Résumé Worksheet: What to Include

Interview skills lesson 17: What goes on a student résumé · Set 235 · 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 goes in the contact details? (a) school football team (b) an email ID (c) B.Com first year (d) a website for our club
2. 2.📄 What font style suits a résumé? (a) one plain, clear font (b) five fancy fonts (c) all bold capitals (d) tiny handwriting
3. 3.Which of these goes in the education section? (a) Class 10 board: 88% (b) debate club secretary (c) typing 40 words a minute (d) a survey of 50 shops
4. 4.True or false: “languages you know” belongs on a student résumé. (a) False (b) True
5. 5.📄 A résumé is… (a) a school report card (b) a letter of thanks (c) a full autobiography (d) a short summary of you
6. 6.True or false: “awards and prizes” belongs on a student résumé. (a) True (b) False
7. 7.📄 A student with no work experience should highlight… (a) their parents’ jobs (b) projects and activities (c) nothing at all (d) made-up jobs
8. 8.📄 In which résumé section does this go: B.Com first year? (a) education (b) contact details (c) projects (d) skills
9. 9.📄 Your résumé says you led a club. In the interview you should… (a) change the subject (b) say it was a joke (c) be ready to explain it (d) deny it
10. 10.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your Aadhaar number? (a) include it (b) leave it out
11. 11.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) skills like typing (b) languages you know (c) your phone and email (d) your siblings’ marks
12. 12.True or false: “your phone and email” should be left out of a résumé. (a) False (b) True
13. 13.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: projects you did? (a) leave it out (b) include it
14. 14.📄 In which résumé section does this go: a mobile number? (a) projects (b) skills (c) education (d) contact details
15. 15.True or false: “a party selfie” belongs on a student résumé. (a) False (b) True
16. 16.True or false: “your Aadhaar number” should be left out of a résumé. (a) True (b) False
17. 17.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: a long life story? (a) leave it out (b) include it
18. 18.True or false: “awards and prizes” should be left out of a résumé. (a) True (b) False
19. 19.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your siblings’ marks? (a) include it (b) leave it out
20. 20.Which of these goes in the skills section? (a) typing 40 words a minute (b) an email ID (c) your city and PIN code (d) Class 10 board: 88%
21. 21.📄 In which résumé section does this go: Class 12 (Science), 2026? (a) projects (b) skills (c) activities (d) education
22. 22.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) school and marks (b) languages you know (c) awards and prizes (d) a party selfie
23. 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your bank details (b) school and marks (c) your Aadhaar number (d) a party selfie
24. 24.Which of these goes in the skills section? (a) Class 12 (Science), 2026 (b) built a rain gauge model (c) school football team (d) basic HTML and CSS
25. 25.📄 How long should a student résumé usually be? (a) five pages (b) one page (c) ten pages (d) half a line
26. 26.True or false: “your bank details” should be left out of a résumé. (a) True (b) False
27. 27.True or false: “skills like typing” belongs on a student résumé. (a) True (b) False
28. 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your phone and email (b) a long life story (c) your passwords (d) your bank details
29. 29.Which of these goes in the activities section? (a) B.Com first year (b) an email ID (c) school football team (d) spreadsheets (basic)
30. 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) clubs and activities (b) your siblings’ marks (c) your bank details (d) made-up marks
31. 31.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your phone and email? (a) leave it out (b) include it
32. 32.📄 In which résumé section does this go: eco club member? (a) projects (b) activities (c) contact details (d) skills
33. 33.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) a long life story (b) made-up marks (c) your siblings’ marks (d) skills like typing
34. 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) languages you know (b) awards and prizes (c) your Aadhaar number (d) school and marks
35. 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) volunteer work (b) clubs and activities (c) projects you did (d) your passwords
36. 36.📄 In which résumé section does this go: a survey of 50 shops? (a) projects (b) skills (c) education (d) contact details
37. 37.Which of these goes in the education section? (a) debate club secretary (b) Class 12 (Science), 2026 (c) spreadsheets (basic) (d) school football team
38. 38.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your passwords? (a) leave it out (b) include it
39. 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your phone and email (b) clubs and activities (c) skills like typing (d) your siblings’ marks
40. 40.Which of these goes in the skills section? (a) spreadsheets (basic) (b) your city and PIN code (c) an email ID (d) Class 12 (Science), 2026

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