Résumé Worksheet: What to Include

Interview skills lesson 17: What goes on a student résumé · Set 471 · 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.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: skills like typing? (a) leave it out (b) include it
2. 2.Which of these goes in the activities section? (a) debate club secretary (b) basic HTML and CSS (c) Class 12 (Science), 2026 (d) a mobile number
3. 3.True or false: “a party selfie” should be left out of a résumé. (a) True (b) False
4. 4.Which of these goes in the projects section? (a) eco club member (b) Class 10 board: 88% (c) a survey of 50 shops (d) B.Com first year
5. 5.True or false: “clubs and activities” belongs on a student résumé. (a) False (b) True
6. 6.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) your passwords (b) made-up marks (c) your Aadhaar number (d) languages you know
7. 7.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) made-up marks (b) skills like typing (c) your passwords (d) your Aadhaar number
8. 8.True or false: “your Aadhaar number” belongs on a student résumé. (a) True (b) False
9. 9.📄 In which résumé section does this go: Class 12 (Science), 2026? (a) activities (b) skills (c) contact details (d) education
10. 10.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) volunteer work (b) school and marks (c) skills like typing (d) your Aadhaar number
11. 11.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: a long life story? (a) include it (b) leave it out
12. 12.📄 In which résumé section does this go: an email ID? (a) contact details (b) activities (c) projects (d) education
13. 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) skills like typing (b) a party selfie (c) clubs and activities (d) your phone and email
14. 14.True or false: “a party selfie” belongs on a student résumé. (a) True (b) False
15. 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your bank details (b) your passwords (c) languages you know (d) a party selfie
16. 16.📄 How long should a student résumé usually be? (a) half a line (b) ten pages (c) one page (d) five pages
17. 17.Which of these goes in the projects section? (a) Class 10 board: 88% (b) eco club member (c) a website for our club (d) spreadsheets (basic)
18. 18.📄 A student with no work experience should highlight… (a) made-up jobs (b) nothing at all (c) their parents’ jobs (d) projects and activities
19. 19.📄 In which résumé section does this go: typing 40 words a minute? (a) skills (b) education (c) activities (d) contact details
20. 20.True or false: “awards and prizes” should be left out of a résumé. (a) False (b) True
21. 21.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) skills like typing (b) awards and prizes (c) school and marks (d) a long life story
22. 22.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: projects you did? (a) leave it out (b) include it
23. 23.📄 In which résumé section does this go: eco club member? (a) skills (b) activities (c) contact details (d) education
24. 24.Which of these goes in the contact details? (a) a mobile number (b) eco club member (c) typing 40 words a minute (d) Class 12 (Science), 2026
25. 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) projects you did (b) your Aadhaar number (c) school and marks (d) clubs and activities
26. 26.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a long life story (b) a party selfie (c) your passwords (d) projects you did
27. 27.True or false: “a long life story” belongs on a student résumé. (a) True (b) False
28. 28.Which of these goes in the education section? (a) your city and PIN code (b) B.Com first year (c) an email ID (d) school football team
29. 29.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: made-up marks? (a) include it (b) leave it out
30. 30.📄 In which résumé section does this go: your city and PIN code? (a) contact details (b) projects (c) activities (d) education
31. 31.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) your passwords (b) volunteer work (c) skills like typing (d) languages you know
32. 32.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your phone and email? (a) leave it out (b) include it
33. 33.Which of these goes in the projects section? (a) typing 40 words a minute (b) your city and PIN code (c) eco club member (d) built a rain gauge model
34. 34.Which of these goes in the contact details? (a) an email ID (b) basic HTML and CSS (c) eco club member (d) debate club secretary
35. 35.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) volunteer work (b) projects you did (c) a party selfie (d) your phone and email
36. 36.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) your passwords (b) your bank details (c) school and marks (d) a long life story
37. 37.📄 Your résumé says you led a club. In the interview you should… (a) say it was a joke (b) be ready to explain it (c) deny it (d) change the subject
38. 38.📄 What font style suits a résumé? (a) all bold capitals (b) five fancy fonts (c) tiny handwriting (d) one plain, clear font
39. 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your passwords (b) languages you know (c) skills like typing (d) your phone and email
40. 40.📄 In which résumé section does this go: a website for our club? (a) contact details (b) skills (c) activities (d) projects

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