Résumé Worksheet: What to Include

Interview skills lesson 17: What goes on a student résumé · Set 756 · 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.True or false: “school and marks” belongs on a student résumé. (a) True (b) False
2. 2.📄 A student with no work experience should highlight… (a) nothing at all (b) projects and activities (c) made-up jobs (d) their parents’ jobs
3. 3.📄 In which résumé section does this go: B.Com first year? (a) education (b) contact details (c) activities (d) skills
4. 4.Which of these goes in the activities section? (a) Class 12 (Science), 2026 (b) typing 40 words a minute (c) school football team (d) an email ID
5. 5.True or false: “school and marks” should be left out of a résumé. (a) True (b) False
6. 6.Which of these goes in the activities section? (a) B.Com first year (b) debate club secretary (c) a website for our club (d) a survey of 50 shops
7. 7.True or false: “a party selfie” should be left out of a résumé. (a) False (b) True
8. 8.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) projects you did (b) languages you know (c) your passwords (d) school and marks
9. 9.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: made-up marks? (a) include it (b) leave it out
10. 10.Which of these goes in the contact details? (a) a survey of 50 shops (b) basic HTML and CSS (c) built a rain gauge model (d) a mobile number
11. 11.📄 A résumé is… (a) a letter of thanks (b) a full autobiography (c) a school report card (d) a short summary of you
12. 12.True or false: “clubs and activities” belongs on a student résumé. (a) False (b) True
13. 13.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: volunteer work? (a) leave it out (b) include it
14. 14.True or false: “skills like typing” should be left out of a résumé. (a) True (b) False
15. 15.Which of these goes in the education section? (a) a mobile number (b) school football team (c) built a rain gauge model (d) Class 12 (Science), 2026
16. 16.True or false: “your passwords” should be left out of a résumé. (a) True (b) False
17. 17.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) a party selfie (b) a long life story (c) your bank details (d) school and marks
18. 18.True or false: “awards and prizes” should be left out of a résumé. (a) False (b) True
19. 19.True or false: “made-up marks” should be left out of a résumé. (a) True (b) False
20. 20.📄 In which résumé section does this go: basic HTML and CSS? (a) contact details (b) education (c) activities (d) skills
21. 21.Which of these goes in the contact details? (a) your city and PIN code (b) debate club secretary (c) school football team (d) built a rain gauge model
22. 22.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: projects you did? (a) include it (b) leave it out
23. 23.True or false: “volunteer work” should be left out of a résumé. (a) False (b) True
24. 24.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) your passwords (b) a long life story (c) languages you know (d) made-up marks
25. 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) made-up marks (b) clubs and activities (c) your Aadhaar number (d) a long life story
26. 26.📄 In which résumé section does this go: a mobile number? (a) skills (b) contact details (c) projects (d) activities
27. 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) volunteer work (b) skills like typing (c) your siblings’ marks (d) projects you did
28. 28.True or false: “your phone and email” should be left out of a résumé. (a) False (b) True
29. 29.📄 In which résumé section does this go: eco club member? (a) skills (b) education (c) activities (d) projects
30. 30.True or false: “projects you did” should be left out of a résumé. (a) True (b) False
31. 31.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) projects you did (b) skills like typing (c) a long life story (d) awards and prizes
32. 32.📄 How long should a student résumé usually be? (a) five pages (b) half a line (c) one page (d) ten pages
33. 33.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) your bank details (b) skills like typing (c) languages you know (d) awards and prizes
34. 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) school and marks (b) clubs and activities (c) skills like typing (d) a party selfie
35. 35.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: clubs and activities? (a) leave it out (b) include it
36. 36.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your Aadhaar number? (a) include it (b) leave it out
37. 37.Which of these goes in the projects section? (a) Class 12 (Science), 2026 (b) spreadsheets (basic) (c) a survey of 50 shops (d) basic HTML and CSS
38. 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a party selfie (b) your siblings’ marks (c) your phone and email (d) a long life story
39. 39.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) awards and prizes (b) your Aadhaar number (c) languages you know (d) your phone and email
40. 40.📄 Your résumé says you led a club. In the interview you should… (a) say it was a joke (b) change the subject (c) deny it (d) be ready to explain it

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