Résumé Worksheet: What to Include

Interview skills lesson 17: What goes on a student résumé · Set 219 · 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.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: clubs and activities? (a) leave it out (b) include it
2. 2.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your passwords? (a) include it (b) leave it out
3. 3.Which of these goes in the skills section? (a) B.Com first year (b) debate club secretary (c) basic HTML and CSS (d) a website for our club
4. 4.True or false: “languages you know” should be left out of a résumé. (a) True (b) False
5. 5.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) school and marks (b) your phone and email (c) projects you did (d) your passwords
6. 6.True or false: “your Aadhaar number” should be left out of a résumé. (a) False (b) True
7. 7.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) volunteer work (b) your phone and email (c) your bank details (d) awards and prizes
8. 8.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: a party selfie? (a) leave it out (b) include it
9. 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your bank details (b) made-up marks (c) clubs and activities (d) a party selfie
10. 10.📄 How long should a student résumé usually be? (a) half a line (b) ten pages (c) five pages (d) one page
11. 11.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: awards and prizes? (a) leave it out (b) include it
12. 12.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your siblings’ marks? (a) include it (b) leave it out
13. 13.📄 A résumé is… (a) a school report card (b) a short summary of you (c) a full autobiography (d) a letter of thanks
14. 14.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) awards and prizes (b) skills like typing (c) projects you did (d) your siblings’ marks
15. 15.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) your passwords (b) your siblings’ marks (c) a party selfie (d) school and marks
16. 16.True or false: “clubs and activities” should be left out of a résumé. (a) True (b) False
17. 17.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) made-up marks (b) your bank details (c) your siblings’ marks (d) languages you know
18. 18.📄 What font style suits a résumé? (a) tiny handwriting (b) all bold capitals (c) five fancy fonts (d) one plain, clear font
19. 19.📄 Your résumé says you led a club. In the interview you should… (a) be ready to explain it (b) change the subject (c) say it was a joke (d) deny it
20. 20.True or false: “a party selfie” belongs on a student résumé. (a) True (b) False
21. 21.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: skills like typing? (a) include it (b) leave it out
22. 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) skills like typing (b) volunteer work (c) school and marks (d) your passwords
23. 23.True or false: “your phone and email” belongs on a student résumé. (a) False (b) True
24. 24.True or false: “your passwords” belongs on a student résumé. (a) False (b) True
25. 25.Which of these goes in the projects section? (a) a survey of 50 shops (b) debate club secretary (c) Class 12 (Science), 2026 (d) typing 40 words a minute
26. 26.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: school and marks? (a) include it (b) leave it out
27. 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your siblings’ marks (b) skills like typing (c) projects you did (d) your phone and email
28. 28.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: a long life story? (a) leave it out (b) include it
29. 29.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) your bank details (b) your passwords (c) your phone and email (d) a party selfie
30. 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a party selfie (b) your phone and email (c) your bank details (d) your passwords
31. 31.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) awards and prizes (b) your phone and email (c) school and marks (d) a long life story
32. 32.Which of these goes in the contact details? (a) built a rain gauge model (b) an email ID (c) B.Com first year (d) typing 40 words a minute
33. 33.📄 In which résumé section does this go: typing 40 words a minute? (a) projects (b) activities (c) skills (d) education
34. 34.📄 In which résumé section does this go: a mobile number? (a) projects (b) contact details (c) education (d) activities
35. 35.Which of these goes in the skills section? (a) B.Com first year (b) debate club secretary (c) Class 12 (Science), 2026 (d) typing 40 words a minute
36. 36.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) school and marks (b) skills like typing (c) your Aadhaar number (d) projects you did
37. 37.Which of these goes in the projects section? (a) basic HTML and CSS (b) spreadsheets (basic) (c) typing 40 words a minute (d) a website for our club
38. 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your bank details (b) projects you did (c) your phone and email (d) awards and prizes
39. 39.📄 In which résumé section does this go: debate club secretary? (a) projects (b) skills (c) activities (d) contact details
40. 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a party selfie (b) awards and prizes (c) your siblings’ marks (d) your Aadhaar number

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