Résumé Worksheet: What to Include

Interview skills lesson 17: What goes on a student résumé · Set 766 · 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.📄 In which résumé section does this go: basic HTML and CSS? (a) projects (b) contact details (c) skills (d) activities
2. 2.Which of these goes in the contact details? (a) spreadsheets (basic) (b) eco club member (c) your city and PIN code (d) B.Com first year
3. 3.Which of these goes in the activities section? (a) a website for our club (b) eco club member (c) B.Com first year (d) a survey of 50 shops
4. 4.Which of these goes in the skills section? (a) typing 40 words a minute (b) a survey of 50 shops (c) Class 12 (Science), 2026 (d) a mobile number
5. 5.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) skills like typing (b) awards and prizes (c) languages you know (d) your passwords
6. 6.📄 In which résumé section does this go: Class 12 (Science), 2026? (a) contact details (b) activities (c) education (d) skills
7. 7.True or false: “your passwords” should be left out of a résumé. (a) False (b) True
8. 8.📄 Your résumé says you led a club. In the interview you should… (a) change the subject (b) say it was a joke (c) deny it (d) be ready to explain it
9. 9.📄 A student with no work experience should highlight… (a) made-up jobs (b) nothing at all (c) projects and activities (d) their parents’ jobs
10. 10.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: awards and prizes? (a) include it (b) leave it out
11. 11.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: projects you did? (a) leave it out (b) include it
12. 12.True or false: “projects you did” belongs on a student résumé. (a) False (b) True
13. 13.📄 In which résumé section does this go: a mobile number? (a) activities (b) contact details (c) skills (d) projects
14. 14.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) projects you did (b) school and marks (c) awards and prizes (d) a party selfie
15. 15.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) a party selfie (b) a long life story (c) school and marks (d) your bank details
16. 16.📄 In which résumé section does this go: a survey of 50 shops? (a) contact details (b) skills (c) projects (d) activities
17. 17.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) your siblings’ marks (b) school and marks (c) volunteer work (d) your phone and email
18. 18.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: volunteer work? (a) leave it out (b) include it
19. 19.Which of these goes in the skills section? (a) an email ID (b) B.Com first year (c) spreadsheets (basic) (d) debate club secretary
20. 20.True or false: “volunteer work” belongs on a student résumé. (a) False (b) True
21. 21.📄 How long should a student résumé usually be? (a) one page (b) half a line (c) ten pages (d) five pages
22. 22.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) your Aadhaar number (b) volunteer work (c) your phone and email (d) school and marks
23. 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a long life story (b) projects you did (c) your Aadhaar number (d) your passwords
24. 24.📄 In which résumé section does this go: built a rain gauge model? (a) education (b) projects (c) activities (d) contact details
25. 25.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: clubs and activities? (a) include it (b) leave it out
26. 26.📄 In which résumé section does this go: an email ID? (a) skills (b) education (c) activities (d) contact details
27. 27.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) made-up marks (b) your bank details (c) your Aadhaar number (d) clubs and activities
28. 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your siblings’ marks (b) school and marks (c) projects you did (d) skills like typing
29. 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) languages you know (b) your phone and email (c) your passwords (d) volunteer work
30. 30.📄 A résumé is… (a) a school report card (b) a short summary of you (c) a letter of thanks (d) a full autobiography
31. 31.True or false: “made-up marks” belongs on a student résumé. (a) False (b) True
32. 32.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: made-up marks? (a) leave it out (b) include it
33. 33.True or false: “awards and prizes” belongs on a student résumé. (a) False (b) True
34. 34.Which of these goes in the education section? (a) a website for our club (b) Class 12 (Science), 2026 (c) your city and PIN code (d) an email ID
35. 35.Which of these goes in the education section? (a) B.Com first year (b) typing 40 words a minute (c) a survey of 50 shops (d) your city and PIN code
36. 36.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your Aadhaar number? (a) include it (b) leave it out
37. 37.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your bank details? (a) include it (b) leave it out
38. 38.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your siblings’ marks? (a) leave it out (b) include it
39. 39.📄 In which résumé section does this go: eco club member? (a) contact details (b) skills (c) activities (d) projects
40. 40.True or false: “your passwords” belongs on a student résumé. (a) True (b) False

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