Résumé Worksheet: What to Include

Interview skills lesson 17: What goes on a student résumé · Set 733 · 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: projects you did? (a) include it (b) leave it out
2. 2.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) volunteer work (b) a long life story (c) skills like typing (d) school and marks
3. 3.📄 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) deny it (d) change the subject
4. 4.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) awards and prizes (b) your siblings’ marks (c) your phone and email (d) volunteer work
5. 5.Which of these goes in the projects section? (a) B.Com first year (b) Class 12 (Science), 2026 (c) typing 40 words a minute (d) built a rain gauge model
6. 6.True or false: “your phone and email” should be left out of a résumé. (a) False (b) True
7. 7.Which of these goes in the education section? (a) a website for our club (b) Class 12 (Science), 2026 (c) school football team (d) a mobile number
8. 8.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) your passwords (b) skills like typing (c) your phone and email (d) languages you know
9. 9.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) your phone and email (b) your passwords (c) your bank details (d) your siblings’ marks
10. 10.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your siblings’ marks (b) a long life story (c) your passwords (d) skills like typing
11. 11.True or false: “a long life story” belongs on a student résumé. (a) True (b) False
12. 12.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: awards and prizes? (a) leave it out (b) include it
13. 13.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) projects you did (b) languages you know (c) school and marks (d) your Aadhaar number
14. 14.Which of these goes in the skills section? (a) B.Com first year (b) an email ID (c) typing 40 words a minute (d) eco club member
15. 15.📄 In which résumé section does this go: a website for our club? (a) contact details (b) education (c) skills (d) projects
16. 16.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) your bank details (b) a party selfie (c) made-up marks (d) clubs and activities
17. 17.True or false: “school and marks” belongs on a student résumé. (a) False (b) True
18. 18.Which of these goes in the skills section? (a) basic HTML and CSS (b) Class 12 (Science), 2026 (c) a mobile number (d) a survey of 50 shops
19. 19.📄 In which résumé section does this go: your city and PIN code? (a) education (b) projects (c) contact details (d) skills
20. 20.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) languages you know (b) school and marks (c) a party selfie (d) your phone and email
21. 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your siblings’ marks (b) your bank details (c) projects you did (d) a party selfie
22. 22.True or false: “a party selfie” belongs on a student résumé. (a) False (b) True
23. 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a party selfie (b) skills like typing (c) awards and prizes (d) your phone and email
24. 24.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) your Aadhaar number (b) a long life story (c) a party selfie (d) skills like typing
25. 25.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: skills like typing? (a) include it (b) leave it out
26. 26.📄 In which résumé section does this go: school football team? (a) skills (b) projects (c) activities (d) education
27. 27.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) awards and prizes (b) a party selfie (c) made-up marks (d) your Aadhaar number
28. 28.Which of these goes in the contact details? (a) school football team (b) B.Com first year (c) a survey of 50 shops (d) your city and PIN code
29. 29.True or false: “skills like typing” belongs on a student résumé. (a) False (b) True
30. 30.📄 A student with no work experience should highlight… (a) projects and activities (b) their parents’ jobs (c) nothing at all (d) made-up jobs
31. 31.📄 In which résumé section does this go: B.Com first year? (a) skills (b) contact details (c) activities (d) education
32. 32.📄 A résumé is… (a) a letter of thanks (b) a full autobiography (c) a school report card (d) a short summary of you
33. 33.📄 How long should a student résumé usually be? (a) ten pages (b) five pages (c) half a line (d) one page
34. 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your phone and email (b) projects you did (c) made-up marks (d) school and marks
35. 35.📄 In which résumé section does this go: a survey of 50 shops? (a) activities (b) skills (c) projects (d) education
36. 36.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) your phone and email (b) awards and prizes (c) projects you did (d) made-up marks
37. 37.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: languages you know? (a) include it (b) leave it out
38. 38.📄 In which résumé section does this go: typing 40 words a minute? (a) skills (b) activities (c) education (d) contact details
39. 39.True or false: “your Aadhaar number” should be left out of a résumé. (a) True (b) False
40. 40.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: volunteer work? (a) leave it out (b) include it

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