Résumé Worksheet: What to Include

Interview skills lesson 17: What goes on a student résumé · Set 612 · 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 goes in the activities section? (a) debate club secretary (b) a website for our club (c) typing 40 words a minute (d) a mobile number
2. 2.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your bank details? (a) leave it out (b) include it
3. 3.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) projects you did (b) made-up marks (c) a party selfie (d) a long life story
4. 4.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) languages you know (b) a party selfie (c) your Aadhaar number (d) your bank details
5. 5.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) awards and prizes (b) clubs and activities (c) your phone and email (d) a party selfie
6. 6.Which of these goes in the education section? (a) a mobile number (b) school football team (c) Class 12 (Science), 2026 (d) debate club secretary
7. 7.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a party selfie (b) skills like typing (c) your Aadhaar number (d) your passwords
8. 8.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) clubs and activities (b) skills like typing (c) languages you know (d) your siblings’ marks
9. 9.Which of these goes in the education section? (a) B.Com first year (b) basic HTML and CSS (c) typing 40 words a minute (d) school football team
10. 10.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a party selfie (b) a long life story (c) clubs and activities (d) your Aadhaar number
11. 11.📄 In which résumé section does this go: school football team? (a) projects (b) activities (c) skills (d) education
12. 12.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your Aadhaar number (b) your siblings’ marks (c) a long life story (d) school and marks
13. 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) clubs and activities (b) made-up marks (c) awards and prizes (d) school and marks
14. 14.Which of these goes in the projects section? (a) Class 12 (Science), 2026 (b) Class 10 board: 88% (c) basic HTML and CSS (d) a survey of 50 shops
15. 15.True or false: “your phone and email” should be left out of a résumé. (a) False (b) True
16. 16.📄 A student with no work experience should highlight… (a) their parents’ jobs (b) made-up jobs (c) nothing at all (d) projects and activities
17. 17.📄 In which résumé section does this go: spreadsheets (basic)? (a) skills (b) contact details (c) education (d) projects
18. 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your Aadhaar number (b) languages you know (c) your passwords (d) made-up marks
19. 19.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your phone and email? (a) leave it out (b) include it
20. 20.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: projects you did? (a) leave it out (b) include it
21. 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) volunteer work (b) a party selfie (c) awards and prizes (d) projects you did
22. 22.📄 In which résumé section does this go: a website for our club? (a) activities (b) skills (c) projects (d) contact details
23. 23.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: made-up marks? (a) include it (b) leave it out
24. 24.True or false: “made-up marks” belongs on a student résumé. (a) True (b) False
25. 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your Aadhaar number (b) your passwords (c) volunteer work (d) made-up marks
26. 26.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) your passwords (b) your Aadhaar number (c) a long life story (d) your phone and email
27. 27.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) your bank details (b) a party selfie (c) made-up marks (d) volunteer work
28. 28.📄 What font style suits a résumé? (a) tiny handwriting (b) five fancy fonts (c) one plain, clear font (d) all bold capitals
29. 29.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: a long life story? (a) leave it out (b) include it
30. 30.📄 In which résumé section does this go: basic HTML and CSS? (a) skills (b) education (c) contact details (d) activities
31. 31.True or false: “school and marks” belongs on a student résumé. (a) False (b) True
32. 32.📄 In which résumé section does this go: a survey of 50 shops? (a) contact details (b) projects (c) education (d) skills
33. 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your bank details (b) made-up marks (c) your phone and email (d) your siblings’ marks
34. 34.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: volunteer work? (a) include it (b) leave it out
35. 35.📄 Your résumé says you led a club. In the interview you should… (a) say it was a joke (b) deny it (c) change the subject (d) be ready to explain it
36. 36.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) awards and prizes (b) languages you know (c) volunteer work (d) a long life story
37. 37.True or false: “clubs and activities” belongs on a student résumé. (a) False (b) True
38. 38.True or false: “projects you did” belongs on a student résumé. (a) False (b) True
39. 39.📄 In which résumé section does this go: Class 12 (Science), 2026? (a) education (b) contact details (c) skills (d) projects
40. 40.📄 In which résumé section does this go: eco club member? (a) projects (b) skills (c) activities (d) contact details

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