Résumé Worksheet: What to Include

Interview skills lesson 17: What goes on a student résumé · Set 812 · 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 of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) your phone and email (b) your passwords (c) a party selfie (d) a long life story
2. 2.Which of these goes in the contact details? (a) built a rain gauge model (b) your city and PIN code (c) basic HTML and CSS (d) school football team
3. 3.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: clubs and activities? (a) include it (b) leave it out
4. 4.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) a long life story (b) your passwords (c) a party selfie (d) skills like typing
5. 5.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) volunteer work (b) a party selfie (c) clubs and activities (d) school and marks
6. 6.📄 In which résumé section does this go: debate club secretary? (a) activities (b) education (c) skills (d) contact details
7. 7.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your siblings’ marks (b) your passwords (c) your Aadhaar number (d) projects you did
8. 8.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: awards and prizes? (a) leave it out (b) include it
9. 9.Which of these goes in the skills section? (a) school football team (b) a survey of 50 shops (c) spreadsheets (basic) (d) an email ID
10. 10.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) your passwords (b) your siblings’ marks (c) your bank details (d) volunteer work
11. 11.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) your siblings’ marks (b) awards and prizes (c) languages you know (d) school and marks
12. 12.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) skills like typing (b) your passwords (c) your phone and email (d) awards and prizes
13. 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your passwords (b) awards and prizes (c) your siblings’ marks (d) your Aadhaar number
14. 14.True or false: “languages you know” should be left out of a résumé. (a) False (b) True
15. 15.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) awards and prizes (b) your bank details (c) your passwords (d) a party selfie
16. 16.📄 In which résumé section does this go: basic HTML and CSS? (a) contact details (b) activities (c) skills (d) education
17. 17.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) made-up marks (b) a party selfie (c) projects you did (d) your siblings’ marks
18. 18.Which of these goes in the activities section? (a) Class 12 (Science), 2026 (b) school football team (c) your city and PIN code (d) an email ID
19. 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a party selfie (b) your Aadhaar number (c) a long life story (d) clubs and activities
20. 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) clubs and activities (b) your siblings’ marks (c) awards and prizes (d) school and marks
21. 21.True or false: “your passwords” should be left out of a résumé. (a) False (b) True
22. 22.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: made-up marks? (a) leave it out (b) include it
23. 23.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) made-up marks (b) skills like typing (c) awards and prizes (d) clubs and activities
24. 24.📄 In which résumé section does this go: Class 10 board: 88%? (a) education (b) activities (c) skills (d) contact details
25. 25.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) clubs and activities (b) school and marks (c) a long life story (d) your phone and email
26. 26.📄 In which résumé section does this go: your city and PIN code? (a) contact details (b) projects (c) education (d) skills
27. 27.📄 In which résumé section does this go: eco club member? (a) projects (b) activities (c) education (d) skills
28. 28.True or false: “skills like typing” belongs on a student résumé. (a) False (b) True
29. 29.True or false: “your siblings’ marks” should be left out of a résumé. (a) False (b) True
30. 30.📄 Your résumé says you led a club. In the interview you should… (a) say it was a joke (b) be ready to explain it (c) change the subject (d) deny it
31. 31.Which of these goes in the contact details? (a) Class 12 (Science), 2026 (b) debate club secretary (c) typing 40 words a minute (d) an email ID
32. 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your phone and email (b) projects you did (c) languages you know (d) made-up marks
33. 33.📄 How long should a student résumé usually be? (a) one page (b) half a line (c) five pages (d) ten pages
34. 34.Which of these goes in the activities section? (a) B.Com first year (b) Class 12 (Science), 2026 (c) eco club member (d) typing 40 words a minute
35. 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a long life story (b) your siblings’ marks (c) a party selfie (d) school and marks
36. 36.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: skills like typing? (a) leave it out (b) include it
37. 37.📄 In which résumé section does this go: built a rain gauge model? (a) activities (b) skills (c) contact details (d) projects
38. 38.📄 A student with no work experience should highlight… (a) their parents’ jobs (b) made-up jobs (c) nothing at all (d) projects and activities
39. 39.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your bank details? (a) leave it out (b) include it
40. 40.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) your Aadhaar number (b) languages you know (c) a party selfie (d) made-up marks

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