Résumé Worksheet: What to Include

Interview skills lesson 17: What goes on a student résumé · Set 996 · 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) clubs and activities (b) languages you know (c) your Aadhaar number (d) school and marks
2. 2.📄 A résumé is… (a) a full autobiography (b) a short summary of you (c) a school report card (d) a letter of thanks
3. 3.Which of these goes in the projects section? (a) B.Com first year (b) Class 12 (Science), 2026 (c) spreadsheets (basic) (d) a survey of 50 shops
4. 4.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) your passwords (b) your siblings’ marks (c) your Aadhaar number (d) school and marks
5. 5.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your bank details? (a) include it (b) leave it out
6. 6.Which of these goes in the skills section? (a) a website for our club (b) built a rain gauge model (c) an email ID (d) typing 40 words a minute
7. 7.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your phone and email? (a) include it (b) leave it out
8. 8.Which of these goes in the education section? (a) basic HTML and CSS (b) Class 12 (Science), 2026 (c) eco club member (d) your city and PIN code
9. 9.Which of these goes in the contact details? (a) eco club member (b) a survey of 50 shops (c) a mobile number (d) Class 12 (Science), 2026
10. 10.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: a long life story? (a) leave it out (b) include it
11. 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your passwords (b) your bank details (c) made-up marks (d) languages you know
12. 12.Which of these goes in the activities section? (a) Class 12 (Science), 2026 (b) spreadsheets (basic) (c) typing 40 words a minute (d) debate club secretary
13. 13.📄 In which résumé section does this go: B.Com first year? (a) education (b) contact details (c) skills (d) projects
14. 14.Which of these goes in the education section? (a) an email ID (b) Class 10 board: 88% (c) basic HTML and CSS (d) debate club secretary
15. 15.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) your siblings’ marks (b) your bank details (c) awards and prizes (d) a long life story
16. 16.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your Aadhaar number (b) awards and prizes (c) a long life story (d) your passwords
17. 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your Aadhaar number (b) projects you did (c) languages you know (d) skills like typing
18. 18.Which of these goes in the education section? (a) a website for our club (b) an email ID (c) B.Com first year (d) your city and PIN code
19. 19.📄 In which résumé section does this go: Class 12 (Science), 2026? (a) education (b) projects (c) skills (d) activities
20. 20.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) languages you know (b) clubs and activities (c) your bank details (d) skills like typing
21. 21.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your Aadhaar number? (a) leave it out (b) include it
22. 22.📄 A student with no work experience should highlight… (a) made-up jobs (b) nothing at all (c) projects and activities (d) their parents’ jobs
23. 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) clubs and activities (b) your siblings’ marks (c) your bank details (d) a long life story
24. 24.📄 What font style suits a résumé? (a) one plain, clear font (b) tiny handwriting (c) five fancy fonts (d) all bold capitals
25. 25.True or false: “your phone and email” belongs on a student résumé. (a) False (b) True
26. 26.True or false: “your Aadhaar number” belongs on a student résumé. (a) False (b) True
27. 27.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) a long life story (b) a party selfie (c) your bank details (d) skills like typing
28. 28.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) skills like typing (b) school and marks (c) awards and prizes (d) your passwords
29. 29.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: skills like typing? (a) include it (b) leave it out
30. 30.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) a long life story (b) made-up marks (c) a party selfie (d) volunteer work
31. 31.True or false: “volunteer work” belongs on a student résumé. (a) True (b) False
32. 32.📄 In which résumé section does this go: a mobile number? (a) activities (b) education (c) contact details (d) skills
33. 33.True or false: “school and marks” belongs on a student résumé. (a) True (b) False
34. 34.📄 Your résumé says you led a club. In the interview you should… (a) say it was a joke (b) change the subject (c) deny it (d) be ready to explain it
35. 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) projects you did (b) your Aadhaar number (c) your passwords (d) a long life story
36. 36.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your passwords? (a) include it (b) leave it out
37. 37.📄 In which résumé section does this go: a survey of 50 shops? (a) contact details (b) education (c) activities (d) projects
38. 38.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) awards and prizes (b) a long life story (c) your phone and email (d) volunteer work
39. 39.True or false: “your passwords” belongs on a student résumé. (a) False (b) True
40. 40.True or false: “a party selfie” belongs on a student résumé. (a) True (b) False

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