Résumé Worksheet: What to Include

Interview skills lesson 17: What goes on a student résumé · Set 569 · 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) skills like typing (b) clubs and activities (c) school and marks (d) your passwords
2. 2.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) your bank details (b) your siblings’ marks (c) awards and prizes (d) your passwords
3. 3.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: school and marks? (a) leave it out (b) include it
4. 4.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a party selfie (b) your phone and email (c) projects you did (d) skills like typing
5. 5.True or false: “your passwords” belongs on a student résumé. (a) False (b) True
6. 6.True or false: “languages you know” should be left out of a résumé. (a) True (b) False
7. 7.📄 How long should a student résumé usually be? (a) one page (b) ten pages (c) five pages (d) half a line
8. 8.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your Aadhaar number (b) a party selfie (c) skills like typing (d) made-up marks
9. 9.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) a party selfie (b) your phone and email (c) your Aadhaar number (d) your bank details
10. 10.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your passwords? (a) include it (b) leave it out
11. 11.📄 A résumé is… (a) a full autobiography (b) a letter of thanks (c) a short summary of you (d) a school report card
12. 12.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) school and marks (b) your phone and email (c) your Aadhaar number (d) volunteer work
13. 13.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) clubs and activities (b) languages you know (c) volunteer work (d) a party selfie
14. 14.True or false: “your bank details” belongs on a student résumé. (a) True (b) False
15. 15.True or false: “projects you did” should be left out of a résumé. (a) False (b) True
16. 16.True or false: “volunteer work” should be left out of a résumé. (a) True (b) False
17. 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) volunteer work (b) a party selfie (c) made-up marks (d) a long life story
18. 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a long life story (b) your phone and email (c) your siblings’ marks (d) your Aadhaar number
19. 19.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: a party selfie? (a) leave it out (b) include it
20. 20.📄 Your résumé says you led a club. In the interview you should… (a) be ready to explain it (b) change the subject (c) deny it (d) say it was a joke
21. 21.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) made-up marks (b) school and marks (c) your Aadhaar number (d) a party selfie
22. 22.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: awards and prizes? (a) leave it out (b) include it
23. 23.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your siblings’ marks? (a) include it (b) leave it out
24. 24.📄 What font style suits a résumé? (a) tiny handwriting (b) one plain, clear font (c) five fancy fonts (d) all bold capitals
25. 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) volunteer work (b) skills like typing (c) a long life story (d) projects you did
26. 26.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your Aadhaar number? (a) leave it out (b) include it
27. 27.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your phone and email? (a) include it (b) leave it out
28. 28.📄 In which résumé section does this go: school football team? (a) skills (b) education (c) projects (d) activities
29. 29.📄 A student with no work experience should highlight… (a) projects and activities (b) nothing at all (c) made-up jobs (d) their parents’ jobs
30. 30.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) your bank details (b) skills like typing (c) clubs and activities (d) school and marks
31. 31.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) languages you know (b) skills like typing (c) your siblings’ marks (d) school and marks
32. 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your bank details (b) a long life story (c) school and marks (d) your passwords
33. 33.True or false: “a long life story” belongs on a student résumé. (a) True (b) False
34. 34.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: clubs and activities? (a) include it (b) leave it out
35. 35.Which of these goes in the education section? (a) eco club member (b) your city and PIN code (c) Class 12 (Science), 2026 (d) spreadsheets (basic)
36. 36.📄 In which résumé section does this go: a website for our club? (a) activities (b) contact details (c) projects (d) education
37. 37.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: skills like typing? (a) include it (b) leave it out
38. 38.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: volunteer work? (a) leave it out (b) include it
39. 39.Which of these goes in the skills section? (a) B.Com first year (b) an email ID (c) Class 10 board: 88% (d) basic HTML and CSS
40. 40.True or false: “a long life story” should be left out of a résumé. (a) True (b) False

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