Résumé Worksheet: What to Include

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

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