Résumé Worksheet: What to Include

Interview skills lesson 17: What goes on a student résumé · Set 787 · 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: a survey of 50 shops? (a) skills (b) projects (c) education (d) activities
2. 2.📄 In which résumé section does this go: an email ID? (a) projects (b) activities (c) contact details (d) education
3. 3.📄 What font style suits a résumé? (a) five fancy fonts (b) all bold capitals (c) tiny handwriting (d) one plain, clear font
4. 4.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: projects you did? (a) include it (b) leave it out
5. 5.📄 In which résumé section does this go: debate club secretary? (a) contact details (b) projects (c) activities (d) skills
6. 6.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: clubs and activities? (a) include it (b) leave it out
7. 7.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your Aadhaar number (b) clubs and activities (c) volunteer work (d) skills like typing
8. 8.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your bank details (b) your siblings’ marks (c) skills like typing (d) made-up marks
9. 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) clubs and activities (b) your Aadhaar number (c) a long life story (d) a party selfie
10. 10.📄 A student with no work experience should highlight… (a) their parents’ jobs (b) made-up jobs (c) nothing at all (d) projects and activities
11. 11.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) your phone and email (b) your siblings’ marks (c) a long life story (d) a party selfie
12. 12.Which of these goes in the education section? (a) typing 40 words a minute (b) Class 12 (Science), 2026 (c) basic HTML and CSS (d) a survey of 50 shops
13. 13.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) volunteer work (b) your bank details (c) your phone and email (d) clubs and activities
14. 14.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a long life story (b) languages you know (c) projects you did (d) volunteer work
15. 15.Which of these goes in the contact details? (a) a website for our club (b) Class 12 (Science), 2026 (c) your city and PIN code (d) Class 10 board: 88%
16. 16.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a party selfie (b) your passwords (c) made-up marks (d) projects you did
17. 17.True or false: “clubs and activities” should be left out of a résumé. (a) False (b) True
18. 18.True or false: “your passwords” belongs on a student résumé. (a) True (b) False
19. 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your bank details (b) your Aadhaar number (c) your siblings’ marks (d) volunteer work
20. 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) volunteer work (b) your passwords (c) awards and prizes (d) your phone and email
21. 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) volunteer work (b) clubs and activities (c) languages you know (d) your siblings’ marks
22. 22.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) a long life story (b) school and marks (c) awards and prizes (d) your phone and email
23. 23.Which of these goes in the education section? (a) B.Com first year (b) spreadsheets (basic) (c) eco club member (d) a survey of 50 shops
24. 24.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: a party selfie? (a) leave it out (b) include it
25. 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) languages you know (b) a long life story (c) your Aadhaar number (d) your passwords
26. 26.True or false: “your phone and email” belongs on a student résumé. (a) True (b) False
27. 27.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) your bank details (b) a long life story (c) made-up marks (d) languages you know
28. 28.📄 In which résumé section does this go: spreadsheets (basic)? (a) projects (b) skills (c) education (d) activities
29. 29.📄 Your résumé says you led a club. In the interview you should… (a) change the subject (b) deny it (c) be ready to explain it (d) say it was a joke
30. 30.True or false: “your passwords” should be left out of a résumé. (a) False (b) True
31. 31.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your Aadhaar number? (a) include it (b) leave it out
32. 32.📄 In which résumé section does this go: a mobile number? (a) education (b) activities (c) projects (d) contact details
33. 33.True or false: “school and marks” belongs on a student résumé. (a) True (b) False
34. 34.True or false: “a party selfie” belongs on a student résumé. (a) True (b) False
35. 35.Which of these goes in the activities section? (a) built a rain gauge model (b) a website for our club (c) debate club secretary (d) an email ID
36. 36.True or false: “your siblings’ marks” belongs on a student résumé. (a) True (b) False
37. 37.📄 In which résumé section does this go: a website for our club? (a) skills (b) activities (c) projects (d) contact details
38. 38.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) a long life story (b) your siblings’ marks (c) made-up marks (d) clubs and activities
39. 39.📄 In which résumé section does this go: basic HTML and CSS? (a) education (b) skills (c) activities (d) projects
40. 40.📄 In which résumé section does this go: your city and PIN code? (a) contact details (b) skills (c) projects (d) activities

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