Résumé Worksheet: What to Include

Interview skills lesson 17: What goes on a student résumé · Set 831 · 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.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your phone and email? (a) leave it out (b) include it
2. 2.True or false: “skills like typing” should be left out of a résumé. (a) True (b) False
3. 3.Which of these goes in the projects section? (a) school football team (b) a survey of 50 shops (c) spreadsheets (basic) (d) B.Com first year
4. 4.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your phone and email (b) a long life story (c) school and marks (d) volunteer work
5. 5.📄 A résumé is… (a) a letter of thanks (b) a full autobiography (c) a short summary of you (d) a school report card
6. 6.Which of these goes in the activities section? (a) your city and PIN code (b) a website for our club (c) B.Com first year (d) debate club secretary
7. 7.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: clubs and activities? (a) leave it out (b) include it
8. 8.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) volunteer work (b) projects you did (c) school and marks (d) your siblings’ marks
9. 9.📄 A student with no work experience should highlight… (a) projects and activities (b) their parents’ jobs (c) made-up jobs (d) nothing at all
10. 10.📄 In which résumé section does this go: Class 12 (Science), 2026? (a) activities (b) contact details (c) education (d) skills
11. 11.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) your siblings’ marks (b) school and marks (c) your bank details (d) a party selfie
12. 12.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) your phone and email (b) a party selfie (c) your Aadhaar number (d) made-up marks
13. 13.📄 How long should a student résumé usually be? (a) ten pages (b) five pages (c) half a line (d) one page
14. 14.Which of these goes in the skills section? (a) a survey of 50 shops (b) built a rain gauge model (c) basic HTML and CSS (d) debate club secretary
15. 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) clubs and activities (b) awards and prizes (c) school and marks (d) a party selfie
16. 16.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: school and marks? (a) include it (b) leave it out
17. 17.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: made-up marks? (a) leave it out (b) include it
18. 18.📄 Your résumé says you led a club. In the interview you should… (a) change the subject (b) be ready to explain it (c) say it was a joke (d) deny it
19. 19.True or false: “your Aadhaar number” should be left out of a résumé. (a) True (b) False
20. 20.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: awards and prizes? (a) include it (b) leave it out
21. 21.📄 In which résumé section does this go: a survey of 50 shops? (a) skills (b) contact details (c) activities (d) projects
22. 22.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) clubs and activities (b) projects you did (c) skills like typing (d) your bank details
23. 23.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your bank details? (a) include it (b) leave it out
24. 24.📄 In which résumé section does this go: debate club secretary? (a) projects (b) education (c) skills (d) activities
25. 25.📄 In which résumé section does this go: B.Com first year? (a) contact details (b) projects (c) activities (d) education
26. 26.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) projects you did (b) awards and prizes (c) volunteer work (d) your Aadhaar number
27. 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your bank details (b) skills like typing (c) made-up marks (d) your Aadhaar number
28. 28.📄 In which résumé section does this go: eco club member? (a) contact details (b) education (c) activities (d) skills
29. 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) skills like typing (b) volunteer work (c) your bank details (d) languages you know
30. 30.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) your siblings’ marks (b) made-up marks (c) awards and prizes (d) a long life story
31. 31.📄 In which résumé section does this go: basic HTML and CSS? (a) contact details (b) skills (c) education (d) projects
32. 32.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) volunteer work (b) languages you know (c) school and marks (d) a long life story
33. 33.True or false: “skills like typing” belongs on a student résumé. (a) True (b) False
34. 34.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: projects you did? (a) leave it out (b) include it
35. 35.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: a long life story? (a) leave it out (b) include it
36. 36.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: languages you know? (a) leave it out (b) include it
37. 37.Which of these goes in the skills section? (a) your city and PIN code (b) a mobile number (c) typing 40 words a minute (d) B.Com first year
38. 38.Which of these goes in the projects section? (a) your city and PIN code (b) eco club member (c) typing 40 words a minute (d) built a rain gauge model
39. 39.Which of these goes in the contact details? (a) Class 12 (Science), 2026 (b) a website for our club (c) your city and PIN code (d) typing 40 words a minute
40. 40.📄 In which résumé section does this go: an email ID? (a) activities (b) education (c) contact details (d) projects

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