) a long life story (d) your passwords
12. 12.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: volunteer work? (a) leave it out (b) include it
13. 13.Which of these goes in the contact details? (a) basic HTML and CSS (b) Class 10 board: 88% (c) a survey of 50 shops (d) an email ID
14. 14.Which of these goes in the activities section? (a) B.Com first year (b) built a rain gauge model (c) eco club member (d) Class 12 (Science), 2026
15. 15.📄 How long should a student résumé usually be? (a) ten pages (b) five pages (c) half a line (d) one page
16. 16.📄 In which résumé section does this go: eco club member? (a) contact details (b) skills (c) activities (d) education
17. 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your bank details (b) a party selfie (c) your Aadhaar number (d) clubs and activities
18. 18.📄 In which résumé section does this go: basic HTML and CSS? (a) education (b) contact details (c) skills (d) projects
19. 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) volunteer work (b) clubs and activities (c) awards and prizes (d) a long life story
20. 20.📄 In which résumé section does this go: Class 10 board: 88%? (a) projects (b) education (c) skills (d) activities
21. 21.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) volunteer work (b) school and marks (c) your bank details (d) skills like typing
22. 22.True or false: “projects you did” belongs on a student résumé. (a) False (b) True
23. 23.📄 A student with no work experience should highlight… (a) projects and activities (b) nothing at all (c) made-up jobs (d) their parents’ jobs
24. 24.Which of these goes in the skills section? (a) spreadsheets (basic) (b) a survey of 50 shops (c) eco club member (d) built a rain gauge model
25. 25.📄 In which résumé section does this go: typing 40 words a minute? (a) contact details (b) projects (c) education (d) skills
26. 26.📄 A résumé is… (a) a school report card (b) a letter of thanks (c) a full autobiography (d) a short summary of you
27. 27.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your bank details? (a) leave it out (b) include it
28. 28.True or false: “your siblings’ marks” belongs on a student résumé. (a) True (b) False
29. 29.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: awards and prizes? (a) include it (b) leave it out
30. 30.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: projects you did? (a) include it (b) leave it out
31. 31.📄 In which résumé section does this go: a survey of 50 shops? (a) contact details (b) projects (c) skills (d) activities
32. 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your siblings’ marks (b) projects you did (c) your Aadhaar number (d) a party selfie
33. 33.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: school and marks? (a) leave it out (b) include it
34. 34.📄 In which résumé section does this go: Class 12 (Science), 2026? (a) contact details (b) skills (c) education (d) projects
35. 35.True or false: “school and marks” should be left out of a résumé. (a) False (b) True
36. 36.True or false: “skills like typing” belongs on a student résumé. (a) True (b) False
37. 37.True or false: “your Aadhaar number” should be left out of a résumé. (a) False (b) True
38. 38.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) languages you know (b) awards and prizes (c) your phone and email (d) your siblings’ marks
39. 39.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) your bank details (b) your siblings’ marks (c) your phone and email (d) a long life story
40. 40.📄 In which résumé section does this go: a mobile number? (a) education (b) projects (c) activities (d) contact details

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