Résumé Worksheet: What to Include

Interview skills lesson 17: What goes on a student résumé · Set 883 · 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 should be left out of a résumé? (a) clubs and activities (b) school and marks (c) your siblings’ marks (d) awards and prizes
2. 2.📄 In which résumé section does this go: a survey of 50 shops? (a) skills (b) activities (c) projects (d) education
3. 3.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) clubs and activities (b) your bank details (c) your passwords (d) made-up marks
4. 4.📄 In which résumé section does this go: your city and PIN code? (a) activities (b) contact details (c) education (d) skills
5. 5.Which of these goes in the skills section? (a) a survey of 50 shops (b) basic HTML and CSS (c) a mobile number (d) B.Com first year
6. 6.📄 In which résumé section does this go: basic HTML and CSS? (a) skills (b) education (c) projects (d) activities
7. 7.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) school and marks (b) a long life story (c) your passwords (d) a party selfie
8. 8.Which of these goes in the contact details? (a) basic HTML and CSS (b) spreadsheets (basic) (c) a mobile number (d) school football team
9. 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) school and marks (b) your bank details (c) volunteer work (d) awards and prizes
10. 10.📄 In which résumé section does this go: an email ID? (a) activities (b) projects (c) contact details (d) skills
11. 11.Which of these goes in the activities section? (a) an email ID (b) eco club member (c) typing 40 words a minute (d) Class 12 (Science), 2026
12. 12.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a party selfie (b) clubs and activities (c) skills like typing (d) your phone and email
13. 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your siblings’ marks (b) skills like typing (c) your Aadhaar number (d) your passwords
14. 14.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: a long life story? (a) leave it out (b) include it
15. 15.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: awards and prizes? (a) leave it out (b) include it
16. 16.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your phone and email (b) your passwords (c) clubs and activities (d) projects you did
17. 17.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your Aadhaar number? (a) include it (b) leave it out
18. 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) school and marks (b) awards and prizes (c) your siblings’ marks (d) volunteer work
19. 19.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) a long life story (b) made-up marks (c) volunteer work (d) a party selfie
20. 20.Which of these goes in the education section? (a) B.Com first year (b) built a rain gauge model (c) a mobile number (d) typing 40 words a minute
21. 21.True or false: “awards and prizes” should be left out of a résumé. (a) False (b) True
22. 22.Which of these goes in the activities section? (a) debate club secretary (b) a website for our club (c) your city and PIN code (d) an email ID
23. 23.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) your siblings’ marks (b) skills like typing (c) a party selfie (d) made-up marks
24. 24.📄 In which résumé section does this go: debate club secretary? (a) projects (b) activities (c) skills (d) contact details
25. 25.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) skills like typing (b) volunteer work (c) a party selfie (d) your phone and email
26. 26.📄 Your résumé says you led a club. In the interview you should… (a) change the subject (b) be ready to explain it (c) deny it (d) say it was a joke
27. 27.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: school and marks? (a) include it (b) leave it out
28. 28.Which of these goes in the activities section? (a) school football team (b) B.Com first year (c) an email ID (d) a mobile number
29. 29.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: skills like typing? (a) include it (b) leave it out
30. 30.Which of these goes in the contact details? (a) debate club secretary (b) an email ID (c) a survey of 50 shops (d) Class 10 board: 88%
31. 31.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your phone and email? (a) include it (b) leave it out
32. 32.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) clubs and activities (b) awards and prizes (c) skills like typing (d) a long life story
33. 33.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your bank details? (a) leave it out (b) include it
34. 34.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) languages you know (b) school and marks (c) made-up marks (d) volunteer work
35. 35.📄 In which résumé section does this go: a website for our club? (a) skills (b) contact details (c) education (d) projects
36. 36.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) your Aadhaar number (b) made-up marks (c) languages you know (d) your siblings’ marks
37. 37.True or false: “languages you know” belongs on a student résumé. (a) True (b) False
38. 38.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) your Aadhaar number (b) projects you did (c) languages you know (d) your phone and email
39. 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your Aadhaar number (b) your passwords (c) languages you know (d) a party selfie
40. 40.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) skills like typing (b) your passwords (c) school and marks (d) projects you did

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