Résumé Worksheet: What to Include

Interview skills lesson 17: What goes on a student résumé · Set 399 · 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: debate club secretary? (a) projects (b) activities (c) education (d) contact details
2. 2.True or false: “a long life story” should be left out of a résumé. (a) False (b) True
3. 3.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: made-up marks? (a) include it (b) leave it out
4. 4.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a party selfie (b) skills like typing (c) languages you know (d) school and marks
5. 5.📄 In which résumé section does this go: typing 40 words a minute? (a) activities (b) education (c) skills (d) projects
6. 6.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) projects you did (b) clubs and activities (c) your bank details (d) skills like typing
7. 7.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your Aadhaar number? (a) include it (b) leave it out
8. 8.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your phone and email? (a) leave it out (b) include it
9. 9.📄 A student with no work experience should highlight… (a) projects and activities (b) their parents’ jobs (c) made-up jobs (d) nothing at all
10. 10.📄 In which résumé section does this go: your city and PIN code? (a) education (b) activities (c) projects (d) contact details
11. 11.📄 In which résumé section does this go: a website for our club? (a) activities (b) projects (c) contact details (d) skills
12. 12.True or false: “a long life story” belongs on a student résumé. (a) False (b) True
13. 13.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) your Aadhaar number (b) your siblings’ marks (c) your bank details (d) languages you know
14. 14.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: clubs and activities? (a) leave it out (b) include it
15. 15.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) made-up marks (b) awards and prizes (c) your siblings’ marks (d) your passwords
16. 16.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your phone and email (b) a long life story (c) clubs and activities (d) skills like typing
17. 17.📄 Your résumé says you led a club. In the interview you should… (a) deny it (b) be ready to explain it (c) change the subject (d) say it was a joke
18. 18.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) your passwords (b) your Aadhaar number (c) your bank details (d) skills like typing
19. 19.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) projects you did (b) your passwords (c) a party selfie (d) your bank details
20. 20.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) a long life story (b) your passwords (c) clubs and activities (d) your siblings’ marks
21. 21.True or false: “your phone and email” should be left out of a résumé. (a) True (b) False
22. 22.Which of these goes in the education section? (a) typing 40 words a minute (b) Class 10 board: 88% (c) built a rain gauge model (d) an email ID
23. 23.Which of these goes in the contact details? (a) B.Com first year (b) a mobile number (c) typing 40 words a minute (d) debate club secretary
24. 24.Which of these goes in the activities section? (a) a survey of 50 shops (b) school football team (c) Class 12 (Science), 2026 (d) spreadsheets (basic)
25. 25.True or false: “your passwords” should be left out of a résumé. (a) True (b) False
26. 26.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: languages you know? (a) include it (b) leave it out
27. 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your siblings’ marks (b) school and marks (c) your bank details (d) your Aadhaar number
28. 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) volunteer work (b) made-up marks (c) a long life story (d) a party selfie
29. 29.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) awards and prizes (b) volunteer work (c) a party selfie (d) languages you know
30. 30.📄 In which résumé section does this go: a mobile number? (a) projects (b) activities (c) contact details (d) skills
31. 31.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) made-up marks (b) your siblings’ marks (c) your bank details (d) school and marks
32. 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your phone and email (b) your passwords (c) made-up marks (d) a long life story
33. 33.📄 In which résumé section does this go: an email ID? (a) skills (b) activities (c) contact details (d) education
34. 34.📄 How long should a student résumé usually be? (a) half a line (b) ten pages (c) one page (d) five pages
35. 35.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) volunteer work (b) your bank details (c) your Aadhaar number (d) made-up marks
36. 36.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your bank details (b) your siblings’ marks (c) awards and prizes (d) your passwords
37. 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) volunteer work (b) skills like typing (c) your Aadhaar number (d) your phone and email
38. 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) languages you know (b) your passwords (c) projects you did (d) skills like typing
39. 39.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: skills like typing? (a) include it (b) leave it out
40. 40.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: projects you did? (a) include it (b) leave it out

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