Résumé Worksheet: What to Include

Interview skills lesson 17: What goes on a student résumé · Set 521 · 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) volunteer work (b) projects you did (c) a party selfie (d) skills like typing
2. 2.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a long life story (b) your passwords (c) your bank details (d) your phone and email
3. 3.📄 In which résumé section does this go: a mobile number? (a) activities (b) contact details (c) skills (d) projects
4. 4.Which of these goes in the skills section? (a) spreadsheets (basic) (b) B.Com first year (c) a survey of 50 shops (d) eco club member
5. 5.Which of these goes in the projects section? (a) your city and PIN code (b) basic HTML and CSS (c) built a rain gauge model (d) eco club member
6. 6.📄 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) change the subject (d) deny it
7. 7.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) a party selfie (b) made-up marks (c) your bank details (d) volunteer work
8. 8.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: made-up marks? (a) include it (b) leave it out
9. 9.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: volunteer work? (a) include it (b) leave it out
10. 10.True or false: “made-up marks” belongs on a student résumé. (a) True (b) False
11. 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your siblings’ marks (b) your passwords (c) a party selfie (d) skills like typing
12. 12.📄 In which résumé section does this go: debate club secretary? (a) activities (b) education (c) contact details (d) projects
13. 13.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your phone and email? (a) include it (b) leave it out
14. 14.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your passwords? (a) include it (b) leave it out
15. 15.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: a party selfie? (a) include it (b) leave it out
16. 16.📄 In which résumé section does this go: Class 10 board: 88%? (a) projects (b) skills (c) education (d) activities
17. 17.True or false: “school and marks” should be left out of a résumé. (a) False (b) True
18. 18.📄 How long should a student résumé usually be? (a) ten pages (b) five pages (c) half a line (d) one page
19. 19.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: awards and prizes? (a) leave it out (b) include it
20. 20.True or false: “languages you know” should be left out of a résumé. (a) False (b) True
21. 21.True or false: “your phone and email” belongs on a student résumé. (a) True (b) False
22. 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your passwords (b) clubs and activities (c) made-up marks (d) your bank details
23. 23.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) Class 12 (Science), 2026
24. 24.📄 In which résumé section does this go: spreadsheets (basic)? (a) activities (b) education (c) projects (d) skills
25. 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your phone and email (b) projects you did (c) awards and prizes (d) your bank details
26. 26.True or false: “your Aadhaar number” belongs on a student résumé. (a) True (b) False
27. 27.📄 In which résumé section does this go: typing 40 words a minute? (a) education (b) skills (c) projects (d) contact details
28. 28.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: clubs and activities? (a) include it (b) leave it out
29. 29.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) your siblings’ marks (b) your bank details (c) projects you did (d) your passwords
30. 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a party selfie (b) your Aadhaar number (c) volunteer work (d) your siblings’ marks
31. 31.📄 In which résumé section does this go: school football team? (a) education (b) skills (c) activities (d) contact details
32. 32.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: school and marks? (a) leave it out (b) include it
33. 33.True or false: “languages you know” belongs on a student résumé. (a) False (b) True
34. 34.📄 In which résumé section does this go: eco club member? (a) education (b) skills (c) projects (d) activities
35. 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a party selfie (b) languages you know (c) your bank details (d) your siblings’ marks
36. 36.📄 In which résumé section does this go: basic HTML and CSS? (a) contact details (b) projects (c) activities (d) skills
37. 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) clubs and activities (b) projects you did (c) volunteer work (d) made-up marks
38. 38.True or false: “your phone and email” should be left out of a résumé. (a) True (b) False
39. 39.📄 In which résumé section does this go: Class 12 (Science), 2026? (a) education (b) projects (c) contact details (d) skills
40. 40.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) awards and prizes (b) languages you know (c) your phone and email (d) made-up marks

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