Résumé Worksheet: What to Include

Interview skills lesson 17: What goes on a student résumé · Set 432 · 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 survey of 50 shops? (a) projects (b) education (c) contact details (d) activities
2. 2.Which of these goes in the skills section? (a) Class 12 (Science), 2026 (b) an email ID (c) B.Com first year (d) basic HTML and CSS
3. 3.Which of these goes in the activities section? (a) debate club secretary (b) your city and PIN code (c) built a rain gauge model (d) typing 40 words a minute
4. 4.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) your siblings’ marks (b) your phone and email (c) volunteer work (d) skills like typing
5. 5.True or false: “skills like typing” belongs on a student résumé. (a) False (b) True
6. 6.Which of these goes in the education section? (a) B.Com first year (b) school football team (c) a survey of 50 shops (d) debate club secretary
7. 7.True or false: “school and marks” should be left out of a résumé. (a) True (b) False
8. 8.Which of these goes in the activities section? (a) typing 40 words a minute (b) Class 10 board: 88% (c) school football team (d) a survey of 50 shops
9. 9.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) volunteer work (b) clubs and activities (c) school and marks (d) your bank details
10. 10.True or false: “languages you know” should be left out of a résumé. (a) True (b) False
11. 11.📄 In which résumé section does this go: eco club member? (a) projects (b) activities (c) education (d) skills
12. 12.📄 How long should a student résumé usually be? (a) one page (b) ten pages (c) five pages (d) half a line
13. 13.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) volunteer work (b) a party selfie (c) school and marks (d) skills like typing
14. 14.📄 In which résumé section does this go: a mobile number? (a) projects (b) activities (c) contact details (d) skills
15. 15.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: made-up marks? (a) include it (b) leave it out
16. 16.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your siblings’ marks? (a) leave it out (b) include it
17. 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your Aadhaar number (b) volunteer work (c) awards and prizes (d) clubs and activities
18. 18.True or false: “a long life story” should be left out of a résumé. (a) False (b) True
19. 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your passwords (b) a party selfie (c) your siblings’ marks (d) school and marks
20. 20.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your phone and email? (a) include it (b) leave it out
21. 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a long life story (b) your Aadhaar number (c) volunteer work (d) a party selfie
22. 22.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) skills like typing (b) your bank details (c) made-up marks (d) a long life story
23. 23.📄 A student with no work experience should highlight… (a) made-up jobs (b) projects and activities (c) nothing at all (d) their parents’ jobs
24. 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your siblings’ marks (b) languages you know (c) awards and prizes (d) projects you did
25. 25.📄 Your résumé says you led a club. In the interview you should… (a) be ready to explain it (b) say it was a joke (c) change the subject (d) deny it
26. 26.True or false: “your passwords” belongs on a student résumé. (a) False (b) True
27. 27.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) made-up marks (b) your Aadhaar number (c) clubs and activities (d) a party selfie
28. 28.📄 A résumé is… (a) a full autobiography (b) a letter of thanks (c) a school report card (d) a short summary of you
29. 29.Which of these goes in the contact details? (a) a mobile number (b) Class 12 (Science), 2026 (c) spreadsheets (basic) (d) eco club member
30. 30.📄 In which résumé section does this go: debate club secretary? (a) education (b) skills (c) activities (d) projects
31. 31.📄 In which résumé section does this go: school football team? (a) contact details (b) skills (c) activities (d) education
32. 32.Which of these goes in the projects section? (a) typing 40 words a minute (b) basic HTML and CSS (c) a website for our club (d) your city and PIN code
33. 33.True or false: “a party selfie” belongs on a student résumé. (a) True (b) False
34. 34.Which of these goes in the skills section? (a) Class 12 (Science), 2026 (b) typing 40 words a minute (c) a mobile number (d) a website for our club
35. 35.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) awards and prizes (b) projects you did (c) a long life story (d) your phone and email
36. 36.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your passwords? (a) leave it out (b) include it
37. 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) made-up marks (b) volunteer work (c) your phone and email (d) skills like typing
38. 38.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: a party selfie? (a) leave it out (b) include it
39. 39.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your Aadhaar number? (a) include it (b) leave it out
40. 40.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) your passwords (b) awards and prizes (c) a long life story (d) your bank details

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