Résumé Worksheet: What to Include

Interview skills lesson 17: What goes on a student résumé · Set 605 · 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.True or false: “your passwords” should be left out of a résumé. (a) False (b) True
2. 2.📄 In which résumé section does this go: an email ID? (a) projects (b) education (c) skills (d) contact details
3. 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) languages you know (b) awards and prizes (c) school and marks (d) your passwords
4. 4.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your phone and email? (a) include it (b) leave it out
5. 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) projects you did (b) your phone and email (c) volunteer work (d) a party selfie
6. 6.Which of these goes in the contact details? (a) Class 12 (Science), 2026 (b) eco club member (c) Class 10 board: 88% (d) your city and PIN code
7. 7.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: a party selfie? (a) include it (b) leave it out
8. 8.True or false: “awards and prizes” belongs on a student résumé. (a) False (b) True
9. 9.True or false: “made-up marks” should be left out of a résumé. (a) False (b) True
10. 10.📄 In which résumé section does this go: typing 40 words a minute? (a) contact details (b) education (c) skills (d) projects
11. 11.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your bank details? (a) leave it out (b) include it
12. 12.📄 In which résumé section does this go: B.Com first year? (a) projects (b) contact details (c) education (d) skills
13. 13.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your Aadhaar number? (a) include it (b) leave it out
14. 14.📄 A student with no work experience should highlight… (a) made-up jobs (b) their parents’ jobs (c) projects and activities (d) nothing at all
15. 15.Which of these goes in the contact details? (a) Class 10 board: 88% (b) a mobile number (c) built a rain gauge model (d) school football team
16. 16.True or false: “your siblings’ marks” belongs on a student résumé. (a) False (b) True
17. 17.True or false: “made-up marks” belongs on a student résumé. (a) False (b) True
18. 18.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) clubs and activities (b) your siblings’ marks (c) a party selfie (d) made-up marks
19. 19.Which of these goes in the activities section? (a) built a rain gauge model (b) a website for our club (c) eco club member (d) typing 40 words a minute
20. 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) awards and prizes (b) your siblings’ marks (c) projects you did (d) volunteer work
21. 21.Which of these goes in the skills section? (a) a website for our club (b) B.Com first year (c) Class 12 (Science), 2026 (d) basic HTML and CSS
22. 22.📄 Your résumé says you led a club. In the interview you should… (a) be ready to explain it (b) say it was a joke (c) change the subject (d) deny it
23. 23.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) a party selfie (b) your passwords (c) a long life story (d) projects you did
24. 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) made-up marks (b) a party selfie (c) projects you did (d) your bank details
25. 25.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: made-up marks? (a) include it (b) leave it out
26. 26.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) school and marks (b) a long life story (c) a party selfie (d) your passwords
27. 27.Which of these goes in the activities section? (a) Class 12 (Science), 2026 (b) a website for our club (c) spreadsheets (basic) (d) debate club secretary
28. 28.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: languages you know? (a) include it (b) leave it out
29. 29.Which of these goes in the activities section? (a) built a rain gauge model (b) a website for our club (c) school football team (d) B.Com first year
30. 30.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) your Aadhaar number (b) your passwords (c) awards and prizes (d) a party selfie
31. 31.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) a party selfie (b) your bank details (c) a long life story (d) your phone and email
32. 32.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: awards and prizes? (a) leave it out (b) include it
33. 33.True or false: “your passwords” belongs on a student résumé. (a) True (b) False
34. 34.📄 In which résumé section does this go: spreadsheets (basic)? (a) contact details (b) skills (c) projects (d) activities
35. 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your Aadhaar number (b) your siblings’ marks (c) made-up marks (d) languages you know
36. 36.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: skills like typing? (a) include it (b) leave it out
37. 37.📄 In which résumé section does this go: a survey of 50 shops? (a) projects (b) activities (c) contact details (d) education
38. 38.📄 In which résumé section does this go: school football team? (a) education (b) activities (c) skills (d) contact details
39. 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your passwords (b) clubs and activities (c) your siblings’ marks (d) a party selfie
40. 40.📄 In which résumé section does this go: basic HTML and CSS? (a) projects (b) skills (c) education (d) activities

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