Résumé Worksheet: What to Include

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

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