Résumé Worksheet: What to Include

Interview skills lesson 17: What goes on a student résumé · Set 429 · 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 phone and email (b) a party selfie (c) your siblings’ marks (d) your passwords
2. 2.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) clubs and activities (b) your siblings’ marks (c) awards and prizes (d) your phone and email
3. 3.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: made-up marks? (a) leave it out (b) include it
4. 4.📄 In which résumé section does this go: built a rain gauge model? (a) skills (b) projects (c) education (d) activities
5. 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) languages you know (b) your siblings’ marks (c) your Aadhaar number (d) a long life story
6. 6.Which of these goes in the activities section? (a) a website for our club (b) Class 12 (Science), 2026 (c) debate club secretary (d) Class 10 board: 88%
7. 7.📄 A student with no work experience should highlight… (a) their parents’ jobs (b) projects and activities (c) made-up jobs (d) nothing at all
8. 8.📄 In which résumé section does this go: B.Com first year? (a) skills (b) education (c) contact details (d) activities
9. 9.📄 In which résumé section does this go: a website for our club? (a) contact details (b) activities (c) skills (d) projects
10. 10.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) your passwords (b) a party selfie (c) languages you know (d) your bank details
11. 11.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) projects you did (b) clubs and activities (c) skills like typing (d) your bank details
12. 12.📄 In which résumé section does this go: typing 40 words a minute? (a) skills (b) contact details (c) projects (d) activities
13. 13.True or false: “your passwords” should be left out of a résumé. (a) True (b) False
14. 14.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: a long life story? (a) leave it out (b) include it
15. 15.📄 In which résumé section does this go: your city and PIN code? (a) education (b) projects (c) activities (d) contact details
16. 16.📄 What font style suits a résumé? (a) one plain, clear font (b) five fancy fonts (c) all bold capitals (d) tiny handwriting
17. 17.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) your phone and email (b) projects you did (c) your Aadhaar number (d) languages you know
18. 18.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your passwords? (a) leave it out (b) include it
19. 19.True or false: “projects you did” should be left out of a résumé. (a) True (b) False
20. 20.Which of these goes in the activities section? (a) B.Com first year (b) your city and PIN code (c) a survey of 50 shops (d) school football team
21. 21.Which of these goes in the contact details? (a) school football team (b) an email ID (c) built a rain gauge model (d) typing 40 words a minute
22. 22.📄 A résumé is… (a) a school report card (b) a letter of thanks (c) a full autobiography (d) a short summary of you
23. 23.Which of these goes in the contact details? (a) debate club secretary (b) eco club member (c) B.Com first year (d) a mobile number
24. 24.True or false: “your bank details” should be left out of a résumé. (a) True (b) False
25. 25.📄 How long should a student résumé usually be? (a) five pages (b) ten pages (c) half a line (d) one page
26. 26.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: school and marks? (a) include it (b) leave it out
27. 27.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your phone and email? (a) leave it out (b) include it
28. 28.Which of these goes in the projects section? (a) an email ID (b) Class 10 board: 88% (c) eco club member (d) a website for our club
29. 29.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) made-up marks (b) projects you did (c) your siblings’ marks (d) your Aadhaar number
30. 30.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: awards and prizes? (a) include it (b) leave it out
31. 31.Which of these goes in the education section? (a) Class 10 board: 88% (b) built a rain gauge model (c) eco club member (d) debate club secretary
32. 32.True or false: “volunteer work” belongs on a student résumé. (a) False (b) True
33. 33.📄 In which résumé section does this go: spreadsheets (basic)? (a) skills (b) activities (c) projects (d) education
34. 34.True or false: “awards and prizes” belongs on a student résumé. (a) True (b) False
35. 35.True or false: “clubs and activities” should be left out of a résumé. (a) False (b) True
36. 36.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) a party selfie (b) clubs and activities (c) school and marks (d) volunteer work
37. 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) clubs and activities (b) school and marks (c) a long life story (d) awards and prizes
38. 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your siblings’ marks (b) your passwords (c) a long life story (d) volunteer work
39. 39.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your Aadhaar number? (a) leave it out (b) include it
40. 40.True or false: “volunteer work” should be left out of a résumé. (a) True (b) False

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