Résumé Worksheet: What to Include

Interview skills lesson 17: What goes on a student résumé · Set 246 · 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.True or false: “awards and prizes” should be left out of a résumé. (a) False (b) True
2. 2.📄 In which résumé section does this go: debate club secretary? (a) projects (b) education (c) skills (d) activities
3. 3.📄 In which résumé section does this go: B.Com first year? (a) education (b) activities (c) projects (d) contact details
4. 4.Which of these goes in the activities section? (a) B.Com first year (b) an email ID (c) typing 40 words a minute (d) eco club member
5. 5.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: school and marks? (a) leave it out (b) include it
6. 6.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your bank details? (a) leave it out (b) include it
7. 7.True or false: “your bank details” belongs on a student résumé. (a) False (b) True
8. 8.Which of these goes in the education section? (a) eco club member (b) spreadsheets (basic) (c) B.Com first year (d) a survey of 50 shops
9. 9.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: languages you know? (a) leave it out (b) include it
10. 10.📄 What font style suits a résumé? (a) all bold capitals (b) tiny handwriting (c) one plain, clear font (d) five fancy fonts
11. 11.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) your siblings’ marks (b) a party selfie (c) your Aadhaar number (d) projects you did
12. 12.True or false: “projects you did” belongs on a student résumé. (a) False (b) True
13. 13.True or false: “clubs and activities” should be left out of a résumé. (a) True (b) False
14. 14.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: clubs and activities? (a) leave it out (b) include it
15. 15.📄 A student with no work experience should highlight… (a) made-up jobs (b) projects and activities (c) their parents’ jobs (d) nothing at all
16. 16.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your passwords? (a) leave it out (b) include it
17. 17.📄 Your résumé says you led a club. In the interview you should… (a) deny it (b) change the subject (c) be ready to explain it (d) say it was a joke
18. 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your passwords (b) projects you did (c) a long life story (d) your Aadhaar number
19. 19.Which of these goes in the skills section? (a) eco club member (b) spreadsheets (basic) (c) a mobile number (d) Class 12 (Science), 2026
20. 20.Which of these goes in the contact details? (a) basic HTML and CSS (b) a mobile number (c) B.Com first year (d) built a rain gauge model
21. 21.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: awards and prizes? (a) leave it out (b) include it
22. 22.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) clubs and activities (b) awards and prizes (c) your passwords (d) school and marks
23. 23.Which of these goes in the skills section? (a) an email ID (b) debate club secretary (c) typing 40 words a minute (d) a mobile number
24. 24.📄 In which résumé section does this go: built a rain gauge model? (a) contact details (b) skills (c) projects (d) education
25. 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) school and marks (b) your phone and email (c) a party selfie (d) awards and prizes
26. 26.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) school and marks (b) projects you did (c) your bank details (d) your phone and email
27. 27.True or false: “your phone and email” should be left out of a résumé. (a) True (b) False
28. 28.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your siblings’ marks? (a) leave it out (b) include it
29. 29.📄 In which résumé section does this go: your city and PIN code? (a) skills (b) contact details (c) projects (d) education
30. 30.📄 In which résumé section does this go: spreadsheets (basic)? (a) contact details (b) education (c) skills (d) projects
31. 31.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a long life story (b) your phone and email (c) your siblings’ marks (d) your Aadhaar number
32. 32.Which of these goes in the projects section? (a) B.Com first year (b) eco club member (c) built a rain gauge model (d) your city and PIN code
33. 33.Which of these goes in the activities section? (a) a website for our club (b) debate club secretary (c) your city and PIN code (d) Class 10 board: 88%
34. 34.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: projects you did? (a) leave it out (b) include it
35. 35.True or false: “made-up marks” should be left out of a résumé. (a) False (b) True
36. 36.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) school and marks (b) skills like typing (c) your Aadhaar number (d) projects you did
37. 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a long life story (b) languages you know (c) your Aadhaar number (d) your siblings’ marks
38. 38.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) your bank details (b) a long life story (c) school and marks (d) made-up marks
39. 39.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) a party selfie (b) your bank details (c) your phone and email (d) your Aadhaar number
40. 40.True or false: “your Aadhaar number” should be left out of a résumé. (a) True (b) False

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