Résumé Worksheet: What to Include

Interview skills lesson 17: What goes on a student résumé · Set 713 · 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: built a rain gauge model? (a) projects (b) skills (c) education (d) contact details
2. 2.📄 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
3. 3.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) awards and prizes (b) your siblings’ marks (c) clubs and activities (d) school and marks
4. 4.Which of these goes in the activities section? (a) eco club member (b) Class 12 (Science), 2026 (c) your city and PIN code (d) a survey of 50 shops
5. 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) skills like typing (b) your bank details (c) a long life story (d) your passwords
6. 6.True or false: “awards and prizes” should be left out of a résumé. (a) True (b) False
7. 7.True or false: “awards and prizes” belongs on a student résumé. (a) False (b) True
8. 8.📄 In which résumé section does this go: spreadsheets (basic)? (a) skills (b) projects (c) contact details (d) education
9. 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) school and marks (b) languages you know (c) awards and prizes (d) your bank details
10. 10.True or false: “your siblings’ marks” should be left out of a résumé. (a) False (b) True
11. 11.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 passwords
12. 12.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your phone and email (b) your passwords (c) your Aadhaar number (d) your siblings’ marks
13. 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) school and marks (b) your siblings’ marks (c) volunteer work (d) your phone and email
14. 14.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your bank details (b) a party selfie (c) volunteer work (d) made-up marks
15. 15.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) projects you did (b) your Aadhaar number (c) your bank details (d) a long life story
16. 16.📄 How long should a student résumé usually be? (a) five pages (b) one page (c) ten pages (d) half a line
17. 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a party selfie (b) clubs and activities (c) your passwords (d) your Aadhaar number
18. 18.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: a long life story? (a) leave it out (b) include it
19. 19.📄 In which résumé section does this go: a mobile number? (a) contact details (b) skills (c) education (d) projects
20. 20.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your siblings’ marks? (a) leave it out (b) include it
21. 21.📄 In which résumé section does this go: eco club member? (a) projects (b) education (c) activities (d) skills
22. 22.True or false: “a long life story” should be left out of a résumé. (a) False (b) True
23. 23.📄 In which résumé section does this go: Class 10 board: 88%? (a) education (b) projects (c) skills (d) contact details
24. 24.True or false: “clubs and activities” should be left out of a résumé. (a) True (b) False
25. 25.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: awards and prizes? (a) include it (b) leave it out
26. 26.True or false: “languages you know” belongs on a student résumé. (a) False (b) True
27. 27.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: made-up marks? (a) leave it out (b) include it
28. 28.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your passwords? (a) include it (b) leave it out
29. 29.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your phone and email? (a) leave it out (b) include it
30. 30.True or false: “languages you know” should be left out of a résumé. (a) True (b) False
31. 31.📄 A résumé is… (a) a short summary of you (b) a school report card (c) a letter of thanks (d) a full autobiography
32. 32.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) a party selfie (b) volunteer work (c) your passwords (d) your bank details
33. 33.📄 In which résumé section does this go: B.Com first year? (a) contact details (b) education (c) activities (d) skills
34. 34.Which of these goes in the projects section? (a) built a rain gauge model (b) a mobile number (c) an email ID (d) eco club member
35. 35.Which of these goes in the activities section? (a) spreadsheets (basic) (b) an email ID (c) school football team (d) typing 40 words a minute
36. 36.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) languages you know (b) made-up marks (c) awards and prizes (d) your phone and email
37. 37.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: skills like typing? (a) leave it out (b) include it
38. 38.True or false: “your bank details” belongs on a student résumé. (a) False (b) True
39. 39.True or false: “a party selfie” belongs on a student résumé. (a) False (b) True
40. 40.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) your bank details (b) volunteer work (c) school and marks (d) clubs and activities

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