Résumé Worksheet: What to Include

Interview skills lesson 17: What goes on a student résumé · Set 221 · 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: your phone and email? (a) leave it out (b) include it
3. 3.True or false: “projects you did” should be left out of a résumé. (a) True (b) False
4. 4.📄 How long should a student résumé usually be? (a) five pages (b) ten pages (c) one page (d) half a line
5. 5.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) your passwords (b) awards and prizes (c) a party selfie (d) your siblings’ marks
6. 6.📄 In which résumé section does this go: school football team? (a) education (b) skills (c) activities (d) projects
7. 7.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) your phone and email (b) skills like typing (c) volunteer work (d) your bank details
8. 8.📄 A student with no work experience should highlight… (a) projects and activities (b) made-up jobs (c) their parents’ jobs (d) nothing at all
9. 9.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: awards and prizes? (a) include it (b) leave it out
10. 10.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) awards and prizes (b) a long life story (c) projects you did (d) your phone and email
11. 11.📄 In which résumé section does this go: debate club secretary? (a) activities (b) contact details (c) skills (d) projects
12. 12.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your siblings’ marks (b) your passwords (c) skills like typing (d) your bank details
13. 13.True or false: “your siblings’ marks” belongs on a student résumé. (a) False (b) True
14. 14.True or false: “your passwords” belongs on a student résumé. (a) True (b) False
15. 15.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) a long life story (b) made-up marks (c) clubs and activities (d) your Aadhaar number
16. 16.Which of these goes in the contact details? (a) B.Com first year (b) a mobile number (c) debate club secretary (d) spreadsheets (basic)
17. 17.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: a long life story? (a) include it (b) leave it out
18. 18.Which of these goes in the projects section? (a) typing 40 words a minute (b) a survey of 50 shops (c) your city and PIN code (d) basic HTML and CSS
19. 19.📄 In which résumé section does this go: typing 40 words a minute? (a) education (b) contact details (c) projects (d) skills
20. 20.Which of these goes in the skills section? (a) B.Com first year (b) Class 12 (Science), 2026 (c) a mobile number (d) basic HTML and CSS
21. 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your phone and email (b) awards and prizes (c) school and marks (d) made-up marks
22. 22.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) your passwords (b) volunteer work (c) a long life story (d) your bank details
23. 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) school and marks (b) skills like typing (c) volunteer work (d) a party selfie
24. 24.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) languages you know (b) your siblings’ marks (c) your bank details (d) your Aadhaar number
25. 25.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) projects you did (b) your passwords (c) skills like typing (d) school and marks
26. 26.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) made-up marks (b) your passwords (c) school and marks (d) a party selfie
27. 27.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) volunteer work (b) awards and prizes (c) skills like typing (d) your Aadhaar number
28. 28.True or false: “school and marks” belongs on a student résumé. (a) True (b) False
29. 29.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) school and marks (b) skills like typing (c) made-up marks (d) awards and prizes
30. 30.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: made-up marks? (a) leave it out (b) include it
31. 31.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) projects you did (b) awards and prizes (c) your bank details (d) skills like typing
32. 32.📄 In which résumé section does this go: a website for our club? (a) activities (b) skills (c) contact details (d) projects
33. 33.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: languages you know? (a) include it (b) leave it out
34. 34.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: projects you did? (a) include it (b) leave it out
35. 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your bank details (b) a party selfie (c) your phone and email (d) your siblings’ marks
36. 36.📄 In which résumé section does this go: Class 12 (Science), 2026? (a) education (b) skills (c) activities (d) projects
37. 37.📄 In which résumé section does this go: Class 10 board: 88%? (a) education (b) skills (c) contact details (d) projects
38. 38.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: school and marks? (a) leave it out (b) include it
39. 39.📄 Your résumé says you led a club. In the interview you should… (a) say it was a joke (b) be ready to explain it (c) deny it (d) change the subject
40. 40.True or false: “awards and prizes” belongs on a student résumé. (a) True (b) False

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