Résumé Worksheet: What to Include

Interview skills lesson 17: What goes on a student résumé · Set 191 · 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 of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) a party selfie (b) your passwords (c) your Aadhaar number (d) languages you know
2. 2.📄 In which résumé section does this go: debate club secretary? (a) education (b) skills (c) contact details (d) activities
3. 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a long life story (b) awards and prizes (c) projects you did (d) skills like typing
4. 4.📄 How long should a student résumé usually be? (a) ten pages (b) half a line (c) one page (d) five pages
5. 5.True or false: “clubs and activities” should be left out of a résumé. (a) True (b) False
6. 6.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) volunteer work (b) skills like typing (c) made-up marks (d) awards and prizes
7. 7.📄 A résumé is… (a) a short summary of you (b) a letter of thanks (c) a full autobiography (d) a school report card
8. 8.📄 In which résumé section does this go: your city and PIN code? (a) skills (b) contact details (c) activities (d) education
9. 9.Which of these goes in the skills section? (a) Class 12 (Science), 2026 (b) your city and PIN code (c) typing 40 words a minute (d) built a rain gauge model
10. 10.📄 Your résumé says you led a club. In the interview you should… (a) be ready to explain it (b) say it was a joke (c) change the subject (d) deny it
11. 11.📄 In which résumé section does this go: school football team? (a) skills (b) activities (c) projects (d) contact details
12. 12.Which of these goes in the projects section? (a) debate club secretary (b) eco club member (c) Class 12 (Science), 2026 (d) built a rain gauge model
13. 13.True or false: “projects you did” should be left out of a résumé. (a) False (b) True
14. 14.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) clubs and activities (b) your Aadhaar number (c) your bank details (d) made-up marks
15. 15.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your bank details? (a) include it (b) leave it out
16. 16.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) skills like typing (b) clubs and activities (c) a party selfie (d) awards and prizes
17. 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) school and marks (b) clubs and activities (c) made-up marks (d) volunteer work
18. 18.Which of these goes in the education section? (a) spreadsheets (basic) (b) a mobile number (c) B.Com first year (d) debate club secretary
19. 19.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) languages you know (b) a party selfie (c) projects you did (d) clubs and activities
20. 20.📄 In which résumé section does this go: basic HTML and CSS? (a) activities (b) projects (c) education (d) skills
21. 21.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your Aadhaar number? (a) leave it out (b) include it
22. 22.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) your Aadhaar number (b) a long life story (c) a party selfie (d) skills like typing
23. 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your bank details (b) skills like typing (c) volunteer work (d) awards and prizes
24. 24.True or false: “a party selfie” belongs on a student résumé. (a) False (b) True
25. 25.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your phone and email? (a) include it (b) leave it out
26. 26.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) your siblings’ marks (b) school and marks (c) languages you know (d) skills like typing
27. 27.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) volunteer work (b) your Aadhaar number (c) school and marks (d) languages you know
28. 28.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) made-up marks (b) your Aadhaar number (c) your passwords (d) clubs and activities
29. 29.📄 In which résumé section does this go: B.Com first year? (a) activities (b) contact details (c) skills (d) education
30. 30.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: made-up marks? (a) leave it out (b) include it
31. 31.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: languages you know? (a) leave it out (b) include it
32. 32.Which of these goes in the projects section? (a) a website for our club (b) Class 12 (Science), 2026 (c) spreadsheets (basic) (d) Class 10 board: 88%
33. 33.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: a long life story? (a) leave it out (b) include it
34. 34.True or false: “your Aadhaar number” should be left out of a résumé. (a) True (b) False
35. 35.📄 A student with no work experience should highlight… (a) their parents’ jobs (b) made-up jobs (c) nothing at all (d) projects and activities
36. 36.Which of these goes in the projects section? (a) an email ID (b) debate club secretary (c) a survey of 50 shops (d) B.Com first year
37. 37.True or false: “volunteer work” belongs on a student résumé. (a) True (b) False
38. 38.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: clubs and activities? (a) leave it out (b) include it
39. 39.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) your Aadhaar number (b) school and marks (c) a long life story (d) your passwords
40. 40.True or false: “your passwords” belongs on a student résumé. (a) False (b) True

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