Résumé Worksheet: What to Include

Interview skills lesson 17: What goes on a student résumé · Set 496 · 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.📄 Your résumé says you led a club. In the interview you should… (a) say it was a joke (b) be ready to explain it (c) deny it (d) change the subject
2. 2.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: a party selfie? (a) include it (b) leave it out
3. 3.📄 How long should a student résumé usually be? (a) ten pages (b) one page (c) half a line (d) five pages
4. 4.Which of these goes in the education section? (a) basic HTML and CSS (b) your city and PIN code (c) spreadsheets (basic) (d) Class 12 (Science), 2026
5. 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your bank details (b) skills like typing (c) school and marks (d) languages you know
6. 6.Which of these goes in the education section? (a) spreadsheets (basic) (b) a website for our club (c) basic HTML and CSS (d) Class 10 board: 88%
7. 7.True or false: “made-up marks” belongs on a student résumé. (a) True (b) False
8. 8.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) school and marks (b) volunteer work (c) skills like typing (d) your passwords
9. 9.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) clubs and activities (b) your Aadhaar number (c) school and marks (d) your phone and email
10. 10.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) skills like typing (b) a long life story (c) your Aadhaar number (d) your siblings’ marks
11. 11.📄 A student with no work experience should highlight… (a) made-up jobs (b) their parents’ jobs (c) nothing at all (d) projects and activities
12. 12.True or false: “a long life story” belongs on a student résumé. (a) True (b) False
13. 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) projects you did (b) awards and prizes (c) a long life story (d) your phone and email
14. 14.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) your Aadhaar number (b) your siblings’ marks (c) made-up marks (d) school and marks
15. 15.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: languages you know? (a) leave it out (b) include it
16. 16.True or false: “languages you know” should be left out of a résumé. (a) False (b) True
17. 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your phone and email (b) school and marks (c) your siblings’ marks (d) clubs and activities
18. 18.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) your phone and email (b) awards and prizes (c) clubs and activities (d) your siblings’ marks
19. 19.True or false: “skills like typing” belongs on a student résumé. (a) False (b) True
20. 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a party selfie (b) volunteer work (c) projects you did (d) school and marks
21. 21.Which of these goes in the activities section? (a) a website for our club (b) a mobile number (c) basic HTML and CSS (d) school football team
22. 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) school and marks (b) clubs and activities (c) languages you know (d) made-up marks
23. 23.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: projects you did? (a) include it (b) leave it out
24. 24.True or false: “your passwords” belongs on a student résumé. (a) True (b) False
25. 25.📄 What font style suits a résumé? (a) all bold capitals (b) five fancy fonts (c) tiny handwriting (d) one plain, clear font
26. 26.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) a long life story (b) skills like typing (c) your Aadhaar number (d) a party selfie
27. 27.Which of these goes in the contact details? (a) a website for our club (b) a survey of 50 shops (c) an email ID (d) school football team
28. 28.📄 A résumé is… (a) a full autobiography (b) a school report card (c) a letter of thanks (d) a short summary of you
29. 29.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your phone and email? (a) include it (b) leave it out
30. 30.📄 In which résumé section does this go: basic HTML and CSS? (a) skills (b) activities (c) contact details (d) projects
31. 31.📄 In which résumé section does this go: a survey of 50 shops? (a) projects (b) education (c) skills (d) contact details
32. 32.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) projects you did (b) your bank details (c) your Aadhaar number (d) a party selfie
33. 33.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) clubs and activities (b) school and marks (c) your passwords (d) projects you did
34. 34.True or false: “your bank details” should be left out of a résumé. (a) True (b) False
35. 35.Which of these goes in the activities section? (a) eco club member (b) a survey of 50 shops (c) B.Com first year (d) built a rain gauge model
36. 36.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a party selfie (b) a long life story (c) your passwords (d) your phone and email
37. 37.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) your Aadhaar number (b) your bank details (c) awards and prizes (d) a party selfie
38. 38.📄 In which résumé section does this go: built a rain gauge model? (a) projects (b) contact details (c) education (d) activities
39. 39.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) clubs and activities (b) made-up marks (c) skills like typing (d) projects you did
40. 40.Which of these goes in the activities section? (a) B.Com first year (b) built a rain gauge model (c) a website for our club (d) debate club secretary

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