Résumé Worksheet: What to Include

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

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