Résumé Worksheet: What to Include

Interview skills lesson 17: What goes on a student résumé · Set 41 · 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.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) your Aadhaar number (b) school and marks (c) made-up marks (d) your passwords
2. 2.True or false: “your bank details” should be left out of a résumé. (a) False (b) True
3. 3.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) your Aadhaar number (b) your phone and email (c) your passwords (d) your siblings’ marks
4. 4.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: a party selfie? (a) include it (b) leave it out
5. 5.True or false: “volunteer work” should be left out of a résumé. (a) False (b) True
6. 6.📄 In which résumé section does this go: built a rain gauge model? (a) skills (b) education (c) activities (d) projects
7. 7.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) a party selfie (b) your siblings’ marks (c) projects you did (d) made-up marks
8. 8.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) school and marks (b) your passwords (c) made-up marks (d) your siblings’ marks
9. 9.📄 Your résumé says you led a club. In the interview you should… (a) change the subject (b) be ready to explain it (c) say it was a joke (d) deny it
10. 10.📄 In which résumé section does this go: a survey of 50 shops? (a) projects (b) contact details (c) education (d) skills
11. 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a party selfie (b) made-up marks (c) your siblings’ marks (d) volunteer work
12. 12.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your passwords? (a) include it (b) leave it out
13. 13.Which of these goes in the skills section? (a) B.Com first year (b) typing 40 words a minute (c) Class 12 (Science), 2026 (d) debate club secretary
14. 14.📄 How long should a student résumé usually be? (a) ten pages (b) five pages (c) half a line (d) one page
15. 15.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: languages you know? (a) include it (b) leave it out
16. 16.True or false: “made-up marks” belongs on a student résumé. (a) True (b) False
17. 17.True or false: “clubs and activities” should be left out of a résumé. (a) True (b) False
18. 18.📄 In which résumé section does this go: B.Com first year? (a) skills (b) activities (c) projects (d) education
19. 19.True or false: “skills like typing” should be left out of a résumé. (a) True (b) False
20. 20.Which of these goes in the education section? (a) your city and PIN code (b) B.Com first year (c) spreadsheets (basic) (d) a website for our club
21. 21.📄 In which résumé section does this go: debate club secretary? (a) activities (b) education (c) contact details (d) skills
22. 22.True or false: “clubs and activities” belongs on a student résumé. (a) False (b) True
23. 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) school and marks (b) awards and prizes (c) your bank details (d) volunteer work
24. 24.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) awards and prizes (b) your siblings’ marks (c) school and marks (d) your phone and email
25. 25.Which of these goes in the activities section? (a) B.Com first year (b) a website for our club (c) a survey of 50 shops (d) school football team
26. 26.📄 What font style suits a résumé? (a) tiny handwriting (b) all bold capitals (c) five fancy fonts (d) one plain, clear font
27. 27.📄 A résumé is… (a) a letter of thanks (b) a short summary of you (c) a school report card (d) a full autobiography
28. 28.True or false: “school and marks” should be left out of a résumé. (a) True (b) False
29. 29.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) your phone and email (b) languages you know (c) projects you did (d) your Aadhaar number
30. 30.Which of these goes in the education section? (a) a survey of 50 shops (b) an email ID (c) Class 10 board: 88% (d) school football team
31. 31.📄 In which résumé section does this go: a mobile number? (a) projects (b) education (c) activities (d) contact details
32. 32.True or false: “a party selfie” belongs on a student résumé. (a) False (b) True
33. 33.📄 In which résumé section does this go: a website for our club? (a) contact details (b) education (c) skills (d) projects
34. 34.📄 In which résumé section does this go: basic HTML and CSS? (a) education (b) activities (c) skills (d) projects
35. 35.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your Aadhaar number? (a) leave it out (b) include it
36. 36.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: skills like typing? (a) leave it out (b) include it
37. 37.True or false: “projects you did” belongs on a student résumé. (a) False (b) True
38. 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a party selfie (b) awards and prizes (c) made-up marks (d) a long life story
39. 39.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) your siblings’ marks (b) skills like typing (c) a party selfie (d) made-up marks
40. 40.True or false: “school and marks” belongs on a student résumé. (a) False (b) True

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