Résumé Worksheet: What to Include

Interview skills lesson 17: What goes on a student résumé · Set 674 · 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.📄 Your résumé says you led a club. In the interview you should… (a) deny it (b) say it was a joke (c) be ready to explain it (d) change the subject
2. 2.Which of these goes in the skills section? (a) an email ID (b) debate club secretary (c) basic HTML and CSS (d) a survey of 50 shops
3. 3.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) your phone and email (b) projects you did (c) skills like typing (d) a party selfie
4. 4.True or false: “a long life story” belongs on a student résumé. (a) True (b) False
5. 5.📄 A student with no work experience should highlight… (a) nothing at all (b) projects and activities (c) made-up jobs (d) their parents’ jobs
6. 6.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: awards and prizes? (a) leave it out (b) include it
7. 7.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) your Aadhaar number (b) your phone and email (c) made-up marks (d) a party selfie
8. 8.📄 How long should a student résumé usually be? (a) half a line (b) five pages (c) ten pages (d) one page
9. 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) volunteer work (b) projects you did (c) your passwords (d) your phone and email
10. 10.True or false: “clubs and activities” should be left out of a résumé. (a) True (b) False
11. 11.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: a long life story? (a) leave it out (b) include it
12. 12.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) your bank details (b) made-up marks (c) your Aadhaar number (d) awards and prizes
13. 13.📄 In which résumé section does this go: your city and PIN code? (a) education (b) projects (c) skills (d) contact details
14. 14.True or false: “clubs and activities” belongs on a student résumé. (a) False (b) True
15. 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your bank details (b) your passwords (c) your phone and email (d) your Aadhaar number
16. 16.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a party selfie (b) your siblings’ marks (c) made-up marks (d) school and marks
17. 17.Which of these goes in the contact details? (a) basic HTML and CSS (b) a website for our club (c) Class 12 (Science), 2026 (d) a mobile number
18. 18.Which of these goes in the projects section? (a) typing 40 words a minute (b) basic HTML and CSS (c) built a rain gauge model (d) spreadsheets (basic)
19. 19.True or false: “your siblings’ marks” should be left out of a résumé. (a) True (b) False
20. 20.📄 In which résumé section does this go: Class 10 board: 88%? (a) education (b) skills (c) projects (d) contact details
21. 21.📄 In which résumé section does this go: spreadsheets (basic)? (a) skills (b) education (c) projects (d) contact details
22. 22.Which of these goes in the skills section? (a) typing 40 words a minute (b) a website for our club (c) Class 12 (Science), 2026 (d) eco club member
23. 23.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) a long life story (b) your Aadhaar number (c) your siblings’ marks (d) school and marks
24. 24.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) clubs and activities (b) made-up marks (c) volunteer work (d) skills like typing
25. 25.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) your bank details (b) skills like typing (c) clubs and activities (d) projects you did
26. 26.📄 In which résumé section does this go: B.Com first year? (a) education (b) activities (c) contact details (d) projects
27. 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) awards and prizes (b) a long life story (c) your phone and email (d) languages you know
28. 28.Which of these goes in the projects section? (a) B.Com first year (b) your city and PIN code (c) a website for our club (d) Class 12 (Science), 2026
29. 29.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: skills like typing? (a) leave it out (b) include it
30. 30.True or false: “your bank details” belongs on a student résumé. (a) False (b) True
31. 31.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: clubs and activities? (a) leave it out (b) include it
32. 32.📄 In which résumé section does this go: a survey of 50 shops? (a) contact details (b) activities (c) education (d) projects
33. 33.True or false: “your phone and email” belongs on a student résumé. (a) False (b) True
34. 34.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: school and marks? (a) leave it out (b) include it
35. 35.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your passwords? (a) include it (b) leave it out
36. 36.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your passwords (b) your Aadhaar number (c) projects you did (d) a long life story
37. 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) clubs and activities (b) skills like typing (c) your phone and email (d) your siblings’ marks
38. 38.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: volunteer work? (a) leave it out (b) include it
39. 39.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your phone and email? (a) leave it out (b) include it
40. 40.📄 In which résumé section does this go: Class 12 (Science), 2026? (a) education (b) activities (c) projects (d) contact details

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