Résumé Worksheet: What to Include

Interview skills lesson 17: What goes on a student résumé · Set 451 · 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: eco club member? (a) skills (b) contact details (c) activities (d) projects
2. 2.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) awards and prizes (b) languages you know (c) your bank details (d) your phone and email
3. 3.📄 In which résumé section does this go: your city and PIN code? (a) education (b) skills (c) contact details (d) projects
4. 4.📄 In which résumé section does this go: a mobile number? (a) education (b) contact details (c) projects (d) activities
5. 5.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: awards and prizes? (a) leave it out (b) include it
6. 6.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: clubs and activities? (a) leave it out (b) include it
7. 7.📄 Your résumé says you led a club. In the interview you should… (a) change the subject (b) deny it (c) say it was a joke (d) be ready to explain it
8. 8.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) awards and prizes (b) a long life story (c) your passwords (d) made-up marks
9. 9.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) projects you did (b) school and marks (c) your Aadhaar number (d) languages you know
10. 10.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) languages you know (b) awards and prizes (c) clubs and activities (d) a party selfie
11. 11.True or false: “a party selfie” should be left out of a résumé. (a) True (b) False
12. 12.True or false: “languages you know” should be left out of a résumé. (a) False (b) True
13. 13.📄 A student with no work experience should highlight… (a) projects and activities (b) their parents’ jobs (c) nothing at all (d) made-up jobs
14. 14.Which of these goes in the education section? (a) a website for our club (b) a mobile number (c) B.Com first year (d) built a rain gauge model
15. 15.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: volunteer work? (a) leave it out (b) include it
16. 16.Which of these goes in the education section? (a) Class 10 board: 88% (b) eco club member (c) an email ID (d) a mobile number
17. 17.True or false: “skills like typing” should be left out of a résumé. (a) True (b) False
18. 18.📄 What font style suits a résumé? (a) all bold capitals (b) one plain, clear font (c) five fancy fonts (d) tiny handwriting
19. 19.True or false: “school and marks” should be left out of a résumé. (a) False (b) True
20. 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your phone and email (b) your Aadhaar number (c) languages you know (d) school and marks
21. 21.True or false: “volunteer work” belongs on a student résumé. (a) False (b) True
22. 22.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) your bank details (b) your passwords (c) clubs and activities (d) a party selfie
23. 23.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: a party selfie? (a) leave it out (b) include it
24. 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a party selfie (b) your bank details (c) volunteer work (d) a long life story
25. 25.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) your bank details (b) volunteer work (c) awards and prizes (d) school and marks
26. 26.📄 In which résumé section does this go: typing 40 words a minute? (a) contact details (b) activities (c) education (d) skills
27. 27.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) your passwords (b) projects you did (c) a long life story (d) a party selfie
28. 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your Aadhaar number (b) your passwords (c) a long life story (d) clubs and activities
29. 29.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) a party selfie (b) made-up marks (c) your Aadhaar number (d) your phone and email
30. 30.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: languages you know? (a) leave it out (b) include it
31. 31.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) clubs and activities (b) school and marks (c) made-up marks (d) volunteer work
32. 32.True or false: “awards and prizes” should be left out of a résumé. (a) True (b) False
33. 33.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) your passwords (b) your siblings’ marks (c) skills like typing (d) a long life story
34. 34.Which of these goes in the education section? (a) Class 12 (Science), 2026 (b) school football team (c) a mobile number (d) your city and PIN code
35. 35.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) languages you know (b) your siblings’ marks (c) your bank details (d) made-up marks
36. 36.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your Aadhaar number? (a) leave it out (b) include it
37. 37.Which of these goes in the activities section? (a) debate club secretary (b) a mobile number (c) a survey of 50 shops (d) typing 40 words a minute
38. 38.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) a long life story (b) awards and prizes (c) projects you did (d) languages you know
39. 39.Which of these goes in the skills section? (a) B.Com first year (b) Class 12 (Science), 2026 (c) spreadsheets (basic) (d) debate club secretary
40. 40.Which of these goes in the skills section? (a) typing 40 words a minute (b) a survey of 50 shops (c) Class 10 board: 88% (d) B.Com first year

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