Résumé Worksheet: What to Include

Interview skills lesson 17: What goes on a student résumé · Set 308 · 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 should be left out of a résumé? (a) your bank details (b) skills like typing (c) projects you did (d) your phone and email
2. 2.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) projects you did (b) your Aadhaar number (c) your phone and email (d) languages you know
3. 3.📄 Your résumé says you led a club. In the interview you should… (a) be ready to explain it (b) change the subject (c) deny it (d) say it was a joke
4. 4.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your bank details (b) languages you know (c) skills like typing (d) volunteer work
5. 5.📄 In which résumé section does this go: a mobile number? (a) activities (b) contact details (c) education (d) skills
6. 6.📄 In which résumé section does this go: Class 10 board: 88%? (a) education (b) contact details (c) projects (d) activities
7. 7.Which of these goes in the contact details? (a) basic HTML and CSS (b) built a rain gauge model (c) school football team (d) your city and PIN code
8. 8.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your bank details? (a) include it (b) leave it out
9. 9.True or false: “a party selfie” should be left out of a résumé. (a) True (b) False
10. 10.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) school and marks (b) skills like typing (c) clubs and activities (d) a party selfie
11. 11.Which of these goes in the education section? (a) typing 40 words a minute (b) your city and PIN code (c) built a rain gauge model (d) Class 10 board: 88%
12. 12.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your phone and email? (a) include it (b) leave it out
13. 13.📄 In which résumé section does this go: school football team? (a) education (b) skills (c) activities (d) projects
14. 14.True or false: “skills like typing” should be left out of a résumé. (a) True (b) False
15. 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) clubs and activities (b) skills like typing (c) your phone and email (d) your siblings’ marks
16. 16.True or false: “your siblings’ marks” belongs on a student résumé. (a) True (b) False
17. 17.📄 In which résumé section does this go: typing 40 words a minute? (a) education (b) skills (c) contact details (d) projects
18. 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) clubs and activities (b) a long life story (c) your passwords (d) your Aadhaar number
19. 19.📄 In which résumé section does this go: Class 12 (Science), 2026? (a) activities (b) skills (c) projects (d) education
20. 20.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) made-up marks (b) a long life story (c) your Aadhaar number (d) projects you did
21. 21.Which of these goes in the education section? (a) debate club secretary (b) eco club member (c) your city and PIN code (d) Class 12 (Science), 2026
22. 22.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) a long life story (b) your bank details (c) your phone and email (d) a party selfie
23. 23.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) your bank details (b) your passwords (c) your Aadhaar number (d) school and marks
24. 24.Which of these goes in the education section? (a) spreadsheets (basic) (b) your city and PIN code (c) B.Com first year (d) an email ID
25. 25.📄 In which résumé section does this go: a survey of 50 shops? (a) projects (b) activities (c) contact details (d) education
26. 26.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) a party selfie (b) your siblings’ marks (c) clubs and activities (d) your Aadhaar number
27. 27.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: volunteer work? (a) include it (b) leave it out
28. 28.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) your siblings’ marks (b) skills like typing (c) clubs and activities (d) your phone and email
29. 29.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) your bank details (b) a party selfie (c) languages you know (d) a long life story
30. 30.Which of these goes in the contact details? (a) Class 10 board: 88% (b) school football team (c) spreadsheets (basic) (d) a mobile number
31. 31.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: clubs and activities? (a) include it (b) leave it out
32. 32.True or false: “your phone and email” should be left out of a résumé. (a) False (b) True
33. 33.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: skills like typing? (a) leave it out (b) include it
34. 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) skills like typing (b) a long life story (c) your passwords (d) a party selfie
35. 35.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: a party selfie? (a) include it (b) leave it out
36. 36.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: projects you did? (a) include it (b) leave it out
37. 37.📄 In which résumé section does this go: your city and PIN code? (a) education (b) contact details (c) projects (d) skills
38. 38.Which of these goes in the skills section? (a) school football team (b) basic HTML and CSS (c) debate club secretary (d) a survey of 50 shops
39. 39.📄 In which résumé section does this go: basic HTML and CSS? (a) activities (b) contact details (c) skills (d) education
40. 40.📄 How long should a student résumé usually be? (a) ten pages (b) five pages (c) half a line (d) one page

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