Résumé Worksheet: What to Include

Interview skills lesson 17: What goes on a student résumé · Set 638 · 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: school and marks? (a) include it (b) leave it out
2. 2.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) your bank details (b) a party selfie (c) a long life story (d) your phone and email
3. 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) skills like typing (b) your phone and email (c) awards and prizes (d) your siblings’ marks
4. 4.Which of these goes in the education section? (a) typing 40 words a minute (b) basic HTML and CSS (c) built a rain gauge model (d) Class 12 (Science), 2026
5. 5.📄 A résumé is… (a) a letter of thanks (b) a school report card (c) a short summary of you (d) a full autobiography
6. 6.📄 In which résumé section does this go: spreadsheets (basic)? (a) contact details (b) projects (c) skills (d) activities
7. 7.📄 In which résumé section does this go: a survey of 50 shops? (a) activities (b) education (c) projects (d) contact details
8. 8.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) clubs and activities (b) volunteer work (c) languages you know (d) your bank details
9. 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your siblings’ marks (b) school and marks (c) your bank details (d) your Aadhaar number
10. 10.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) your bank details (b) your siblings’ marks (c) awards and prizes (d) your Aadhaar number
11. 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your bank details (b) your siblings’ marks (c) your passwords (d) languages you know
12. 12.Which of these goes in the skills section? (a) debate club secretary (b) eco club member (c) basic HTML and CSS (d) B.Com first year
13. 13.📄 How long should a student résumé usually be? (a) five pages (b) ten pages (c) half a line (d) one page
14. 14.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: a party selfie? (a) include it (b) leave it out
15. 15.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) your phone and email (b) a long life story (c) projects you did (d) languages you know
16. 16.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your passwords (b) a party selfie (c) made-up marks (d) projects you did
17. 17.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: clubs and activities? (a) leave it out (b) include it
18. 18.📄 In which résumé section does this go: your city and PIN code? (a) education (b) activities (c) contact details (d) projects
19. 19.📄 Your résumé says you led a club. In the interview you should… (a) say it was a joke (b) change the subject (c) be ready to explain it (d) deny it
20. 20.📄 In which résumé section does this go: debate club secretary? (a) skills (b) contact details (c) activities (d) education
21. 21.Which of these goes in the education section? (a) a mobile number (b) debate club secretary (c) Class 10 board: 88% (d) basic HTML and CSS
22. 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your phone and email (b) a long life story (c) languages you know (d) skills like typing
23. 23.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) your Aadhaar number (b) clubs and activities (c) a long life story (d) your passwords
24. 24.True or false: “your siblings’ marks” belongs on a student résumé. (a) True (b) False
25. 25.📄 A student with no work experience should highlight… (a) their parents’ jobs (b) made-up jobs (c) nothing at all (d) projects and activities
26. 26.Which of these goes in the activities section? (a) a survey of 50 shops (b) B.Com first year (c) debate club secretary (d) Class 12 (Science), 2026
27. 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a party selfie (b) awards and prizes (c) skills like typing (d) projects you did
28. 28.True or false: “volunteer work” belongs on a student résumé. (a) True (b) False
29. 29.📄 In which résumé section does this go: Class 12 (Science), 2026? (a) projects (b) activities (c) skills (d) education
30. 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your phone and email (b) languages you know (c) projects you did (d) your Aadhaar number
31. 31.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your Aadhaar number? (a) include it (b) leave it out
32. 32.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: languages you know? (a) include it (b) leave it out
33. 33.Which of these goes in the education section? (a) debate club secretary (b) your city and PIN code (c) basic HTML and CSS (d) B.Com first year
34. 34.📄 In which résumé section does this go: built a rain gauge model? (a) education (b) activities (c) contact details (d) projects
35. 35.Which of these goes in the projects section? (a) typing 40 words a minute (b) a survey of 50 shops (c) an email ID (d) your city and PIN code
36. 36.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) a long life story (b) your passwords (c) languages you know (d) your siblings’ marks
37. 37.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) your Aadhaar number (b) a party selfie (c) your passwords (d) projects you did
38. 38.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: a long life story? (a) include it (b) leave it out
39. 39.True or false: “languages you know” should be left out of a résumé. (a) False (b) True
40. 40.True or false: “school and marks” belongs on a student résumé. (a) True (b) False

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