Résumé Worksheet: What to Include

Interview skills lesson 17: What goes on a student résumé · Set 559 · 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 siblings’ marks (c) volunteer work (d) your bank details
2. 2.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) school and marks (b) volunteer work (c) your passwords (d) awards and prizes
3. 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your passwords (b) languages you know (c) a long life story (d) your siblings’ marks
4. 4.Which of these goes in the skills section? (a) B.Com first year (b) typing 40 words a minute (c) a mobile number (d) built a rain gauge model
5. 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your siblings’ marks (b) school and marks (c) a party selfie (d) made-up marks
6. 6.True or false: “languages you know” belongs on a student résumé. (a) False (b) True
7. 7.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your passwords? (a) leave it out (b) include it
8. 8.True or false: “languages you know” should be left out of a résumé. (a) True (b) False
9. 9.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: a long life story? (a) include it (b) leave it out
10. 10.Which of these goes in the education section? (a) typing 40 words a minute (b) built a rain gauge model (c) an email ID (d) B.Com first year
11. 11.True or false: “awards and prizes” should be left out of a résumé. (a) True (b) False
12. 12.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) your phone and email (b) school and marks (c) awards and prizes (d) a party selfie
13. 13.Which of these goes in the projects section? (a) school football team (b) a survey of 50 shops (c) spreadsheets (basic) (d) Class 12 (Science), 2026
14. 14.📄 What font style suits a résumé? (a) five fancy fonts (b) tiny handwriting (c) all bold capitals (d) one plain, clear font
15. 15.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) your phone and email (b) clubs and activities (c) your Aadhaar number (d) school and marks
16. 16.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: school and marks? (a) include it (b) leave it out
17. 17.Which of these goes in the projects section? (a) built a rain gauge model (b) Class 10 board: 88% (c) B.Com first year (d) debate club secretary
18. 18.📄 How long should a student résumé usually be? (a) one page (b) ten pages (c) five pages (d) half a line
19. 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your phone and email (b) skills like typing (c) awards and prizes (d) your passwords
20. 20.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) your siblings’ marks (b) languages you know (c) clubs and activities (d) volunteer work
21. 21.📄 A student with no work experience should highlight… (a) made-up jobs (b) nothing at all (c) projects and activities (d) their parents’ jobs
22. 22.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) your bank details (b) a party selfie (c) your siblings’ marks (d) projects you did
23. 23.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) your phone and email (b) your bank details (c) clubs and activities (d) volunteer work
24. 24.📄 In which résumé section does this go: a mobile number? (a) contact details (b) activities (c) skills (d) projects
25. 25.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: projects you did? (a) leave it out (b) include it
26. 26.📄 In which résumé section does this go: typing 40 words a minute? (a) skills (b) activities (c) projects (d) education
27. 27.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: awards and prizes? (a) leave it out (b) include it
28. 28.True or false: “school and marks” belongs on a student résumé. (a) True (b) False
29. 29.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) skills like typing (b) your phone and email (c) clubs and activities (d) a long life story
30. 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a party selfie (b) your phone and email (c) skills like typing (d) volunteer work
31. 31.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: languages you know? (a) include it (b) leave it out
32. 32.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: clubs and activities? (a) leave it out (b) include it
33. 33.Which of these goes in the education section? (a) typing 40 words a minute (b) a survey of 50 shops (c) Class 10 board: 88% (d) an email ID
34. 34.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your phone and email? (a) leave it out (b) include it
35. 35.True or false: “projects you did” should be left out of a résumé. (a) False (b) True
36. 36.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) school and marks (b) languages you know (c) your phone and email (d) made-up marks
37. 37.Which of these goes in the activities section? (a) an email ID (b) a survey of 50 shops (c) built a rain gauge model (d) debate club secretary
38. 38.Which of these goes in the contact details? (a) debate club secretary (b) Class 12 (Science), 2026 (c) an email ID (d) basic HTML and CSS
39. 39.True or false: “skills like typing” should be left out of a résumé. (a) False (b) True
40. 40.📄 Your résumé says you led a club. In the interview you should… (a) deny it (b) be ready to explain it (c) say it was a joke (d) change the subject

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