Résumé Worksheet: What to Include

Interview skills lesson 17: What goes on a student résumé · Set 202 · 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 belongs on a student résumé? (a) your passwords (b) your siblings’ marks (c) languages you know (d) made-up marks
2. 2.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a long life story (b) clubs and activities (c) made-up marks (d) your bank details
3. 3.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: clubs and activities? (a) leave it out (b) include it
4. 4.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) your passwords (b) your siblings’ marks (c) awards and prizes (d) a long life story
5. 5.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) your phone and email (b) skills like typing (c) a party selfie (d) awards and prizes
6. 6.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: awards and prizes? (a) leave it out (b) include it
7. 7.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) a long life story (b) projects you did (c) made-up marks (d) a party selfie
8. 8.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: languages you know? (a) leave it out (b) include it
9. 9.True or false: “languages you know” should be left out of a résumé. (a) True (b) False
10. 10.📄 How long should a student résumé usually be? (a) ten pages (b) half a line (c) five pages (d) one page
11. 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a long life story (b) your bank details (c) awards and prizes (d) your Aadhaar number
12. 12.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a long life story (b) languages you know (c) volunteer work (d) awards and prizes
13. 13.True or false: “awards and prizes” should be left out of a résumé. (a) False (b) True
14. 14.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) a long life story (b) skills like typing (c) awards and prizes (d) school and marks
15. 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) projects you did (b) a party selfie (c) volunteer work (d) clubs and activities
16. 16.📄 In which résumé section does this go: spreadsheets (basic)? (a) projects (b) activities (c) skills (d) education
17. 17.True or false: “a party selfie” belongs on a student résumé. (a) True (b) False
18. 18.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: made-up marks? (a) leave it out (b) include it
19. 19.📄 In which résumé section does this go: B.Com first year? (a) skills (b) activities (c) contact details (d) education
20. 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your passwords (b) made-up marks (c) your Aadhaar number (d) languages you know
21. 21.True or false: “volunteer work” should be left out of a résumé. (a) False (b) True
22. 22.📄 In which résumé section does this go: your city and PIN code? (a) projects (b) contact details (c) activities (d) education
23. 23.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your passwords? (a) include it (b) leave it out
24. 24.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) a long life story (b) clubs and activities (c) a party selfie (d) made-up marks
25. 25.📄 Your résumé says you led a club. In the interview you should… (a) change the subject (b) be ready to explain it (c) say it was a joke (d) deny it
26. 26.Which of these goes in the skills section? (a) built a rain gauge model (b) a mobile number (c) B.Com first year (d) typing 40 words a minute
27. 27.📄 What font style suits a résumé? (a) tiny handwriting (b) five fancy fonts (c) all bold capitals (d) one plain, clear font
28. 28.Which of these goes in the activities section? (a) Class 10 board: 88% (b) built a rain gauge model (c) Class 12 (Science), 2026 (d) school football team
29. 29.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) skills like typing (b) your bank details (c) a long life story (d) a party selfie
30. 30.True or false: “projects you did” should be left out of a résumé. (a) True (b) False
31. 31.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) made-up marks (b) your siblings’ marks (c) your passwords (d) your phone and email
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.📄 In which résumé section does this go: basic HTML and CSS? (a) education (b) projects (c) contact details (d) skills
34. 34.True or false: “clubs and activities” should be left out of a résumé. (a) True (b) False
35. 35.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your phone and email? (a) leave it out (b) include it
36. 36.📄 In which résumé section does this go: a website for our club? (a) contact details (b) activities (c) education (d) projects
37. 37.📄 In which résumé section does this go: school football team? (a) education (b) contact details (c) activities (d) skills
38. 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your Aadhaar number (b) volunteer work (c) awards and prizes (d) your phone and email
39. 39.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: volunteer work? (a) leave it out (b) include it
40. 40.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) made-up marks (b) your phone and email (c) projects you did (d) clubs and activities

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