Résumé Worksheet: What to Include

Interview skills lesson 17: What goes on a student résumé · Set 525 · 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: skills like typing? (a) leave it out (b) include it
2. 2.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: languages you know? (a) include it (b) leave it out
3. 3.Which of these goes in the contact details? (a) Class 12 (Science), 2026 (b) B.Com first year (c) a mobile number (d) spreadsheets (basic)
4. 4.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your bank details? (a) leave it out (b) include it
5. 5.📄 What font style suits a résumé? (a) five fancy fonts (b) all bold capitals (c) one plain, clear font (d) tiny handwriting
6. 6.📄 A résumé is… (a) a school report card (b) a full autobiography (c) a short summary of you (d) a letter of thanks
7. 7.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) a long life story (b) your bank details (c) skills like typing (d) your siblings’ marks
8. 8.📄 In which résumé section does this go: spreadsheets (basic)? (a) education (b) contact details (c) activities (d) skills
9. 9.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) a long life story (b) your Aadhaar number (c) school and marks (d) your bank details
10. 10.📄 In which résumé section does this go: built a rain gauge model? (a) activities (b) skills (c) projects (d) education
11. 11.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) skills like typing (b) a party selfie (c) projects you did (d) clubs and activities
12. 12.📄 In which résumé section does this go: typing 40 words a minute? (a) education (b) skills (c) activities (d) projects
13. 13.📄 A student with no work experience should highlight… (a) projects and activities (b) nothing at all (c) their parents’ jobs (d) made-up jobs
14. 14.True or false: “school and marks” belongs on a student résumé. (a) True (b) False
15. 15.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your phone and email? (a) include it (b) leave it out
16. 16.True or false: “your phone and email” should be left out of a résumé. (a) True (b) False
17. 17.Which of these goes in the skills section? (a) Class 12 (Science), 2026 (b) debate club secretary (c) B.Com first year (d) basic HTML and CSS
18. 18.Which of these goes in the activities section? (a) school football team (b) typing 40 words a minute (c) spreadsheets (basic) (d) basic HTML and CSS
19. 19.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: school and marks? (a) leave it out (b) include it
20. 20.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your siblings’ marks? (a) leave it out (b) include it
21. 21.Which of these goes in the contact details? (a) your city and PIN code (b) a survey of 50 shops (c) Class 12 (Science), 2026 (d) B.Com first year
22. 22.True or false: “made-up marks” belongs on a student résumé. (a) False (b) True
23. 23.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) a party selfie (b) a long life story (c) your Aadhaar number (d) clubs and activities
24. 24.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: projects you did? (a) leave it out (b) include it
25. 25.Which of these goes in the skills section? (a) school football team (b) B.Com first year (c) spreadsheets (basic) (d) a website for our club
26. 26.True or false: “your passwords” should be left out of a résumé. (a) False (b) True
27. 27.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) school and marks (b) projects you did (c) awards and prizes (d) your siblings’ marks
28. 28.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) your Aadhaar number (b) a party selfie (c) your phone and email (d) your bank details
29. 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your Aadhaar number (b) your bank details (c) clubs and activities (d) a party selfie
30. 30.True or false: “projects you did” belongs on a student résumé. (a) False (b) True
31. 31.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) projects you did (b) your siblings’ marks (c) your Aadhaar number (d) your bank details
32. 32.📄 In which résumé section does this go: B.Com first year? (a) education (b) projects (c) activities (d) skills
33. 33.True or false: “clubs and activities” should be left out of a résumé. (a) True (b) False
34. 34.Which of these goes in the education section? (a) a survey of 50 shops (b) Class 12 (Science), 2026 (c) built a rain gauge model (d) an email ID
35. 35.Which of these goes in the education section? (a) B.Com first year (b) basic HTML and CSS (c) a mobile number (d) an email ID
36. 36.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: volunteer work? (a) leave it out (b) include it
37. 37.📄 In which résumé section does this go: eco club member? (a) projects (b) contact details (c) activities (d) education
38. 38.True or false: “a party selfie” should be left out of a résumé. (a) True (b) False
39. 39.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) projects you did (b) clubs and activities (c) made-up marks (d) your phone and email
40. 40.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your passwords? (a) leave it out (b) include it

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