Résumé Worksheet: What to Include

Interview skills lesson 17: What goes on a student résumé · Set 257 · 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.📄 How long should a student résumé usually be? (a) ten pages (b) half a line (c) one page (d) five pages
2. 2.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) awards and prizes (b) made-up marks (c) clubs and activities (d) school and marks
3. 3.📄 In which résumé section does this go: built a rain gauge model? (a) projects (b) contact details (c) education (d) skills
4. 4.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: clubs and activities? (a) leave it out (b) include it
5. 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your passwords (b) a long life story (c) your siblings’ marks (d) awards and prizes
6. 6.📄 Your résumé says you led a club. In the interview you should… (a) say it was a joke (b) be ready to explain it (c) deny it (d) change the subject
7. 7.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: awards and prizes? (a) leave it out (b) include it
8. 8.True or false: “languages you know” should be left out of a résumé. (a) True (b) False
9. 9.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) school and marks (b) your Aadhaar number (c) your passwords (d) your bank details
10. 10.Which of these goes in the projects section? (a) built a rain gauge model (b) a mobile number (c) B.Com first year (d) eco club member
11. 11.📄 In which résumé section does this go: B.Com first year? (a) skills (b) projects (c) activities (d) education
12. 12.📄 In which résumé section does this go: an email ID? (a) projects (b) skills (c) contact details (d) education
13. 13.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your bank details? (a) include it (b) leave it out
14. 14.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: projects you did? (a) leave it out (b) include it
15. 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) clubs and activities (b) projects you did (c) volunteer work (d) your Aadhaar number
16. 16.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: made-up marks? (a) include it (b) leave it out
17. 17.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) your siblings’ marks (b) your passwords (c) awards and prizes (d) made-up marks
18. 18.📄 A student with no work experience should highlight… (a) made-up jobs (b) projects and activities (c) nothing at all (d) their parents’ jobs
19. 19.Which of these goes in the education section? (a) typing 40 words a minute (b) Class 12 (Science), 2026 (c) an email ID (d) eco club member
20. 20.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: school and marks? (a) include it (b) leave it out
21. 21.Which of these goes in the contact details? (a) Class 12 (Science), 2026 (b) your city and PIN code (c) a survey of 50 shops (d) school football team
22. 22.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) made-up marks (b) your siblings’ marks (c) languages you know (d) a party selfie
23. 23.True or false: “clubs and activities” should be left out of a résumé. (a) True (b) False
24. 24.True or false: “a long life story” should be left out of a résumé. (a) False (b) True
25. 25.True or false: “projects you did” should be left out of a résumé. (a) True (b) False
26. 26.True or false: “your phone and email” belongs on a student résumé. (a) True (b) False
27. 27.📄 In which résumé section does this go: eco club member? (a) projects (b) contact details (c) education (d) activities
28. 28.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your passwords? (a) leave it out (b) include it
29. 29.Which of these goes in the education section? (a) basic HTML and CSS (b) B.Com first year (c) debate club secretary (d) a mobile number
30. 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your passwords (b) a long life story (c) your phone and email (d) your Aadhaar number
31. 31.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: a long life story? (a) include it (b) leave it out
32. 32.📄 In which résumé section does this go: typing 40 words a minute? (a) skills (b) education (c) activities (d) contact details
33. 33.📄 In which résumé section does this go: Class 12 (Science), 2026? (a) projects (b) activities (c) education (d) skills
34. 34.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: skills like typing? (a) leave it out (b) include it
35. 35.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) projects you did (b) your phone and email (c) languages you know (d) your passwords
36. 36.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) projects you did (b) a party selfie (c) skills like typing (d) school and marks
37. 37.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your Aadhaar number? (a) include it (b) leave it out
38. 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) made-up marks (b) a party selfie (c) your bank details (d) skills like typing
39. 39.📄 In which résumé section does this go: basic HTML and CSS? (a) education (b) contact details (c) activities (d) skills
40. 40.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) school and marks (b) your Aadhaar number (c) projects you did (d) languages you know

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