Résumé Worksheet: What to Include

Interview skills lesson 17: What goes on a student résumé · Set 365 · 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) one page (b) five pages (c) half a line (d) ten pages
2. 2.📄 A résumé is… (a) a short summary of you (b) a letter of thanks (c) a full autobiography (d) a school report card
3. 3.Which of these goes in the education section? (a) B.Com first year (b) built a rain gauge model (c) a mobile number (d) basic HTML and CSS
4. 4.True or false: “projects you did” should be left out of a résumé. (a) True (b) False
5. 5.📄 A student with no work experience should highlight… (a) nothing at all (b) their parents’ jobs (c) made-up jobs (d) projects and activities
6. 6.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) a long life story (b) a party selfie (c) skills like typing (d) your passwords
7. 7.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your passwords? (a) include it (b) leave it out
8. 8.True or false: “clubs and activities” belongs on a student résumé. (a) True (b) False
9. 9.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) your Aadhaar number (b) projects you did (c) your bank details (d) your passwords
10. 10.Which of these goes in the activities section? (a) school football team (b) spreadsheets (basic) (c) a mobile number (d) a website for our club
11. 11.📄 What font style suits a résumé? (a) five fancy fonts (b) one plain, clear font (c) all bold capitals (d) tiny handwriting
12. 12.Which of these goes in the skills section? (a) basic HTML and CSS (b) built a rain gauge model (c) B.Com first year (d) your city and PIN code
13. 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your phone and email (b) your bank details (c) a long life story (d) your passwords
14. 14.📄 In which résumé section does this go: typing 40 words a minute? (a) skills (b) projects (c) education (d) activities
15. 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a long life story (b) school and marks (c) your passwords (d) a party selfie
16. 16.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) made-up marks (b) a party selfie (c) clubs and activities (d) your siblings’ marks
17. 17.📄 In which résumé section does this go: a mobile number? (a) activities (b) skills (c) education (d) contact details
18. 18.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: volunteer work? (a) leave it out (b) include it
19. 19.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) your siblings’ marks (b) a long life story (c) awards and prizes (d) your bank details
20. 20.True or false: “projects you did” belongs on a student résumé. (a) False (b) True
21. 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your bank details (b) volunteer work (c) a party selfie (d) made-up marks
22. 22.True or false: “a party selfie” belongs on a student résumé. (a) True (b) False
23. 23.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your bank details? (a) include it (b) leave it out
24. 24.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: clubs and activities? (a) leave it out (b) include it
25. 25.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) clubs and activities (b) school and marks (c) your passwords (d) volunteer work
26. 26.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: awards and prizes? (a) leave it out (b) include it
27. 27.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: a long life story? (a) include it (b) leave it out
28. 28.True or false: “made-up marks” belongs on a student résumé. (a) False (b) True
29. 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your bank details (b) awards and prizes (c) a long life story (d) your Aadhaar number
30. 30.True or false: “your bank details” should be left out of a résumé. (a) False (b) True
31. 31.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your phone and email (b) clubs and activities (c) school and marks (d) your Aadhaar number
32. 32.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) clubs and activities (b) your phone and email (c) projects you did (d) a party selfie
33. 33.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your phone and email? (a) leave it out (b) include it
34. 34.📄 In which résumé section does this go: an email ID? (a) education (b) projects (c) activities (d) contact details
35. 35.Which of these goes in the education section? (a) a website for our club (b) school football team (c) spreadsheets (basic) (d) Class 12 (Science), 2026
36. 36.Which of these goes in the skills section? (a) Class 10 board: 88% (b) typing 40 words a minute (c) B.Com first year (d) an email ID
37. 37.📄 In which résumé section does this go: debate club secretary? (a) skills (b) activities (c) contact details (d) education
38. 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your phone and email (b) your bank details (c) volunteer work (d) skills like typing
39. 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) languages you know (b) your bank details (c) your siblings’ marks (d) a party selfie
40. 40.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: school and marks? (a) include it (b) leave it out

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