Résumé Worksheet: What to Include

Interview skills lesson 17: What goes on a student résumé · Set 215 · 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.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: skills like typing? (a) include it (b) leave it out
2. 2.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: school and marks? (a) include it (b) leave it out
3. 3.True or false: “your bank details” belongs on a student résumé. (a) True (b) False
4. 4.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) school and marks (b) your phone and email (c) your bank details (d) clubs and activities
5. 5.📄 In which résumé section does this go: Class 12 (Science), 2026? (a) skills (b) projects (c) education (d) activities
6. 6.Which of these goes in the contact details? (a) a mobile number (b) spreadsheets (basic) (c) B.Com first year (d) eco club member
7. 7.Which of these goes in the projects section? (a) spreadsheets (basic) (b) Class 12 (Science), 2026 (c) a survey of 50 shops (d) B.Com first year
8. 8.📄 How long should a student résumé usually be? (a) five pages (b) half a line (c) ten pages (d) one page
9. 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your Aadhaar number (b) school and marks (c) your bank details (d) a party selfie
10. 10.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) school and marks (b) your Aadhaar number (c) skills like typing (d) volunteer work
11. 11.📄 In which résumé section does this go: a mobile number? (a) activities (b) education (c) projects (d) contact details
12. 12.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your Aadhaar number? (a) leave it out (b) include it
13. 13.Which of these goes in the skills section? (a) typing 40 words a minute (b) an email ID (c) school football team (d) built a rain gauge model
14. 14.📄 In which résumé section does this go: Class 10 board: 88%? (a) activities (b) projects (c) skills (d) education
15. 15.True or false: “skills like typing” should be left out of a résumé. (a) False (b) True
16. 16.📄 In which résumé section does this go: a website for our club? (a) projects (b) contact details (c) activities (d) education
17. 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your phone and email (b) volunteer work (c) a party selfie (d) projects you did
18. 18.📄 In which résumé section does this go: school football team? (a) skills (b) education (c) projects (d) activities
19. 19.📄 In which résumé section does this go: basic HTML and CSS? (a) projects (b) contact details (c) activities (d) skills
20. 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) awards and prizes (b) a party selfie (c) your siblings’ marks (d) made-up marks
21. 21.📄 A résumé is… (a) a school report card (b) a letter of thanks (c) a full autobiography (d) a short summary of you
22. 22.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) your bank details (b) a long life story (c) made-up marks (d) clubs and activities
23. 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your bank details (b) your siblings’ marks (c) skills like typing (d) a party selfie
24. 24.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) your siblings’ marks (b) volunteer work (c) your phone and email (d) skills like typing
25. 25.📄 Your résumé says you led a club. In the interview you should… (a) say it was a joke (b) change the subject (c) deny it (d) be ready to explain it
26. 26.Which of these goes in the education section? (a) typing 40 words a minute (b) an email ID (c) B.Com first year (d) a website for our club
27. 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a party selfie (b) your siblings’ marks (c) clubs and activities (d) your bank details
28. 28.Which of these goes in the contact details? (a) Class 12 (Science), 2026 (b) Class 10 board: 88% (c) your city and PIN code (d) spreadsheets (basic)
29. 29.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) skills like typing (b) school and marks (c) volunteer work (d) your Aadhaar number
30. 30.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: projects you did? (a) include it (b) leave it out
31. 31.Which of these goes in the education section? (a) a mobile number (b) Class 10 board: 88% (c) spreadsheets (basic) (d) built a rain gauge model
32. 32.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) clubs and activities (b) your passwords (c) school and marks (d) volunteer work
33. 33.True or false: “languages you know” belongs on a student résumé. (a) True (b) False
34. 34.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: a party selfie? (a) include it (b) leave it out
35. 35.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: languages you know? (a) include it (b) leave it out
36. 36.Which of these goes in the contact details? (a) built a rain gauge model (b) an email ID (c) debate club secretary (d) Class 10 board: 88%
37. 37.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) volunteer work (b) your bank details (c) skills like typing (d) languages you know
38. 38.📄 In which résumé section does this go: a survey of 50 shops? (a) education (b) contact details (c) skills (d) projects
39. 39.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your bank details? (a) include it (b) leave it out
40. 40.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) a party selfie (b) your Aadhaar number (c) a long life story (d) languages you know

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