Résumé Worksheet: What to Include

Interview skills lesson 17: What goes on a student résumé · Set 459 · 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.True or false: “languages you know” should be left out of a résumé. (a) True (b) False
2. 2.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) school and marks (b) volunteer work (c) a long life story (d) languages you know
3. 3.📄 A student with no work experience should highlight… (a) projects and activities (b) their parents’ jobs (c) nothing at all (d) made-up jobs
4. 4.📄 In which résumé section does this go: eco club member? (a) contact details (b) activities (c) projects (d) skills
5. 5.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) skills like typing (b) awards and prizes (c) your bank details (d) languages you know
6. 6.📄 A résumé is… (a) a full autobiography (b) a letter of thanks (c) a short summary of you (d) a school report card
7. 7.True or false: “your phone and email” should be left out of a résumé. (a) False (b) True
8. 8.True or false: “skills like typing” belongs on a student résumé. (a) False (b) True
9. 9.True or false: “your phone and email” belongs on a student résumé. (a) False (b) True
10. 10.True or false: “a party selfie” should be left out of a résumé. (a) True (b) False
11. 11.Which of these goes in the contact details? (a) a survey of 50 shops (b) your city and PIN code (c) spreadsheets (basic) (d) typing 40 words a minute
12. 12.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) clubs and activities (b) awards and prizes (c) your phone and email (d) a party selfie
13. 13.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) your passwords (b) skills like typing (c) projects you did (d) languages you know
14. 14.📄 What font style suits a résumé? (a) five fancy fonts (b) all bold capitals (c) one plain, clear font (d) tiny handwriting
15. 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a long life story (b) projects you did (c) your Aadhaar number (d) a party selfie
16. 16.Which of these goes in the skills section? (a) typing 40 words a minute (b) a survey of 50 shops (c) a mobile number (d) debate club secretary
17. 17.Which of these goes in the education section? (a) spreadsheets (basic) (b) an email ID (c) B.Com first year (d) basic HTML and CSS
18. 18.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: clubs and activities? (a) include it (b) leave it out
19. 19.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: skills like typing? (a) leave it out (b) include it
20. 20.📄 In which résumé section does this go: a website for our club? (a) projects (b) education (c) contact details (d) skills
21. 21.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) a long life story (b) clubs and activities (c) your passwords (d) your bank details
22. 22.True or false: “a party selfie” belongs on a student résumé. (a) True (b) False
23. 23.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your phone and email? (a) leave it out (b) include it
24. 24.Which of these goes in the skills section? (a) Class 12 (Science), 2026 (b) a mobile number (c) a website for our club (d) basic HTML and CSS
25. 25.Which of these goes in the contact details? (a) B.Com first year (b) an email ID (c) school football team (d) Class 10 board: 88%
26. 26.Which of these goes in the projects section? (a) B.Com first year (b) Class 10 board: 88% (c) basic HTML and CSS (d) a survey of 50 shops
27. 27.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: projects you did? (a) include it (b) leave it out
28. 28.True or false: “a long life story” should be left out of a résumé. (a) False (b) True
29. 29.True or false: “school and marks” belongs on a student résumé. (a) True (b) False
30. 30.Which of these goes in the projects section? (a) built a rain gauge model (b) a mobile number (c) school football team (d) Class 12 (Science), 2026
31. 31.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: languages you know? (a) leave it out (b) include it
32. 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) languages you know (b) your Aadhaar number (c) a party selfie (d) made-up marks
33. 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a long life story (b) a party selfie (c) volunteer work (d) your passwords
34. 34.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) your bank details (b) your siblings’ marks (c) projects you did (d) a party selfie
35. 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) projects you did (b) skills like typing (c) school and marks (d) made-up marks
36. 36.📄 How long should a student résumé usually be? (a) half a line (b) five pages (c) one page (d) ten pages
37. 37.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) a party selfie (b) made-up marks (c) skills like typing (d) a long life story
38. 38.Which of these goes in the education section? (a) school football team (b) Class 12 (Science), 2026 (c) a survey of 50 shops (d) an email ID
39. 39.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) school and marks (b) a long life story (c) projects you did (d) languages you know
40. 40.Which of these goes in the education section? (a) debate club secretary (b) typing 40 words a minute (c) spreadsheets (basic) (d) Class 10 board: 88%

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