Résumé Worksheet: What to Include

Interview skills lesson 17: What goes on a student résumé · Set 689 · 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: awards and prizes? (a) include it (b) leave it out
2. 2.📄 In which résumé section does this go: Class 12 (Science), 2026? (a) contact details (b) education (c) skills (d) activities
3. 3.Which of these goes in the projects section? (a) Class 12 (Science), 2026 (b) built a rain gauge model (c) school football team (d) an email ID
4. 4.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a party selfie (b) your bank details (c) your passwords (d) skills like typing
5. 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your phone and email (b) awards and prizes (c) languages you know (d) your siblings’ marks
6. 6.Which of these goes in the skills section? (a) B.Com first year (b) a survey of 50 shops (c) built a rain gauge model (d) spreadsheets (basic)
7. 7.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) volunteer work (b) made-up marks (c) a party selfie (d) a long life story
8. 8.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your passwords (b) languages you know (c) a party selfie (d) made-up marks
9. 9.True or false: “skills like typing” should be left out of a résumé. (a) True (b) False
10. 10.📄 Your résumé says you led a club. In the interview you should… (a) deny it (b) say it was a joke (c) change the subject (d) be ready to explain it
11. 11.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: made-up marks? (a) include it (b) leave it out
12. 12.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: volunteer work? (a) include it (b) leave it out
13. 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) clubs and activities (b) skills like typing (c) a long life story (d) school and marks
14. 14.True or false: “clubs and activities” belongs on a student résumé. (a) True (b) False
15. 15.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) awards and prizes (b) a long life story (c) school and marks (d) clubs and activities
16. 16.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a long life story (b) your passwords (c) your phone and email (d) your bank details
17. 17.True or false: “your siblings’ marks” should be left out of a résumé. (a) False (b) True
18. 18.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: projects you did? (a) leave it out (b) include it
19. 19.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your siblings’ marks? (a) include it (b) leave it out
20. 20.True or false: “a party selfie” should be left out of a résumé. (a) True (b) False
21. 21.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) your bank details (b) your Aadhaar number (c) your phone and email (d) a party selfie
22. 22.📄 In which résumé section does this go: B.Com first year? (a) skills (b) education (c) activities (d) contact details
23. 23.True or false: “a long life story” belongs on a student résumé. (a) True (b) False
24. 24.📄 How long should a student résumé usually be? (a) half a line (b) five pages (c) ten pages (d) one page
25. 25.Which of these goes in the skills section? (a) a survey of 50 shops (b) typing 40 words a minute (c) B.Com first year (d) Class 12 (Science), 2026
26. 26.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) clubs and activities (b) made-up marks (c) skills like typing (d) volunteer work
27. 27.📄 What font style suits a résumé? (a) all bold capitals (b) five fancy fonts (c) one plain, clear font (d) tiny handwriting
28. 28.📄 In which résumé section does this go: spreadsheets (basic)? (a) contact details (b) activities (c) projects (d) skills
29. 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) skills like typing (b) a party selfie (c) clubs and activities (d) awards and prizes
30. 30.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) languages you know (b) made-up marks (c) awards and prizes (d) clubs and activities
31. 31.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your Aadhaar number? (a) leave it out (b) include it
32. 32.Which of these goes in the contact details? (a) a survey of 50 shops (b) typing 40 words a minute (c) Class 10 board: 88% (d) your city and PIN code
33. 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your passwords (b) projects you did (c) languages you know (d) skills like typing
34. 34.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) your bank details (b) your siblings’ marks (c) your passwords (d) skills like typing
35. 35.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) projects you did (b) awards and prizes (c) your phone and email (d) your Aadhaar number
36. 36.📄 In which résumé section does this go: a mobile number? (a) activities (b) education (c) contact details (d) skills
37. 37.True or false: “languages you know” should be left out of a résumé. (a) False (b) True
38. 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) school and marks (b) clubs and activities (c) awards and prizes (d) your Aadhaar number
39. 39.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: languages you know? (a) include it (b) leave it out
40. 40.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) your bank details (b) clubs and activities (c) volunteer work (d) languages you know

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