Résumé Worksheet: What to Include

Interview skills lesson 17: What goes on a student résumé · Set 42 · 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 should be left out of a résumé? (a) your phone and email (b) made-up marks (c) school and marks (d) languages you know
2. 2.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) clubs and activities (b) your siblings’ marks (c) school and marks (d) skills like typing
3. 3.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) skills like typing (b) a party selfie (c) volunteer work (d) projects you did
4. 4.📄 In which résumé section does this go: school football team? (a) contact details (b) skills (c) projects (d) activities
5. 5.Which of these goes in the contact details? (a) your city and PIN code (b) Class 12 (Science), 2026 (c) a website for our club (d) basic HTML and CSS
6. 6.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: projects you did? (a) include it (b) leave it out
7. 7.📄 Your résumé says you led a club. In the interview you should… (a) deny it (b) say it was a joke (c) change the subject (d) be ready to explain it
8. 8.True or false: “languages you know” belongs on a student résumé. (a) False (b) True
9. 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) school and marks (b) a long life story (c) your siblings’ marks (d) your bank details
10. 10.Which of these goes in the skills section? (a) Class 12 (Science), 2026 (b) a website for our club (c) your city and PIN code (d) spreadsheets (basic)
11. 11.True or false: “languages you know” should be left out of a résumé. (a) True (b) False
12. 12.Which of these goes in the activities section? (a) a website for our club (b) debate club secretary (c) Class 10 board: 88% (d) Class 12 (Science), 2026
13. 13.📄 How long should a student résumé usually be? (a) one page (b) five pages (c) ten pages (d) half a line
14. 14.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) your Aadhaar number (b) school and marks (c) a long life story (d) your bank details
15. 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) volunteer work (b) a long life story (c) projects you did (d) languages you know
16. 16.True or false: “your phone and email” should be left out of a résumé. (a) True (b) False
17. 17.📄 A résumé is… (a) a letter of thanks (b) a school report card (c) a full autobiography (d) a short summary of you
18. 18.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: school and marks? (a) leave it out (b) include it
19. 19.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: awards and prizes? (a) leave it out (b) include it
20. 20.📄 What font style suits a résumé? (a) five fancy fonts (b) tiny handwriting (c) one plain, clear font (d) all bold capitals
21. 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) made-up marks (b) your passwords (c) your siblings’ marks (d) your phone and email
22. 22.📄 In which résumé section does this go: a website for our club? (a) activities (b) projects (c) skills (d) education
23. 23.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: volunteer work? (a) include it (b) leave it out
24. 24.Which of these goes in the contact details? (a) a mobile number (b) spreadsheets (basic) (c) a survey of 50 shops (d) school football team
25. 25.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) your passwords (b) made-up marks (c) volunteer work (d) your bank details
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 goes in the education section? (a) eco club member (b) Class 10 board: 88% (c) spreadsheets (basic) (d) a survey of 50 shops
28. 28.📄 In which résumé section does this go: B.Com first year? (a) education (b) skills (c) activities (d) projects
29. 29.📄 In which résumé section does this go: an email ID? (a) education (b) contact details (c) skills (d) activities
30. 30.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: languages you know? (a) leave it out (b) include it
31. 31.📄 A student with no work experience should highlight… (a) nothing at all (b) their parents’ jobs (c) projects and activities (d) made-up jobs
32. 32.True or false: “made-up marks” belongs on a student résumé. (a) False (b) True
33. 33.Which of these goes in the projects section? (a) typing 40 words a minute (b) school football team (c) basic HTML and CSS (d) a website for our club
34. 34.True or false: “your siblings’ marks” belongs on a student résumé. (a) False (b) True
35. 35.📄 In which résumé section does this go: spreadsheets (basic)? (a) activities (b) projects (c) contact details (d) skills
36. 36.True or false: “volunteer work” should be left out of a résumé. (a) False (b) True
37. 37.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: clubs and activities? (a) leave it out (b) include it
38. 38.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) projects you did (b) languages you know (c) your Aadhaar number (d) your phone and email
39. 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your phone and email (b) school and marks (c) a party selfie (d) languages you know
40. 40.True or false: “clubs and activities” should be left out of a résumé. (a) True (b) False

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