Résumé Worksheet: What to Include

Interview skills lesson 17: What goes on a student résumé · Set 529 · 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 belongs on a student résumé? (a) your passwords (b) clubs and activities (c) a party selfie (d) your siblings’ marks
2. 2.📄 A student with no work experience should highlight… (a) made-up jobs (b) nothing at all (c) their parents’ jobs (d) projects and activities
3. 3.📄 In which résumé section does this go: spreadsheets (basic)? (a) skills (b) education (c) contact details (d) projects
4. 4.📄 In which résumé section does this go: eco club member? (a) projects (b) education (c) activities (d) contact details
5. 5.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: awards and prizes? (a) leave it out (b) include it
6. 6.Which of these goes in the education section? (a) eco club member (b) Class 12 (Science), 2026 (c) a website for our club (d) built a rain gauge model
7. 7.True or false: “volunteer work” should be left out of a résumé. (a) False (b) True
8. 8.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: languages you know? (a) leave it out (b) include it
9. 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your Aadhaar number (b) a party selfie (c) your passwords (d) projects you did
10. 10.📄 In which résumé section does this go: B.Com first year? (a) skills (b) education (c) activities (d) projects
11. 11.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: school and marks? (a) leave it out (b) include it
12. 12.Which of these goes in the skills section? (a) eco club member (b) B.Com first year (c) basic HTML and CSS (d) a mobile number
13. 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) awards and prizes (b) your phone and email (c) your siblings’ marks (d) skills like typing
14. 14.Which of these goes in the education section? (a) basic HTML and CSS (b) school football team (c) debate club secretary (d) Class 10 board: 88%
15. 15.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: projects you did? (a) include it (b) leave it out
16. 16.📄 In which résumé section does this go: built a rain gauge model? (a) skills (b) education (c) contact details (d) projects
17. 17.📄 In which résumé section does this go: a website for our club? (a) education (b) contact details (c) projects (d) skills
18. 18.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) skills like typing (b) your phone and email (c) languages you know (d) your bank details
19. 19.True or false: “your Aadhaar number” should be left out of a résumé. (a) False (b) True
20. 20.📄 Your résumé says you led a club. In the interview you should… (a) change the subject (b) deny it (c) say it was a joke (d) be ready to explain it
21. 21.📄 How long should a student résumé usually be? (a) five pages (b) half a line (c) ten pages (d) one page
22. 22.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: a party selfie? (a) include it (b) leave it out
23. 23.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) projects you did (b) your passwords (c) a long life story (d) your Aadhaar number
24. 24.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) your bank details (b) a long life story (c) school and marks (d) a party selfie
25. 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a long life story (b) your bank details (c) your Aadhaar number (d) awards and prizes
26. 26.Which of these goes in the projects section? (a) built a rain gauge model (b) basic HTML and CSS (c) eco club member (d) Class 12 (Science), 2026
27. 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) clubs and activities (b) languages you know (c) projects you did (d) your Aadhaar number
28. 28.📄 In which résumé section does this go: a mobile number? (a) activities (b) skills (c) contact details (d) education
29. 29.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) your siblings’ marks (b) skills like typing (c) a party selfie (d) made-up marks
30. 30.Which of these goes in the skills section? (a) a website for our club (b) your city and PIN code (c) debate club secretary (d) typing 40 words a minute
31. 31.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) your siblings’ marks (b) awards and prizes (c) your phone and email (d) projects you did
32. 32.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: clubs and activities? (a) include it (b) leave it out
33. 33.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) skills like typing (b) volunteer work (c) made-up marks (d) clubs and activities
34. 34.True or false: “a long life story” belongs on a student résumé. (a) False (b) True
35. 35.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) your Aadhaar number (b) a party selfie (c) languages you know (d) your bank details
36. 36.True or false: “skills like typing” belongs on a student résumé. (a) True (b) False
37. 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a long life story (b) a party selfie (c) clubs and activities (d) your bank details
38. 38.Which of these goes in the activities section? (a) debate club secretary (b) Class 12 (Science), 2026 (c) Class 10 board: 88% (d) B.Com first year
39. 39.📄 In which résumé section does this go: debate club secretary? (a) activities (b) education (c) projects (d) contact details
40. 40.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) a party selfie (b) your siblings’ marks (c) a long life story (d) awards and prizes

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