Résumé Worksheet: What to Include

Interview skills lesson 17: What goes on a student résumé · Set 247 · 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) a party selfie (b) projects you did (c) your bank details (d) your siblings’ marks
2. 2.📄 A student with no work experience should highlight… (a) made-up jobs (b) projects and activities (c) nothing at all (d) their parents’ jobs
3. 3.Which of these goes in the skills section? (a) B.Com first year (b) a survey of 50 shops (c) school football team (d) spreadsheets (basic)
4. 4.📄 What font style suits a résumé? (a) one plain, clear font (b) five fancy fonts (c) all bold capitals (d) tiny handwriting
5. 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) school and marks (b) your bank details (c) awards and prizes (d) clubs and activities
6. 6.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: a party selfie? (a) leave it out (b) include it
7. 7.📄 In which résumé section does this go: Class 12 (Science), 2026? (a) education (b) projects (c) activities (d) skills
8. 8.📄 In which résumé section does this go: debate club secretary? (a) projects (b) contact details (c) activities (d) education
9. 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your phone and email (b) made-up marks (c) awards and prizes (d) volunteer work
10. 10.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: clubs and activities? (a) include it (b) leave it out
11. 11.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) your bank details (b) a party selfie (c) volunteer work (d) your siblings’ marks
12. 12.True or false: “your phone and email” belongs on a student résumé. (a) True (b) False
13. 13.Which of these goes in the education section? (a) your city and PIN code (b) Class 12 (Science), 2026 (c) a survey of 50 shops (d) a website for our club
14. 14.📄 In which résumé section does this go: school football team? (a) education (b) activities (c) contact details (d) skills
15. 15.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your Aadhaar number? (a) leave it out (b) include it
16. 16.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: awards and prizes? (a) leave it out (b) include it
17. 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a long life story (b) clubs and activities (c) your phone and email (d) school and marks
18. 18.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: projects you did? (a) leave it out (b) include it
19. 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a long life story (b) volunteer work (c) a party selfie (d) your siblings’ marks
20. 20.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) your passwords (b) made-up marks (c) a party selfie (d) your phone and email
21. 21.True or false: “skills like typing” belongs on a student résumé. (a) False (b) True
22. 22.Which of these goes in the education section? (a) eco club member (b) typing 40 words a minute (c) your city and PIN code (d) B.Com first year
23. 23.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) school and marks (b) languages you know (c) your phone and email (d) your passwords
24. 24.Which of these goes in the contact details? (a) eco club member (b) debate club secretary (c) an email ID (d) a website for our club
25. 25.True or false: “skills like typing” should be left out of a résumé. (a) False (b) True
26. 26.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) your Aadhaar number (b) a party selfie (c) languages you know (d) your passwords
27. 27.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your siblings’ marks? (a) leave it out (b) include it
28. 28.📄 In which résumé section does this go: B.Com first year? (a) contact details (b) projects (c) education (d) skills
29. 29.📄 Your résumé says you led a club. In the interview you should… (a) be ready to explain it (b) deny it (c) say it was a joke (d) change the subject
30. 30.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) clubs and activities (b) your Aadhaar number (c) made-up marks (d) your siblings’ marks
31. 31.📄 In which résumé section does this go: a website for our club? (a) activities (b) projects (c) education (d) skills
32. 32.True or false: “a long life story” should be left out of a résumé. (a) False (b) True
33. 33.Which of these goes in the skills section? (a) school football team (b) basic HTML and CSS (c) Class 10 board: 88% (d) B.Com first year
34. 34.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your bank details? (a) leave it out (b) include it
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.True or false: “a long life story” belongs on a student résumé. (a) False (b) True
37. 37.Which of these goes in the projects section? (a) eco club member (b) a survey of 50 shops (c) B.Com first year (d) a mobile number
38. 38.True or false: “your passwords” belongs on a student résumé. (a) False (b) True
39. 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) volunteer work (b) your siblings’ marks (c) clubs and activities (d) your phone and email
40. 40.📄 In which résumé section does this go: your city and PIN code? (a) skills (b) activities (c) education (d) contact details

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