Résumé Worksheet: What to Include

Interview skills lesson 17: What goes on a student résumé · Set 953 · 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) your phone and email (b) your Aadhaar number (c) school and marks (d) languages you know
2. 2.Which of these goes in the skills section? (a) your city and PIN code (b) spreadsheets (basic) (c) eco club member (d) Class 12 (Science), 2026
3. 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a long life story (b) your passwords (c) made-up marks (d) clubs and activities
4. 4.📄 A résumé is… (a) a full autobiography (b) a school report card (c) a letter of thanks (d) a short summary of you
5. 5.Which of these goes in the skills section? (a) typing 40 words a minute (b) your city and PIN code (c) school football team (d) Class 10 board: 88%
6. 6.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) skills like typing (b) clubs and activities (c) volunteer work (d) your siblings’ marks
7. 7.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: a party selfie? (a) leave it out (b) include it
8. 8.Which of these goes in the contact details? (a) eco club member (b) basic HTML and CSS (c) spreadsheets (basic) (d) your city and PIN code
9. 9.📄 What font style suits a résumé? (a) tiny handwriting (b) five fancy fonts (c) one plain, clear font (d) all bold capitals
10. 10.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) your passwords (b) languages you know (c) projects you did (d) awards and prizes
11. 11.📄 In which résumé section does this go: a mobile number? (a) contact details (b) activities (c) projects (d) skills
12. 12.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your phone and email (b) skills like typing (c) clubs and activities (d) your bank details
13. 13.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your siblings’ marks? (a) include it (b) leave it out
14. 14.📄 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
15. 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) projects you did (b) made-up marks (c) a party selfie (d) your passwords
16. 16.True or false: “your bank details” belongs on a student résumé. (a) True (b) False
17. 17.📄 In which résumé section does this go: typing 40 words a minute? (a) skills (b) education (c) projects (d) activities
18. 18.📄 A student with no work experience should highlight… (a) made-up jobs (b) nothing at all (c) their parents’ jobs (d) projects and activities
19. 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) languages you know (b) your siblings’ marks (c) school and marks (d) awards and prizes
20. 20.True or false: “your passwords” belongs on a student résumé. (a) True (b) False
21. 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) awards and prizes (b) your siblings’ marks (c) made-up marks (d) your Aadhaar number
22. 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your passwords (b) projects you did (c) clubs and activities (d) awards and prizes
23. 23.Which of these goes in the projects section? (a) debate club secretary (b) a website for our club (c) your city and PIN code (d) Class 12 (Science), 2026
24. 24.True or false: “your Aadhaar number” should be left out of a résumé. (a) True (b) False
25. 25.True or false: “volunteer work” belongs on a student résumé. (a) False (b) True
26. 26.📄 In which résumé section does this go: built a rain gauge model? (a) contact details (b) skills (c) projects (d) activities
27. 27.📄 In which résumé section does this go: a survey of 50 shops? (a) skills (b) projects (c) education (d) contact details
28. 28.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: languages you know? (a) leave it out (b) include it
29. 29.Which of these goes in the activities section? (a) your city and PIN code (b) basic HTML and CSS (c) a survey of 50 shops (d) school football team
30. 30.Which of these goes in the activities section? (a) Class 12 (Science), 2026 (b) built a rain gauge model (c) debate club secretary (d) your city and PIN code
31. 31.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) a party selfie (b) a long life story (c) your Aadhaar number (d) projects you did
32. 32.True or false: “a party selfie” belongs on a student résumé. (a) True (b) False
33. 33.📄 In which résumé section does this go: spreadsheets (basic)? (a) contact details (b) activities (c) education (d) skills
34. 34.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) your siblings’ marks (b) your phone and email (c) your Aadhaar number (d) your bank details
35. 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) made-up marks (b) a party selfie (c) your phone and email (d) your passwords
36. 36.True or false: “clubs and activities” belongs on a student résumé. (a) True (b) False
37. 37.Which of these goes in the education section? (a) a mobile number (b) B.Com first year (c) spreadsheets (basic) (d) eco club member
38. 38.Which of these goes in the contact details? (a) basic HTML and CSS (b) Class 12 (Science), 2026 (c) eco club member (d) an email ID
39. 39.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) your passwords (b) a party selfie (c) your bank details (d) awards and prizes
40. 40.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your passwords? (a) include it (b) leave it out

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