Résumé Worksheet: What to Include

Interview skills lesson 17: What goes on a student résumé · Set 426 · 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 of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) your Aadhaar number (b) languages you know (c) your phone and email (d) school and marks
2. 2.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) volunteer work (b) school and marks (c) your bank details (d) languages you know
3. 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your siblings’ marks (b) clubs and activities (c) a long life story (d) made-up marks
4. 4.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: a long life story? (a) include it (b) leave it out
5. 5.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) skills like typing (b) your phone and email (c) projects you did (d) a party selfie
6. 6.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) your passwords (b) clubs and activities (c) skills like typing (d) school and marks
7. 7.True or false: “your passwords” should be left out of a résumé. (a) True (b) False
8. 8.📄 In which résumé section does this go: an email ID? (a) projects (b) education (c) contact details (d) activities
9. 9.📄 In which résumé section does this go: typing 40 words a minute? (a) education (b) projects (c) activities (d) skills
10. 10.📄 How long should a student résumé usually be? (a) ten pages (b) one page (c) half a line (d) five pages
11. 11.True or false: “your siblings’ marks” belongs on a student résumé. (a) False (b) True
12. 12.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) a long life story (b) school and marks (c) your bank details (d) a party selfie
13. 13.📄 In which résumé section does this go: eco club member? (a) contact details (b) education (c) skills (d) activities
14. 14.Which of these goes in the projects section? (a) B.Com first year (b) a website for our club (c) Class 12 (Science), 2026 (d) a mobile number
15. 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your phone and email (b) volunteer work (c) a party selfie (d) languages you know
16. 16.True or false: “projects you did” should be left out of a résumé. (a) False (b) True
17. 17.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) your Aadhaar number (b) made-up marks (c) your phone and email (d) a party selfie
18. 18.📄 Your résumé says you led a club. In the interview you should… (a) deny it (b) say it was a joke (c) change the subject (d) be ready to explain it
19. 19.📄 A résumé is… (a) a short summary of you (b) a full autobiography (c) a school report card (d) a letter of thanks
20. 20.📄 In which résumé section does this go: a survey of 50 shops? (a) contact details (b) projects (c) activities (d) skills
21. 21.True or false: “your bank details” belongs on a student résumé. (a) True (b) False
22. 22.Which of these goes in the activities section? (a) spreadsheets (basic) (b) a survey of 50 shops (c) eco club member (d) Class 10 board: 88%
23. 23.Which of these goes in the activities section? (a) school football team (b) built a rain gauge model (c) a survey of 50 shops (d) spreadsheets (basic)
24. 24.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: awards and prizes? (a) include it (b) leave it out
25. 25.Which of these goes in the activities section? (a) debate club secretary (b) basic HTML and CSS (c) built a rain gauge model (d) an email ID
26. 26.Which of these goes in the skills section? (a) debate club secretary (b) spreadsheets (basic) (c) Class 10 board: 88% (d) B.Com first year
27. 27.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) school and marks (b) volunteer work (c) projects you did (d) a long life story
28. 28.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: skills like typing? (a) include it (b) leave it out
29. 29.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) your passwords (b) made-up marks (c) awards and prizes (d) your bank details
30. 30.True or false: “made-up marks” belongs on a student résumé. (a) True (b) False
31. 31.True or false: “clubs and activities” should be left out of a résumé. (a) True (b) False
32. 32.📄 In which résumé section does this go: built a rain gauge model? (a) contact details (b) skills (c) projects (d) activities
33. 33.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: volunteer work? (a) leave it out (b) include it
34. 34.True or false: “school and marks” belongs on a student résumé. (a) False (b) True
35. 35.📄 In which résumé section does this go: Class 10 board: 88%? (a) activities (b) skills (c) projects (d) education
36. 36.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) made-up marks (b) volunteer work (c) your siblings’ marks (d) a party selfie
37. 37.📄 A student with no work experience should highlight… (a) projects and activities (b) their parents’ jobs (c) nothing at all (d) made-up jobs
38. 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) languages you know (b) skills like typing (c) school and marks (d) made-up marks
39. 39.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: projects you did? (a) include it (b) leave it out
40. 40.True or false: “awards and prizes” should be left out of a résumé. (a) True (b) False

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