Résumé Worksheet: What to Include

Interview skills lesson 17: What goes on a student résumé · Set 268 · 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) clubs and activities (b) projects you did (c) your bank details (d) school and marks
2. 2.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your siblings’ marks? (a) include it (b) leave it out
3. 3.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) your passwords (b) projects you did (c) a party selfie (d) a long life story
4. 4.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) clubs and activities (b) volunteer work (c) skills like typing (d) your passwords
5. 5.True or false: “school and marks” should be left out of a résumé. (a) False (b) True
6. 6.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) projects you did (b) a long life story (c) your passwords (d) made-up marks
7. 7.📄 In which résumé section does this go: a survey of 50 shops? (a) contact details (b) activities (c) projects (d) education
8. 8.📄 In which résumé section does this go: an email ID? (a) activities (b) projects (c) contact details (d) education
9. 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your phone and email (b) a party selfie (c) clubs and activities (d) awards and prizes
10. 10.📄 In which résumé section does this go: school football team? (a) projects (b) education (c) activities (d) contact details
11. 11.📄 In which résumé section does this go: Class 12 (Science), 2026? (a) projects (b) skills (c) education (d) contact details
12. 12.📄 In which résumé section does this go: debate club secretary? (a) skills (b) contact details (c) projects (d) activities
13. 13.True or false: “your bank details” belongs on a student résumé. (a) True (b) False
14. 14.📄 How long should a student résumé usually be? (a) ten pages (b) five pages (c) half a line (d) one page
15. 15.Which of these goes in the skills section? (a) Class 12 (Science), 2026 (b) eco club member (c) a website for our club (d) spreadsheets (basic)
16. 16.True or false: “your Aadhaar number” belongs on a student résumé. (a) False (b) True
17. 17.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your phone and email? (a) include it (b) leave it out
18. 18.📄 In which résumé section does this go: typing 40 words a minute? (a) skills (b) activities (c) education (d) contact details
19. 19.True or false: “your siblings’ marks” belongs on a student résumé. (a) True (b) False
20. 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) clubs and activities (b) your Aadhaar number (c) a long life story (d) a party selfie
21. 21.📄 Your résumé says you led a club. In the interview you should… (a) change the subject (b) be ready to explain it (c) say it was a joke (d) deny it
22. 22.📄 What font style suits a résumé? (a) five fancy fonts (b) all bold capitals (c) tiny handwriting (d) one plain, clear font
23. 23.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: languages you know? (a) include it (b) leave it out
24. 24.True or false: “skills like typing” should be left out of a résumé. (a) True (b) False
25. 25.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) your bank details (b) a long life story (c) your siblings’ marks (d) languages you know
26. 26.Which of these goes in the skills section? (a) an email ID (b) built a rain gauge model (c) a mobile number (d) basic HTML and CSS
27. 27.📄 In which résumé section does this go: B.Com first year? (a) skills (b) education (c) contact details (d) activities
28. 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) school and marks (b) made-up marks (c) your siblings’ marks (d) a long life story
29. 29.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) your phone and email (b) clubs and activities (c) school and marks (d) a party selfie
30. 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a party selfie (b) a long life story (c) your siblings’ marks (d) languages you know
31. 31.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) made-up marks (b) volunteer work (c) your siblings’ marks (d) your Aadhaar number
32. 32.📄 A résumé is… (a) a short summary of you (b) a school report card (c) a letter of thanks (d) a full autobiography
33. 33.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: volunteer work? (a) leave it out (b) include it
34. 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) projects you did (b) your phone and email (c) made-up marks (d) school and marks
35. 35.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) school and marks (b) skills like typing (c) your siblings’ marks (d) clubs and activities
36. 36.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: school and marks? (a) leave it out (b) include it
37. 37.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) your Aadhaar number (b) skills like typing (c) your siblings’ marks (d) your bank details
38. 38.Which of these goes in the projects section? (a) Class 10 board: 88% (b) school football team (c) Class 12 (Science), 2026 (d) a website for our club
39. 39.Which of these goes in the education section? (a) typing 40 words a minute (b) built a rain gauge model (c) a mobile number (d) B.Com first year
40. 40.📄 In which résumé section does this go: spreadsheets (basic)? (a) education (b) activities (c) skills (d) contact details

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