Résumé Worksheet: What to Include

Interview skills lesson 17: What goes on a student résumé · Set 757 · 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) your Aadhaar number (b) your bank details (c) projects you did (d) made-up marks
2. 2.Which of these goes in the activities section? (a) a mobile number (b) debate club secretary (c) B.Com first year (d) built a rain gauge model
3. 3.📄 In which résumé section does this go: typing 40 words a minute? (a) contact details (b) activities (c) education (d) skills
4. 4.📄 In which résumé section does this go: B.Com first year? (a) contact details (b) projects (c) skills (d) education
5. 5.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) your siblings’ marks (b) volunteer work (c) awards and prizes (d) clubs and activities
6. 6.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your bank details (b) a party selfie (c) your phone and email (d) your Aadhaar number
7. 7.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your bank details? (a) include it (b) leave it out
8. 8.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: a long life story? (a) leave it out (b) include it
9. 9.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your phone and email? (a) leave it out (b) include it
10. 10.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your siblings’ marks? (a) leave it out (b) include it
11. 11.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) skills like typing (b) made-up marks (c) awards and prizes (d) volunteer work
12. 12.Which of these goes in the skills section? (a) B.Com first year (b) built a rain gauge model (c) typing 40 words a minute (d) eco club member
13. 13.True or false: “school and marks” should be left out of a résumé. (a) True (b) False
14. 14.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: clubs and activities? (a) include it (b) leave it out
15. 15.📄 How long should a student résumé usually be? (a) half a line (b) five pages (c) ten pages (d) one page
16. 16.📄 In which résumé section does this go: an email ID? (a) contact details (b) activities (c) skills (d) projects
17. 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) awards and prizes (b) your passwords (c) your phone and email (d) clubs and activities
18. 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) languages you know (b) skills like typing (c) made-up marks (d) volunteer work
19. 19.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) your bank details (b) volunteer work (c) clubs and activities (d) skills like typing
20. 20.📄 Your résumé says you led a club. In the interview you should… (a) deny it (b) change the subject (c) be ready to explain it (d) say it was a joke
21. 21.📄 In which résumé section does this go: eco club member? (a) education (b) contact details (c) skills (d) activities
22. 22.📄 What font style suits a résumé? (a) all bold capitals (b) five fancy fonts (c) tiny handwriting (d) one plain, clear font
23. 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a long life story (b) skills like typing (c) awards and prizes (d) school and marks
24. 24.Which of these goes in the education section? (a) typing 40 words a minute (b) your city and PIN code (c) spreadsheets (basic) (d) Class 12 (Science), 2026
25. 25.True or false: “volunteer work” belongs on a student résumé. (a) True (b) False
26. 26.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) your bank details (b) your siblings’ marks (c) your passwords (d) clubs and activities
27. 27.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) your Aadhaar number (b) a party selfie (c) awards and prizes (d) your bank details
28. 28.True or false: “skills like typing” should be left out of a résumé. (a) True (b) False
29. 29.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) your Aadhaar number (b) a party selfie (c) your siblings’ marks (d) your phone and email
30. 30.📄 In which résumé section does this go: debate club secretary? (a) education (b) contact details (c) activities (d) projects
31. 31.True or false: “languages you know” belongs on a student résumé. (a) True (b) False
32. 32.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: awards and prizes? (a) leave it out (b) include it
33. 33.Which of these goes in the projects section? (a) built a rain gauge model (b) school football team (c) Class 12 (Science), 2026 (d) typing 40 words a minute
34. 34.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: made-up marks? (a) include it (b) leave it out
35. 35.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) made-up marks (b) school and marks (c) your passwords (d) a long life story
36. 36.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a party selfie (b) your siblings’ marks (c) your bank details (d) clubs and activities
37. 37.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: school and marks? (a) include it (b) leave it out
38. 38.📄 A résumé is… (a) a school report card (b) a full autobiography (c) a short summary of you (d) a letter of thanks
39. 39.📄 In which résumé section does this go: your city and PIN code? (a) contact details (b) activities (c) skills (d) projects
40. 40.Which of these goes in the activities section? (a) school football team (b) spreadsheets (basic) (c) a mobile number (d) a website for our club

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