Résumé Worksheet: What to Include

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

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