Résumé Worksheet: What to Include

Interview skills lesson 17: What goes on a student résumé · Set 778 · 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: “volunteer work” should be left out of a résumé. (a) False (b) True
2. 2.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) skills like typing (b) your siblings’ marks (c) awards and prizes (d) languages you know
3. 3.📄 Your résumé says you led a club. In the interview you should… (a) be ready to explain it (b) say it was a joke (c) change the subject (d) deny it
4. 4.True or false: “skills like typing” belongs on a student résumé. (a) False (b) True
5. 5.True or false: “a party selfie” belongs on a student résumé. (a) False (b) True
6. 6.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) your phone and email (b) made-up marks (c) volunteer work (d) skills like typing
7. 7.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) projects you did (b) clubs and activities (c) your bank details (d) languages you know
8. 8.True or false: “clubs and activities” should be left out of a résumé. (a) False (b) True
9. 9.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) skills like typing (b) school and marks (c) a party selfie (d) clubs and activities
10. 10.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) made-up marks (b) skills like typing (c) school and marks (d) your phone and email
11. 11.📄 In which résumé section does this go: your city and PIN code? (a) skills (b) activities (c) contact details (d) education
12. 12.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) volunteer work (b) a party selfie (c) your Aadhaar number (d) your siblings’ marks
13. 13.📄 In which résumé section does this go: typing 40 words a minute? (a) projects (b) education (c) contact details (d) skills
14. 14.Which of these goes in the skills section? (a) an email ID (b) spreadsheets (basic) (c) debate club secretary (d) eco club member
15. 15.Which of these goes in the projects section? (a) a mobile number (b) a survey of 50 shops (c) an email ID (d) spreadsheets (basic)
16. 16.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your Aadhaar number? (a) include it (b) leave it out
17. 17.📄 In which résumé section does this go: a survey of 50 shops? (a) projects (b) contact details (c) skills (d) activities
18. 18.📄 In which résumé section does this go: debate club secretary? (a) activities (b) projects (c) education (d) skills
19. 19.True or false: “languages you know” should be left out of a résumé. (a) False (b) True
20. 20.📄 How long should a student résumé usually be? (a) half a line (b) one page (c) ten pages (d) five pages
21. 21.📄 A student with no work experience should highlight… (a) nothing at all (b) projects and activities (c) their parents’ jobs (d) made-up jobs
22. 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your Aadhaar number (b) your bank details (c) a party selfie (d) school and marks
23. 23.📄 In which résumé section does this go: an email ID? (a) education (b) skills (c) contact details (d) activities
24. 24.True or false: “your bank details” belongs on a student résumé. (a) True (b) False
25. 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a long life story (b) school and marks (c) your phone and email (d) volunteer work
26. 26.True or false: “awards and prizes” should be left out of a résumé. (a) True (b) False
27. 27.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) school and marks (b) projects you did (c) volunteer work (d) your passwords
28. 28.Which of these goes in the education section? (a) debate club secretary (b) school football team (c) Class 10 board: 88% (d) typing 40 words a minute
29. 29.📄 In which résumé section does this go: B.Com first year? (a) skills (b) projects (c) contact details (d) education
30. 30.📄 In which résumé section does this go: Class 10 board: 88%? (a) projects (b) contact details (c) activities (d) education
31. 31.True or false: “projects you did” belongs on a student résumé. (a) True (b) False
32. 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) awards and prizes (b) your passwords (c) clubs and activities (d) your phone and email
33. 33.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your phone and email? (a) leave it out (b) include it
34. 34.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: school and marks? (a) leave it out (b) include it
35. 35.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) a party selfie (b) your bank details (c) languages you know (d) your passwords
36. 36.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: skills like typing? (a) include it (b) leave it out
37. 37.Which of these goes in the skills section? (a) basic HTML and CSS (b) school football team (c) Class 12 (Science), 2026 (d) built a rain gauge model
38. 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your phone and email (b) awards and prizes (c) languages you know (d) your bank details
39. 39.📄 In which résumé section does this go: built a rain gauge model? (a) skills (b) contact details (c) activities (d) projects
40. 40.📄 A résumé is… (a) a letter of thanks (b) a school report card (c) a short summary of you (d) a full autobiography

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