Résumé Worksheet: What to Include

Interview skills lesson 17: What goes on a student résumé · Set 220 · 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: a long life story? (a) include it (b) leave it out
2. 2.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your phone and email? (a) include it (b) leave it out
3. 3.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: skills like typing? (a) include it (b) leave it out
4. 4.📄 A student with no work experience should highlight… (a) projects and activities (b) nothing at all (c) made-up jobs (d) their parents’ jobs
5. 5.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: languages you know? (a) include it (b) leave it out
6. 6.Which of these goes in the education section? (a) Class 10 board: 88% (b) school football team (c) a survey of 50 shops (d) debate club secretary
7. 7.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: a party selfie? (a) include it (b) leave it out
8. 8.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a long life story (b) school and marks (c) a party selfie (d) your bank details
9. 9.True or false: “made-up marks” should be left out of a résumé. (a) False (b) True
10. 10.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) awards and prizes (b) your passwords (c) volunteer work (d) projects you did
11. 11.📄 In which résumé section does this go: spreadsheets (basic)? (a) contact details (b) projects (c) skills (d) activities
12. 12.📄 In which résumé section does this go: a mobile number? (a) activities (b) contact details (c) education (d) projects
13. 13.📄 How long should a student résumé usually be? (a) half a line (b) five pages (c) ten pages (d) one page
14. 14.Which of these goes in the skills section? (a) a mobile number (b) Class 10 board: 88% (c) typing 40 words a minute (d) school football team
15. 15.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) your siblings’ marks (b) your passwords (c) a party selfie (d) volunteer work
16. 16.📄 In which résumé section does this go: B.Com first year? (a) contact details (b) projects (c) education (d) activities
17. 17.📄 In which résumé section does this go: an email ID? (a) education (b) skills (c) activities (d) contact details
18. 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your Aadhaar number (b) made-up marks (c) clubs and activities (d) a long life story
19. 19.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) your phone and email (b) a party selfie (c) clubs and activities (d) skills like typing
20. 20.Which of these goes in the activities section? (a) a survey of 50 shops (b) Class 10 board: 88% (c) typing 40 words a minute (d) debate club secretary
21. 21.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: awards and prizes? (a) include it (b) leave it out
22. 22.Which of these goes in the education section? (a) B.Com first year (b) your city and PIN code (c) school football team (d) basic HTML and CSS
23. 23.True or false: “clubs and activities” should be left out of a résumé. (a) False (b) True
24. 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your Aadhaar number (b) volunteer work (c) clubs and activities (d) skills like typing
25. 25.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your siblings’ marks? (a) include it (b) leave it out
26. 26.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your siblings’ marks (b) a long life story (c) awards and prizes (d) your bank details
27. 27.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: projects you did? (a) leave it out (b) include it
28. 28.Which of these goes in the activities section? (a) a survey of 50 shops (b) your city and PIN code (c) a website for our club (d) eco club member
29. 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your passwords (b) a long life story (c) projects you did (d) made-up marks
30. 30.True or false: “school and marks” should be left out of a résumé. (a) True (b) False
31. 31.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) volunteer work (b) your siblings’ marks (c) skills like typing (d) school and marks
32. 32.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) projects you did (b) a long life story (c) a party selfie (d) your siblings’ marks
33. 33.True or false: “skills like typing” belongs on a student résumé. (a) True (b) False
34. 34.📄 In which résumé section does this go: Class 10 board: 88%? (a) skills (b) contact details (c) projects (d) education
35. 35.📄 In which résumé section does this go: a website for our club? (a) activities (b) education (c) projects (d) skills
36. 36.📄 What font style suits a résumé? (a) all bold capitals (b) one plain, clear font (c) tiny handwriting (d) five fancy fonts
37. 37.True or false: “your Aadhaar number” belongs on a student résumé. (a) True (b) False
38. 38.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) your bank details (b) a party selfie (c) your siblings’ marks (d) your phone and email
39. 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a party selfie (b) languages you know (c) your passwords (d) made-up marks
40. 40.Which of these goes in the projects section? (a) a website for our club (b) school football team (c) Class 10 board: 88% (d) B.Com first year

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