Résumé Worksheet: What to Include

Interview skills lesson 17: What goes on a student résumé · Set 514 · 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: a party selfie? (a) include it (b) leave it out
2. 2.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: skills like typing? (a) include it (b) leave it out
3. 3.Which of these goes in the contact details? (a) built a rain gauge model (b) a website for our club (c) a mobile number (d) a survey of 50 shops
4. 4.True or false: “your bank details” belongs on a student résumé. (a) False (b) True
5. 5.📄 In which résumé section does this go: your city and PIN code? (a) projects (b) skills (c) activities (d) contact details
6. 6.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your phone and email? (a) leave it out (b) include it
7. 7.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) projects you did (b) your Aadhaar number (c) your phone and email (d) skills like typing
8. 8.Which of these goes in the activities section? (a) a survey of 50 shops (b) an email ID (c) typing 40 words a minute (d) school football team
9. 9.True or false: “your Aadhaar number” should be left out of a résumé. (a) True (b) False
10. 10.True or false: “projects you did” belongs on a student résumé. (a) False (b) True
11. 11.📄 In which résumé section does this go: eco club member? (a) skills (b) projects (c) contact details (d) activities
12. 12.📄 A student with no work experience should highlight… (a) nothing at all (b) their parents’ jobs (c) projects and activities (d) made-up jobs
13. 13.True or false: “made-up marks” should be left out of a résumé. (a) True (b) False
14. 14.True or false: “skills like typing” belongs on a student résumé. (a) False (b) True
15. 15.📄 How long should a student résumé usually be? (a) ten pages (b) five pages (c) one page (d) half a line
16. 16.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) volunteer work (b) your siblings’ marks (c) a party selfie (d) your passwords
17. 17.True or false: “your phone and email” belongs on a student résumé. (a) False (b) True
18. 18.True or false: “awards and prizes” should be left out of a résumé. (a) True (b) False
19. 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) awards and prizes (b) your passwords (c) languages you know (d) school and marks
20. 20.📄 In which résumé section does this go: B.Com first year? (a) education (b) activities (c) projects (d) skills
21. 21.📄 A résumé is… (a) a full autobiography (b) a letter of thanks (c) a short summary of you (d) a school report card
22. 22.True or false: “your phone and email” should be left out of a résumé. (a) False (b) True
23. 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) projects you did (b) made-up marks (c) your phone and email (d) volunteer work
24. 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a party selfie (b) your passwords (c) your siblings’ marks (d) languages you know
25. 25.Which of these goes in the skills section? (a) B.Com first year (b) a website for our club (c) spreadsheets (basic) (d) school football team
26. 26.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: projects you did? (a) include it (b) leave it out
27. 27.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) your Aadhaar number (b) made-up marks (c) a party selfie (d) school and marks
28. 28.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: a long life story? (a) include it (b) leave it out
29. 29.Which of these goes in the projects section? (a) an email ID (b) your city and PIN code (c) typing 40 words a minute (d) built a rain gauge model
30. 30.📄 In which résumé section does this go: a mobile number? (a) skills (b) projects (c) contact details (d) education
31. 31.Which of these goes in the education section? (a) a website for our club (b) a mobile number (c) basic HTML and CSS (d) Class 12 (Science), 2026
32. 32.📄 Your résumé says you led a club. In the interview you should… (a) change the subject (b) be ready to explain it (c) say it was a joke (d) deny it
33. 33.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your passwords? (a) include it (b) leave it out
34. 34.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) clubs and activities (b) projects you did (c) school and marks (d) your siblings’ marks
35. 35.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) a long life story (b) volunteer work (c) clubs and activities (d) skills like typing
36. 36.📄 In which résumé section does this go: school football team? (a) education (b) skills (c) projects (d) activities
37. 37.📄 In which résumé section does this go: Class 12 (Science), 2026? (a) activities (b) contact details (c) education (d) projects
38. 38.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) your Aadhaar number (b) skills like typing (c) a long life story (d) your passwords
39. 39.📄 In which résumé section does this go: built a rain gauge model? (a) activities (b) contact details (c) projects (d) education
40. 40.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: volunteer work? (a) leave it out (b) include it

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