Résumé Worksheet: What to Include

Interview skills lesson 17: What goes on a student résumé · Set 557 · 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) nothing at all (b) their parents’ jobs (c) made-up jobs (d) projects and activities
2. 2.True or false: “awards and prizes” belongs on a student résumé. (a) True (b) False
3. 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your Aadhaar number (b) a party selfie (c) your phone and email (d) a long life story
4. 4.True or false: “projects you did” belongs on a student résumé. (a) True (b) False
5. 5.True or false: “a long life story” belongs on a student résumé. (a) True (b) False
6. 6.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) your phone and email (b) projects you did (c) your bank details (d) languages you know
7. 7.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) awards and prizes (b) your phone and email (c) made-up marks (d) volunteer work
8. 8.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) your Aadhaar number (b) your siblings’ marks (c) a long life story (d) school and marks
9. 9.Which of these goes in the contact details? (a) eco club member (b) your city and PIN code (c) school football team (d) B.Com first year
10. 10.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) projects you did (b) awards and prizes (c) your siblings’ marks (d) your phone and email
11. 11.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) your bank details (b) your Aadhaar number (c) awards and prizes (d) a long life story
12. 12.📄 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
13. 13.📄 In which résumé section does this go: your city and PIN code? (a) education (b) activities (c) contact details (d) projects
14. 14.True or false: “your siblings’ marks” belongs on a student résumé. (a) True (b) False
15. 15.📄 In which résumé section does this go: a website for our club? (a) contact details (b) education (c) projects (d) activities
16. 16.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) school and marks (b) your siblings’ marks (c) your bank details (d) a party selfie
17. 17.Which of these goes in the projects section? (a) a mobile number (b) Class 12 (Science), 2026 (c) debate club secretary (d) built a rain gauge model
18. 18.📄 A résumé is… (a) a full autobiography (b) a letter of thanks (c) a short summary of you (d) a school report card
19. 19.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your phone and email? (a) include it (b) leave it out
20. 20.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) your Aadhaar number (b) skills like typing (c) a party selfie (d) made-up marks
21. 21.📄 What font style suits a résumé? (a) five fancy fonts (b) tiny handwriting (c) one plain, clear font (d) all bold capitals
22. 22.Which of these goes in the education section? (a) Class 12 (Science), 2026 (b) a website for our club (c) a mobile number (d) eco club member
23. 23.📄 In which résumé section does this go: eco club member? (a) education (b) activities (c) projects (d) contact details
24. 24.Which of these goes in the activities section? (a) Class 12 (Science), 2026 (b) school football team (c) a survey of 50 shops (d) a website for our club
25. 25.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) projects you did (b) your bank details (c) your siblings’ marks (d) a long life story
26. 26.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your phone and email (b) awards and prizes (c) a long life story (d) volunteer work
27. 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) made-up marks (b) a party selfie (c) volunteer work (d) your bank details
28. 28.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: a long life story? (a) include it (b) leave it out
29. 29.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) your passwords (b) languages you know (c) skills like typing (d) awards and prizes
30. 30.📄 In which résumé section does this go: spreadsheets (basic)? (a) contact details (b) projects (c) education (d) skills
31. 31.Which of these goes in the skills section? (a) a survey of 50 shops (b) Class 10 board: 88% (c) basic HTML and CSS (d) a website for our club
32. 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your bank details (b) school and marks (c) projects you did (d) your phone and email
33. 33.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) languages you know (b) your phone and email (c) your Aadhaar number (d) clubs and activities
34. 34.True or false: “projects you did” should be left out of a résumé. (a) False (b) True
35. 35.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) your phone and email (b) made-up marks (c) your Aadhaar number (d) a long life story
36. 36.📄 How long should a student résumé usually be? (a) five pages (b) one page (c) half a line (d) ten pages
37. 37.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: awards and prizes? (a) include it (b) leave it out
38. 38.📄 In which résumé section does this go: debate club secretary? (a) activities (b) contact details (c) projects (d) skills
39. 39.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) a long life story (b) volunteer work (c) school and marks (d) your phone and email
40. 40.True or false: “a long life story” should be left out of a résumé. (a) False (b) True

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