Résumé Worksheet: What to Include

Interview skills lesson 17: What goes on a student résumé · Set 542 · 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) ten pages (b) one page (c) five pages (d) half a line
2. 2.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) school and marks (b) your siblings’ marks (c) your bank details (d) your passwords
3. 3.Which of these goes in the contact details? (a) B.Com first year (b) debate club secretary (c) a survey of 50 shops (d) a mobile number
4. 4.True or false: “skills like typing” belongs on a student résumé. (a) False (b) True
5. 5.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) languages you know (b) projects you did (c) your Aadhaar number (d) school and marks
6. 6.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) your bank details (b) clubs and activities (c) your passwords (d) your siblings’ marks
7. 7.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) clubs and activities (b) a party selfie (c) your phone and email (d) volunteer work
8. 8.Which of these goes in the activities section? (a) Class 10 board: 88% (b) B.Com first year (c) built a rain gauge model (d) eco club member
9. 9.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: school and marks? (a) leave it out (b) include it
10. 10.Which of these goes in the projects section? (a) B.Com first year (b) basic HTML and CSS (c) a survey of 50 shops (d) your city and PIN code
11. 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) languages you know (b) projects you did (c) your siblings’ marks (d) school and marks
12. 12.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: projects you did? (a) leave it out (b) include it
13. 13.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) your phone and email (b) skills like typing (c) clubs and activities (d) your passwords
14. 14.True or false: “projects you did” belongs on a student résumé. (a) False (b) True
15. 15.True or false: “your phone and email” should be left out of a résumé. (a) True (b) False
16. 16.📄 What font style suits a résumé? (a) five fancy fonts (b) all bold capitals (c) tiny handwriting (d) one plain, clear font
17. 17.📄 Your résumé says you led a club. In the interview you should… (a) say it was a joke (b) be ready to explain it (c) change the subject (d) deny it
18. 18.📄 In which résumé section does this go: spreadsheets (basic)? (a) activities (b) contact details (c) skills (d) projects
19. 19.Which of these goes in the education section? (a) school football team (b) typing 40 words a minute (c) Class 10 board: 88% (d) a website for our club
20. 20.Which of these goes in the activities section? (a) a website for our club (b) spreadsheets (basic) (c) built a rain gauge model (d) debate club secretary
21. 21.Which of these goes in the activities section? (a) Class 12 (Science), 2026 (b) an email ID (c) school football team (d) a mobile number
22. 22.True or false: “made-up marks” should be left out of a résumé. (a) True (b) False
23. 23.📄 In which résumé section does this go: a website for our club? (a) skills (b) contact details (c) activities (d) projects
24. 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your phone and email (b) projects you did (c) a long life story (d) clubs and activities
25. 25.True or false: “school and marks” belongs on a student résumé. (a) True (b) False
26. 26.📄 In which résumé section does this go: built a rain gauge model? (a) education (b) contact details (c) skills (d) projects
27. 27.📄 In which résumé section does this go: Class 12 (Science), 2026? (a) activities (b) contact details (c) skills (d) education
28. 28.📄 In which résumé section does this go: eco club member? (a) activities (b) projects (c) education (d) skills
29. 29.📄 In which résumé section does this go: B.Com first year? (a) projects (b) education (c) contact details (d) activities
30. 30.True or false: “your bank details” belongs on a student résumé. (a) True (b) False
31. 31.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) a party selfie (b) your Aadhaar number (c) volunteer work (d) your passwords
32. 32.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) your Aadhaar number (b) your siblings’ marks (c) your passwords (d) languages you know
33. 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) made-up marks (b) your bank details (c) school and marks (d) your Aadhaar number
34. 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) school and marks (b) your Aadhaar number (c) projects you did (d) volunteer work
35. 35.True or false: “languages you know” should be left out of a résumé. (a) False (b) True
36. 36.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your passwords (b) made-up marks (c) skills like typing (d) a party selfie
37. 37.True or false: “a party selfie” belongs on a student résumé. (a) True (b) False
38. 38.📄 A résumé is… (a) a short summary of you (b) a letter of thanks (c) a school report card (d) a full autobiography
39. 39.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: a long life story? (a) leave it out (b) include it
40. 40.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: volunteer work? (a) leave it out (b) include it

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