Résumé Worksheet: What to Include

Interview skills lesson 17: What goes on a student résumé · Set 892 · 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 belongs on a student résumé? (a) your bank details (b) a party selfie (c) clubs and activities (d) your siblings’ marks
2. 2.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: school and marks? (a) leave it out (b) include it
3. 3.Which of these goes in the projects section? (a) eco club member (b) a survey of 50 shops (c) B.Com first year (d) a mobile number
4. 4.📄 In which résumé section does this go: basic HTML and CSS? (a) skills (b) contact details (c) education (d) projects
5. 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) made-up marks (b) awards and prizes (c) clubs and activities (d) school and marks
6. 6.📄 A résumé is… (a) a full autobiography (b) a school report card (c) a short summary of you (d) a letter of thanks
7. 7.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: a long life story? (a) leave it out (b) include it
8. 8.Which of these goes in the education section? (a) school football team (b) Class 10 board: 88% (c) built a rain gauge model (d) a website for our club
9. 9.Which of these goes in the activities section? (a) spreadsheets (basic) (b) Class 12 (Science), 2026 (c) your city and PIN code (d) school football team
10. 10.📄 In which résumé section does this go: a website for our club? (a) contact details (b) projects (c) activities (d) skills
11. 11.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your passwords? (a) include it (b) leave it out
12. 12.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: a party selfie? (a) leave it out (b) include it
13. 13.📄 In which résumé section does this go: school football team? (a) activities (b) education (c) skills (d) contact details
14. 14.Which of these goes in the skills section? (a) B.Com first year (b) typing 40 words a minute (c) an email ID (d) your city and PIN code
15. 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a long life story (b) made-up marks (c) a party selfie (d) your phone and email
16. 16.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) a party selfie (b) awards and prizes (c) a long life story (d) your Aadhaar number
17. 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) school and marks (b) a long life story (c) languages you know (d) your phone and email
18. 18.True or false: “made-up marks” should be left out of a résumé. (a) True (b) False
19. 19.Which of these goes in the education section? (a) debate club secretary (b) a survey of 50 shops (c) an email ID (d) B.Com first year
20. 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) school and marks (b) skills like typing (c) your siblings’ marks (d) languages you know
21. 21.📄 In which résumé section does this go: B.Com first year? (a) contact details (b) education (c) projects (d) skills
22. 22.True or false: “school and marks” should be left out of a résumé. (a) False (b) True
23. 23.True or false: “clubs and activities” should be left out of a résumé. (a) True (b) False
24. 24.📄 Your résumé says you led a club. In the interview you should… (a) say it was a joke (b) deny it (c) change the subject (d) be ready to explain it
25. 25.Which of these goes in the contact details? (a) spreadsheets (basic) (b) Class 10 board: 88% (c) Class 12 (Science), 2026 (d) your city and PIN code
26. 26.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your phone and email? (a) leave it out (b) include it
27. 27.Which of these goes in the skills section? (a) a survey of 50 shops (b) Class 12 (Science), 2026 (c) Class 10 board: 88% (d) basic HTML and CSS
28. 28.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your bank details? (a) include it (b) leave it out
29. 29.Which of these goes in the skills section? (a) a website for our club (b) Class 12 (Science), 2026 (c) spreadsheets (basic) (d) your city and PIN code
30. 30.📄 How long should a student résumé usually be? (a) ten pages (b) half a line (c) one page (d) five pages
31. 31.True or false: “made-up marks” belongs on a student résumé. (a) False (b) True
32. 32.True or false: “projects you did” belongs on a student résumé. (a) True (b) False
33. 33.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: languages you know? (a) leave it out (b) include it
34. 34.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) languages you know (b) volunteer work (c) made-up marks (d) clubs and activities
35. 35.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: made-up marks? (a) include it (b) leave it out
36. 36.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) projects you did (b) languages you know (c) your Aadhaar number (d) your phone and email
37. 37.📄 A student with no work experience should highlight… (a) their parents’ jobs (b) made-up jobs (c) nothing at all (d) projects and activities
38. 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your passwords (b) school and marks (c) your Aadhaar number (d) a party selfie
39. 39.Which of these goes in the education section? (a) a website for our club (b) basic HTML and CSS (c) school football team (d) Class 12 (Science), 2026
40. 40.True or false: “your bank details” should be left out of a résumé. (a) False (b) True

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