Résumé Worksheet: What to Include

Interview skills lesson 17: What goes on a student résumé · Set 526 · 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.📄 How long should a student résumé usually be? (a) five pages (b) half a line (c) one page (d) ten pages
2. 2.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: skills like typing? (a) leave it out (b) include it
3. 3.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) your siblings’ marks (b) a long life story (c) awards and prizes (d) a party selfie
4. 4.📄 Your résumé says you led a club. In the interview you should… (a) be ready to explain it (b) change the subject (c) say it was a joke (d) deny it
5. 5.Which of these goes in the skills section? (a) Class 12 (Science), 2026 (b) B.Com first year (c) a mobile number (d) basic HTML and CSS
6. 6.Which of these goes in the contact details? (a) B.Com first year (b) Class 12 (Science), 2026 (c) a mobile number (d) built a rain gauge model
7. 7.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) clubs and activities (b) volunteer work (c) your phone and email (d) a long life story
8. 8.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: school and marks? (a) include it (b) leave it out
9. 9.Which of these goes in the activities section? (a) a mobile number (b) school football team (c) Class 12 (Science), 2026 (d) a website for our club
10. 10.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) your phone and email (b) made-up marks (c) your Aadhaar number (d) your bank details
11. 11.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: projects you did? (a) leave it out (b) include it
12. 12.📄 What font style suits a résumé? (a) one plain, clear font (b) tiny handwriting (c) all bold capitals (d) five fancy fonts
13. 13.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your siblings’ marks? (a) include it (b) leave it out
14. 14.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: languages you know? (a) include it (b) leave it out
15. 15.Which of these goes in the education section? (a) spreadsheets (basic) (b) typing 40 words a minute (c) school football team (d) Class 10 board: 88%
16. 16.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your siblings’ marks (b) a party selfie (c) your bank details (d) projects you did
17. 17.True or false: “languages you know” should be left out of a résumé. (a) False (b) True
18. 18.True or false: “school and marks” should be left out of a résumé. (a) True (b) False
19. 19.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: a party selfie? (a) include it (b) leave it out
20. 20.Which of these goes in the education section? (a) debate club secretary (b) spreadsheets (basic) (c) an email ID (d) Class 12 (Science), 2026
21. 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) awards and prizes (b) volunteer work (c) a party selfie (d) clubs and activities
22. 22.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) made-up marks (b) your phone and email (c) projects you did (d) school and marks
23. 23.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: awards and prizes? (a) leave it out (b) include it
24. 24.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your phone and email? (a) leave it out (b) include it
25. 25.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) skills like typing (b) clubs and activities (c) your bank details (d) your phone and email
26. 26.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) volunteer work (b) school and marks (c) your bank details (d) your phone and email
27. 27.True or false: “made-up marks” belongs on a student résumé. (a) False (b) True
28. 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your phone and email (b) your siblings’ marks (c) your Aadhaar number (d) your bank details
29. 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your passwords (b) your Aadhaar number (c) languages you know (d) your siblings’ marks
30. 30.True or false: “skills like typing” should be left out of a résumé. (a) False (b) True
31. 31.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) clubs and activities (b) your bank details (c) your passwords (d) your siblings’ marks
32. 32.Which of these goes in the projects section? (a) school football team (b) eco club member (c) a survey of 50 shops (d) an email ID
33. 33.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) languages you know (b) your bank details (c) made-up marks (d) a long life story
34. 34.📄 In which résumé section does this go: your city and PIN code? (a) projects (b) skills (c) contact details (d) education
35. 35.📄 A résumé is… (a) a letter of thanks (b) a short summary of you (c) a school report card (d) a full autobiography
36. 36.True or false: “your siblings’ marks” should be left out of a résumé. (a) True (b) False
37. 37.True or false: “your bank details” should be left out of a résumé. (a) True (b) False
38. 38.True or false: “your passwords” should be left out of a résumé. (a) False (b) True
39. 39.Which of these goes in the projects section? (a) spreadsheets (basic) (b) an email ID (c) Class 10 board: 88% (d) built a rain gauge model
40. 40.True or false: “your siblings’ marks” belongs on a student résumé. (a) True (b) False

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