Résumé Worksheet: What to Include

Interview skills lesson 17: What goes on a student résumé · Set 769 · 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) languages you know (b) your bank details (c) clubs and activities (d) school and marks
2. 2.Which of these goes in the education section? (a) an email ID (b) typing 40 words a minute (c) B.Com first year (d) built a rain gauge model
3. 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a long life story (b) volunteer work (c) clubs and activities (d) skills like typing
4. 4.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your bank details (b) a long life story (c) your phone and email (d) your Aadhaar number
5. 5.True or false: “skills like typing” belongs on a student résumé. (a) False (b) True
6. 6.True or false: “your passwords” should be left out of a résumé. (a) True (b) False
7. 7.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) awards and prizes (b) made-up marks (c) languages you know (d) clubs and activities
8. 8.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) clubs and activities (b) volunteer work (c) languages you know (d) your siblings’ marks
9. 9.📄 A résumé is… (a) a letter of thanks (b) a short summary of you (c) a school report card (d) a full autobiography
10. 10.📄 In which résumé section does this go: spreadsheets (basic)? (a) activities (b) skills (c) education (d) contact details
11. 11.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: a long life story? (a) include it (b) leave it out
12. 12.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your Aadhaar number (b) projects you did (c) your passwords (d) your bank details
13. 13.True or false: “awards and prizes” belongs on a student résumé. (a) True (b) False
14. 14.True or false: “volunteer work” belongs on a student résumé. (a) False (b) True
15. 15.True or false: “clubs and activities” belongs on a student résumé. (a) False (b) True
16. 16.True or false: “your bank details” belongs on a student résumé. (a) True (b) False
17. 17.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) your phone and email (b) your passwords (c) school and marks (d) skills like typing
18. 18.📄 A student with no work experience should highlight… (a) made-up jobs (b) projects and activities (c) their parents’ jobs (d) nothing at all
19. 19.📄 In which résumé section does this go: a mobile number? (a) skills (b) projects (c) contact details (d) education
20. 20.Which of these goes in the activities section? (a) B.Com first year (b) a survey of 50 shops (c) Class 10 board: 88% (d) debate club secretary
21. 21.📄 How long should a student résumé usually be? (a) five pages (b) one page (c) half a line (d) ten pages
22. 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) awards and prizes (b) your siblings’ marks (c) a party selfie (d) made-up marks
23. 23.📄 What font style suits a résumé? (a) tiny handwriting (b) five fancy fonts (c) one plain, clear font (d) all bold capitals
24. 24.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your phone and email? (a) leave it out (b) include it
25. 25.Which of these goes in the projects section? (a) a survey of 50 shops (b) B.Com first year (c) Class 12 (Science), 2026 (d) eco club member
26. 26.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: volunteer work? (a) leave it out (b) include it
27. 27.Which of these goes in the education section? (a) an email ID (b) spreadsheets (basic) (c) Class 12 (Science), 2026 (d) eco club member
28. 28.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: languages you know? (a) leave it out (b) include it
29. 29.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) a long life story (b) your passwords (c) made-up marks (d) your phone and email
30. 30.📄 In which résumé section does this go: your city and PIN code? (a) activities (b) education (c) contact details (d) skills
31. 31.Which of these goes in the education section? (a) your city and PIN code (b) school football team (c) Class 10 board: 88% (d) typing 40 words a minute
32. 32.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) your bank details (b) your passwords (c) your siblings’ marks (d) volunteer work
33. 33.Which of these goes in the activities section? (a) a mobile number (b) Class 10 board: 88% (c) a survey of 50 shops (d) eco club member
34. 34.📄 In which résumé section does this go: a survey of 50 shops? (a) contact details (b) projects (c) activities (d) skills
35. 35.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) your passwords (b) your Aadhaar number (c) your bank details (d) awards and prizes
36. 36.📄 Your résumé says you led a club. In the interview you should… (a) say it was a joke (b) change the subject (c) be ready to explain it (d) deny it
37. 37.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) your passwords (b) made-up marks (c) a long life story (d) skills like typing
38. 38.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: a party selfie? (a) leave it out (b) include it
39. 39.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: skills like typing? (a) include it (b) leave it out
40. 40.True or false: “skills like typing” should be left out of a résumé. (a) False (b) True

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