Résumé Worksheet: What to Include

Interview skills lesson 17: What goes on a student résumé · Set 305 · 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: basic HTML and CSS? (a) activities (b) skills (c) education (d) projects
2. 2.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) languages you know (b) skills like typing (c) clubs and activities (d) a long life story
3. 3.True or false: “projects you did” belongs on a student résumé. (a) False (b) True
4. 4.📄 In which résumé section does this go: a mobile number? (a) education (b) contact details (c) skills (d) activities
5. 5.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) your passwords (b) your siblings’ marks (c) your Aadhaar number (d) awards and prizes
6. 6.📄 In which résumé section does this go: a survey of 50 shops? (a) education (b) activities (c) contact details (d) projects
7. 7.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: volunteer work? (a) include it (b) leave it out
8. 8.Which of these goes in the activities section? (a) your city and PIN code (b) school football team (c) spreadsheets (basic) (d) a survey of 50 shops
9. 9.📄 In which résumé section does this go: an email ID? (a) projects (b) education (c) activities (d) contact details
10. 10.True or false: “school and marks” should be left out of a résumé. (a) True (b) False
11. 11.📄 In which résumé section does this go: debate club secretary? (a) activities (b) contact details (c) skills (d) education
12. 12.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) your Aadhaar number (b) your bank details (c) made-up marks (d) skills like typing
13. 13.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: projects you did? (a) leave it out (b) include it
14. 14.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your siblings’ marks (b) projects you did (c) made-up marks (d) your Aadhaar number
15. 15.Which of these goes in the contact details? (a) a mobile number (b) a website for our club (c) eco club member (d) spreadsheets (basic)
16. 16.Which of these goes in the skills section? (a) a survey of 50 shops (b) an email ID (c) Class 12 (Science), 2026 (d) spreadsheets (basic)
17. 17.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) school and marks (b) awards and prizes (c) languages you know (d) your bank details
18. 18.True or false: “your Aadhaar number” belongs on a student résumé. (a) True (b) False
19. 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) school and marks (b) your bank details (c) your phone and email (d) skills like typing
20. 20.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) languages you know (b) your phone and email (c) your passwords (d) skills like typing
21. 21.Which of these goes in the projects section? (a) an email ID (b) your city and PIN code (c) built a rain gauge model (d) B.Com first year
22. 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a long life story (b) your passwords (c) made-up marks (d) languages you know
23. 23.Which of these goes in the projects section? (a) typing 40 words a minute (b) school football team (c) B.Com first year (d) a website for our club
24. 24.📄 Your résumé says you led a club. In the interview you should… (a) be ready to explain it (b) say it was a joke (c) change the subject (d) deny it
25. 25.📄 In which résumé section does this go: typing 40 words a minute? (a) contact details (b) skills (c) activities (d) education
26. 26.📄 In which résumé section does this go: school football team? (a) skills (b) projects (c) activities (d) education
27. 27.📄 A résumé is… (a) a school report card (b) a full autobiography (c) a short summary of you (d) a letter of thanks
28. 28.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: made-up marks? (a) leave it out (b) include it
29. 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) made-up marks (b) your phone and email (c) a long life story (d) your siblings’ marks
30. 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) awards and prizes (b) volunteer work (c) your phone and email (d) a party selfie
31. 31.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) your phone and email (b) projects you did (c) clubs and activities (d) a party selfie
32. 32.📄 In which résumé section does this go: your city and PIN code? (a) activities (b) skills (c) projects (d) contact details
33. 33.📄 A student with no work experience should highlight… (a) nothing at all (b) made-up jobs (c) their parents’ jobs (d) projects and activities
34. 34.📄 In which résumé section does this go: spreadsheets (basic)? (a) education (b) skills (c) projects (d) activities
35. 35.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: languages you know? (a) leave it out (b) include it
36. 36.📄 How long should a student résumé usually be? (a) half a line (b) one page (c) five pages (d) ten pages
37. 37.Which of these goes in the contact details? (a) Class 10 board: 88% (b) built a rain gauge model (c) Class 12 (Science), 2026 (d) an email ID
38. 38.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: skills like typing? (a) leave it out (b) include it
39. 39.True or false: “school and marks” belongs on a student résumé. (a) True (b) False
40. 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your Aadhaar number (b) clubs and activities (c) languages you know (d) awards and prizes

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