Résumé Worksheet: What to Include

Interview skills lesson 17: What goes on a student résumé · Set 419 · 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 is the odd one out? (a) projects you did (b) your phone and email (c) your bank details (d) volunteer work
2. 2.📄 A student with no work experience should highlight… (a) nothing at all (b) their parents’ jobs (c) made-up jobs (d) projects and activities
3. 3.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: projects you did? (a) leave it out (b) include it
4. 4.Which of these goes in the education section? (a) Class 12 (Science), 2026 (b) typing 40 words a minute (c) your city and PIN code (d) an email ID
5. 5.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) your phone and email (b) a party selfie (c) awards and prizes (d) school and marks
6. 6.📄 How long should a student résumé usually be? (a) five pages (b) one page (c) ten pages (d) half a line
7. 7.Which of these goes in the skills section? (a) a survey of 50 shops (b) an email ID (c) spreadsheets (basic) (d) school football team
8. 8.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your phone and email (b) your Aadhaar number (c) clubs and activities (d) volunteer work
9. 9.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: a long life story? (a) include it (b) leave it out
10. 10.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your passwords? (a) include it (b) leave it out
11. 11.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) your bank details (b) skills like typing (c) awards and prizes (d) languages you know
12. 12.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your siblings’ marks? (a) leave it out (b) include it
13. 13.True or false: “volunteer work” should be left out of a résumé. (a) False (b) True
14. 14.True or false: “projects you did” should be left out of a résumé. (a) True (b) False
15. 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your siblings’ marks (b) volunteer work (c) your Aadhaar number (d) a party selfie
16. 16.📄 In which résumé section does this go: Class 12 (Science), 2026? (a) projects (b) education (c) activities (d) contact details
17. 17.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: school and marks? (a) include it (b) leave it out
18. 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) projects you did (b) volunteer work (c) made-up marks (d) school and marks
19. 19.True or false: “a long life story” should be left out of a résumé. (a) True (b) False
20. 20.📄 Your résumé says you led a club. In the interview you should… (a) be ready to explain it (b) deny it (c) change the subject (d) say it was a joke
21. 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a party selfie (b) your bank details (c) your siblings’ marks (d) awards and prizes
22. 22.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your Aadhaar number? (a) include it (b) leave it out
23. 23.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) skills like typing (b) made-up marks (c) your phone and email (d) awards and prizes
24. 24.📄 A résumé is… (a) a letter of thanks (b) a school report card (c) a short summary of you (d) a full autobiography
25. 25.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) your Aadhaar number (b) made-up marks (c) your siblings’ marks (d) skills like typing
26. 26.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: a party selfie? (a) leave it out (b) include it
27. 27.📄 In which résumé section does this go: typing 40 words a minute? (a) skills (b) contact details (c) activities (d) education
28. 28.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: made-up marks? (a) include it (b) leave it out
29. 29.Which of these goes in the contact details? (a) your city and PIN code (b) B.Com first year (c) a website for our club (d) school football team
30. 30.📄 In which résumé section does this go: basic HTML and CSS? (a) activities (b) skills (c) education (d) projects
31. 31.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) made-up marks (b) clubs and activities (c) your Aadhaar number (d) your passwords
32. 32.📄 In which résumé section does this go: eco club member? (a) education (b) activities (c) contact details (d) skills
33. 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) skills like typing (b) clubs and activities (c) school and marks (d) your passwords
34. 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your bank details (b) made-up marks (c) school and marks (d) your Aadhaar number
35. 35.Which of these goes in the projects section? (a) a survey of 50 shops (b) B.Com first year (c) eco club member (d) typing 40 words a minute
36. 36.📄 What font style suits a résumé? (a) all bold capitals (b) tiny handwriting (c) five fancy fonts (d) one plain, clear font
37. 37.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) volunteer work (b) your bank details (c) a long life story (d) a party selfie
38. 38.📄 In which résumé section does this go: spreadsheets (basic)? (a) projects (b) skills (c) education (d) activities
39. 39.📄 In which résumé section does this go: built a rain gauge model? (a) activities (b) education (c) projects (d) skills
40. 40.Which of these goes in the activities section? (a) your city and PIN code (b) eco club member (c) typing 40 words a minute (d) a website for our club

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