Résumé Worksheet: What to Include

Interview skills lesson 17: What goes on a student résumé · Set 302 · 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.📄 In which résumé section does this go: Class 12 (Science), 2026? (a) contact details (b) skills (c) education (d) projects
2. 2.📄 A student with no work experience should highlight… (a) made-up jobs (b) nothing at all (c) their parents’ jobs (d) projects and activities
3. 3.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: languages you know? (a) leave it out (b) include it
4. 4.📄 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
5. 5.📄 In which résumé section does this go: your city and PIN code? (a) activities (b) contact details (c) skills (d) projects
6. 6.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: clubs and activities? (a) include it (b) leave it out
7. 7.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your phone and email? (a) include it (b) leave it out
8. 8.True or false: “your bank details” should be left out of a résumé. (a) False (b) True
9. 9.📄 In which résumé section does this go: debate club secretary? (a) projects (b) education (c) skills (d) activities
10. 10.True or false: “skills like typing” belongs on a student résumé. (a) False (b) True
11. 11.📄 In which résumé section does this go: Class 10 board: 88%? (a) education (b) activities (c) skills (d) projects
12. 12.📄 In which résumé section does this go: an email ID? (a) projects (b) education (c) contact details (d) activities
13. 13.📄 In which résumé section does this go: eco club member? (a) projects (b) contact details (c) education (d) activities
14. 14.True or false: “your bank details” belongs on a student résumé. (a) False (b) True
15. 15.True or false: “made-up marks” belongs on a student résumé. (a) True (b) False
16. 16.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) projects you did (b) a long life story (c) awards and prizes (d) languages you know
17. 17.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: school and marks? (a) leave it out (b) include it
18. 18.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) your siblings’ marks (b) your passwords (c) your phone and email (d) a long life story
19. 19.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your bank details? (a) leave it out (b) include it
20. 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a party selfie (b) your siblings’ marks (c) your bank details (d) clubs and activities
21. 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) volunteer work (b) your passwords (c) school and marks (d) languages you know
22. 22.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) volunteer work (b) your phone and email (c) school and marks (d) your passwords
23. 23.Which of these goes in the activities section? (a) a mobile number (b) eco club member (c) your city and PIN code (d) B.Com first year
24. 24.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) skills like typing (b) a long life story (c) a party selfie (d) your Aadhaar number
25. 25.True or false: “projects you did” should be left out of a résumé. (a) True (b) False
26. 26.📄 In which résumé section does this go: B.Com first year? (a) projects (b) education (c) skills (d) contact details
27. 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your bank details (b) your Aadhaar number (c) your phone and email (d) a party selfie
28. 28.Which of these goes in the skills section? (a) built a rain gauge model (b) typing 40 words a minute (c) a mobile number (d) Class 12 (Science), 2026
29. 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) skills like typing (b) your bank details (c) your phone and email (d) projects you did
30. 30.📄 A résumé is… (a) a school report card (b) a letter of thanks (c) a full autobiography (d) a short summary of you
31. 31.Which of these goes in the activities section? (a) basic HTML and CSS (b) B.Com first year (c) debate club secretary (d) an email ID
32. 32.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) a long life story (b) your passwords (c) your bank details (d) languages you know
33. 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a party selfie (b) your bank details (c) projects you did (d) made-up marks
34. 34.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) a party selfie (b) your passwords (c) awards and prizes (d) your Aadhaar number
35. 35.True or false: “school and marks” should be left out of a résumé. (a) True (b) False
36. 36.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your Aadhaar number? (a) leave it out (b) include it
37. 37.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) school and marks (b) skills like typing (c) projects you did (d) a party selfie
38. 38.📄 In which résumé section does this go: typing 40 words a minute? (a) activities (b) contact details (c) skills (d) education
39. 39.True or false: “your phone and email” should be left out of a résumé. (a) True (b) False
40. 40.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: projects you did? (a) include it (b) leave it out

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