Résumé Worksheet: What to Include

Interview skills lesson 17: What goes on a student résumé · Set 728 · 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: spreadsheets (basic)? (a) projects (b) skills (c) education (d) contact details
2. 2.📄 In which résumé section does this go: a survey of 50 shops? (a) contact details (b) projects (c) activities (d) education
3. 3.Which of these goes in the education section? (a) a website for our club (b) an email ID (c) B.Com first year (d) spreadsheets (basic)
4. 4.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your bank details (b) school and marks (c) awards and prizes (d) your phone and email
5. 5.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) projects you did (b) volunteer work (c) awards and prizes (d) made-up marks
6. 6.True or false: “a long life story” belongs on a student résumé. (a) True (b) False
7. 7.📄 What font style suits a résumé? (a) one plain, clear font (b) five fancy fonts (c) tiny handwriting (d) all bold capitals
8. 8.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your bank details? (a) leave it out (b) include it
9. 9.Which of these goes in the skills section? (a) B.Com first year (b) Class 12 (Science), 2026 (c) Class 10 board: 88% (d) typing 40 words a minute
10. 10.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) your Aadhaar number (b) a party selfie (c) projects you did (d) your bank details
11. 11.📄 In which résumé section does this go: eco club member? (a) education (b) projects (c) skills (d) activities
12. 12.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) volunteer work (b) your Aadhaar number (c) awards and prizes (d) languages you know
13. 13.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: a long life story? (a) include it (b) leave it out
14. 14.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) your Aadhaar number (b) a party selfie (c) your phone and email (d) made-up marks
15. 15.True or false: “school and marks” should be left out of a résumé. (a) True (b) False
16. 16.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: clubs and activities? (a) leave it out (b) include it
17. 17.True or false: “your phone and email” belongs on a student résumé. (a) False (b) True
18. 18.True or false: “school and marks” belongs on a student résumé. (a) True (b) False
19. 19.📄 A résumé is… (a) a short summary of you (b) a full autobiography (c) a school report card (d) a letter of thanks
20. 20.📄 In which résumé section does this go: B.Com first year? (a) projects (b) education (c) contact details (d) skills
21. 21.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) made-up marks (b) clubs and activities (c) your passwords (d) a party selfie
22. 22.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) school and marks (b) your Aadhaar number (c) made-up marks (d) a party selfie
23. 23.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) a party selfie (b) your passwords (c) your siblings’ marks (d) awards and prizes
24. 24.📄 Your résumé says you led a club. In the interview you should… (a) be ready to explain it (b) deny it (c) say it was a joke (d) change the subject
25. 25.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) skills like typing (b) your bank details (c) your Aadhaar number (d) a party selfie
26. 26.📄 In which résumé section does this go: debate club secretary? (a) skills (b) contact details (c) education (d) activities
27. 27.True or false: “projects you did” belongs on a student résumé. (a) False (b) True
28. 28.📄 In which résumé section does this go: basic HTML and CSS? (a) activities (b) education (c) skills (d) projects
29. 29.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) clubs and activities (b) a party selfie (c) your phone and email (d) school and marks
30. 30.📄 In which résumé section does this go: a mobile number? (a) education (b) activities (c) contact details (d) skills
31. 31.Which of these goes in the projects section? (a) a mobile number (b) an email ID (c) a website for our club (d) basic HTML and CSS
32. 32.True or false: “clubs and activities” should be left out of a résumé. (a) True (b) False
33. 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a party selfie (b) projects you did (c) your bank details (d) your Aadhaar number
34. 34.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: projects you did? (a) include it (b) leave it out
35. 35.📄 A student with no work experience should highlight… (a) their parents’ jobs (b) made-up jobs (c) projects and activities (d) nothing at all
36. 36.True or false: “made-up marks” belongs on a student résumé. (a) True (b) False
37. 37.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: school and marks? (a) include it (b) leave it out
38. 38.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) projects you did (b) school and marks (c) your bank details (d) skills like typing
39. 39.📄 In which résumé section does this go: school football team? (a) skills (b) activities (c) contact details (d) projects
40. 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your Aadhaar number (b) a party selfie (c) school and marks (d) your siblings’ marks

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