Résumé Worksheet: What to Include

Interview skills lesson 17: What goes on a student résumé · Set 965 · 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.📄 In which résumé section does this go: debate club secretary? (a) activities (b) education (c) contact details (d) skills
2. 2.📄 In which résumé section does this go: B.Com first year? (a) activities (b) projects (c) contact details (d) education
3. 3.📄 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
4. 4.📄 A student with no work experience should highlight… (a) their parents’ jobs (b) nothing at all (c) projects and activities (d) made-up jobs
5. 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your Aadhaar number (b) a party selfie (c) languages you know (d) your siblings’ marks
6. 6.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) your siblings’ marks (b) your passwords (c) awards and prizes (d) a party selfie
7. 7.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) school and marks (b) skills like typing (c) your bank details (d) languages you know
8. 8.📄 In which résumé section does this go: basic HTML and CSS? (a) projects (b) contact details (c) education (d) skills
9. 9.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your siblings’ marks? (a) include it (b) leave it out
10. 10.📄 In which résumé section does this go: a survey of 50 shops? (a) contact details (b) education (c) activities (d) projects
11. 11.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your bank details? (a) include it (b) leave it out
12. 12.Which of these goes in the education section? (a) eco club member (b) spreadsheets (basic) (c) a survey of 50 shops (d) B.Com first year
13. 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your siblings’ marks (b) made-up marks (c) school and marks (d) a party selfie
14. 14.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: made-up marks? (a) include it (b) leave it out
15. 15.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) volunteer work (b) your phone and email (c) a long life story (d) skills like typing
16. 16.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) skills like typing (b) volunteer work (c) your phone and email (d) your bank details
17. 17.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) a long life story (b) your passwords (c) your siblings’ marks (d) your phone and email
18. 18.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) school and marks (b) a party selfie (c) languages you know (d) volunteer work
19. 19.📄 A résumé is… (a) a school report card (b) a full autobiography (c) a letter of thanks (d) a short summary of you
20. 20.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) volunteer work (b) awards and prizes (c) made-up marks (d) languages you know
21. 21.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your Aadhaar number? (a) leave it out (b) include it
22. 22.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: clubs and activities? (a) leave it out (b) include it
23. 23.Which of these goes in the projects section? (a) a website for our club (b) Class 10 board: 88% (c) your city and PIN code (d) an email ID
24. 24.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: languages you know? (a) leave it out (b) include it
25. 25.Which of these goes in the skills section? (a) typing 40 words a minute (b) eco club member (c) Class 12 (Science), 2026 (d) B.Com first year
26. 26.True or false: “clubs and activities” should be left out of a résumé. (a) False (b) True
27. 27.Which of these goes in the education section? (a) built a rain gauge model (b) a mobile number (c) Class 10 board: 88% (d) basic HTML and CSS
28. 28.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: a party selfie? (a) leave it out (b) include it
29. 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a long life story (b) school and marks (c) volunteer work (d) your phone and email
30. 30.True or false: “made-up marks” should be left out of a résumé. (a) False (b) True
31. 31.True or false: “volunteer work” should be left out of a résumé. (a) True (b) False
32. 32.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your passwords? (a) leave it out (b) include it
33. 33.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: skills like typing? (a) leave it out (b) include it
34. 34.True or false: “your siblings’ marks” should be left out of a résumé. (a) True (b) False
35. 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) clubs and activities (b) school and marks (c) your passwords (d) your phone and email
36. 36.📄 What font style suits a résumé? (a) one plain, clear font (b) all bold capitals (c) five fancy fonts (d) tiny handwriting
37. 37.True or false: “projects you did” belongs on a student résumé. (a) False (b) True
38. 38.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: a long life story? (a) leave it out (b) include it
39. 39.True or false: “awards and prizes” should be left out of a résumé. (a) True (b) False
40. 40.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) your Aadhaar number (b) your siblings’ marks (c) your passwords (d) school and marks

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