Résumé Worksheet: What to Include

Interview skills lesson 17: What goes on a student résumé · Set 54 · 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: volunteer work? (a) leave it out (b) include it
2. 2.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) volunteer work (b) your passwords (c) projects you did (d) clubs and activities
3. 3.📄 A student with no work experience should highlight… (a) their parents’ jobs (b) nothing at all (c) projects and activities (d) made-up jobs
4. 4.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) your siblings’ marks (b) school and marks (c) your passwords (d) your Aadhaar number
5. 5.📄 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
6. 6.True or false: “projects you did” should be left out of a résumé. (a) False (b) True
7. 7.📄 In which résumé section does this go: debate club secretary? (a) education (b) activities (c) skills (d) contact details
8. 8.📄 In which résumé section does this go: built a rain gauge model? (a) activities (b) contact details (c) projects (d) skills
9. 9.Which of these goes in the contact details? (a) your city and PIN code (b) Class 10 board: 88% (c) basic HTML and CSS (d) built a rain gauge model
10. 10.📄 In which résumé section does this go: a mobile number? (a) projects (b) education (c) skills (d) contact details
11. 11.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your bank details? (a) leave it out (b) include it
12. 12.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: clubs and activities? (a) include it (b) leave it out
13. 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) made-up marks (b) a long life story (c) a party selfie (d) your phone and email
14. 14.📄 How long should a student résumé usually be? (a) five pages (b) one page (c) ten pages (d) half a line
15. 15.True or false: “languages you know” belongs on a student résumé. (a) True (b) False
16. 16.Which of these goes in the contact details? (a) Class 10 board: 88% (b) a website for our club (c) built a rain gauge model (d) an email ID
17. 17.Which of these goes in the skills section? (a) a survey of 50 shops (b) debate club secretary (c) basic HTML and CSS (d) built a rain gauge model
18. 18.Which of these goes in the skills section? (a) typing 40 words a minute (b) a mobile number (c) built a rain gauge model (d) a survey of 50 shops
19. 19.📄 In which résumé section does this go: B.Com first year? (a) activities (b) skills (c) education (d) contact details
20. 20.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: a long life story? (a) leave it out (b) include it
21. 21.True or false: “clubs and activities” belongs on a student résumé. (a) True (b) False
22. 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) volunteer work (b) awards and prizes (c) your Aadhaar number (d) skills like typing
23. 23.Which of these goes in the contact details? (a) Class 10 board: 88% (b) typing 40 words a minute (c) a mobile number (d) eco club member
24. 24.True or false: “volunteer work” belongs on a student résumé. (a) True (b) False
25. 25.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: school and marks? (a) include it (b) leave it out
26. 26.True or false: “school and marks” belongs on a student résumé. (a) False (b) True
27. 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a party selfie (b) clubs and activities (c) your passwords (d) a long life story
28. 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) languages you know (b) awards and prizes (c) skills like typing (d) a long life story
29. 29.Which of these goes in the education section? (a) a survey of 50 shops (b) a website for our club (c) basic HTML and CSS (d) Class 12 (Science), 2026
30. 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your bank details (b) languages you know (c) skills like typing (d) clubs and activities
31. 31.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) school and marks (b) your siblings’ marks (c) your phone and email (d) languages you know
32. 32.📄 In which résumé section does this go: typing 40 words a minute? (a) education (b) contact details (c) projects (d) skills
33. 33.📄 In which résumé section does this go: basic HTML and CSS? (a) education (b) skills (c) projects (d) activities
34. 34.Which of these goes in the projects section? (a) Class 10 board: 88% (b) built a rain gauge model (c) your city and PIN code (d) an email ID
35. 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your Aadhaar number (b) your passwords (c) your siblings’ marks (d) skills like typing
36. 36.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) made-up marks (b) clubs and activities (c) school and marks (d) awards and prizes
37. 37.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: made-up marks? (a) leave it out (b) include it
38. 38.Which of these goes in the activities section? (a) eco club member (b) a survey of 50 shops (c) a mobile number (d) Class 12 (Science), 2026
39. 39.📄 A résumé is… (a) a school report card (b) a short summary of you (c) a full autobiography (d) a letter of thanks
40. 40.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) projects you did (b) languages you know (c) your phone and email (d) a long life story

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