Résumé Worksheet: What to Include

Interview skills lesson 17: What goes on a student résumé · Set 232 · 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: awards and prizes? (a) include it (b) leave it out
2. 2.Which of these goes in the projects section? (a) Class 10 board: 88% (b) typing 40 words a minute (c) a survey of 50 shops (d) B.Com first year
3. 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) awards and prizes (b) clubs and activities (c) a long life story (d) your phone and email
4. 4.📄 In which résumé section does this go: a mobile number? (a) projects (b) contact details (c) education (d) activities
5. 5.Which of these goes in the skills section? (a) Class 12 (Science), 2026 (b) spreadsheets (basic) (c) an email ID (d) eco club member
6. 6.📄 In which résumé section does this go: a website for our club? (a) skills (b) projects (c) activities (d) education
7. 7.Which of these goes in the projects section? (a) typing 40 words a minute (b) a website for our club (c) spreadsheets (basic) (d) Class 12 (Science), 2026
8. 8.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your bank details (b) your phone and email (c) school and marks (d) skills like typing
9. 9.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) school and marks (b) awards and prizes (c) a long life story (d) projects you did
10. 10.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) a long life story (b) your siblings’ marks (c) clubs and activities (d) a party selfie
11. 11.Which of these goes in the contact details? (a) your city and PIN code (b) debate club secretary (c) a survey of 50 shops (d) Class 12 (Science), 2026
12. 12.True or false: “awards and prizes” belongs on a student résumé. (a) False (b) True
13. 13.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) awards and prizes (b) languages you know (c) your bank details (d) your phone and email
14. 14.True or false: “your passwords” belongs on a student résumé. (a) True (b) False
15. 15.Which of these goes in the skills section? (a) built a rain gauge model (b) eco club member (c) Class 10 board: 88% (d) basic HTML and CSS
16. 16.📄 In which résumé section does this go: B.Com first year? (a) skills (b) activities (c) education (d) projects
17. 17.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) volunteer work (b) clubs and activities (c) languages you know (d) your Aadhaar number
18. 18.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) volunteer work (b) a party selfie (c) languages you know (d) skills like typing
19. 19.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: skills like typing? (a) leave it out (b) include it
20. 20.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: a party selfie? (a) include it (b) leave it out
21. 21.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) your siblings’ marks (b) a long life story (c) your Aadhaar number (d) your phone and email
22. 22.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your Aadhaar number? (a) include it (b) leave it out
23. 23.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: projects you did? (a) leave it out (b) include it
24. 24.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) made-up marks (b) your passwords (c) a long life story (d) volunteer work
25. 25.📄 How long should a student résumé usually be? (a) five pages (b) ten pages (c) half a line (d) one page
26. 26.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) languages you know (b) volunteer work (c) your passwords (d) your phone and email
27. 27.Which of these goes in the contact details? (a) a website for our club (b) basic HTML and CSS (c) built a rain gauge model (d) an email ID
28. 28.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) skills like typing (b) school and marks (c) projects you did (d) made-up marks
29. 29.📄 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) change the subject (d) deny it
30. 30.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) your passwords (b) a long life story (c) projects you did (d) your bank details
31. 31.📄 A student with no work experience should highlight… (a) made-up jobs (b) projects and activities (c) their parents’ jobs (d) nothing at all
32. 32.📄 In which résumé section does this go: your city and PIN code? (a) contact details (b) projects (c) activities (d) education
33. 33.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) awards and prizes (b) your siblings’ marks (c) your bank details (d) a party selfie
34. 34.📄 In which résumé section does this go: basic HTML and CSS? (a) skills (b) education (c) projects (d) activities
35. 35.True or false: “projects you did” should be left out of a résumé. (a) True (b) False
36. 36.Which of these goes in the education section? (a) an email ID (b) basic HTML and CSS (c) B.Com first year (d) a website for our club
37. 37.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) your bank details (b) school and marks (c) a party selfie (d) your siblings’ marks
38. 38.Which of these goes in the activities section? (a) a mobile number (b) debate club secretary (c) a website for our club (d) your city and PIN code
39. 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) school and marks (b) skills like typing (c) awards and prizes (d) a party selfie
40. 40.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: a long life story? (a) leave it out (b) include it

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