Résumé Worksheet: What to Include

Interview skills lesson 17: What goes on a student résumé · Set 255 · 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 is the odd one out? (a) your passwords (b) your siblings’ marks (c) projects you did (d) your bank details
2. 2.📄 In which résumé section does this go: B.Com first year? (a) activities (b) projects (c) skills (d) education
3. 3.📄 In which résumé section does this go: debate club secretary? (a) contact details (b) activities (c) projects (d) skills
4. 4.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a long life story (b) your Aadhaar number (c) your passwords (d) volunteer work
5. 5.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: projects you did? (a) leave it out (b) include it
6. 6.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your phone and email? (a) leave it out (b) include it
7. 7.Which of these goes in the skills section? (a) your city and PIN code (b) B.Com first year (c) basic HTML and CSS (d) Class 12 (Science), 2026
8. 8.True or false: “volunteer work” should be left out of a résumé. (a) True (b) False
9. 9.📄 Your résumé says you led a club. In the interview you should… (a) change the subject (b) say it was a joke (c) be ready to explain it (d) deny it
10. 10.Which of these goes in the projects section? (a) built a rain gauge model (b) debate club secretary (c) spreadsheets (basic) (d) your city and PIN code
11. 11.📄 What font style suits a résumé? (a) tiny handwriting (b) one plain, clear font (c) all bold capitals (d) five fancy fonts
12. 12.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) your bank details (b) school and marks (c) your siblings’ marks (d) made-up marks
13. 13.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: skills like typing? (a) leave it out (b) include it
14. 14.True or false: “a long life story” belongs on a student résumé. (a) True (b) False
15. 15.📄 In which résumé section does this go: eco club member? (a) education (b) projects (c) skills (d) activities
16. 16.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a long life story (b) skills like typing (c) your phone and email (d) languages you know
17. 17.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) made-up marks (b) a party selfie (c) your bank details (d) your phone and email
18. 18.Which of these goes in the activities section? (a) Class 12 (Science), 2026 (b) an email ID (c) debate club secretary (d) built a rain gauge model
19. 19.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your Aadhaar number? (a) include it (b) leave it out
20. 20.Which of these goes in the education section? (a) a survey of 50 shops (b) Class 10 board: 88% (c) spreadsheets (basic) (d) basic HTML and CSS
21. 21.Which of these goes in the education section? (a) spreadsheets (basic) (b) typing 40 words a minute (c) school football team (d) Class 12 (Science), 2026
22. 22.Which of these goes in the contact details? (a) an email ID (b) B.Com first year (c) Class 10 board: 88% (d) a website for our club
23. 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) awards and prizes (b) school and marks (c) projects you did (d) a party selfie
24. 24.True or false: “clubs and activities” should be left out of a résumé. (a) False (b) True
25. 25.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) your phone and email (b) school and marks (c) skills like typing (d) a long life story
26. 26.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) languages you know (b) your siblings’ marks (c) skills like typing (d) projects you did
27. 27.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) skills like typing (b) a party selfie (c) clubs and activities (d) school and marks
28. 28.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) languages you know (b) your Aadhaar number (c) made-up marks (d) your passwords
29. 29.True or false: “a long life story” should be left out of a résumé. (a) True (b) False
30. 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a long life story (b) a party selfie (c) your passwords (d) your phone and email
31. 31.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your Aadhaar number (b) a long life story (c) awards and prizes (d) your bank details
32. 32.📄 In which résumé section does this go: a mobile number? (a) projects (b) skills (c) contact details (d) activities
33. 33.Which of these goes in the projects section? (a) a website for our club (b) Class 12 (Science), 2026 (c) basic HTML and CSS (d) school football team
34. 34.📄 In which résumé section does this go: spreadsheets (basic)? (a) contact details (b) projects (c) activities (d) skills
35. 35.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) awards and prizes (b) your passwords (c) skills like typing (d) clubs and activities
36. 36.📄 A résumé is… (a) a school report card (b) a letter of thanks (c) a short summary of you (d) a full autobiography
37. 37.📄 In which résumé section does this go: your city and PIN code? (a) activities (b) contact details (c) education (d) projects
38. 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your siblings’ marks (b) school and marks (c) skills like typing (d) your phone and email
39. 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) made-up marks (b) your bank details (c) a long life story (d) school and marks
40. 40.📄 How long should a student résumé usually be? (a) half a line (b) one page (c) five pages (d) ten pages

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