Résumé Worksheet: What to Include

Interview skills lesson 17: What goes on a student résumé · Set 84 · 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.📄 Your résumé says you led a club. In the interview you should… (a) be ready to explain it (b) deny it (c) say it was a joke (d) change the subject
2. 2.True or false: “school and marks” belongs on a student résumé. (a) False (b) True
3. 3.📄 In which résumé section does this go: a survey of 50 shops? (a) activities (b) projects (c) education (d) contact details
4. 4.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: volunteer work? (a) include it (b) leave it out
5. 5.📄 A student with no work experience should highlight… (a) their parents’ jobs (b) nothing at all (c) made-up jobs (d) projects and activities
6. 6.Which of these goes in the skills section? (a) typing 40 words a minute (b) school football team (c) debate club secretary (d) a website for our club
7. 7.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) your siblings’ marks (b) skills like typing (c) awards and prizes (d) school and marks
8. 8.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your Aadhaar number? (a) leave it out (b) include it
9. 9.True or false: “awards and prizes” belongs on a student résumé. (a) False (b) True
10. 10.📄 In which résumé section does this go: a website for our club? (a) education (b) skills (c) projects (d) contact details
11. 11.True or false: “a long life story” belongs on a student résumé. (a) True (b) False
12. 12.True or false: “clubs and activities” belongs on a student résumé. (a) False (b) True
13. 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your Aadhaar number (b) your bank details (c) clubs and activities (d) a party selfie
14. 14.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: skills like typing? (a) include it (b) leave it out
15. 15.Which of these goes in the contact details? (a) a survey of 50 shops (b) an email ID (c) Class 10 board: 88% (d) a website for our club
16. 16.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) skills like typing (b) volunteer work (c) a long life story (d) your phone and email
17. 17.Which of these goes in the education section? (a) school football team (b) B.Com first year (c) basic HTML and CSS (d) a survey of 50 shops
18. 18.📄 In which résumé section does this go: typing 40 words a minute? (a) education (b) projects (c) contact details (d) skills
19. 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) school and marks (b) made-up marks (c) volunteer work (d) skills like typing
20. 20.📄 In which résumé section does this go: a mobile number? (a) projects (b) activities (c) skills (d) contact details
21. 21.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) languages you know (b) volunteer work (c) your Aadhaar number (d) projects you did
22. 22.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) your siblings’ marks (b) your passwords (c) clubs and activities (d) your Aadhaar number
23. 23.True or false: “awards and prizes” should be left out of a résumé. (a) False (b) True
24. 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) languages you know (b) a party selfie (c) your phone and email (d) awards and prizes
25. 25.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) your phone and email (b) volunteer work (c) languages you know (d) your passwords
26. 26.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: awards and prizes? (a) leave it out (b) include it
27. 27.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) a long life story (b) your passwords (c) your bank details (d) your phone and email
28. 28.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) your bank details (b) volunteer work (c) awards and prizes (d) school and marks
29. 29.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your phone and email? (a) leave it out (b) include it
30. 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a party selfie (b) your bank details (c) made-up marks (d) languages you know
31. 31.True or false: “your phone and email” should be left out of a résumé. (a) False (b) True
32. 32.📄 In which résumé section does this go: an email ID? (a) activities (b) contact details (c) skills (d) education
33. 33.📄 A résumé is… (a) a full autobiography (b) a letter of thanks (c) a short summary of you (d) a school report card
34. 34.Which of these goes in the activities section? (a) school football team (b) a survey of 50 shops (c) Class 12 (Science), 2026 (d) an email ID
35. 35.📄 In which résumé section does this go: B.Com first year? (a) projects (b) skills (c) education (d) activities
36. 36.Which of these goes in the education section? (a) Class 10 board: 88% (b) typing 40 words a minute (c) spreadsheets (basic) (d) a survey of 50 shops
37. 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your Aadhaar number (b) languages you know (c) clubs and activities (d) awards and prizes
38. 38.📄 How long should a student résumé usually be? (a) half a line (b) five pages (c) ten pages (d) one page
39. 39.True or false: “projects you did” should be left out of a résumé. (a) True (b) False
40. 40.Which of these goes in the education section? (a) basic HTML and CSS (b) Class 12 (Science), 2026 (c) typing 40 words a minute (d) a website for our club

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