Résumé Worksheet: What to Include

Interview skills lesson 17: What goes on a student résumé · Set 140 · 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.📄 What font style suits a résumé? (a) tiny handwriting (b) one plain, clear font (c) five fancy fonts (d) all bold capitals
2. 2.📄 In which résumé section does this go: spreadsheets (basic)? (a) contact details (b) skills (c) education (d) activities
3. 3.Which of these goes in the education section? (a) school football team (b) typing 40 words a minute (c) Class 12 (Science), 2026 (d) a survey of 50 shops
4. 4.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) school and marks (b) a party selfie (c) clubs and activities (d) projects you did
5. 5.Which of these goes in the skills section? (a) eco club member (b) a mobile number (c) an email ID (d) typing 40 words a minute
6. 6.📄 A résumé is… (a) a school report card (b) a letter of thanks (c) a full autobiography (d) a short summary of you
7. 7.Which of these goes in the education section? (a) eco club member (b) school football team (c) Class 10 board: 88% (d) built a rain gauge model
8. 8.Which of these goes in the contact details? (a) a mobile number (b) a survey of 50 shops (c) debate club secretary (d) basic HTML and CSS
9. 9.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your bank details? (a) leave it out (b) include it
10. 10.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: made-up marks? (a) include it (b) leave it out
11. 11.📄 In which résumé section does this go: an email ID? (a) contact details (b) education (c) activities (d) projects
12. 12.📄 In which résumé section does this go: a website for our club? (a) skills (b) education (c) projects (d) contact details
13. 13.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: languages you know? (a) leave it out (b) include it
14. 14.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: clubs and activities? (a) include it (b) leave it out
15. 15.📄 Your résumé says you led a club. In the interview you should… (a) be ready to explain it (b) deny it (c) change the subject (d) say it was a joke
16. 16.📄 In which résumé section does this go: B.Com first year? (a) education (b) contact details (c) projects (d) activities
17. 17.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: school and marks? (a) leave it out (b) include it
18. 18.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) your siblings’ marks (b) a party selfie (c) your bank details (d) volunteer work
19. 19.📄 In which résumé section does this go: debate club secretary? (a) projects (b) skills (c) education (d) activities
20. 20.📄 How long should a student résumé usually be? (a) five pages (b) ten pages (c) one page (d) half a line
21. 21.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: a party selfie? (a) leave it out (b) include it
22. 22.Which of these goes in the activities section? (a) B.Com first year (b) Class 10 board: 88% (c) debate club secretary (d) a website for our club
23. 23.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: awards and prizes? (a) include it (b) leave it out
24. 24.Which of these goes in the education section? (a) B.Com first year (b) a survey of 50 shops (c) eco club member (d) basic HTML and CSS
25. 25.📄 In which résumé section does this go: typing 40 words a minute? (a) skills (b) projects (c) activities (d) contact details
26. 26.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) languages you know (b) your siblings’ marks (c) your phone and email (d) school and marks
27. 27.📄 In which résumé section does this go: a mobile number? (a) activities (b) education (c) contact details (d) skills
28. 28.📄 A student with no work experience should highlight… (a) their parents’ jobs (b) made-up jobs (c) projects and activities (d) nothing at all
29. 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) made-up marks (b) clubs and activities (c) a party selfie (d) your Aadhaar number
30. 30.Which of these goes in the activities section? (a) a survey of 50 shops (b) eco club member (c) B.Com first year (d) typing 40 words a minute
31. 31.True or false: “skills like typing” belongs on a student résumé. (a) False (b) True
32. 32.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) skills like typing (b) made-up marks (c) a long life story (d) your Aadhaar number
33. 33.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) made-up marks (b) projects you did (c) your siblings’ marks (d) your Aadhaar number
34. 34.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your phone and email? (a) leave it out (b) include it
35. 35.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: volunteer work? (a) leave it out (b) include it
36. 36.True or false: “clubs and activities” belongs on a student résumé. (a) False (b) True
37. 37.True or false: “awards and prizes” should be left out of a résumé. (a) True (b) False
38. 38.Which of these goes in the projects section? (a) typing 40 words a minute (b) debate club secretary (c) a website for our club (d) basic HTML and CSS
39. 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a party selfie (b) your siblings’ marks (c) a long life story (d) your phone and email
40. 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) volunteer work (b) your Aadhaar number (c) projects you did (d) skills like typing

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