Résumé Worksheet: What to Include

Interview skills lesson 17: What goes on a student résumé · Set 181 · 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.📄 A student with no work experience should highlight… (a) their parents’ jobs (b) made-up jobs (c) projects and activities (d) nothing at all
2. 2.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: languages you know? (a) include it (b) leave it out
3. 3.Which of these goes in the activities section? (a) eco club member (b) spreadsheets (basic) (c) built a rain gauge model (d) a mobile number
4. 4.True or false: “volunteer work” should be left out of a résumé. (a) True (b) False
5. 5.True or false: “a party selfie” should be left out of a résumé. (a) True (b) False
6. 6.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your passwords (b) your siblings’ marks (c) projects you did (d) a long life story
7. 7.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your phone and email (b) skills like typing (c) languages you know (d) a party selfie
8. 8.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: volunteer work? (a) include it (b) leave it out
9. 9.📄 In which résumé section does this go: an email ID? (a) activities (b) contact details (c) projects (d) skills
10. 10.True or false: “projects you did” should be left out of a résumé. (a) False (b) True
11. 11.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) a long life story (b) clubs and activities (c) made-up marks (d) your siblings’ marks
12. 12.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) your passwords (b) your siblings’ marks (c) made-up marks (d) awards and prizes
13. 13.Which of these goes in the activities section? (a) typing 40 words a minute (b) basic HTML and CSS (c) debate club secretary (d) B.Com first year
14. 14.📄 In which résumé section does this go: Class 10 board: 88%? (a) activities (b) education (c) skills (d) projects
15. 15.True or false: “clubs and activities” belongs on a student résumé. (a) False (b) True
16. 16.True or false: “school and marks” should be left out of a résumé. (a) False (b) True
17. 17.True or false: “a long life story” should be left out of a résumé. (a) False (b) True
18. 18.📄 What font style suits a résumé? (a) one plain, clear font (b) all bold capitals (c) tiny handwriting (d) five fancy fonts
19. 19.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your phone and email? (a) include it (b) leave it out
20. 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) languages you know (b) school and marks (c) your bank details (d) your phone and email
21. 21.📄 Your résumé says you led a club. In the interview you should… (a) change the subject (b) deny it (c) be ready to explain it (d) say it was a joke
22. 22.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) school and marks (b) your passwords (c) skills like typing (d) awards and prizes
23. 23.📄 In which résumé section does this go: your city and PIN code? (a) projects (b) skills (c) contact details (d) activities
24. 24.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: school and marks? (a) include it (b) leave it out
25. 25.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: clubs and activities? (a) leave it out (b) include it
26. 26.Which of these goes in the contact details? (a) debate club secretary (b) a mobile number (c) Class 12 (Science), 2026 (d) school football team
27. 27.📄 How long should a student résumé usually be? (a) five pages (b) ten pages (c) half a line (d) one page
28. 28.Which of these goes in the skills section? (a) Class 10 board: 88% (b) built a rain gauge model (c) basic HTML and CSS (d) B.Com first year
29. 29.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) your Aadhaar number (b) languages you know (c) your siblings’ marks (d) your bank details
30. 30.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: skills like typing? (a) include it (b) leave it out
31. 31.📄 In which résumé section does this go: basic HTML and CSS? (a) contact details (b) activities (c) education (d) skills
32. 32.📄 A résumé is… (a) a full autobiography (b) a short summary of you (c) a school report card (d) a letter of thanks
33. 33.Which of these goes in the activities section? (a) basic HTML and CSS (b) school football team (c) an email ID (d) Class 10 board: 88%
34. 34.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: made-up marks? (a) leave it out (b) include it
35. 35.True or false: “your siblings’ marks” belongs on a student résumé. (a) True (b) False
36. 36.📄 In which résumé section does this go: a survey of 50 shops? (a) activities (b) education (c) projects (d) skills
37. 37.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) made-up marks (b) a long life story (c) volunteer work (d) your siblings’ marks
38. 38.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) a long life story (b) school and marks (c) your Aadhaar number (d) your siblings’ marks
39. 39.Which of these goes in the education section? (a) B.Com first year (b) spreadsheets (basic) (c) a website for our club (d) eco club member
40. 40.📄 In which résumé section does this go: B.Com first year? (a) contact details (b) projects (c) activities (d) education

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