Résumé Worksheet: What to Include

Interview skills lesson 17: What goes on a student résumé · Set 546 · 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: your Aadhaar number? (a) include it (b) leave it out
2. 2.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) school and marks (b) your passwords (c) languages you know (d) projects you did
3. 3.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your bank details? (a) include it (b) leave it out
4. 4.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) volunteer work (b) clubs and activities (c) your Aadhaar number (d) skills like typing
5. 5.📄 In which résumé section does this go: B.Com first year? (a) skills (b) projects (c) education (d) contact details
6. 6.Which of these goes in the projects section? (a) Class 10 board: 88% (b) eco club member (c) built a rain gauge model (d) a mobile number
7. 7.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: made-up marks? (a) include it (b) leave it out
8. 8.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) projects you did (b) your siblings’ marks (c) awards and prizes (d) languages you know
9. 9.True or false: “a long life story” belongs on a student résumé. (a) False (b) True
10. 10.📄 A résumé is… (a) a short summary of you (b) a full autobiography (c) a school report card (d) a letter of thanks
11. 11.📄 A student with no work experience should highlight… (a) made-up jobs (b) their parents’ jobs (c) projects and activities (d) nothing at all
12. 12.📄 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
13. 13.📄 In which résumé section does this go: Class 12 (Science), 2026? (a) skills (b) contact details (c) education (d) activities
14. 14.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) a long life story (b) awards and prizes (c) your phone and email (d) skills like typing
15. 15.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: skills like typing? (a) include it (b) leave it out
16. 16.📄 In which résumé section does this go: your city and PIN code? (a) projects (b) activities (c) contact details (d) skills
17. 17.📄 In which résumé section does this go: Class 10 board: 88%? (a) projects (b) contact details (c) activities (d) education
18. 18.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) built a rain gauge model
19. 19.📄 In which résumé section does this go: debate club secretary? (a) activities (b) projects (c) skills (d) contact details
20. 20.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) your passwords (b) made-up marks (c) a party selfie (d) awards and prizes
21. 21.True or false: “your siblings’ marks” belongs on a student résumé. (a) False (b) True
22. 22.Which of these goes in the skills section? (a) Class 10 board: 88% (b) Class 12 (Science), 2026 (c) basic HTML and CSS (d) eco club member
23. 23.True or false: “made-up marks” should be left out of a résumé. (a) False (b) True
24. 24.True or false: “skills like typing” should be left out of a résumé. (a) False (b) True
25. 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) made-up marks (b) a party selfie (c) your bank details (d) volunteer work
26. 26.Which of these goes in the contact details? (a) built a rain gauge model (b) a mobile number (c) debate club secretary (d) typing 40 words a minute
27. 27.📄 In which résumé section does this go: built a rain gauge model? (a) activities (b) education (c) projects (d) skills
28. 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a party selfie (b) your Aadhaar number (c) school and marks (d) your siblings’ marks
29. 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) skills like typing (b) projects you did (c) languages you know (d) your bank details
30. 30.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) made-up marks (b) clubs and activities (c) your bank details (d) a party selfie
31. 31.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) your Aadhaar number (b) projects you did (c) your siblings’ marks (d) a party selfie
32. 32.📄 How long should a student résumé usually be? (a) five pages (b) ten pages (c) half a line (d) one page
33. 33.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: clubs and activities? (a) leave it out (b) include it
34. 34.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: a long life story? (a) include it (b) leave it out
35. 35.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) a party selfie (b) made-up marks (c) school and marks (d) your passwords
36. 36.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your passwords? (a) leave it out (b) include it
37. 37.Which of these goes in the education section? (a) a mobile number (b) Class 12 (Science), 2026 (c) eco club member (d) a survey of 50 shops
38. 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your siblings’ marks (b) made-up marks (c) projects you did (d) your passwords
39. 39.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) skills like typing (b) a long life story (c) your bank details (d) your passwords
40. 40.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) skills like typing (b) your passwords (c) your phone and email (d) projects you did

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