Résumé Worksheet: What to Include

Interview skills lesson 17: What goes on a student résumé · Set 752 · 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 of these goes in the projects section? (a) a survey of 50 shops (b) typing 40 words a minute (c) debate club secretary (d) B.Com first year
2. 2.📄 How long should a student résumé usually be? (a) half a line (b) five pages (c) ten pages (d) one page
3. 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) school and marks (b) projects you did (c) skills like typing (d) a party selfie
4. 4.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) volunteer work (b) your siblings’ marks (c) your passwords (d) made-up marks
5. 5.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) skills like typing (b) your Aadhaar number (c) projects you did (d) clubs and activities
6. 6.Which of these goes in the projects section? (a) B.Com first year (b) your city and PIN code (c) an email ID (d) a website for our club
7. 7.Which of these goes in the contact details? (a) a mobile number (b) Class 12 (Science), 2026 (c) spreadsheets (basic) (d) Class 10 board: 88%
8. 8.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) your siblings’ marks (b) school and marks (c) your phone and email (d) clubs and activities
9. 9.True or false: “made-up marks” should be left out of a résumé. (a) False (b) True
10. 10.Which of these goes in the skills section? (a) school football team (b) B.Com first year (c) a website for our club (d) spreadsheets (basic)
11. 11.📄 In which résumé section does this go: eco club member? (a) skills (b) contact details (c) activities (d) projects
12. 12.True or false: “skills like typing” should be left out of a résumé. (a) True (b) False
13. 13.📄 A résumé is… (a) a letter of thanks (b) a short summary of you (c) a full autobiography (d) a school report card
14. 14.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) a party selfie (b) your bank details (c) made-up marks (d) your phone and email
15. 15.Which of these goes in the contact details? (a) Class 12 (Science), 2026 (b) B.Com first year (c) your city and PIN code (d) eco club member
16. 16.Which of these goes in the skills section? (a) a mobile number (b) school football team (c) Class 12 (Science), 2026 (d) basic HTML and CSS
17. 17.Which of these goes in the activities section? (a) B.Com first year (b) Class 12 (Science), 2026 (c) debate club secretary (d) an email ID
18. 18.True or false: “your Aadhaar number” belongs on a student résumé. (a) True (b) False
19. 19.📄 A student with no work experience should highlight… (a) made-up jobs (b) projects and activities (c) their parents’ jobs (d) nothing at all
20. 20.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your phone and email? (a) leave it out (b) include it
21. 21.Which of these goes in the activities section? (a) a survey of 50 shops (b) spreadsheets (basic) (c) eco club member (d) built a rain gauge model
22. 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) languages you know (b) a long life story (c) your bank details (d) your passwords
23. 23.True or false: “school and marks” belongs on a student résumé. (a) True (b) False
24. 24.📄 In which résumé section does this go: an email ID? (a) contact details (b) activities (c) education (d) skills
25. 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) languages you know (b) your bank details (c) volunteer work (d) awards and prizes
26. 26.📄 In which résumé section does this go: a mobile number? (a) education (b) skills (c) contact details (d) activities
27. 27.📄 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
28. 28.True or false: “your phone and email” belongs on a student résumé. (a) True (b) False
29. 29.True or false: “your bank details” belongs on a student résumé. (a) True (b) False
30. 30.📄 In which résumé section does this go: built a rain gauge model? (a) skills (b) contact details (c) projects (d) education
31. 31.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) your Aadhaar number (b) your passwords (c) made-up marks (d) skills like typing
32. 32.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your bank details? (a) include it (b) leave it out
33. 33.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) made-up marks (b) a long life story (c) school and marks (d) your siblings’ marks
34. 34.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: languages you know? (a) include it (b) leave it out
35. 35.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: school and marks? (a) include it (b) leave it out
36. 36.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a long life story (b) a party selfie (c) school and marks (d) your passwords
37. 37.Which of these goes in the projects section? (a) a mobile number (b) built a rain gauge model (c) spreadsheets (basic) (d) your city and PIN code
38. 38.True or false: “a party selfie” belongs on a student résumé. (a) False (b) True
39. 39.True or false: “a party selfie” should be left out of a résumé. (a) True (b) False
40. 40.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: made-up marks? (a) leave it out (b) include it

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