Résumé Worksheet: What to Include

Interview skills lesson 17: What goes on a student résumé · Set 315 · 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: “your phone and email” belongs on a student résumé. (a) False (b) True
2. 2.True or false: “made-up marks” should be left out of a résumé. (a) False (b) True
3. 3.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: projects you did? (a) leave it out (b) include it
4. 4.📄 A résumé is… (a) a full autobiography (b) a school report card (c) a short summary of you (d) a letter of thanks
5. 5.True or false: “a party selfie” belongs on a student résumé. (a) True (b) False
6. 6.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) your passwords (b) your siblings’ marks (c) your phone and email (d) a long life story
7. 7.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) languages you know (b) a long life story (c) skills like typing (d) awards and prizes
8. 8.Which of these goes in the skills section? (a) B.Com first year (b) debate club secretary (c) spreadsheets (basic) (d) a website for our club
9. 9.Which of these goes in the contact details? (a) basic HTML and CSS (b) Class 12 (Science), 2026 (c) your city and PIN code (d) typing 40 words a minute
10. 10.📄 In which résumé section does this go: typing 40 words a minute? (a) contact details (b) projects (c) education (d) skills
11. 11.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) your siblings’ marks (b) projects you did (c) languages you know (d) clubs and activities
12. 12.True or false: “projects you did” belongs on a student résumé. (a) False (b) True
13. 13.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) school and marks (b) skills like typing (c) awards and prizes (d) your passwords
14. 14.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) projects you did (b) your phone and email (c) your bank details (d) skills like typing
15. 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) made-up marks (b) a party selfie (c) volunteer work (d) your bank details
16. 16.📄 What font style suits a résumé? (a) one plain, clear font (b) tiny handwriting (c) five fancy fonts (d) all bold capitals
17. 17.Which of these goes in the activities section? (a) Class 10 board: 88% (b) school football team (c) a survey of 50 shops (d) Class 12 (Science), 2026
18. 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your siblings’ marks (b) your bank details (c) a party selfie (d) awards and prizes
19. 19.📄 How long should a student résumé usually be? (a) half a line (b) ten pages (c) five pages (d) one page
20. 20.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: languages you know? (a) leave it out (b) include it
21. 21.📄 Your résumé says you led a club. In the interview you should… (a) deny it (b) say it was a joke (c) change the subject (d) be ready to explain it
22. 22.True or false: “school and marks” should be left out of a résumé. (a) False (b) True
23. 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your Aadhaar number (b) your phone and email (c) a party selfie (d) made-up marks
24. 24.📄 In which résumé section does this go: spreadsheets (basic)? (a) skills (b) activities (c) education (d) contact details
25. 25.Which of these goes in the projects section? (a) an email ID (b) typing 40 words a minute (c) a survey of 50 shops (d) spreadsheets (basic)
26. 26.📄 A student with no work experience should highlight… (a) their parents’ jobs (b) nothing at all (c) projects and activities (d) made-up jobs
27. 27.Which of these goes in the education section? (a) built a rain gauge model (b) spreadsheets (basic) (c) your city and PIN code (d) B.Com first year
28. 28.True or false: “your Aadhaar number” belongs on a student résumé. (a) True (b) False
29. 29.📄 In which résumé section does this go: built a rain gauge model? (a) skills (b) activities (c) education (d) projects
30. 30.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) skills like typing (b) a party selfie (c) your Aadhaar number (d) a long life story
31. 31.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) made-up marks (b) your phone and email (c) projects you did (d) skills like typing
32. 32.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your passwords? (a) include it (b) leave it out
33. 33.Which of these goes in the skills section? (a) built a rain gauge model (b) B.Com first year (c) a website for our club (d) typing 40 words a minute
34. 34.True or false: “your siblings’ marks” belongs on a student résumé. (a) False (b) True
35. 35.True or false: “your bank details” should be left out of a résumé. (a) False (b) True
36. 36.📄 In which résumé section does this go: Class 10 board: 88%? (a) projects (b) education (c) skills (d) activities
37. 37.True or false: “projects you did” should be left out of a résumé. (a) True (b) False
38. 38.True or false: “languages you know” should be left out of a résumé. (a) False (b) True
39. 39.True or false: “your phone and email” should be left out of a résumé. (a) True (b) False
40. 40.True or false: “your siblings’ marks” should be left out of a résumé. (a) True (b) False

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