Résumé Worksheet: What to Include

Interview skills lesson 17: What goes on a student résumé · Set 243 · 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 goes in the activities section? (a) a mobile number (b) a survey of 50 shops (c) debate club secretary (d) built a rain gauge model
2. 2.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) awards and prizes (b) your siblings’ marks (c) a party selfie (d) your passwords
3. 3.📄 A résumé is… (a) a letter of thanks (b) a full autobiography (c) a short summary of you (d) a school report card
4. 4.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) a long life story (b) your Aadhaar number (c) school and marks (d) your passwords
5. 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your bank details (b) skills like typing (c) volunteer work (d) awards and prizes
6. 6.📄 A student with no work experience should highlight… (a) projects and activities (b) their parents’ jobs (c) nothing at all (d) made-up jobs
7. 7.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) your passwords (b) volunteer work (c) your bank details (d) made-up marks
8. 8.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) a party selfie (b) skills like typing (c) volunteer work (d) awards and prizes
9. 9.True or false: “languages you know” belongs on a student résumé. (a) True (b) False
10. 10.True or false: “your passwords” should be left out of a résumé. (a) False (b) True
11. 11.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) your passwords (b) skills like typing (c) volunteer work (d) languages you know
12. 12.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: clubs and activities? (a) include it (b) leave it out
13. 13.Which of these goes in the projects section? (a) spreadsheets (basic) (b) debate club secretary (c) school football team (d) a website for our club
14. 14.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) school and marks (b) a party selfie (c) awards and prizes (d) clubs and activities
15. 15.True or false: “your Aadhaar number” should be left out of a résumé. (a) True (b) False
16. 16.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: awards and prizes? (a) leave it out (b) include it
17. 17.True or false: “projects you did” belongs on a student résumé. (a) False (b) True
18. 18.True or false: “skills like typing” should be left out of a résumé. (a) False (b) True
19. 19.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your passwords? (a) leave it out (b) include it
20. 20.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your bank details? (a) leave it out (b) include it
21. 21.📄 How long should a student résumé usually be? (a) one page (b) five pages (c) half a line (d) ten pages
22. 22.True or false: “made-up marks” belongs on a student résumé. (a) False (b) True
23. 23.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) volunteer work (b) made-up marks (c) languages you know (d) your phone and email
24. 24.📄 In which résumé section does this go: an email ID? (a) education (b) contact details (c) skills (d) activities
25. 25.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: skills like typing? (a) include it (b) leave it out
26. 26.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) a long life story (b) your bank details (c) clubs and activities (d) made-up marks
27. 27.📄 In which résumé section does this go: spreadsheets (basic)? (a) contact details (b) projects (c) education (d) skills
28. 28.Which of these goes in the activities section? (a) your city and PIN code (b) Class 10 board: 88% (c) school football team (d) a website for our club
29. 29.📄 In which résumé section does this go: school football team? (a) projects (b) skills (c) contact details (d) activities
30. 30.Which of these goes in the contact details? (a) school football team (b) Class 12 (Science), 2026 (c) an email ID (d) Class 10 board: 88%
31. 31.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) your siblings’ marks (b) a party selfie (c) your phone and email (d) a long life story
32. 32.True or false: “your phone and email” should be left out of a résumé. (a) True (b) False
33. 33.Which of these goes in the skills section? (a) B.Com first year (b) an email ID (c) Class 12 (Science), 2026 (d) typing 40 words a minute
34. 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) projects you did (b) your phone and email (c) your Aadhaar number (d) clubs and activities
35. 35.True or false: “school and marks” belongs on a student résumé. (a) True (b) False
36. 36.True or false: “a long life story” should be left out of a résumé. (a) True (b) False
37. 37.True or false: “your passwords” belongs on a student résumé. (a) False (b) True
38. 38.📄 In which résumé section does this go: Class 12 (Science), 2026? (a) education (b) skills (c) projects (d) activities
39. 39.📄 Your résumé says you led a club. In the interview you should… (a) deny it (b) be ready to explain it (c) say it was a joke (d) change the subject
40. 40.📄 In which résumé section does this go: B.Com first year? (a) projects (b) skills (c) education (d) activities

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