Résumé Worksheet: What to Include

Interview skills lesson 17: What goes on a student résumé · Set 398 · 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) five fancy fonts (b) tiny handwriting (c) one plain, clear font (d) all bold capitals
2. 2.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your bank details (b) made-up marks (c) skills like typing (d) your siblings’ marks
3. 3.True or false: “school and marks” should be left out of a résumé. (a) True (b) False
4. 4.True or false: “a party selfie” belongs on a student résumé. (a) True (b) False
5. 5.📄 In which résumé section does this go: spreadsheets (basic)? (a) contact details (b) projects (c) education (d) skills
6. 6.📄 Your résumé says you led a club. In the interview you should… (a) say it was a joke (b) change the subject (c) be ready to explain it (d) deny it
7. 7.📄 In which résumé section does this go: a mobile number? (a) activities (b) contact details (c) education (d) projects
8. 8.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your bank details? (a) include it (b) leave it out
9. 9.📄 In which résumé section does this go: an email ID? (a) education (b) projects (c) contact details (d) activities
10. 10.Which of these goes in the skills section? (a) debate club secretary (b) typing 40 words a minute (c) school football team (d) eco club member
11. 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your bank details (b) your Aadhaar number (c) volunteer work (d) a long life story
12. 12.📄 In which résumé section does this go: Class 12 (Science), 2026? (a) projects (b) activities (c) education (d) skills
13. 13.True or false: “a long life story” belongs on a student résumé. (a) False (b) True
14. 14.📄 How long should a student résumé usually be? (a) five pages (b) half a line (c) ten pages (d) one page
15. 15.Which of these goes in the activities section? (a) typing 40 words a minute (b) a survey of 50 shops (c) spreadsheets (basic) (d) debate club secretary
16. 16.True or false: “your Aadhaar number” belongs on a student résumé. (a) False (b) True
17. 17.True or false: “your phone and email” should be left out of a résumé. (a) True (b) False
18. 18.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your Aadhaar number? (a) include it (b) leave it out
19. 19.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) a party selfie (b) your Aadhaar number (c) your siblings’ marks (d) languages you know
20. 20.📄 In which résumé section does this go: Class 10 board: 88%? (a) skills (b) education (c) contact details (d) projects
21. 21.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: school and marks? (a) leave it out (b) include it
22. 22.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) your Aadhaar number (b) your bank details (c) a party selfie (d) school and marks
23. 23.Which of these goes in the contact details? (a) Class 10 board: 88% (b) typing 40 words a minute (c) a mobile number (d) Class 12 (Science), 2026
24. 24.True or false: “skills like typing” belongs on a student résumé. (a) True (b) False
25. 25.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) your passwords (b) your Aadhaar number (c) your siblings’ marks (d) volunteer work
26. 26.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your phone and email (b) your bank details (c) skills like typing (d) projects you did
27. 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a long life story (b) your bank details (c) your Aadhaar number (d) languages you know
28. 28.Which of these goes in the activities section? (a) an email ID (b) eco club member (c) a website for our club (d) a mobile number
29. 29.📄 A student with no work experience should highlight… (a) nothing at all (b) their parents’ jobs (c) made-up jobs (d) projects and activities
30. 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your phone and email (b) your passwords (c) a long life story (d) your Aadhaar number
31. 31.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) your passwords (b) a long life story (c) awards and prizes (d) made-up marks
32. 32.Which of these goes in the skills section? (a) a mobile number (b) Class 12 (Science), 2026 (c) basic HTML and CSS (d) your city and PIN code
33. 33.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) your phone and email (b) skills like typing (c) your passwords (d) projects you did
34. 34.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: languages you know? (a) include it (b) leave it out
35. 35.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) skills like typing (b) languages you know (c) school and marks (d) your siblings’ marks
36. 36.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: made-up marks? (a) include it (b) leave it out
37. 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) projects you did (b) skills like typing (c) your passwords (d) clubs and activities
38. 38.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) skills like typing (b) your bank details (c) your passwords (d) a long life story
39. 39.Which of these goes in the projects section? (a) B.Com first year (b) eco club member (c) your city and PIN code (d) built a rain gauge model
40. 40.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) your passwords (b) clubs and activities (c) made-up marks (d) a long life story

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