Résumé Worksheet: What to Include

Interview skills lesson 17: What goes on a student résumé · Set 374 · 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.📄 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
2. 2.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) languages you know (b) your phone and email (c) awards and prizes (d) a long life story
3. 3.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) volunteer work (b) your bank details (c) your passwords (d) a long life story
4. 4.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: school and marks? (a) include it (b) leave it out
5. 5.📄 In which résumé section does this go: Class 12 (Science), 2026? (a) activities (b) projects (c) contact details (d) education
6. 6.Which of these goes in the contact details? (a) school football team (b) a mobile number (c) eco club member (d) a website for our club
7. 7.📄 In which résumé section does this go: basic HTML and CSS? (a) projects (b) activities (c) skills (d) contact details
8. 8.Which of these goes in the education section? (a) built a rain gauge model (b) Class 12 (Science), 2026 (c) debate club secretary (d) a mobile number
9. 9.True or false: “a party selfie” should be left out of a résumé. (a) False (b) True
10. 10.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your siblings’ marks? (a) include it (b) leave it out
11. 11.📄 In which résumé section does this go: eco club member? (a) skills (b) contact details (c) activities (d) projects
12. 12.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your phone and email? (a) include it (b) leave it out
13. 13.True or false: “your phone and email” belongs on a student résumé. (a) True (b) False
14. 14.True or false: “skills like typing” should be left out of a résumé. (a) True (b) False
15. 15.📄 What font style suits a résumé? (a) one plain, clear font (b) five fancy fonts (c) all bold capitals (d) tiny handwriting
16. 16.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) clubs and activities (b) languages you know (c) your siblings’ marks (d) volunteer work
17. 17.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: languages you know? (a) include it (b) leave it out
18. 18.True or false: “school and marks” belongs on a student résumé. (a) False (b) True
19. 19.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) school and marks (b) made-up marks (c) your bank details (d) your passwords
20. 20.True or false: “your phone and email” should be left out of a résumé. (a) True (b) False
21. 21.True or false: “volunteer work” should be left out of a résumé. (a) False (b) True
22. 22.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) your passwords (b) awards and prizes (c) volunteer work (d) skills like typing
23. 23.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) made-up marks (b) clubs and activities (c) your passwords (d) your Aadhaar number
24. 24.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) your bank details (b) volunteer work (c) your phone and email (d) languages you know
25. 25.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: a party selfie? (a) leave it out (b) include it
26. 26.📄 How long should a student résumé usually be? (a) five pages (b) ten pages (c) one page (d) half a line
27. 27.True or false: “your passwords” belongs on a student résumé. (a) True (b) False
28. 28.📄 A résumé is… (a) a letter of thanks (b) a full autobiography (c) a school report card (d) a short summary of you
29. 29.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) skills like typing (b) awards and prizes (c) school and marks (d) made-up marks
30. 30.True or false: “your Aadhaar number” should be left out of a résumé. (a) True (b) False
31. 31.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a party selfie (b) your passwords (c) your bank details (d) your phone and email
32. 32.Which of these goes in the projects section? (a) an email ID (b) a survey of 50 shops (c) typing 40 words a minute (d) a mobile number
33. 33.📄 A student with no work experience should highlight… (a) their parents’ jobs (b) projects and activities (c) made-up jobs (d) nothing at all
34. 34.📄 In which résumé section does this go: B.Com first year? (a) activities (b) education (c) skills (d) projects
35. 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your phone and email (b) your passwords (c) volunteer work (d) clubs and activities
36. 36.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your bank details? (a) include it (b) leave it out
37. 37.📄 In which résumé section does this go: an email ID? (a) projects (b) education (c) skills (d) contact details
38. 38.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) awards and prizes (b) volunteer work (c) your siblings’ marks (d) languages you know
39. 39.True or false: “your Aadhaar number” belongs on a student résumé. (a) False (b) True
40. 40.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) your Aadhaar number (b) made-up marks (c) your bank details (d) awards and prizes

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