Résumé Worksheet: What to Include

Interview skills lesson 17: What goes on a student résumé · Set 256 · 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 should be left out of a résumé? (a) your bank details (b) your phone and email (c) school and marks (d) projects you did
2. 2.True or false: “a party selfie” belongs on a student résumé. (a) True (b) False
3. 3.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: clubs and activities? (a) leave it out (b) include it
4. 4.📄 What font style suits a résumé? (a) tiny handwriting (b) five fancy fonts (c) one plain, clear font (d) all bold capitals
5. 5.Which of these goes in the skills section? (a) debate club secretary (b) basic HTML and CSS (c) school football team (d) B.Com first year
6. 6.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) awards and prizes (b) school and marks (c) skills like typing (d) made-up marks
7. 7.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) your siblings’ marks (b) your bank details (c) made-up marks (d) awards and prizes
8. 8.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) a long life story (b) your bank details (c) your passwords (d) projects you did
9. 9.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your passwords? (a) include it (b) leave it out
10. 10.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) your passwords (b) your siblings’ marks (c) your bank details (d) languages you know
11. 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) projects you did (b) clubs and activities (c) a party selfie (d) school and marks
12. 12.True or false: “your bank details” should be left out of a résumé. (a) True (b) False
13. 13.📄 In which résumé section does this go: school football team? (a) contact details (b) education (c) skills (d) activities
14. 14.True or false: “your passwords” should be left out of a résumé. (a) False (b) True
15. 15.Which of these goes in the activities section? (a) a survey of 50 shops (b) debate club secretary (c) B.Com first year (d) typing 40 words a minute
16. 16.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) projects you did (b) made-up marks (c) your Aadhaar number (d) your siblings’ marks
17. 17.📄 In which résumé section does this go: debate club secretary? (a) skills (b) contact details (c) activities (d) education
18. 18.True or false: “projects you did” should be left out of a résumé. (a) False (b) True
19. 19.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: volunteer work? (a) leave it out (b) include it
20. 20.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: skills like typing? (a) leave it out (b) include it
21. 21.Which of these goes in the contact details? (a) a mobile number (b) Class 12 (Science), 2026 (c) a survey of 50 shops (d) debate club secretary
22. 22.True or false: “skills like typing” belongs on a student résumé. (a) False (b) True
23. 23.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: school and marks? (a) leave it out (b) include it
24. 24.📄 Your résumé says you led a club. In the interview you should… (a) change the subject (b) be ready to explain it (c) deny it (d) say it was a joke
25. 25.📄 A student with no work experience should highlight… (a) made-up jobs (b) their parents’ jobs (c) nothing at all (d) projects and activities
26. 26.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) your Aadhaar number (b) a long life story (c) your bank details (d) skills like typing
27. 27.Which of these goes in the activities section? (a) typing 40 words a minute (b) Class 12 (Science), 2026 (c) spreadsheets (basic) (d) school football team
28. 28.Which of these goes in the education section? (a) eco club member (b) typing 40 words a minute (c) Class 12 (Science), 2026 (d) an email ID
29. 29.📄 In which résumé section does this go: built a rain gauge model? (a) contact details (b) education (c) projects (d) activities
30. 30.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your Aadhaar number? (a) include it (b) leave it out
31. 31.📄 In which résumé section does this go: a survey of 50 shops? (a) contact details (b) skills (c) activities (d) projects
32. 32.Which of these goes in the contact details? (a) an email ID (b) typing 40 words a minute (c) Class 12 (Science), 2026 (d) debate club secretary
33. 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your Aadhaar number (b) awards and prizes (c) school and marks (d) projects you did
34. 34.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your siblings’ marks? (a) leave it out (b) include it
35. 35.True or false: “clubs and activities” belongs on a student résumé. (a) True (b) False
36. 36.True or false: “volunteer work” should be left out of a résumé. (a) True (b) False
37. 37.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: a long life story? (a) leave it out (b) include it
38. 38.True or false: “volunteer work” belongs on a student résumé. (a) False (b) True
39. 39.📄 A résumé is… (a) a letter of thanks (b) a full autobiography (c) a short summary of you (d) a school report card
40. 40.True or false: “clubs and activities” should be left out of a résumé. (a) False (b) True

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