Résumé Worksheet: What to Include

Interview skills lesson 17: What goes on a student résumé · Set 923 · 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) school and marks (c) your Aadhaar number (d) your phone and email
2. 2.📄 Your résumé says you led a club. In the interview you should… (a) change the subject (b) deny it (c) say it was a joke (d) be ready to explain it
3. 3.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) a party selfie (b) languages you know (c) your siblings’ marks (d) your bank details
4. 4.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) projects you did (b) volunteer work (c) a party selfie (d) awards and prizes
5. 5.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) made-up marks (b) a long life story (c) clubs and activities (d) a party selfie
6. 6.True or false: “your bank details” should be left out of a résumé. (a) False (b) True
7. 7.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your bank details? (a) leave it out (b) include it
8. 8.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your passwords? (a) include it (b) leave it out
9. 9.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) a long life story (b) your passwords (c) a party selfie (d) school and marks
10. 10.Which of these goes in the activities section? (a) B.Com first year (b) typing 40 words a minute (c) basic HTML and CSS (d) debate club secretary
11. 11.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: volunteer work? (a) leave it out (b) include it
12. 12.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a long life story (b) your phone and email (c) your siblings’ marks (d) your passwords
13. 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a long life story (b) awards and prizes (c) projects you did (d) school and marks
14. 14.📄 How long should a student résumé usually be? (a) ten pages (b) five pages (c) one page (d) half a line
15. 15.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) your bank details (b) awards and prizes (c) your phone and email (d) projects you did
16. 16.📄 In which résumé section does this go: typing 40 words a minute? (a) activities (b) projects (c) skills (d) contact details
17. 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) projects you did (b) awards and prizes (c) clubs and activities (d) your bank details
18. 18.Which of these goes in the activities section? (a) school football team (b) built a rain gauge model (c) basic HTML and CSS (d) a mobile number
19. 19.Which of these goes in the projects section? (a) Class 12 (Science), 2026 (b) a survey of 50 shops (c) a mobile number (d) typing 40 words a minute
20. 20.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) volunteer work (b) your bank details (c) made-up marks (d) a party selfie
21. 21.Which of these goes in the skills section? (a) built a rain gauge model (b) spreadsheets (basic) (c) a mobile number (d) debate club secretary
22. 22.True or false: “projects you did” should be left out of a résumé. (a) True (b) False
23. 23.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) a long life story (b) made-up marks (c) your phone and email (d) your Aadhaar number
24. 24.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: made-up marks? (a) include it (b) leave it out
25. 25.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: school and marks? (a) include it (b) leave it out
26. 26.Which of these goes in the education section? (a) spreadsheets (basic) (b) B.Com first year (c) an email ID (d) your city and PIN code
27. 27.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) your Aadhaar number (b) your passwords (c) projects you did (d) your bank details
28. 28.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your Aadhaar number? (a) leave it out (b) include it
29. 29.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: awards and prizes? (a) leave it out (b) include it
30. 30.📄 In which résumé section does this go: debate club secretary? (a) education (b) projects (c) skills (d) activities
31. 31.📄 A student with no work experience should highlight… (a) their parents’ jobs (b) projects and activities (c) nothing at all (d) made-up jobs
32. 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your bank details (b) a party selfie (c) languages you know (d) made-up marks
33. 33.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) skills like typing (b) projects you did (c) made-up marks (d) awards and prizes
34. 34.Which of these goes in the projects section? (a) debate club secretary (b) Class 12 (Science), 2026 (c) an email ID (d) built a rain gauge model
35. 35.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: skills like typing? (a) leave it out (b) include it
36. 36.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) your bank details (b) a long life story (c) a party selfie (d) skills like typing
37. 37.📄 In which résumé section does this go: spreadsheets (basic)? (a) projects (b) education (c) contact details (d) skills
38. 38.Which of these goes in the projects section? (a) a mobile number (b) Class 10 board: 88% (c) typing 40 words a minute (d) a website for our club
39. 39.True or false: “your Aadhaar number” belongs on a student résumé. (a) False (b) True
40. 40.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) awards and prizes (b) made-up marks (c) your siblings’ marks (d) a party selfie

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