Résumé Worksheet: What to Include

Interview skills lesson 17: What goes on a student résumé · Set 554 · 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) made-up marks (c) skills like typing (d) your bank details
2. 2.Which of these goes in the skills section? (a) an email ID (b) spreadsheets (basic) (c) Class 10 board: 88% (d) school football team
3. 3.📄 A résumé is… (a) a letter of thanks (b) a school report card (c) a short summary of you (d) a full autobiography
4. 4.True or false: “a long life story” should be left out of a résumé. (a) False (b) True
5. 5.True or false: “a party selfie” belongs on a student résumé. (a) True (b) False
6. 6.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: clubs and activities? (a) include it (b) leave it out
7. 7.📄 How long should a student résumé usually be? (a) ten pages (b) one page (c) five pages (d) half a line
8. 8.📄 Your résumé says you led a club. In the interview you should… (a) be ready to explain it (b) say it was a joke (c) deny it (d) change the subject
9. 9.📄 In which résumé section does this go: B.Com first year? (a) activities (b) projects (c) contact details (d) education
10. 10.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your phone and email? (a) leave it out (b) include it
11. 11.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) your bank details (b) volunteer work (c) your Aadhaar number (d) a party selfie
12. 12.True or false: “your siblings’ marks” belongs on a student résumé. (a) True (b) False
13. 13.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: projects you did? (a) leave it out (b) include it
14. 14.True or false: “skills like typing” should be left out of a résumé. (a) True (b) False
15. 15.Which of these goes in the projects section? (a) Class 12 (Science), 2026 (b) B.Com first year (c) typing 40 words a minute (d) built a rain gauge model
16. 16.📄 In which résumé section does this go: spreadsheets (basic)? (a) activities (b) skills (c) contact details (d) education
17. 17.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your passwords? (a) include it (b) leave it out
18. 18.True or false: “languages you know” should be left out of a résumé. (a) False (b) True
19. 19.📄 What font style suits a résumé? (a) one plain, clear font (b) five fancy fonts (c) all bold capitals (d) tiny handwriting
20. 20.📄 A student with no work experience should highlight… (a) projects and activities (b) made-up jobs (c) nothing at all (d) their parents’ jobs
21. 21.Which of these goes in the activities section? (a) built a rain gauge model (b) school football team (c) an email ID (d) a mobile number
22. 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your passwords (b) school and marks (c) volunteer work (d) projects you did
23. 23.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) projects you did (b) languages you know (c) your bank details (d) your phone and email
24. 24.📄 In which résumé section does this go: an email ID? (a) projects (b) education (c) skills (d) contact details
25. 25.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: a party selfie? (a) include it (b) leave it out
26. 26.True or false: “your Aadhaar number” belongs on a student résumé. (a) True (b) False
27. 27.📄 In which résumé section does this go: school football team? (a) activities (b) skills (c) education (d) contact details
28. 28.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) your Aadhaar number (b) awards and prizes (c) your bank details (d) made-up marks
29. 29.📄 In which résumé section does this go: debate club secretary? (a) activities (b) contact details (c) projects (d) skills
30. 30.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) your phone and email (b) school and marks (c) clubs and activities (d) a long life story
31. 31.📄 In which résumé section does this go: built a rain gauge model? (a) activities (b) skills (c) projects (d) education
32. 32.True or false: “skills like typing” belongs on a student résumé. (a) False (b) True
33. 33.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your bank details? (a) include it (b) leave it out
34. 34.Which of these goes in the contact details? (a) a website for our club (b) an email ID (c) basic HTML and CSS (d) Class 12 (Science), 2026
35. 35.True or false: “school and marks” should be left out of a résumé. (a) False (b) True
36. 36.Which of these goes in the education section? (a) a website for our club (b) built a rain gauge model (c) debate club secretary (d) Class 10 board: 88%
37. 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) volunteer work (b) school and marks (c) your Aadhaar number (d) your phone and email
38. 38.True or false: “a long life story” belongs on a student résumé. (a) True (b) False
39. 39.Which of these goes in the skills section? (a) B.Com first year (b) built a rain gauge model (c) basic HTML and CSS (d) a survey of 50 shops
40. 40.True or false: “a party selfie” should be left out of a résumé. (a) False (b) True

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