Résumé Worksheet: What to Include

Interview skills lesson 17: What goes on a student résumé · Set 538 · 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.📄 A student with no work experience should highlight… (a) projects and activities (b) their parents’ jobs (c) nothing at all (d) made-up jobs
2. 2.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) school and marks (b) projects you did (c) languages you know (d) your passwords
3. 3.📄 In which résumé section does this go: a website for our club? (a) projects (b) contact details (c) education (d) activities
4. 4.True or false: “your phone and email” belongs on a student résumé. (a) True (b) False
5. 5.📄 In which résumé section does this go: a mobile number? (a) activities (b) skills (c) projects (d) contact details
6. 6.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: made-up marks? (a) include it (b) leave it out
7. 7.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: a party selfie? (a) leave it out (b) include it
8. 8.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a party selfie (b) made-up marks (c) your phone and email (d) your siblings’ marks
9. 9.📄 In which résumé section does this go: a survey of 50 shops? (a) skills (b) education (c) projects (d) activities
10. 10.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) made-up marks (b) a party selfie (c) projects you did (d) your bank details
11. 11.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) your bank details (b) projects you did (c) clubs and activities (d) volunteer work
12. 12.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) clubs and activities (b) volunteer work (c) a long life story (d) school and marks
13. 13.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) school and marks (b) made-up marks (c) your bank details (d) your passwords
14. 14.True or false: “your Aadhaar number” should be left out of a résumé. (a) True (b) False
15. 15.📄 How long should a student résumé usually be? (a) half a line (b) one page (c) five pages (d) ten pages
16. 16.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: clubs and activities? (a) include it (b) leave it out
17. 17.True or false: “clubs and activities” belongs on a student résumé. (a) False (b) True
18. 18.Which of these goes in the education section? (a) debate club secretary (b) spreadsheets (basic) (c) eco club member (d) B.Com first year
19. 19.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your siblings’ marks? (a) leave it out (b) include it
20. 20.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: school and marks? (a) leave it out (b) include it
21. 21.True or false: “made-up marks” belongs on a student résumé. (a) False (b) True
22. 22.📄 In which résumé section does this go: B.Com first year? (a) contact details (b) skills (c) activities (d) education
23. 23.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) projects you did (b) a long life story (c) volunteer work (d) skills like typing
24. 24.Which of these goes in the projects section? (a) B.Com first year (b) Class 10 board: 88% (c) Class 12 (Science), 2026 (d) built a rain gauge model
25. 25.True or false: “volunteer work” belongs on a student résumé. (a) True (b) False
26. 26.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) volunteer work (b) a long life story (c) your Aadhaar number (d) a party selfie
27. 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a long life story (b) your bank details (c) your siblings’ marks (d) school and marks
28. 28.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) made-up marks (b) your Aadhaar number (c) skills like typing (d) a long life story
29. 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) made-up marks (b) clubs and activities (c) your siblings’ marks (d) a long life story
30. 30.Which of these goes in the education section? (a) a website for our club (b) school football team (c) Class 12 (Science), 2026 (d) basic HTML and CSS
31. 31.Which of these goes in the contact details? (a) a survey of 50 shops (b) debate club secretary (c) your city and PIN code (d) basic HTML and CSS
32. 32.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your passwords? (a) leave it out (b) include it
33. 33.📄 A résumé is… (a) a full autobiography (b) a short summary of you (c) a letter of thanks (d) a school report card
34. 34.True or false: “a long life story” belongs on a student résumé. (a) False (b) True
35. 35.Which of these goes in the skills section? (a) a survey of 50 shops (b) eco club member (c) B.Com first year (d) basic HTML and CSS
36. 36.Which of these goes in the education section? (a) typing 40 words a minute (b) Class 10 board: 88% (c) a website for our club (d) an email ID
37. 37.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: projects you did? (a) leave it out (b) include it
38. 38.True or false: “languages you know” belongs on a student résumé. (a) False (b) True
39. 39.📄 What font style suits a résumé? (a) all bold capitals (b) five fancy fonts (c) tiny handwriting (d) one plain, clear font
40. 40.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) your passwords (b) made-up marks (c) languages you know (d) your Aadhaar number

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