Résumé Worksheet: What to Include

Interview skills lesson 17: What goes on a student résumé · Set 551 · 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.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) a party selfie (b) your Aadhaar number (c) your siblings’ marks (d) projects you did
2. 2.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: projects you did? (a) include it (b) leave it out
3. 3.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) projects you did (b) skills like typing (c) your passwords (d) volunteer work
4. 4.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: a long life story? (a) leave it out (b) include it
5. 5.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: school and marks? (a) leave it out (b) include it
6. 6.📄 In which résumé section does this go: eco club member? (a) projects (b) skills (c) education (d) activities
7. 7.📄 A student with no work experience should highlight… (a) their parents’ jobs (b) nothing at all (c) projects and activities (d) made-up jobs
8. 8.📄 What font style suits a résumé? (a) five fancy fonts (b) tiny handwriting (c) one plain, clear font (d) all bold capitals
9. 9.📄 In which résumé section does this go: debate club secretary? (a) projects (b) education (c) activities (d) contact details
10. 10.📄 In which résumé section does this go: your city and PIN code? (a) education (b) activities (c) contact details (d) skills
11. 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) projects you did (b) skills like typing (c) your passwords (d) clubs and activities
12. 12.📄 How long should a student résumé usually be? (a) half a line (b) five pages (c) ten pages (d) one page
13. 13.📄 In which résumé section does this go: spreadsheets (basic)? (a) contact details (b) projects (c) skills (d) education
14. 14.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your Aadhaar number? (a) include it (b) leave it out
15. 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your passwords (b) a long life story (c) languages you know (d) your siblings’ marks
16. 16.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: made-up marks? (a) include it (b) leave it out
17. 17.Which of these goes in the activities section? (a) built a rain gauge model (b) school football team (c) an email ID (d) basic HTML and CSS
18. 18.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) your Aadhaar number (b) your passwords (c) your phone and email (d) your bank details
19. 19.📄 In which résumé section does this go: school football team? (a) skills (b) contact details (c) projects (d) activities
20. 20.📄 In which résumé section does this go: built a rain gauge model? (a) projects (b) education (c) activities (d) skills
21. 21.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) your bank details (b) volunteer work (c) a party selfie (d) your passwords
22. 22.True or false: “clubs and activities” should be left out of a résumé. (a) True (b) False
23. 23.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) a long life story (b) your Aadhaar number (c) clubs and activities (d) made-up marks
24. 24.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) school and marks (b) volunteer work (c) your bank details (d) projects you did
25. 25.True or false: “languages you know” belongs on a student résumé. (a) False (b) True
26. 26.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: volunteer work? (a) leave it out (b) include it
27. 27.Which of these goes in the education section? (a) typing 40 words a minute (b) an email ID (c) Class 12 (Science), 2026 (d) school football team
28. 28.Which of these goes in the activities section? (a) debate club secretary (b) a website for our club (c) spreadsheets (basic) (d) a survey of 50 shops
29. 29.Which of these goes in the projects section? (a) Class 12 (Science), 2026 (b) B.Com first year (c) eco club member (d) built a rain gauge model
30. 30.Which of these goes in the contact details? (a) a website for our club (b) B.Com first year (c) Class 12 (Science), 2026 (d) a mobile number
31. 31.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) awards and prizes (b) clubs and activities (c) a party selfie (d) skills like typing
32. 32.True or false: “your phone and email” should be left out of a résumé. (a) True (b) False
33. 33.True or false: “your Aadhaar number” belongs on a student résumé. (a) False (b) True
34. 34.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) your bank details (b) skills like typing (c) a party selfie (d) made-up marks
35. 35.Which of these goes in the education section? (a) a survey of 50 shops (b) B.Com first year (c) spreadsheets (basic) (d) debate club secretary
36. 36.Which of these goes in the skills section? (a) Class 10 board: 88% (b) school football team (c) typing 40 words a minute (d) Class 12 (Science), 2026
37. 37.📄 In which résumé section does this go: Class 10 board: 88%? (a) skills (b) education (c) projects (d) contact details
38. 38.📄 A résumé is… (a) a letter of thanks (b) a full autobiography (c) a short summary of you (d) a school report card
39. 39.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: a party selfie? (a) leave it out (b) include it
40. 40.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) your bank details (b) made-up marks (c) your Aadhaar number (d) school and marks

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