Résumé Worksheet: What to Include

Interview skills lesson 17: What goes on a student résumé · Set 815 · 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: debate club secretary? (a) activities (b) skills (c) education (d) projects
2. 2.📄 A student with no work experience should highlight… (a) nothing at all (b) projects and activities (c) made-up jobs (d) their parents’ jobs
3. 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your phone and email (b) a party selfie (c) made-up marks (d) your passwords
4. 4.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) volunteer work (b) your phone and email (c) clubs and activities (d) your siblings’ marks
5. 5.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: volunteer work? (a) leave it out (b) include it
6. 6.Which of these goes in the education section? (a) eco club member (b) typing 40 words a minute (c) B.Com first year (d) built a rain gauge model
7. 7.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your bank details? (a) include it (b) leave it out
8. 8.📄 In which résumé section does this go: your city and PIN code? (a) contact details (b) education (c) activities (d) skills
9. 9.📄 What font style suits a résumé? (a) tiny handwriting (b) all bold capitals (c) five fancy fonts (d) one plain, clear font
10. 10.Which of these goes in the projects section? (a) school football team (b) an email ID (c) built a rain gauge model (d) typing 40 words a minute
11. 11.📄 In which résumé section does this go: an email ID? (a) activities (b) education (c) skills (d) contact details
12. 12.True or false: “skills like typing” should be left out of a résumé. (a) False (b) True
13. 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your siblings’ marks (b) awards and prizes (c) a party selfie (d) your Aadhaar number
14. 14.Which of these goes in the contact details? (a) a mobile number (b) Class 10 board: 88% (c) eco club member (d) built a rain gauge model
15. 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) languages you know (b) projects you did (c) your bank details (d) skills like typing
16. 16.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) your bank details (b) languages you know (c) projects you did (d) awards and prizes
17. 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your Aadhaar number (b) your phone and email (c) volunteer work (d) skills like typing
18. 18.Which of these goes in the skills section? (a) eco club member (b) B.Com first year (c) Class 12 (Science), 2026 (d) typing 40 words a minute
19. 19.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: awards and prizes? (a) leave it out (b) include it
20. 20.📄 In which résumé section does this go: B.Com first year? (a) contact details (b) skills (c) education (d) projects
21. 21.Which of these goes in the education section? (a) spreadsheets (basic) (b) built a rain gauge model (c) debate club secretary (d) Class 10 board: 88%
22. 22.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: a long life story? (a) leave it out (b) include it
23. 23.📄 How long should a student résumé usually be? (a) half a line (b) five pages (c) one page (d) ten pages
24. 24.📄 In which résumé section does this go: a survey of 50 shops? (a) skills (b) projects (c) activities (d) education
25. 25.Which of these goes in the projects section? (a) basic HTML and CSS (b) a mobile number (c) a website for our club (d) school football team
26. 26.📄 In which résumé section does this go: Class 12 (Science), 2026? (a) skills (b) education (c) contact details (d) activities
27. 27.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) made-up marks (b) your siblings’ marks (c) awards and prizes (d) a party selfie
28. 28.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) a long life story (b) your siblings’ marks (c) school and marks (d) your passwords
29. 29.True or false: “awards and prizes” belongs on a student résumé. (a) False (b) True
30. 30.Which of these goes in the skills section? (a) a survey of 50 shops (b) spreadsheets (basic) (c) your city and PIN code (d) a mobile number
31. 31.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) made-up marks (b) school and marks (c) volunteer work (d) awards and prizes
32. 32.Which of these goes in the contact details? (a) a website for our club (b) B.Com first year (c) your city and PIN code (d) spreadsheets (basic)
33. 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a long life story (b) projects you did (c) your siblings’ marks (d) your bank details
34. 34.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) your bank details (b) your phone and email (c) a long life story (d) made-up marks
35. 35.True or false: “volunteer work” belongs on a student résumé. (a) False (b) True
36. 36.Which of these goes in the activities section? (a) typing 40 words a minute (b) B.Com first year (c) debate club secretary (d) basic HTML and CSS
37. 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) awards and prizes (b) school and marks (c) made-up marks (d) skills like typing
38. 38.Which of these goes in the contact details? (a) Class 12 (Science), 2026 (b) eco club member (c) an email ID (d) a survey of 50 shops
39. 39.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) awards and prizes (b) a party selfie (c) clubs and activities (d) school and marks
40. 40.True or false: “your passwords” should be left out of a résumé. (a) True (b) False

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