Résumé Worksheet: What to Include

Interview skills lesson 17: What goes on a student résumé · Set 488 · 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 is the odd one out? (a) projects you did (b) volunteer work (c) awards and prizes (d) your siblings’ marks
2. 2.📄 In which résumé section does this go: debate club secretary? (a) contact details (b) skills (c) activities (d) projects
3. 3.Which of these goes in the education section? (a) a website for our club (b) eco club member (c) B.Com first year (d) typing 40 words a minute
4. 4.📄 In which résumé section does this go: a mobile number? (a) projects (b) skills (c) contact details (d) education
5. 5.📄 In which résumé section does this go: built a rain gauge model? (a) skills (b) projects (c) education (d) contact details
6. 6.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) languages you know (b) your Aadhaar number (c) a party selfie (d) made-up marks
7. 7.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) your passwords (b) awards and prizes (c) skills like typing (d) languages you know
8. 8.Which of these goes in the activities section? (a) an email ID (b) a mobile number (c) a website for our club (d) school football team
9. 9.📄 In which résumé section does this go: B.Com first year? (a) education (b) activities (c) contact details (d) projects
10. 10.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) your passwords (b) awards and prizes (c) a long life story (d) a party selfie
11. 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) volunteer work (b) your Aadhaar number (c) your passwords (d) a party selfie
12. 12.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) your phone and email (b) your bank details (c) made-up marks (d) your Aadhaar number
13. 13.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your siblings’ marks? (a) leave it out (b) include it
14. 14.Which of these goes in the activities section? (a) B.Com first year (b) built a rain gauge model (c) debate club secretary (d) your city and PIN code
15. 15.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) skills like typing (b) your siblings’ marks (c) a long life story (d) made-up marks
16. 16.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) projects you did (b) made-up marks (c) a party selfie (d) your siblings’ marks
17. 17.Which of these goes in the contact details? (a) B.Com first year (b) a survey of 50 shops (c) an email ID (d) eco club member
18. 18.True or false: “languages you know” should be left out of a résumé. (a) False (b) True
19. 19.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: school and marks? (a) leave it out (b) include it
20. 20.📄 In which résumé section does this go: basic HTML and CSS? (a) education (b) skills (c) activities (d) projects
21. 21.Which of these goes in the projects section? (a) eco club member (b) spreadsheets (basic) (c) Class 12 (Science), 2026 (d) a survey of 50 shops
22. 22.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your Aadhaar number? (a) leave it out (b) include it
23. 23.📄 In which résumé section does this go: eco club member? (a) projects (b) contact details (c) education (d) activities
24. 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your passwords (b) made-up marks (c) school and marks (d) your bank details
25. 25.Which of these goes in the skills section? (a) typing 40 words a minute (b) your city and PIN code (c) built a rain gauge model (d) an email ID
26. 26.True or false: “projects you did” belongs on a student résumé. (a) False (b) True
27. 27.True or false: “your phone and email” should be left out of a résumé. (a) True (b) False
28. 28.📄 In which résumé section does this go: spreadsheets (basic)? (a) contact details (b) activities (c) projects (d) skills
29. 29.True or false: “your bank details” should be left out of a résumé. (a) False (b) True
30. 30.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: projects you did? (a) include it (b) leave it out
31. 31.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) your siblings’ marks (b) your bank details (c) volunteer work (d) your Aadhaar number
32. 32.📄 In which résumé section does this go: typing 40 words a minute? (a) contact details (b) activities (c) skills (d) education
33. 33.📄 A résumé is… (a) a letter of thanks (b) a short summary of you (c) a school report card (d) a full autobiography
34. 34.True or false: “a party selfie” belongs on a student résumé. (a) False (b) True
35. 35.True or false: “a long life story” belongs on a student résumé. (a) False (b) True
36. 36.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) your Aadhaar number (b) a long life story (c) clubs and activities (d) a party selfie
37. 37.📄 In which résumé section does this go: Class 12 (Science), 2026? (a) activities (b) contact details (c) education (d) skills
38. 38.Which of these goes in the education section? (a) typing 40 words a minute (b) an email ID (c) Class 12 (Science), 2026 (d) built a rain gauge model
39. 39.📄 A student with no work experience should highlight… (a) projects and activities (b) nothing at all (c) made-up jobs (d) their parents’ jobs
40. 40.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) projects you did (b) your phone and email (c) skills like typing (d) your siblings’ marks

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