Résumé Worksheet: What to Include

Interview skills lesson 17: What goes on a student résumé · Set 326 · 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) skills like typing (b) awards and prizes (c) school and marks (d) your passwords
2. 2.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) made-up marks (b) a party selfie (c) skills like typing (d) a long life story
3. 3.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) projects you did (b) volunteer work (c) clubs and activities (d) your Aadhaar number
4. 4.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your bank details? (a) include it (b) leave it out
5. 5.Which of these goes in the contact details? (a) eco club member (b) B.Com first year (c) a mobile number (d) Class 12 (Science), 2026
6. 6.Which of these goes in the skills section? (a) eco club member (b) basic HTML and CSS (c) Class 12 (Science), 2026 (d) debate club secretary
7. 7.Which of these goes in the skills section? (a) debate club secretary (b) an email ID (c) typing 40 words a minute (d) built a rain gauge model
8. 8.Which of these goes in the skills section? (a) debate club secretary (b) spreadsheets (basic) (c) Class 10 board: 88% (d) an email ID
9. 9.📄 How long should a student résumé usually be? (a) one page (b) five pages (c) ten pages (d) half a line
10. 10.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) a long life story (b) awards and prizes (c) your passwords (d) your siblings’ marks
11. 11.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) your passwords (b) school and marks (c) a party selfie (d) your bank details
12. 12.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) your phone and email (b) awards and prizes (c) languages you know (d) your siblings’ marks
13. 13.📄 In which résumé section does this go: B.Com first year? (a) contact details (b) education (c) skills (d) projects
14. 14.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: languages you know? (a) leave it out (b) include it
15. 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) volunteer work (b) skills like typing (c) a party selfie (d) school and marks
16. 16.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) school and marks (b) volunteer work (c) made-up marks (d) your phone and email
17. 17.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: made-up marks? (a) leave it out (b) include it
18. 18.📄 What font style suits a résumé? (a) one plain, clear font (b) all bold capitals (c) five fancy fonts (d) tiny handwriting
19. 19.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your passwords? (a) include it (b) leave it out
20. 20.📄 A student with no work experience should highlight… (a) nothing at all (b) made-up jobs (c) projects and activities (d) their parents’ jobs
21. 21.📄 In which résumé section does this go: your city and PIN code? (a) projects (b) skills (c) contact details (d) activities
22. 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your phone and email (b) a long life story (c) clubs and activities (d) projects you did
23. 23.Which of these goes in the projects section? (a) basic HTML and CSS (b) Class 10 board: 88% (c) a website for our club (d) Class 12 (Science), 2026
24. 24.Which of these goes in the education section? (a) Class 10 board: 88% (b) school football team (c) a survey of 50 shops (d) an email ID
25. 25.True or false: “made-up marks” belongs on a student résumé. (a) False (b) True
26. 26.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) awards and prizes (b) your passwords (c) clubs and activities (d) volunteer work
27. 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) made-up marks (b) your bank details (c) your siblings’ marks (d) school and marks
28. 28.📄 A résumé is… (a) a school report card (b) a letter of thanks (c) a short summary of you (d) a full autobiography
29. 29.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your phone and email? (a) leave it out (b) include it
30. 30.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: clubs and activities? (a) include it (b) leave it out
31. 31.True or false: “your Aadhaar number” belongs on a student résumé. (a) True (b) False
32. 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) projects you did (b) volunteer work (c) school and marks (d) your bank details
33. 33.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: volunteer work? (a) include it (b) leave it out
34. 34.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) your siblings’ marks (b) projects you did (c) made-up marks (d) a long life story
35. 35.True or false: “awards and prizes” belongs on a student résumé. (a) False (b) True
36. 36.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your Aadhaar number (b) your bank details (c) languages you know (d) a party selfie
37. 37.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: projects you did? (a) include it (b) leave it out
38. 38.📄 In which résumé section does this go: eco club member? (a) projects (b) education (c) activities (d) skills
39. 39.📄 In which résumé section does this go: a survey of 50 shops? (a) contact details (b) education (c) projects (d) activities
40. 40.📄 In which résumé section does this go: Class 12 (Science), 2026? (a) projects (b) education (c) activities (d) skills

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