Résumé Worksheet: What to Include

Interview skills lesson 17: What goes on a student résumé · Set 348 · 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.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your siblings’ marks? (a) include it (b) leave it out
2. 2.True or false: “skills like typing” belongs on a student résumé. (a) False (b) True
3. 3.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) a party selfie (b) your passwords (c) made-up marks (d) awards and prizes
4. 4.Which of these goes in the education section? (a) typing 40 words a minute (b) an email ID (c) Class 12 (Science), 2026 (d) debate club secretary
5. 5.True or false: “a long life story” belongs on a student résumé. (a) True (b) False
6. 6.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) skills like typing (b) languages you know (c) projects you did (d) your Aadhaar number
7. 7.📄 In which résumé section does this go: basic HTML and CSS? (a) projects (b) education (c) skills (d) activities
8. 8.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a party selfie (b) skills like typing (c) school and marks (d) your phone and email
9. 9.True or false: “your bank details” belongs on a student résumé. (a) False (b) True
10. 10.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: skills like typing? (a) leave it out (b) include it
11. 11.📄 What font style suits a résumé? (a) one plain, clear font (b) five fancy fonts (c) all bold capitals (d) tiny handwriting
12. 12.True or false: “languages you know” should be left out of a résumé. (a) False (b) True
13. 13.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) volunteer work (b) languages you know (c) your phone and email (d) your passwords
14. 14.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) projects you did (b) skills like typing (c) your phone and email (d) your passwords
15. 15.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: clubs and activities? (a) leave it out (b) include it
16. 16.Which of these goes in the contact details? (a) built a rain gauge model (b) an email ID (c) a survey of 50 shops (d) B.Com first year
17. 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) skills like typing (b) your siblings’ marks (c) school and marks (d) your phone and email
18. 18.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) your Aadhaar number (b) skills like typing (c) a party selfie (d) your passwords
19. 19.True or false: “your phone and email” belongs on a student résumé. (a) False (b) True
20. 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) projects you did (b) your Aadhaar number (c) awards and prizes (d) languages you know
21. 21.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: awards and prizes? (a) leave it out (b) include it
22. 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a party selfie (b) projects you did (c) your passwords (d) your bank details
23. 23.Which of these goes in the education section? (a) a survey of 50 shops (b) typing 40 words a minute (c) B.Com first year (d) school football team
24. 24.📄 In which résumé section does this go: a mobile number? (a) activities (b) skills (c) contact details (d) education
25. 25.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: volunteer work? (a) include it (b) leave it out
26. 26.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: languages you know? (a) include it (b) leave it out
27. 27.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) a party selfie (b) your siblings’ marks (c) your bank details (d) languages you know
28. 28.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) a long life story (b) your siblings’ marks (c) volunteer work (d) your passwords
29. 29.Which of these goes in the skills section? (a) eco club member (b) built a rain gauge model (c) school football team (d) typing 40 words a minute
30. 30.📄 A student with no work experience should highlight… (a) their parents’ jobs (b) made-up jobs (c) projects and activities (d) nothing at all
31. 31.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) volunteer work (b) your passwords (c) a party selfie (d) your bank details
32. 32.Which of these goes in the contact details? (a) spreadsheets (basic) (b) a mobile number (c) basic HTML and CSS (d) eco club member
33. 33.📄 In which résumé section does this go: a survey of 50 shops? (a) education (b) projects (c) contact details (d) skills
34. 34.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) your siblings’ marks (b) your passwords (c) a long life story (d) projects you did
35. 35.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: a party selfie? (a) leave it out (b) include it
36. 36.True or false: “projects you did” should be left out of a résumé. (a) True (b) False
37. 37.Which of these goes in the activities section? (a) B.Com first year (b) typing 40 words a minute (c) school football team (d) Class 12 (Science), 2026
38. 38.📄 Your résumé says you led a club. In the interview you should… (a) be ready to explain it (b) change the subject (c) say it was a joke (d) deny it
39. 39.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: school and marks? (a) include it (b) leave it out
40. 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) languages you know (b) made-up marks (c) your siblings’ marks (d) your bank details

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