Résumé Worksheet: What to Include

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

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