Résumé Worksheet: What to Include

Interview skills lesson 17: What goes on a student résumé · Set 732 · 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: typing 40 words a minute? (a) education (b) projects (c) activities (d) skills
2. 2.Which of these goes in the activities section? (a) Class 10 board: 88% (b) a mobile number (c) built a rain gauge model (d) debate club secretary
3. 3.📄 In which résumé section does this go: Class 10 board: 88%? (a) contact details (b) education (c) projects (d) activities
4. 4.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) languages you know (b) volunteer work (c) projects you did (d) made-up marks
5. 5.📄 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
6. 6.True or false: “school and marks” belongs on a student résumé. (a) False (b) True
7. 7.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: clubs and activities? (a) include it (b) leave it out
8. 8.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: languages you know? (a) include it (b) leave it out
9. 9.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: projects you did? (a) leave it out (b) include it
10. 10.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your phone and email (b) languages you know (c) awards and prizes (d) a long life story
11. 11.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) your phone and email (b) projects you did (c) your siblings’ marks (d) volunteer work
12. 12.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your Aadhaar number? (a) leave it out (b) include it
13. 13.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your passwords? (a) leave it out (b) include it
14. 14.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your phone and email? (a) leave it out (b) include it
15. 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your passwords (b) a long life story (c) skills like typing (d) your Aadhaar number
16. 16.True or false: “your Aadhaar number” should be left out of a résumé. (a) False (b) True
17. 17.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: made-up marks? (a) leave it out (b) include it
18. 18.True or false: “a party selfie” should be left out of a résumé. (a) True (b) False
19. 19.True or false: “a long life story” belongs on a student résumé. (a) False (b) True
20. 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your siblings’ marks (b) languages you know (c) volunteer work (d) awards and prizes
21. 21.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: school and marks? (a) leave it out (b) include it
22. 22.Which of these goes in the projects section? (a) eco club member (b) basic HTML and CSS (c) an email ID (d) a survey of 50 shops
23. 23.Which of these goes in the education section? (a) an email ID (b) school football team (c) Class 12 (Science), 2026 (d) eco club member
24. 24.📄 In which résumé section does this go: spreadsheets (basic)? (a) skills (b) projects (c) contact details (d) education
25. 25.True or false: “languages you know” belongs on a student résumé. (a) True (b) False
26. 26.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) made-up marks (b) a long life story (c) your phone and email (d) your passwords
27. 27.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) volunteer work (b) awards and prizes (c) school and marks (d) your bank details
28. 28.Which of these goes in the projects section? (a) your city and PIN code (b) spreadsheets (basic) (c) built a rain gauge model (d) typing 40 words a minute
29. 29.📄 In which résumé section does this go: a website for our club? (a) skills (b) contact details (c) education (d) projects
30. 30.📄 In which résumé section does this go: an email ID? (a) projects (b) contact details (c) skills (d) education
31. 31.Which of these goes in the education section? (a) B.Com first year (b) eco club member (c) school football team (d) a website for our club
32. 32.True or false: “languages you know” should be left out of a résumé. (a) False (b) True
33. 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) made-up marks (b) languages you know (c) your siblings’ marks (d) a long life story
34. 34.📄 A student with no work experience should highlight… (a) made-up jobs (b) nothing at all (c) projects and activities (d) their parents’ jobs
35. 35.📄 How long should a student résumé usually be? (a) one page (b) ten pages (c) half a line (d) five pages
36. 36.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) volunteer work (b) your Aadhaar number (c) your phone and email (d) clubs and activities
37. 37.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) your passwords (b) languages you know (c) a party selfie (d) your Aadhaar number
38. 38.Which of these goes in the contact details? (a) a mobile number (b) built a rain gauge model (c) a survey of 50 shops (d) school football team
39. 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your bank details (b) your Aadhaar number (c) projects you did (d) your passwords
40. 40.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your siblings’ marks? (a) include it (b) leave it out

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