Résumé Worksheet: What to Include

Interview skills lesson 17: What goes on a student résumé · Set 61 · 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.📄 In which résumé section does this go: spreadsheets (basic)? (a) skills (b) activities (c) contact details (d) education
2. 2.📄 In which résumé section does this go: your city and PIN code? (a) contact details (b) skills (c) education (d) activities
3. 3.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) your phone and email (b) school and marks (c) skills like typing (d) your siblings’ marks
4. 4.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) your passwords (b) school and marks (c) your phone and email (d) projects you did
5. 5.Which of these goes in the activities section? (a) spreadsheets (basic) (b) a survey of 50 shops (c) Class 12 (Science), 2026 (d) eco club member
6. 6.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: clubs and activities? (a) leave it out (b) include it
7. 7.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) a long life story (b) clubs and activities (c) your passwords (d) a party selfie
8. 8.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your bank details (b) a long life story (c) a party selfie (d) volunteer work
9. 9.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: a party selfie? (a) leave it out (b) include it
10. 10.📄 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
11. 11.Which of these goes in the projects section? (a) spreadsheets (basic) (b) eco club member (c) a website for our club (d) an email ID
12. 12.Which of these goes in the skills section? (a) a survey of 50 shops (b) spreadsheets (basic) (c) school football team (d) a mobile number
13. 13.📄 In which résumé section does this go: Class 10 board: 88%? (a) skills (b) contact details (c) education (d) projects
14. 14.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) school and marks (b) languages you know (c) your Aadhaar number (d) your phone and email
15. 15.📄 A student with no work experience should highlight… (a) projects and activities (b) nothing at all (c) their parents’ jobs (d) made-up jobs
16. 16.Which of these goes in the education section? (a) built a rain gauge model (b) eco club member (c) a website for our club (d) Class 12 (Science), 2026
17. 17.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: school and marks? (a) leave it out (b) include it
18. 18.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) clubs and activities (b) a long life story (c) your phone and email (d) volunteer work
19. 19.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: volunteer work? (a) leave it out (b) include it
20. 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a long life story (b) your bank details (c) school and marks (d) your passwords
21. 21.Which of these goes in the activities section? (a) a mobile number (b) a survey of 50 shops (c) basic HTML and CSS (d) school football team
22. 22.📄 How long should a student résumé usually be? (a) five pages (b) one page (c) ten pages (d) half a line
23. 23.True or false: “a party selfie” belongs on a student résumé. (a) True (b) False
24. 24.Which of these goes in the projects section? (a) Class 12 (Science), 2026 (b) a survey of 50 shops (c) eco club member (d) debate club secretary
25. 25.Which of these goes in the skills section? (a) Class 12 (Science), 2026 (b) eco club member (c) a mobile number (d) typing 40 words a minute
26. 26.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a long life story (b) your bank details (c) your phone and email (d) made-up marks
27. 27.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) your bank details (b) a party selfie (c) projects you did (d) made-up marks
28. 28.True or false: “clubs and activities” belongs on a student résumé. (a) False (b) True
29. 29.Which of these goes in the contact details? (a) B.Com first year (b) typing 40 words a minute (c) school football team (d) a mobile number
30. 30.Which of these goes in the education section? (a) a website for our club (b) an email ID (c) built a rain gauge model (d) B.Com first year
31. 31.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) school and marks (b) your phone and email (c) awards and prizes (d) your bank details
32. 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) projects you did (b) skills like typing (c) clubs and activities (d) your siblings’ marks
33. 33.Which of these goes in the projects section? (a) B.Com first year (b) your city and PIN code (c) built a rain gauge model (d) a mobile number
34. 34.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) your passwords (b) your bank details (c) your Aadhaar number (d) school and marks
35. 35.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: awards and prizes? (a) leave it out (b) include it
36. 36.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: skills like typing? (a) include it (b) leave it out
37. 37.True or false: “your siblings’ marks” belongs on a student résumé. (a) False (b) True
38. 38.📄 What font style suits a résumé? (a) all bold capitals (b) one plain, clear font (c) tiny handwriting (d) five fancy fonts
39. 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) skills like typing (b) languages you know (c) projects you did (d) your passwords
40. 40.True or false: “your bank details” belongs on a student résumé. (a) False (b) True

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