Résumé Worksheet: What to Include

Interview skills lesson 17: What goes on a student résumé · Set 408 · 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: a website for our club? (a) education (b) projects (c) contact details (d) skills
2. 2.Which of these goes in the projects section? (a) B.Com first year (b) basic HTML and CSS (c) Class 12 (Science), 2026 (d) a survey of 50 shops
3. 3.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) your phone and email (b) your bank details (c) skills like typing (d) school and marks
4. 4.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) volunteer work (b) awards and prizes (c) clubs and activities (d) a long life story
5. 5.📄 In which résumé section does this go: an email ID? (a) skills (b) activities (c) contact details (d) education
6. 6.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your phone and email (b) languages you know (c) your Aadhaar number (d) skills like typing
7. 7.Which of these goes in the skills section? (a) school football team (b) your city and PIN code (c) debate club secretary (d) spreadsheets (basic)
8. 8.Which of these goes in the education section? (a) debate club secretary (b) eco club member (c) Class 12 (Science), 2026 (d) a survey of 50 shops
9. 9.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your phone and email? (a) leave it out (b) include it
10. 10.📄 In which résumé section does this go: a survey of 50 shops? (a) education (b) projects (c) skills (d) activities
11. 11.📄 In which résumé section does this go: basic HTML and CSS? (a) contact details (b) skills (c) activities (d) education
12. 12.📄 In which résumé section does this go: a mobile number? (a) contact details (b) projects (c) activities (d) education
13. 13.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: a party selfie? (a) include it (b) leave it out
14. 14.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your Aadhaar number? (a) leave it out (b) include it
15. 15.Which of these goes in the projects section? (a) an email ID (b) a mobile number (c) basic HTML and CSS (d) a website for our club
16. 16.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) your bank details (b) your passwords (c) clubs and activities (d) your Aadhaar number
17. 17.📄 In which résumé section does this go: your city and PIN code? (a) projects (b) activities (c) education (d) contact details
18. 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) made-up marks (b) awards and prizes (c) languages you know (d) clubs and activities
19. 19.📄 A résumé is… (a) a letter of thanks (b) a school report card (c) a full autobiography (d) a short summary of you
20. 20.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) your siblings’ marks (b) skills like typing (c) made-up marks (d) a long life story
21. 21.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) made-up marks (b) awards and prizes (c) projects you did (d) clubs and activities
22. 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a party selfie (b) school and marks (c) made-up marks (d) a long life story
23. 23.📄 How long should a student résumé usually be? (a) ten pages (b) one page (c) half a line (d) five pages
24. 24.Which of these goes in the activities section? (a) built a rain gauge model (b) a survey of 50 shops (c) an email ID (d) eco club member
25. 25.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) volunteer work (b) awards and prizes (c) your passwords (d) your phone and email
26. 26.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your passwords (b) projects you did (c) your siblings’ marks (d) made-up marks
27. 27.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) your Aadhaar number (b) made-up marks (c) your siblings’ marks (d) languages you know
28. 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a party selfie (b) made-up marks (c) awards and prizes (d) your Aadhaar number
29. 29.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: school and marks? (a) leave it out (b) include it
30. 30.Which of these goes in the projects section? (a) built a rain gauge model (b) typing 40 words a minute (c) your city and PIN code (d) a mobile number
31. 31.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your passwords (b) your phone and email (c) clubs and activities (d) awards and prizes
32. 32.📄 Your résumé says you led a club. In the interview you should… (a) be ready to explain it (b) deny it (c) say it was a joke (d) change the subject
33. 33.📄 In which résumé section does this go: school football team? (a) projects (b) activities (c) skills (d) education
34. 34.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: skills like typing? (a) leave it out (b) include it
35. 35.Which of these goes in the contact details? (a) Class 12 (Science), 2026 (b) a mobile number (c) a survey of 50 shops (d) eco club member
36. 36.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your phone and email (b) your bank details (c) made-up marks (d) your siblings’ marks
37. 37.Which of these goes in the education section? (a) spreadsheets (basic) (b) debate club secretary (c) eco club member (d) Class 10 board: 88%
38. 38.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) clubs and activities (b) a party selfie (c) school and marks (d) languages you know
39. 39.True or false: “your phone and email” belongs on a student résumé. (a) False (b) True
40. 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) clubs and activities (b) your bank details (c) your siblings’ marks (d) made-up marks

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