Résumé Worksheet: What to Include

Interview skills lesson 17: What goes on a student résumé · Set 577 · 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) made-up marks (b) a long life story (c) volunteer work (d) a party selfie
2. 2.📄 Your résumé says you led a club. In the interview you should… (a) be ready to explain it (b) deny it (c) change the subject (d) say it was a joke
3. 3.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: projects you did? (a) leave it out (b) include it
4. 4.True or false: “your phone and email” belongs on a student résumé. (a) False (b) True
5. 5.True or false: “your siblings’ marks” belongs on a student résumé. (a) True (b) False
6. 6.True or false: “your Aadhaar number” belongs on a student résumé. (a) False (b) True
7. 7.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: volunteer work? (a) leave it out (b) include it
8. 8.Which of these goes in the skills section? (a) an email ID (b) spreadsheets (basic) (c) debate club secretary (d) a mobile number
9. 9.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) your bank details (b) a party selfie (c) your phone and email (d) a long life story
10. 10.True or false: “your Aadhaar number” should be left out of a résumé. (a) True (b) False
11. 11.📄 In which résumé section does this go: a website for our club? (a) skills (b) activities (c) contact details (d) projects
12. 12.Which of these goes in the skills section? (a) basic HTML and CSS (b) a mobile number (c) debate club secretary (d) a survey of 50 shops
13. 13.Which of these goes in the education section? (a) debate club secretary (b) school football team (c) an email ID (d) Class 10 board: 88%
14. 14.True or false: “projects you did” belongs on a student résumé. (a) True (b) False
15. 15.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) school and marks (b) your phone and email (c) your siblings’ marks (d) volunteer work
16. 16.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your siblings’ marks? (a) include it (b) leave it out
17. 17.📄 A student with no work experience should highlight… (a) nothing at all (b) projects and activities (c) made-up jobs (d) their parents’ jobs
18. 18.Which of these goes in the activities section? (a) an email ID (b) Class 12 (Science), 2026 (c) eco club member (d) Class 10 board: 88%
19. 19.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: made-up marks? (a) include it (b) leave it out
20. 20.Which of these goes in the activities section? (a) a website for our club (b) school football team (c) built a rain gauge model (d) an email ID
21. 21.True or false: “made-up marks” belongs on a student résumé. (a) True (b) False
22. 22.📄 In which résumé section does this go: built a rain gauge model? (a) activities (b) projects (c) contact details (d) skills
23. 23.📄 What font style suits a résumé? (a) one plain, clear font (b) all bold capitals (c) tiny handwriting (d) five fancy fonts
24. 24.True or false: “languages you know” belongs on a student résumé. (a) True (b) False
25. 25.📄 In which résumé section does this go: debate club secretary? (a) skills (b) contact details (c) projects (d) activities
26. 26.Which of these goes in the contact details? (a) built a rain gauge model (b) a mobile number (c) eco club member (d) Class 12 (Science), 2026
27. 27.📄 How long should a student résumé usually be? (a) one page (b) five pages (c) ten pages (d) half a line
28. 28.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) awards and prizes (b) clubs and activities (c) your Aadhaar number (d) your phone and email
29. 29.📄 In which résumé section does this go: B.Com first year? (a) skills (b) activities (c) projects (d) education
30. 30.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) your phone and email (b) projects you did (c) languages you know (d) a party selfie
31. 31.📄 A résumé is… (a) a full autobiography (b) a school report card (c) a letter of thanks (d) a short summary of you
32. 32.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: a long life story? (a) include it (b) leave it out
33. 33.Which of these goes in the projects section? (a) school football team (b) your city and PIN code (c) built a rain gauge model (d) debate club secretary
34. 34.📄 In which résumé section does this go: school football team? (a) skills (b) activities (c) projects (d) education
35. 35.True or false: “a party selfie” should be left out of a résumé. (a) True (b) False
36. 36.True or false: “a long life story” belongs on a student résumé. (a) True (b) False
37. 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your passwords (b) made-up marks (c) volunteer work (d) a party selfie
38. 38.True or false: “a party selfie” belongs on a student résumé. (a) False (b) True
39. 39.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: skills like typing? (a) include it (b) leave it out
40. 40.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your bank details? (a) leave it out (b) include it

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