Résumé Worksheet: What to Include

Interview skills lesson 17: What goes on a student résumé · Set 161 · 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 is the odd one out? (a) a long life story (b) languages you know (c) awards and prizes (d) skills like typing
2. 2.True or false: “awards and prizes” should be left out of a résumé. (a) False (b) True
3. 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a party selfie (b) your Aadhaar number (c) your bank details (d) school and marks
4. 4.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: school and marks? (a) include it (b) leave it out
5. 5.Which of these goes in the activities section? (a) school football team (b) an email ID (c) Class 12 (Science), 2026 (d) B.Com first year
6. 6.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) your phone and email (b) a long life story (c) made-up marks (d) your Aadhaar number
7. 7.True or false: “your siblings’ marks” belongs on a student résumé. (a) False (b) True
8. 8.📄 In which résumé section does this go: your city and PIN code? (a) contact details (b) education (c) activities (d) skills
9. 9.📄 In which résumé section does this go: a website for our club? (a) contact details (b) activities (c) education (d) projects
10. 10.True or false: “made-up marks” belongs on a student résumé. (a) False (b) True
11. 11.True or false: “languages you know” belongs on a student résumé. (a) False (b) True
12. 12.Which of these goes in the contact details? (a) spreadsheets (basic) (b) school football team (c) debate club secretary (d) a mobile number
13. 13.True or false: “made-up marks” should be left out of a résumé. (a) True (b) False
14. 14.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: skills like typing? (a) include it (b) leave it out
15. 15.True or false: “school and marks” should be left out of a résumé. (a) False (b) True
16. 16.📄 In which résumé section does this go: an email ID? (a) projects (b) activities (c) skills (d) contact details
17. 17.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: projects you did? (a) include it (b) leave it out
18. 18.📄 A résumé is… (a) a school report card (b) a full autobiography (c) a letter of thanks (d) a short summary of you
19. 19.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) languages you know (b) school and marks (c) made-up marks (d) your phone and email
20. 20.📄 A student with no work experience should highlight… (a) their parents’ jobs (b) made-up jobs (c) nothing at all (d) projects and activities
21. 21.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your Aadhaar number? (a) include it (b) leave it out
22. 22.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) a party selfie (b) your passwords (c) your siblings’ marks (d) skills like typing
23. 23.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your bank details? (a) include it (b) leave it out
24. 24.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) a party selfie (b) made-up marks (c) languages you know (d) your Aadhaar number
25. 25.Which of these goes in the contact details? (a) basic HTML and CSS (b) your city and PIN code (c) B.Com first year (d) debate club secretary
26. 26.True or false: “your Aadhaar number” belongs on a student résumé. (a) False (b) True
27. 27.Which of these goes in the education section? (a) your city and PIN code (b) school football team (c) B.Com first year (d) built a rain gauge model
28. 28.📄 What font style suits a résumé? (a) all bold capitals (b) tiny handwriting (c) five fancy fonts (d) one plain, clear font
29. 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your phone and email (b) volunteer work (c) your passwords (d) projects you did
30. 30.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) a party selfie (b) your siblings’ marks (c) volunteer work (d) your Aadhaar number
31. 31.📄 How long should a student résumé usually be? (a) ten pages (b) half a line (c) five pages (d) one page
32. 32.Which of these goes in the skills section? (a) built a rain gauge model (b) Class 10 board: 88% (c) a mobile number (d) typing 40 words a minute
33. 33.📄 In which résumé section does this go: spreadsheets (basic)? (a) contact details (b) skills (c) activities (d) projects
34. 34.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) school and marks (b) your siblings’ marks (c) projects you did (d) skills like typing
35. 35.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) volunteer work (b) languages you know (c) your Aadhaar number (d) clubs and activities
36. 36.📄 In which résumé section does this go: debate club secretary? (a) skills (b) projects (c) contact details (d) activities
37. 37.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) a long life story (b) your siblings’ marks (c) clubs and activities (d) your bank details
38. 38.True or false: “school and marks” belongs on a student résumé. (a) False (b) True
39. 39.📄 In which résumé section does this go: typing 40 words a minute? (a) skills (b) education (c) activities (d) contact details
40. 40.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: a long life story? (a) include it (b) leave it out

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