Résumé Worksheet: What to Include

Interview skills lesson 17: What goes on a student résumé · Set 185 · 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) all bold capitals (d) five fancy fonts
2. 2.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) your phone and email (b) made-up marks (c) school and marks (d) skills like typing
3. 3.True or false: “languages you know” should be left out of a résumé. (a) True (b) False
4. 4.True or false: “volunteer work” belongs on a student résumé. (a) False (b) True
5. 5.True or false: “projects you did” should be left out of a résumé. (a) True (b) False
6. 6.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) skills like typing (b) awards and prizes (c) your Aadhaar number (d) clubs and activities
7. 7.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) a party selfie (b) projects you did (c) your Aadhaar number (d) a long life story
8. 8.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) clubs and activities (b) your siblings’ marks (c) your passwords (d) a party selfie
9. 9.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) languages you know (b) your bank details (c) your Aadhaar number (d) your passwords
10. 10.📄 How long should a student résumé usually be? (a) one page (b) five pages (c) half a line (d) ten pages
11. 11.Which of these goes in the skills section? (a) a mobile number (b) eco club member (c) school football team (d) basic HTML and CSS
12. 12.True or false: “your Aadhaar number” should be left out of a résumé. (a) True (b) False
13. 13.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) skills like typing (b) your passwords (c) your bank details (d) a party selfie
14. 14.Which of these goes in the activities section? (a) a mobile number (b) B.Com first year (c) debate club secretary (d) typing 40 words a minute
15. 15.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: volunteer work? (a) include it (b) leave it out
16. 16.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) your phone and email (b) projects you did (c) skills like typing (d) your bank details
17. 17.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) your Aadhaar number (b) a party selfie (c) school and marks (d) your bank details
18. 18.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) clubs and activities (b) awards and prizes (c) a long life story (d) school and marks
19. 19.True or false: “awards and prizes” belongs on a student résumé. (a) False (b) True
20. 20.True or false: “your passwords” belongs on a student résumé. (a) True (b) False
21. 21.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: a long life story? (a) include it (b) leave it out
22. 22.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: made-up marks? (a) leave it out (b) include it
23. 23.📄 A student with no work experience should highlight… (a) nothing at all (b) projects and activities (c) made-up jobs (d) their parents’ jobs
24. 24.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) your passwords (b) made-up marks (c) your bank details (d) your phone and email
25. 25.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) languages you know (b) skills like typing (c) your phone and email (d) a party selfie
26. 26.📄 In which résumé section does this go: spreadsheets (basic)? (a) education (b) activities (c) contact details (d) skills
27. 27.📄 A résumé is… (a) a full autobiography (b) a school report card (c) a letter of thanks (d) a short summary of you
28. 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) clubs and activities (b) volunteer work (c) a party selfie (d) school and marks
29. 29.Which of these goes in the activities section? (a) eco club member (b) Class 12 (Science), 2026 (c) your city and PIN code (d) typing 40 words a minute
30. 30.True or false: “school and marks” should be left out of a résumé. (a) False (b) True
31. 31.True or false: “school and marks” belongs on a student résumé. (a) True (b) False
32. 32.True or false: “skills like typing” should be left out of a résumé. (a) False (b) True
33. 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) languages you know (b) your passwords (c) skills like typing (d) clubs and activities
34. 34.Which of these goes in the education section? (a) eco club member (b) Class 10 board: 88% (c) debate club secretary (d) a survey of 50 shops
35. 35.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: skills like typing? (a) leave it out (b) include it
36. 36.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: clubs and activities? (a) leave it out (b) include it
37. 37.📄 Your résumé says you led a club. In the interview you should… (a) be ready to explain it (b) deny it (c) say it was a joke (d) change the subject
38. 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) made-up marks (b) your passwords (c) a party selfie (d) skills like typing
39. 39.Which of these goes in the projects section? (a) your city and PIN code (b) spreadsheets (basic) (c) a website for our club (d) typing 40 words a minute
40. 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) volunteer work (b) your siblings’ marks (c) your phone and email (d) clubs and activities

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