Résumé Worksheet: What to Include

Interview skills lesson 17: What goes on a student résumé · Set 142 · 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.True or false: “your bank details” belongs on a student résumé. (a) False (b) True
2. 2.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) clubs and activities (b) skills like typing (c) a long life story (d) school and marks
3. 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your bank details (b) your siblings’ marks (c) a party selfie (d) clubs and activities
4. 4.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) your passwords (b) skills like typing (c) awards and prizes (d) your phone and email
5. 5.📄 In which résumé section does this go: spreadsheets (basic)? (a) activities (b) education (c) contact details (d) skills
6. 6.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your Aadhaar number (b) a party selfie (c) made-up marks (d) volunteer work
7. 7.Which of these goes in the activities section? (a) a mobile number (b) spreadsheets (basic) (c) typing 40 words a minute (d) debate club secretary
8. 8.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) your Aadhaar number (b) a party selfie (c) skills like typing (d) your bank details
9. 9.Which of these goes in the skills section? (a) an email ID (b) Class 10 board: 88% (c) basic HTML and CSS (d) B.Com first year
10. 10.📄 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
11. 11.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) your siblings’ marks (b) volunteer work (c) a party selfie (d) your passwords
12. 12.Which of these goes in the skills section? (a) built a rain gauge model (b) a mobile number (c) typing 40 words a minute (d) a survey of 50 shops
13. 13.Which of these goes in the activities section? (a) your city and PIN code (b) a survey of 50 shops (c) an email ID (d) eco club member
14. 14.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a party selfie (b) skills like typing (c) volunteer work (d) school and marks
15. 15.Which of these goes in the education section? (a) B.Com first year (b) spreadsheets (basic) (c) basic HTML and CSS (d) your city and PIN code
16. 16.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: school and marks? (a) include it (b) leave it out
17. 17.True or false: “languages you know” belongs on a student résumé. (a) False (b) True
18. 18.📄 In which résumé section does this go: an email ID? (a) skills (b) projects (c) education (d) contact details
19. 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) awards and prizes (b) your siblings’ marks (c) your phone and email (d) languages you know
20. 20.True or false: “your phone and email” belongs on a student résumé. (a) True (b) False
21. 21.📄 What font style suits a résumé? (a) five fancy fonts (b) tiny handwriting (c) one plain, clear font (d) all bold capitals
22. 22.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) made-up marks (b) a party selfie (c) your Aadhaar number (d) awards and prizes
23. 23.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: languages you know? (a) leave it out (b) include it
24. 24.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: made-up marks? (a) include it (b) leave it out
25. 25.📄 A student with no work experience should highlight… (a) nothing at all (b) projects and activities (c) their parents’ jobs (d) made-up jobs
26. 26.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your Aadhaar number? (a) leave it out (b) include it
27. 27.📄 In which résumé section does this go: Class 10 board: 88%? (a) contact details (b) education (c) projects (d) skills
28. 28.📄 How long should a student résumé usually be? (a) ten pages (b) half a line (c) five pages (d) one page
29. 29.True or false: “volunteer work” should be left out of a résumé. (a) False (b) True
30. 30.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: a long life story? (a) include it (b) leave it out
31. 31.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) school and marks (b) your phone and email (c) skills like typing (d) a party selfie
32. 32.Which of these goes in the education section? (a) built a rain gauge model (b) school football team (c) Class 12 (Science), 2026 (d) your city and PIN code
33. 33.True or false: “awards and prizes” should be left out of a résumé. (a) True (b) False
34. 34.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) your siblings’ marks (b) languages you know (c) your Aadhaar number (d) your passwords
35. 35.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: volunteer work? (a) leave it out (b) include it
36. 36.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your phone and email (b) your Aadhaar number (c) volunteer work (d) school and marks
37. 37.True or false: “skills like typing” belongs on a student résumé. (a) False (b) True
38. 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) volunteer work (b) your phone and email (c) languages you know (d) your bank details
39. 39.True or false: “school and marks” belongs on a student résumé. (a) True (b) False
40. 40.True or false: “your phone and email” should be left out of a résumé. (a) False (b) True

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