Résumé Worksheet: What to Include

Interview skills lesson 17: What goes on a student résumé · Set 876 · 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 is the odd one out? (a) clubs and activities (b) projects you did (c) made-up marks (d) volunteer work
2. 2.📄 A résumé is… (a) a full autobiography (b) a letter of thanks (c) a short summary of you (d) a school report card
3. 3.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your siblings’ marks? (a) include it (b) leave it out
4. 4.True or false: “your passwords” belongs on a student résumé. (a) False (b) True
5. 5.True or false: “your passwords” should be left out of a résumé. (a) False (b) True
6. 6.📄 In which résumé section does this go: your city and PIN code? (a) skills (b) projects (c) education (d) contact details
7. 7.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) your bank details (b) languages you know (c) awards and prizes (d) skills like typing
8. 8.📄 How long should a student résumé usually be? (a) one page (b) five pages (c) ten pages (d) half a line
9. 9.Which of these goes in the education section? (a) basic HTML and CSS (b) Class 10 board: 88% (c) a website for our club (d) spreadsheets (basic)
10. 10.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) made-up marks (b) your bank details (c) volunteer work (d) your Aadhaar number
11. 11.📄 A student with no work experience should highlight… (a) their parents’ jobs (b) projects and activities (c) nothing at all (d) made-up jobs
12. 12.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) your Aadhaar number (b) your passwords (c) your bank details (d) awards and prizes
13. 13.📄 In which résumé section does this go: eco club member? (a) contact details (b) activities (c) education (d) projects
14. 14.Which of these goes in the contact details? (a) an email ID (b) built a rain gauge model (c) Class 12 (Science), 2026 (d) typing 40 words a minute
15. 15.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: made-up marks? (a) include it (b) leave it out
16. 16.📄 Your résumé says you led a club. In the interview you should… (a) be ready to explain it (b) say it was a joke (c) deny it (d) change the subject
17. 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) volunteer work (b) languages you know (c) a long life story (d) school and marks
18. 18.True or false: “school and marks” should be left out of a résumé. (a) False (b) True
19. 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) made-up marks (b) a party selfie (c) your passwords (d) school and marks
20. 20.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: projects you did? (a) leave it out (b) include it
21. 21.📄 In which résumé section does this go: a survey of 50 shops? (a) activities (b) skills (c) projects (d) education
22. 22.True or false: “awards and prizes” belongs on a student résumé. (a) True (b) False
23. 23.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: languages you know? (a) leave it out (b) include it
24. 24.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) made-up marks (b) your phone and email (c) a long life story (d) your Aadhaar number
25. 25.📄 In which résumé section does this go: spreadsheets (basic)? (a) activities (b) projects (c) contact details (d) skills
26. 26.True or false: “skills like typing” should be left out of a résumé. (a) False (b) True
27. 27.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) a party selfie (b) a long life story (c) your siblings’ marks (d) skills like typing
28. 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) awards and prizes (b) volunteer work (c) your passwords (d) skills like typing
29. 29.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your bank details? (a) include it (b) leave it out
30. 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your Aadhaar number (b) awards and prizes (c) your phone and email (d) languages you know
31. 31.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: a long life story? (a) leave it out (b) include it
32. 32.Which of these goes in the contact details? (a) basic HTML and CSS (b) debate club secretary (c) school football team (d) your city and PIN code
33. 33.📄 In which résumé section does this go: Class 12 (Science), 2026? (a) contact details (b) skills (c) projects (d) education
34. 34.Which of these goes in the skills section? (a) school football team (b) B.Com first year (c) your city and PIN code (d) typing 40 words a minute
35. 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your phone and email (b) clubs and activities (c) volunteer work (d) your bank details
36. 36.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your Aadhaar number? (a) include it (b) leave it out
37. 37.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your phone and email? (a) include it (b) leave it out
38. 38.Which of these goes in the activities section? (a) built a rain gauge model (b) Class 12 (Science), 2026 (c) eco club member (d) an email ID
39. 39.True or false: “a long life story” belongs on a student résumé. (a) True (b) False
40. 40.📄 In which résumé section does this go: B.Com first year? (a) contact details (b) activities (c) education (d) skills

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