Résumé Worksheet: What to Include

Interview skills lesson 17: What goes on a student résumé · Set 262 · 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) projects you did (b) languages you know (c) your phone and email (d) a party selfie
2. 2.📄 A student with no work experience should highlight… (a) nothing at all (b) their parents’ jobs (c) made-up jobs (d) projects and activities
3. 3.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) awards and prizes (b) made-up marks (c) your siblings’ marks (d) a party selfie
4. 4.📄 In which résumé section does this go: a survey of 50 shops? (a) contact details (b) skills (c) projects (d) education
5. 5.📄 A résumé is… (a) a letter of thanks (b) a full autobiography (c) a short summary of you (d) a school report card
6. 6.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) made-up marks (b) school and marks (c) a long life story (d) a party selfie
7. 7.True or false: “clubs and activities” belongs on a student résumé. (a) False (b) True
8. 8.True or false: “made-up marks” should be left out of a résumé. (a) False (b) True
9. 9.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your passwords? (a) include it (b) leave it out
10. 10.📄 In which résumé section does this go: school football team? (a) education (b) projects (c) activities (d) contact details
11. 11.📄 Your résumé says you led a club. In the interview you should… (a) change the subject (b) be ready to explain it (c) say it was a joke (d) deny it
12. 12.Which of these goes in the activities section? (a) a website for our club (b) school football team (c) a mobile number (d) Class 10 board: 88%
13. 13.Which of these goes in the contact details? (a) typing 40 words a minute (b) basic HTML and CSS (c) your city and PIN code (d) debate club secretary
14. 14.True or false: “school and marks” should be left out of a résumé. (a) True (b) False
15. 15.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) made-up marks (b) volunteer work (c) your passwords (d) a party selfie
16. 16.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: volunteer work? (a) leave it out (b) include it
17. 17.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) your phone and email (b) languages you know (c) your bank details (d) awards and prizes
18. 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) made-up marks (b) your passwords (c) school and marks (d) your bank details
19. 19.📄 In which résumé section does this go: an email ID? (a) contact details (b) skills (c) activities (d) education
20. 20.Which of these goes in the education section? (a) school football team (b) eco club member (c) Class 12 (Science), 2026 (d) spreadsheets (basic)
21. 21.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: skills like typing? (a) include it (b) leave it out
22. 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your phone and email (b) a long life story (c) clubs and activities (d) volunteer work
23. 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) volunteer work (b) a long life story (c) your bank details (d) made-up marks
24. 24.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: a party selfie? (a) include it (b) leave it out
25. 25.Which of these goes in the education section? (a) Class 10 board: 88% (b) basic HTML and CSS (c) a website for our club (d) your city and PIN code
26. 26.Which of these goes in the projects section? (a) a mobile number (b) built a rain gauge model (c) B.Com first year (d) an email ID
27. 27.True or false: “projects you did” should be left out of a résumé. (a) True (b) False
28. 28.True or false: “clubs and activities” should be left out of a résumé. (a) True (b) False
29. 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) projects you did (b) school and marks (c) clubs and activities (d) a party selfie
30. 30.📄 How long should a student résumé usually be? (a) five pages (b) half a line (c) ten pages (d) one page
31. 31.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) awards and prizes (b) your phone and email (c) your siblings’ marks (d) languages you know
32. 32.Which of these goes in the activities section? (a) eco club member (b) Class 10 board: 88% (c) spreadsheets (basic) (d) typing 40 words a minute
33. 33.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) your phone and email (b) school and marks (c) your siblings’ marks (d) projects you did
34. 34.📄 In which résumé section does this go: spreadsheets (basic)? (a) activities (b) education (c) skills (d) contact details
35. 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a party selfie (b) languages you know (c) your bank details (d) your Aadhaar number
36. 36.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your bank details? (a) leave it out (b) include it
37. 37.📄 In which résumé section does this go: B.Com first year? (a) education (b) projects (c) skills (d) activities
38. 38.📄 What font style suits a résumé? (a) five fancy fonts (b) one plain, clear font (c) all bold capitals (d) tiny handwriting
39. 39.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your Aadhaar number? (a) leave it out (b) include it
40. 40.True or false: “made-up marks” belongs on a student résumé. (a) True (b) False

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