Résumé Worksheet: What to Include

Interview skills lesson 17: What goes on a student résumé · Set 350 · 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.📄 What font style suits a résumé? (a) one plain, clear font (b) five fancy fonts (c) all bold capitals (d) tiny handwriting
2. 2.True or false: “made-up marks” belongs on a student résumé. (a) False (b) True
3. 3.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) your Aadhaar number (b) a party selfie (c) skills like typing (d) your bank details
4. 4.True or false: “skills like typing” should be left out of a résumé. (a) False (b) True
5. 5.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: skills like typing? (a) leave it out (b) include it
6. 6.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: school and marks? (a) include it (b) leave it out
7. 7.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: a party selfie? (a) include it (b) leave it out
8. 8.Which of these goes in the education section? (a) school football team (b) eco club member (c) spreadsheets (basic) (d) Class 10 board: 88%
9. 9.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) a party selfie (b) your siblings’ marks (c) awards and prizes (d) made-up marks
10. 10.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: a long life story? (a) include it (b) leave it out
11. 11.Which of these goes in the skills section? (a) basic HTML and CSS (b) a mobile number (c) eco club member (d) a survey of 50 shops
12. 12.📄 Your résumé says you led a club. In the interview you should… (a) deny it (b) change the subject (c) be ready to explain it (d) say it was a joke
13. 13.Which of these goes in the contact details? (a) school football team (b) an email ID (c) built a rain gauge model (d) debate club secretary
14. 14.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) languages you know (b) your passwords (c) your siblings’ marks (d) your bank details
15. 15.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your bank details? (a) include it (b) leave it out
16. 16.📄 In which résumé section does this go: debate club secretary? (a) activities (b) projects (c) skills (d) education
17. 17.📄 A student with no work experience should highlight… (a) nothing at all (b) their parents’ jobs (c) made-up jobs (d) projects and activities
18. 18.📄 In which résumé section does this go: spreadsheets (basic)? (a) education (b) activities (c) projects (d) skills
19. 19.Which of these goes in the education section? (a) typing 40 words a minute (b) Class 12 (Science), 2026 (c) a mobile number (d) your city and PIN code
20. 20.Which of these goes in the projects section? (a) spreadsheets (basic) (b) debate club secretary (c) built a rain gauge model (d) an email ID
21. 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a party selfie (b) your Aadhaar number (c) your phone and email (d) a long life story
22. 22.📄 In which résumé section does this go: an email ID? (a) projects (b) skills (c) education (d) contact details
23. 23.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) made-up marks (b) school and marks (c) projects you did (d) volunteer work
24. 24.True or false: “a long life story” should be left out of a résumé. (a) False (b) True
25. 25.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) a long life story (b) your Aadhaar number (c) your bank details (d) projects you did
26. 26.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your passwords? (a) include it (b) leave it out
27. 27.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) school and marks (b) a long life story (c) your phone and email (d) projects you did
28. 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) clubs and activities (b) volunteer work (c) school and marks (d) your siblings’ marks
29. 29.📄 A résumé is… (a) a short summary of you (b) a letter of thanks (c) a school report card (d) a full autobiography
30. 30.Which of these goes in the activities section? (a) a survey of 50 shops (b) an email ID (c) a mobile number (d) debate club secretary
31. 31.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: clubs and activities? (a) leave it out (b) include it
32. 32.Which of these goes in the activities section? (a) B.Com first year (b) eco club member (c) Class 12 (Science), 2026 (d) an email ID
33. 33.Which of these goes in the activities section? (a) Class 12 (Science), 2026 (b) school football team (c) a mobile number (d) B.Com first year
34. 34.📄 In which résumé section does this go: eco club member? (a) projects (b) activities (c) skills (d) education
35. 35.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: volunteer work? (a) leave it out (b) include it
36. 36.True or false: “languages you know” belongs on a student résumé. (a) False (b) True
37. 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) awards and prizes (b) a long life story (c) a party selfie (d) your bank details
38. 38.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your siblings’ marks? (a) leave it out (b) include it
39. 39.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: projects you did? (a) include it (b) leave it out
40. 40.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) your bank details (b) your Aadhaar number (c) a long life story (d) volunteer work

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