Résumé Worksheet: What to Include

Interview skills lesson 17: What goes on a student résumé · Set 43 · 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.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your Aadhaar number? (a) leave it out (b) include it
2. 2.True or false: “projects you did” belongs on a student résumé. (a) False (b) True
3. 3.📄 How long should a student résumé usually be? (a) half a line (b) five pages (c) one page (d) ten pages
4. 4.📄 What font style suits a résumé? (a) five fancy fonts (b) all bold capitals (c) tiny handwriting (d) one plain, clear font
5. 5.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) your phone and email (b) your bank details (c) your passwords (d) a long life story
6. 6.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: skills like typing? (a) include it (b) leave it out
7. 7.📄 A résumé is… (a) a letter of thanks (b) a school report card (c) a short summary of you (d) a full autobiography
8. 8.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) clubs and activities (b) awards and prizes (c) languages you know (d) a party selfie
9. 9.📄 Your résumé says you led a club. In the interview you should… (a) deny it (b) change the subject (c) be ready to explain it (d) say it was a joke
10. 10.Which of these goes in the education section? (a) a survey of 50 shops (b) spreadsheets (basic) (c) Class 12 (Science), 2026 (d) debate club secretary
11. 11.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) volunteer work (b) school and marks (c) a party selfie (d) clubs and activities
12. 12.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: school and marks? (a) include it (b) leave it out
13. 13.📄 In which résumé section does this go: built a rain gauge model? (a) contact details (b) skills (c) projects (d) education
14. 14.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) projects you did (b) school and marks (c) volunteer work (d) your passwords
15. 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) volunteer work (b) projects you did (c) your siblings’ marks (d) clubs and activities
16. 16.True or false: “school and marks” should be left out of a résumé. (a) True (b) False
17. 17.📄 A student with no work experience should highlight… (a) nothing at all (b) made-up jobs (c) projects and activities (d) their parents’ jobs
18. 18.Which of these goes in the contact details? (a) B.Com first year (b) an email ID (c) built a rain gauge model (d) eco club member
19. 19.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: a long life story? (a) leave it out (b) include it
20. 20.Which of these goes in the projects section? (a) typing 40 words a minute (b) built a rain gauge model (c) an email ID (d) B.Com first year
21. 21.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) made-up marks (b) your passwords (c) your bank details (d) languages you know
22. 22.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) your siblings’ marks (b) volunteer work (c) your bank details (d) your Aadhaar number
23. 23.Which of these goes in the activities section? (a) basic HTML and CSS (b) debate club secretary (c) your city and PIN code (d) typing 40 words a minute
24. 24.True or false: “your siblings’ marks” belongs on a student résumé. (a) False (b) True
25. 25.Which of these goes in the education section? (a) Class 10 board: 88% (b) spreadsheets (basic) (c) typing 40 words a minute (d) basic HTML and CSS
26. 26.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your Aadhaar number (b) your siblings’ marks (c) your bank details (d) clubs and activities
27. 27.True or false: “volunteer work” should be left out of a résumé. (a) False (b) True
28. 28.📄 In which résumé section does this go: a website for our club? (a) projects (b) skills (c) education (d) contact details
29. 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your phone and email (b) made-up marks (c) a party selfie (d) your passwords
30. 30.Which of these goes in the skills section? (a) typing 40 words a minute (b) B.Com first year (c) Class 10 board: 88% (d) school football team
31. 31.True or false: “your bank details” should be left out of a résumé. (a) False (b) True
32. 32.Which of these goes in the activities section? (a) an email ID (b) basic HTML and CSS (c) eco club member (d) spreadsheets (basic)
33. 33.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) skills like typing (b) your Aadhaar number (c) projects you did (d) volunteer work
34. 34.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: a party selfie? (a) leave it out (b) include it
35. 35.True or false: “clubs and activities” should be left out of a résumé. (a) True (b) False
36. 36.True or false: “your phone and email” should be left out of a résumé. (a) True (b) False
37. 37.📄 In which résumé section does this go: eco club member? (a) contact details (b) activities (c) projects (d) education
38. 38.📄 In which résumé section does this go: school football team? (a) education (b) projects (c) activities (d) skills
39. 39.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: clubs and activities? (a) leave it out (b) include it
40. 40.📄 In which résumé section does this go: a mobile number? (a) skills (b) education (c) activities (d) contact details

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