Résumé Worksheet: What to Include

Interview skills lesson 17: What goes on a student résumé · Set 376 · 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: your city and PIN code? (a) projects (b) contact details (c) skills (d) education
2. 2.True or false: “made-up marks” belongs on a student résumé. (a) True (b) False
3. 3.True or false: “projects you did” should be left out of a résumé. (a) False (b) True
4. 4.📄 How long should a student résumé usually be? (a) ten pages (b) half a line (c) five pages (d) one page
5. 5.True or false: “skills like typing” belongs on a student résumé. (a) False (b) True
6. 6.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) your phone and email (b) awards and prizes (c) your bank details (d) languages you know
7. 7.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your Aadhaar number? (a) leave it out (b) include it
8. 8.📄 In which résumé section does this go: debate club secretary? (a) contact details (b) activities (c) skills (d) education
9. 9.True or false: “your passwords” belongs on a student résumé. (a) True (b) False
10. 10.📄 A student with no work experience should highlight… (a) nothing at all (b) made-up jobs (c) projects and activities (d) their parents’ jobs
11. 11.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: languages you know? (a) include it (b) leave it out
12. 12.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) languages you know (b) your Aadhaar number (c) your siblings’ marks (d) made-up marks
13. 13.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: clubs and activities? (a) leave it out (b) include it
14. 14.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: volunteer work? (a) include it (b) leave it out
15. 15.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your passwords? (a) include it (b) leave it out
16. 16.True or false: “made-up marks” should be left out of a résumé. (a) True (b) False
17. 17.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) skills like typing (b) school and marks (c) awards and prizes (d) made-up marks
18. 18.True or false: “volunteer work” should be left out of a résumé. (a) False (b) True
19. 19.True or false: “clubs and activities” belongs on a student résumé. (a) False (b) True
20. 20.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your siblings’ marks? (a) leave it out (b) include it
21. 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your siblings’ marks (b) languages you know (c) school and marks (d) your phone and email
22. 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a long life story (b) languages you know (c) projects you did (d) volunteer work
23. 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) skills like typing (b) volunteer work (c) languages you know (d) made-up marks
24. 24.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) a party selfie (b) skills like typing (c) made-up marks (d) your passwords
25. 25.📄 In which résumé section does this go: a survey of 50 shops? (a) activities (b) skills (c) contact details (d) projects
26. 26.True or false: “clubs and activities” should be left out of a résumé. (a) True (b) False
27. 27.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) volunteer work (b) your siblings’ marks (c) made-up marks (d) your bank details
28. 28.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) school and marks (b) your siblings’ marks (c) your Aadhaar number (d) your bank details
29. 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) awards and prizes (b) clubs and activities (c) a party selfie (d) skills like typing
30. 30.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: school and marks? (a) leave it out (b) include it
31. 31.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) awards and prizes (b) your bank details (c) languages you know (d) volunteer work
32. 32.📄 In which résumé section does this go: built a rain gauge model? (a) activities (b) projects (c) education (d) contact details
33. 33.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your phone and email? (a) leave it out (b) include it
34. 34.📄 In which résumé section does this go: typing 40 words a minute? (a) education (b) skills (c) contact details (d) activities
35. 35.Which of these goes in the projects section? (a) a mobile number (b) Class 10 board: 88% (c) Class 12 (Science), 2026 (d) a survey of 50 shops
36. 36.📄 In which résumé section does this go: eco club member? (a) activities (b) education (c) skills (d) projects
37. 37.📄 In which résumé section does this go: B.Com first year? (a) education (b) activities (c) projects (d) skills
38. 38.📄 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
39. 39.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) awards and prizes (b) school and marks (c) languages you know (d) a long life story
40. 40.Which of these goes in the skills section? (a) B.Com first year (b) typing 40 words a minute (c) an email ID (d) built a rain gauge model

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