Résumé Worksheet: What to Include

Interview skills lesson 17: What goes on a student résumé · Set 742 · 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.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) school and marks (b) languages you know (c) projects you did (d) your siblings’ marks
2. 2.True or false: “awards and prizes” should be left out of a résumé. (a) False (b) True
3. 3.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) made-up marks (b) your Aadhaar number (c) projects you did (d) a party selfie
4. 4.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) your passwords (b) a party selfie (c) awards and prizes (d) made-up marks
5. 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) clubs and activities (b) skills like typing (c) a long life story (d) school and marks
6. 6.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) school and marks (b) a party selfie (c) projects you did (d) languages you know
7. 7.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) languages you know (b) awards and prizes (c) volunteer work (d) made-up marks
8. 8.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) a long life story (b) made-up marks (c) a party selfie (d) your phone and email
9. 9.True or false: “your Aadhaar number” should be left out of a résumé. (a) True (b) False
10. 10.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) school and marks (b) volunteer work (c) languages you know (d) your Aadhaar number
11. 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) awards and prizes (b) a party selfie (c) school and marks (d) volunteer work
12. 12.True or false: “your phone and email” should be left out of a résumé. (a) False (b) True
13. 13.📄 How long should a student résumé usually be? (a) five pages (b) half a line (c) ten pages (d) one page
14. 14.Which of these goes in the projects section? (a) debate club secretary (b) Class 10 board: 88% (c) a survey of 50 shops (d) basic HTML and CSS
15. 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your siblings’ marks (b) made-up marks (c) a long life story (d) languages you know
16. 16.📄 In which résumé section does this go: an email ID? (a) projects (b) contact details (c) skills (d) activities
17. 17.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) your Aadhaar number (b) your bank details (c) a long life story (d) school and marks
18. 18.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: languages you know? (a) leave it out (b) include it
19. 19.📄 In which résumé section does this go: built a rain gauge model? (a) education (b) activities (c) projects (d) skills
20. 20.Which of these goes in the activities section? (a) a website for our club (b) basic HTML and CSS (c) B.Com first year (d) eco club member
21. 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your passwords (b) a party selfie (c) your Aadhaar number (d) skills like typing
22. 22.True or false: “skills like typing” belongs on a student résumé. (a) False (b) True
23. 23.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) your passwords (b) skills like typing (c) clubs and activities (d) projects you did
24. 24.📄 A student with no work experience should highlight… (a) made-up jobs (b) projects and activities (c) their parents’ jobs (d) nothing at all
25. 25.📄 A résumé is… (a) a short summary of you (b) a full autobiography (c) a school report card (d) a letter of thanks
26. 26.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) a long life story (b) your Aadhaar number (c) a party selfie (d) languages you know
27. 27.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your siblings’ marks? (a) leave it out (b) include it
28. 28.📄 In which résumé section does this go: B.Com first year? (a) activities (b) education (c) contact details (d) skills
29. 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your passwords (b) your bank details (c) made-up marks (d) volunteer work
30. 30.True or false: “your bank details” belongs on a student résumé. (a) False (b) True
31. 31.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) awards and prizes (b) clubs and activities (c) a long life story (d) languages you know
32. 32.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) volunteer work (b) projects you did (c) your phone and email (d) your siblings’ marks
33. 33.📄 In which résumé section does this go: Class 12 (Science), 2026? (a) activities (b) contact details (c) projects (d) education
34. 34.True or false: “school and marks” should be left out of a résumé. (a) False (b) True
35. 35.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your Aadhaar number? (a) leave it out (b) include it
36. 36.📄 In which résumé section does this go: a mobile number? (a) activities (b) projects (c) contact details (d) skills
37. 37.Which of these goes in the skills section? (a) Class 12 (Science), 2026 (b) your city and PIN code (c) basic HTML and CSS (d) a website for our club
38. 38.Which of these goes in the contact details? (a) B.Com first year (b) Class 10 board: 88% (c) an email ID (d) typing 40 words a minute
39. 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) skills like typing (b) projects you did (c) school and marks (d) your bank details
40. 40.True or false: “clubs and activities” should be left out of a résumé. (a) True (b) False

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