Résumé Worksheet: What to Include

Interview skills lesson 17: What goes on a student résumé · Set 553 · 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 should be left out of a résumé? (a) awards and prizes (b) skills like typing (c) school and marks (d) your bank details
2. 2.📄 What font style suits a résumé? (a) all bold capitals (b) one plain, clear font (c) tiny handwriting (d) five fancy fonts
3. 3.📄 Your résumé says you led a club. In the interview you should… (a) deny it (b) change the subject (c) be ready to explain it (d) say it was a joke
4. 4.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your phone and email? (a) leave it out (b) include it
5. 5.📄 In which résumé section does this go: spreadsheets (basic)? (a) contact details (b) skills (c) education (d) projects
6. 6.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: awards and prizes? (a) leave it out (b) include it
7. 7.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)
8. 8.📄 In which résumé section does this go: a website for our club? (a) projects (b) activities (c) education (d) skills
9. 9.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: skills like typing? (a) leave it out (b) include it
10. 10.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your Aadhaar number? (a) include it (b) leave it out
11. 11.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: clubs and activities? (a) leave it out (b) include it
12. 12.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a party selfie (b) made-up marks (c) projects you did (d) your Aadhaar number
13. 13.Which of these goes in the projects section? (a) a mobile number (b) a survey of 50 shops (c) spreadsheets (basic) (d) typing 40 words a minute
14. 14.True or false: “a party selfie” should be left out of a résumé. (a) True (b) False
15. 15.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) skills like typing (b) your siblings’ marks (c) your phone and email (d) volunteer work
16. 16.Which of these goes in the activities section? (a) B.Com first year (b) basic HTML and CSS (c) school football team (d) Class 12 (Science), 2026
17. 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your passwords (b) your Aadhaar number (c) clubs and activities (d) made-up marks
18. 18.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) a party selfie (b) your passwords (c) a long life story (d) clubs and activities
19. 19.📄 In which résumé section does this go: school football team? (a) activities (b) education (c) contact details (d) skills
20. 20.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your bank details? (a) include it (b) leave it out
21. 21.📄 A résumé is… (a) a short summary of you (b) a school report card (c) a full autobiography (d) a letter of thanks
22. 22.Which of these goes in the skills section? (a) B.Com first year (b) a survey of 50 shops (c) Class 10 board: 88% (d) typing 40 words a minute
23. 23.Which of these goes in the projects section? (a) Class 12 (Science), 2026 (b) typing 40 words a minute (c) debate club secretary (d) built a rain gauge model
24. 24.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: made-up marks? (a) leave it out (b) include it
25. 25.True or false: “your phone and email” belongs on a student résumé. (a) False (b) True
26. 26.Which of these goes in the contact details? (a) a website for our club (b) a survey of 50 shops (c) B.Com first year (d) your city and PIN code
27. 27.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) made-up marks (b) volunteer work (c) languages you know (d) awards and prizes
28. 28.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your siblings’ marks? (a) include it (b) leave it out
29. 29.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) your passwords (b) your Aadhaar number (c) a party selfie (d) projects you did
30. 30.📄 In which résumé section does this go: B.Com first year? (a) activities (b) skills (c) education (d) contact details
31. 31.Which of these goes in the skills section? (a) basic HTML and CSS (b) a mobile number (c) an email ID (d) a website for our club
32. 32.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) a party selfie (b) awards and prizes (c) your bank details (d) your passwords
33. 33.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your passwords? (a) leave it out (b) include it
34. 34.True or false: “languages you know” belongs on a student résumé. (a) True (b) False
35. 35.Which of these goes in the skills section? (a) spreadsheets (basic) (b) your city and PIN code (c) Class 12 (Science), 2026 (d) debate club secretary
36. 36.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) your passwords (b) skills like typing (c) your siblings’ marks (d) a long life story
37. 37.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) your Aadhaar number (b) your siblings’ marks (c) your phone and email (d) a party selfie
38. 38.Which of these goes in the projects section? (a) a website for our club (b) Class 12 (Science), 2026 (c) an email ID (d) debate club secretary
39. 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) languages you know (b) awards and prizes (c) a party selfie (d) clubs and activities
40. 40.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) volunteer work (b) your bank details (c) your passwords (d) your Aadhaar number

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