Résumé Worksheet: What to Include

Interview skills lesson 17: What goes on a student résumé · Set 515 · 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: made-up marks? (a) leave it out (b) include it
2. 2.📄 What font style suits a résumé? (a) one plain, clear font (b) all bold capitals (c) five fancy fonts (d) tiny handwriting
3. 3.📄 In which résumé section does this go: your city and PIN code? (a) projects (b) contact details (c) education (d) skills
4. 4.Which of these goes in the education section? (a) built a rain gauge model (b) typing 40 words a minute (c) basic HTML and CSS (d) B.Com first year
5. 5.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your siblings’ marks? (a) leave it out (b) include it
6. 6.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) skills like typing (b) projects you did (c) languages you know (d) your siblings’ marks
7. 7.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: a party selfie? (a) include it (b) leave it out
8. 8.📄 In which résumé section does this go: Class 12 (Science), 2026? (a) contact details (b) education (c) skills (d) activities
9. 9.True or false: “your passwords” should be left out of a résumé. (a) False (b) True
10. 10.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: school and marks? (a) leave it out (b) include it
11. 11.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: volunteer work? (a) include it (b) leave it out
12. 12.📄 A résumé is… (a) a full autobiography (b) a school report card (c) a short summary of you (d) a letter of thanks
13. 13.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) a long life story (b) a party selfie (c) projects you did (d) your bank details
14. 14.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) your passwords (b) your bank details (c) a long life story (d) languages you know
15. 15.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) your Aadhaar number (b) school and marks (c) a long life story (d) a party selfie
16. 16.📄 In which résumé section does this go: spreadsheets (basic)? (a) contact details (b) projects (c) education (d) skills
17. 17.Which of these goes in the contact details? (a) your city and PIN code (b) typing 40 words a minute (c) a survey of 50 shops (d) school football team
18. 18.Which of these goes in the projects section? (a) spreadsheets (basic) (b) B.Com first year (c) debate club secretary (d) a website for our club
19. 19.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your phone and email? (a) leave it out (b) include it
20. 20.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) a long life story (b) your passwords (c) your Aadhaar number (d) your phone and email
21. 21.True or false: “clubs and activities” belongs on a student résumé. (a) False (b) True
22. 22.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: languages you know? (a) leave it out (b) include it
23. 23.True or false: “your phone and email” should be left out of a résumé. (a) True (b) False
24. 24.Which of these goes in the skills section? (a) Class 12 (Science), 2026 (b) school football team (c) basic HTML and CSS (d) B.Com first year
25. 25.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your passwords? (a) include it (b) leave it out
26. 26.📄 Your résumé says you led a club. In the interview you should… (a) change the subject (b) deny it (c) be ready to explain it (d) say it was a joke
27. 27.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) your passwords (b) your bank details (c) a long life story (d) skills like typing
28. 28.Which of these goes in the education section? (a) typing 40 words a minute (b) Class 10 board: 88% (c) spreadsheets (basic) (d) debate club secretary
29. 29.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) a long life story (b) awards and prizes (c) your bank details (d) a party selfie
30. 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) languages you know (b) awards and prizes (c) made-up marks (d) your phone and email
31. 31.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your bank details (b) your Aadhaar number (c) projects you did (d) your siblings’ marks
32. 32.True or false: “made-up marks” should be left out of a résumé. (a) False (b) True
33. 33.True or false: “your siblings’ marks” should be left out of a résumé. (a) True (b) False
34. 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) projects you did (b) skills like typing (c) your bank details (d) school and marks
35. 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) awards and prizes (b) your passwords (c) clubs and activities (d) projects you did
36. 36.True or false: “clubs and activities” should be left out of a résumé. (a) False (b) True
37. 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) awards and prizes (b) your passwords (c) your Aadhaar number (d) a party selfie
38. 38.Which of these goes in the projects section? (a) an email ID (b) basic HTML and CSS (c) built a rain gauge model (d) a mobile number
39. 39.📄 In which résumé section does this go: built a rain gauge model? (a) education (b) skills (c) activities (d) projects
40. 40.True or false: “your Aadhaar number” should be left out of a résumé. (a) False (b) True

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