Résumé Worksheet: What to Include

Interview skills lesson 17: What goes on a student résumé · Set 194 · 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 of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) your phone and email (b) a party selfie (c) school and marks (d) projects you did
2. 2.📄 Your résumé says you led a club. In the interview you should… (a) change the subject (b) say it was a joke (c) deny it (d) be ready to explain it
3. 3.📄 What font style suits a résumé? (a) all bold capitals (b) one plain, clear font (c) five fancy fonts (d) tiny handwriting
4. 4.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: clubs and activities? (a) include it (b) leave it out
5. 5.Which of these goes in the education section? (a) eco club member (b) B.Com first year (c) spreadsheets (basic) (d) a website for our club
6. 6.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) your Aadhaar number (b) skills like typing (c) your bank details (d) a party selfie
7. 7.True or false: “a long life story” should be left out of a résumé. (a) False (b) True
8. 8.True or false: “projects you did” should be left out of a résumé. (a) True (b) False
9. 9.📄 In which résumé section does this go: B.Com first year? (a) contact details (b) skills (c) projects (d) education
10. 10.Which of these goes in the skills section? (a) spreadsheets (basic) (b) school football team (c) eco club member (d) an email ID
11. 11.Which of these goes in the contact details? (a) a website for our club (b) basic HTML and CSS (c) Class 12 (Science), 2026 (d) your city and PIN code
12. 12.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) made-up marks (b) awards and prizes (c) a party selfie (d) your Aadhaar number
13. 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your passwords (b) clubs and activities (c) a party selfie (d) your Aadhaar number
14. 14.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: a party selfie? (a) leave it out (b) include it
15. 15.Which of these goes in the skills section? (a) typing 40 words a minute (b) your city and PIN code (c) a survey of 50 shops (d) Class 12 (Science), 2026
16. 16.📄 A résumé is… (a) a school report card (b) a full autobiography (c) a letter of thanks (d) a short summary of you
17. 17.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: projects you did? (a) leave it out (b) include it
18. 18.📄 In which résumé section does this go: a mobile number? (a) contact details (b) education (c) activities (d) skills
19. 19.Which of these goes in the activities section? (a) Class 12 (Science), 2026 (b) debate club secretary (c) basic HTML and CSS (d) Class 10 board: 88%
20. 20.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) awards and prizes (b) a long life story (c) school and marks (d) volunteer work
21. 21.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) volunteer work (b) awards and prizes (c) your Aadhaar number (d) your phone and email
22. 22.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: a long life story? (a) include it (b) leave it out
23. 23.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your bank details? (a) include it (b) leave it out
24. 24.True or false: “your phone and email” belongs on a student résumé. (a) True (b) False
25. 25.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your phone and email? (a) include it (b) leave it out
26. 26.True or false: “volunteer work” belongs on a student résumé. (a) False (b) True
27. 27.📄 In which résumé section does this go: your city and PIN code? (a) skills (b) projects (c) contact details (d) education
28. 28.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) languages you know (b) your bank details (c) a long life story (d) your Aadhaar number
29. 29.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) your passwords (b) your Aadhaar number (c) a long life story (d) volunteer work
30. 30.📄 In which résumé section does this go: school football team? (a) contact details (b) skills (c) activities (d) projects
31. 31.True or false: “awards and prizes” belongs on a student résumé. (a) False (b) True
32. 32.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) your siblings’ marks (b) projects you did (c) school and marks (d) skills like typing
33. 33.📄 In which résumé section does this go: an email ID? (a) skills (b) education (c) activities (d) contact details
34. 34.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) your Aadhaar number (b) your siblings’ marks (c) your bank details (d) projects you did
35. 35.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: made-up marks? (a) include it (b) leave it out
36. 36.📄 How long should a student résumé usually be? (a) five pages (b) ten pages (c) one page (d) half a line
37. 37.True or false: “awards and prizes” should be left out of a résumé. (a) False (b) True
38. 38.📄 In which résumé section does this go: a website for our club? (a) education (b) projects (c) skills (d) activities
39. 39.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your siblings’ marks? (a) include it (b) leave it out
40. 40.📄 In which résumé section does this go: debate club secretary? (a) activities (b) education (c) projects (d) contact details

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