Résumé Worksheet: What to Include

Interview skills lesson 17: What goes on a student résumé · Set 980 · 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.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: a party selfie? (a) include it (b) leave it out
2. 2.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) skills like typing (b) languages you know (c) projects you did (d) your Aadhaar number
3. 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your passwords (b) a party selfie (c) languages you know (d) a long life story
4. 4.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: skills like typing? (a) leave it out (b) include it
5. 5.📄 In which résumé section does this go: eco club member? (a) contact details (b) activities (c) projects (d) education
6. 6.Which of these goes in the projects section? (a) a survey of 50 shops (b) a mobile number (c) debate club secretary (d) Class 12 (Science), 2026
7. 7.Which of these goes in the skills section? (a) typing 40 words a minute (b) a survey of 50 shops (c) Class 12 (Science), 2026 (d) school football team
8. 8.True or false: “your Aadhaar number” should be left out of a résumé. (a) True (b) False
9. 9.📄 In which résumé section does this go: typing 40 words a minute? (a) skills (b) contact details (c) projects (d) activities
10. 10.Which of these goes in the activities section? (a) Class 12 (Science), 2026 (b) B.Com first year (c) a survey of 50 shops (d) debate club secretary
11. 11.📄 How long should a student résumé usually be? (a) one page (b) five pages (c) ten pages (d) half a line
12. 12.Which of these goes in the activities section? (a) basic HTML and CSS (b) a website for our club (c) B.Com first year (d) school football team
13. 13.📄 Your résumé says you led a club. In the interview you should… (a) say it was a joke (b) deny it (c) be ready to explain it (d) change the subject
14. 14.📄 A résumé is… (a) a full autobiography (b) a school report card (c) a letter of thanks (d) a short summary of you
15. 15.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) your passwords (b) your bank details (c) made-up marks (d) school and marks
16. 16.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) school and marks (b) your bank details (c) a party selfie (d) your Aadhaar number
17. 17.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your passwords? (a) include it (b) leave it out
18. 18.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) a long life story (b) clubs and activities (c) languages you know (d) awards and prizes
19. 19.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: volunteer work? (a) include it (b) leave it out
20. 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your bank details (b) your Aadhaar number (c) made-up marks (d) clubs and activities
21. 21.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) volunteer work (b) clubs and activities (c) projects you did (d) your siblings’ marks
22. 22.📄 A student with no work experience should highlight… (a) made-up jobs (b) projects and activities (c) nothing at all (d) their parents’ jobs
23. 23.📄 What font style suits a résumé? (a) all bold capitals (b) tiny handwriting (c) one plain, clear font (d) five fancy fonts
24. 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a long life story (b) projects you did (c) your Aadhaar number (d) made-up marks
25. 25.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: languages you know? (a) leave it out (b) include it
26. 26.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: school and marks? (a) leave it out (b) include it
27. 27.📄 In which résumé section does this go: a mobile number? (a) skills (b) education (c) contact details (d) activities
28. 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) languages you know (b) clubs and activities (c) your passwords (d) your phone and email
29. 29.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) school and marks (b) a party selfie (c) skills like typing (d) your phone and email
30. 30.True or false: “your phone and email” belongs on a student résumé. (a) False (b) True
31. 31.📄 In which résumé section does this go: school football team? (a) education (b) contact details (c) activities (d) skills
32. 32.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your bank details? (a) include it (b) leave it out
33. 33.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) volunteer work (b) languages you know (c) your bank details (d) awards and prizes
34. 34.📄 In which résumé section does this go: a website for our club? (a) projects (b) activities (c) skills (d) education
35. 35.Which of these goes in the projects section? (a) a mobile number (b) basic HTML and CSS (c) a website for our club (d) B.Com first year
36. 36.Which of these goes in the contact details? (a) basic HTML and CSS (b) school football team (c) an email ID (d) B.Com first year
37. 37.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your siblings’ marks? (a) leave it out (b) include it
38. 38.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: made-up marks? (a) include it (b) leave it out
39. 39.📄 In which résumé section does this go: your city and PIN code? (a) skills (b) education (c) contact details (d) projects
40. 40.📄 In which résumé section does this go: B.Com first year? (a) skills (b) activities (c) education (d) contact details

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