Résumé Worksheet: What to Include

Interview skills lesson 17: What goes on a student résumé · Set 483 · 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.True or false: “projects you did” should be left out of a résumé. (a) False (b) True
2. 2.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) your siblings’ marks (b) projects you did (c) your Aadhaar number (d) your bank details
3. 3.📄 How long should a student résumé usually be? (a) half a line (b) one page (c) ten pages (d) five pages
4. 4.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: projects you did? (a) leave it out (b) include it
5. 5.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) clubs and activities (b) skills like typing (c) a party selfie (d) volunteer work
6. 6.Which of these goes in the education section? (a) built a rain gauge model (b) B.Com first year (c) basic HTML and CSS (d) a survey of 50 shops
7. 7.Which of these goes in the activities section? (a) an email ID (b) school football team (c) a mobile number (d) a website for our club
8. 8.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) skills like typing (b) your Aadhaar number (c) projects you did (d) your phone and email
9. 9.📄 A student with no work experience should highlight… (a) projects and activities (b) nothing at all (c) their parents’ jobs (d) made-up jobs
10. 10.📄 In which résumé section does this go: school football team? (a) skills (b) education (c) projects (d) activities
11. 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your passwords (b) your siblings’ marks (c) volunteer work (d) a long life story
12. 12.📄 Your résumé says you led a club. In the interview you should… (a) change the subject (b) be ready to explain it (c) deny it (d) say it was a joke
13. 13.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) awards and prizes (b) a long life story (c) clubs and activities (d) languages you know
14. 14.True or false: “languages you know” belongs on a student résumé. (a) True (b) False
15. 15.Which of these goes in the education section? (a) eco club member (b) Class 10 board: 88% (c) typing 40 words a minute (d) spreadsheets (basic)
16. 16.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: a long life story? (a) leave it out (b) include it
17. 17.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your phone and email? (a) leave it out (b) include it
18. 18.📄 In which résumé section does this go: debate club secretary? (a) education (b) activities (c) skills (d) projects
19. 19.True or false: “your phone and email” belongs on a student résumé. (a) False (b) True
20. 20.True or false: “volunteer work” belongs on a student résumé. (a) False (b) True
21. 21.📄 In which résumé section does this go: typing 40 words a minute? (a) education (b) activities (c) skills (d) contact details
22. 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your phone and email (b) made-up marks (c) a long life story (d) your bank details
23. 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) clubs and activities (b) your phone and email (c) school and marks (d) made-up marks
24. 24.📄 In which résumé section does this go: built a rain gauge model? (a) contact details (b) projects (c) skills (d) activities
25. 25.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) skills like typing (b) your phone and email (c) your passwords (d) school and marks
26. 26.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a party selfie (b) languages you know (c) skills like typing (d) volunteer work
27. 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a long life story (b) awards and prizes (c) skills like typing (d) volunteer work
28. 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a long life story (b) made-up marks (c) clubs and activities (d) your passwords
29. 29.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) a long life story (b) a party selfie (c) your phone and email (d) your bank details
30. 30.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) made-up marks (b) languages you know (c) awards and prizes (d) projects you did
31. 31.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your Aadhaar number? (a) include it (b) leave it out
32. 32.Which of these goes in the contact details? (a) Class 12 (Science), 2026 (b) spreadsheets (basic) (c) your city and PIN code (d) typing 40 words a minute
33. 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your passwords (b) awards and prizes (c) a long life story (d) your bank details
34. 34.Which of these goes in the contact details? (a) spreadsheets (basic) (b) a website for our club (c) a mobile number (d) basic HTML and CSS
35. 35.📄 A résumé is… (a) a short summary of you (b) a letter of thanks (c) a full autobiography (d) a school report card
36. 36.📄 In which résumé section does this go: spreadsheets (basic)? (a) projects (b) skills (c) activities (d) contact details
37. 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) clubs and activities (b) your bank details (c) school and marks (d) projects you did
38. 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a long life story (b) your bank details (c) your Aadhaar number (d) languages you know
39. 39.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) languages you know (b) your bank details (c) a party selfie (d) made-up marks
40. 40.Which of these goes in the projects section? (a) your city and PIN code (b) a mobile number (c) eco club member (d) a website for our club

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