Résumé Worksheet: What to Include

Interview skills lesson 17: What goes on a student résumé · Set 489 · 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 of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) skills like typing (b) your phone and email (c) made-up marks (d) awards and prizes
2. 2.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) clubs and activities (b) languages you know (c) your passwords (d) volunteer work
3. 3.Which of these goes in the skills section? (a) B.Com first year (b) typing 40 words a minute (c) a website for our club (d) school football team
4. 4.Which of these goes in the projects section? (a) a website for our club (b) a mobile number (c) eco club member (d) Class 10 board: 88%
5. 5.True or false: “languages you know” should be left out of a résumé. (a) False (b) True
6. 6.True or false: “your phone and email” belongs on a student résumé. (a) False (b) True
7. 7.True or false: “your phone and email” should be left out of a résumé. (a) False (b) True
8. 8.True or false: “projects you did” belongs on a student résumé. (a) True (b) False
9. 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your bank details (b) your Aadhaar number (c) your passwords (d) languages you know
10. 10.True or false: “your siblings’ marks” belongs on a student résumé. (a) False (b) True
11. 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) volunteer work (b) made-up marks (c) your Aadhaar number (d) your passwords
12. 12.Which of these goes in the skills section? (a) your city and PIN code (b) basic HTML and CSS (c) debate club secretary (d) school football team
13. 13.Which of these goes in the activities section? (a) typing 40 words a minute (b) a website for our club (c) debate club secretary (d) built a rain gauge model
14. 14.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) school and marks (b) clubs and activities (c) volunteer work (d) your siblings’ marks
15. 15.📄 In which résumé section does this go: an email ID? (a) activities (b) contact details (c) education (d) skills
16. 16.📄 How long should a student résumé usually be? (a) ten pages (b) one page (c) half a line (d) five pages
17. 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) languages you know (b) your siblings’ marks (c) clubs and activities (d) your phone and email
18. 18.📄 A student with no work experience should highlight… (a) nothing at all (b) made-up jobs (c) their parents’ jobs (d) projects and activities
19. 19.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your Aadhaar number? (a) include it (b) leave it out
20. 20.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: languages you know? (a) leave it out (b) include it
21. 21.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: a long life story? (a) include it (b) leave it out
22. 22.📄 In which résumé section does this go: typing 40 words a minute? (a) education (b) contact details (c) activities (d) skills
23. 23.True or false: “volunteer work” should be left out of a résumé. (a) True (b) False
24. 24.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: projects you did? (a) leave it out (b) include it
25. 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) made-up marks (b) awards and prizes (c) skills like typing (d) volunteer work
26. 26.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) clubs and activities (b) school and marks (c) languages you know (d) your Aadhaar number
27. 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) projects you did (b) skills like typing (c) your bank details (d) volunteer work
28. 28.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) clubs and activities (b) volunteer work (c) a long life story (d) skills like typing
29. 29.📄 In which résumé section does this go: B.Com first year? (a) education (b) projects (c) skills (d) contact details
30. 30.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) awards and prizes (b) skills like typing (c) projects you did (d) a party selfie
31. 31.📄 In which résumé section does this go: spreadsheets (basic)? (a) contact details (b) projects (c) education (d) skills
32. 32.True or false: “your bank details” belongs on a student résumé. (a) True (b) False
33. 33.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: skills like typing? (a) include it (b) leave it out
34. 34.📄 A résumé is… (a) a school report card (b) a short summary of you (c) a letter of thanks (d) a full autobiography
35. 35.📄 In which résumé section does this go: school football team? (a) activities (b) projects (c) education (d) skills
36. 36.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: clubs and activities? (a) leave it out (b) include it
37. 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) made-up marks (b) your bank details (c) your phone and email (d) your Aadhaar number
38. 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your Aadhaar number (b) your passwords (c) made-up marks (d) skills like typing
39. 39.Which of these goes in the contact details? (a) Class 12 (Science), 2026 (b) an email ID (c) eco club member (d) a survey of 50 shops
40. 40.📄 In which résumé section does this go: Class 12 (Science), 2026? (a) activities (b) skills (c) education (d) projects

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