Résumé Worksheet: What to Include

Interview skills lesson 17: What goes on a student résumé · Set 579 · 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 goes in the contact details? (a) B.Com first year (b) eco club member (c) a survey of 50 shops (d) a mobile number
2. 2.📄 A student with no work experience should highlight… (a) nothing at all (b) made-up jobs (c) their parents’ jobs (d) projects and activities
3. 3.📄 What font style suits a résumé? (a) all bold capitals (b) tiny handwriting (c) one plain, clear font (d) five fancy fonts
4. 4.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) a party selfie (b) a long life story (c) awards and prizes (d) made-up marks
5. 5.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your phone and email? (a) leave it out (b) include it
6. 6.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) clubs and activities (b) your passwords (c) your Aadhaar number (d) a long life story
7. 7.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your phone and email (b) projects you did (c) your Aadhaar number (d) volunteer work
8. 8.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) awards and prizes (b) your bank details (c) projects you did (d) skills like typing
9. 9.True or false: “your bank details” should be left out of a résumé. (a) False (b) True
10. 10.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your siblings’ marks? (a) leave it out (b) include it
11. 11.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) your phone and email (b) volunteer work (c) projects you did (d) your bank details
12. 12.Which of these goes in the projects section? (a) a mobile number (b) built a rain gauge model (c) school football team (d) Class 10 board: 88%
13. 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a party selfie (b) your passwords (c) your bank details (d) skills like typing
14. 14.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) made-up marks (b) skills like typing (c) your siblings’ marks (d) your Aadhaar number
15. 15.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: languages you know? (a) leave it out (b) include it
16. 16.📄 How long should a student résumé usually be? (a) half a line (b) ten pages (c) one page (d) five pages
17. 17.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) made-up marks (b) a party selfie (c) projects you did (d) your passwords
18. 18.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your Aadhaar number? (a) include it (b) leave it out
19. 19.Which of these goes in the skills section? (a) typing 40 words a minute (b) a website for our club (c) school football team (d) built a rain gauge model
20. 20.📄 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
21. 21.📄 In which résumé section does this go: a website for our club? (a) education (b) activities (c) skills (d) projects
22. 22.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) languages you know (b) clubs and activities (c) a party selfie (d) projects you did
23. 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) awards and prizes (b) school and marks (c) projects you did (d) a party selfie
24. 24.📄 In which résumé section does this go: spreadsheets (basic)? (a) contact details (b) activities (c) education (d) skills
25. 25.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) your siblings’ marks (b) skills like typing (c) volunteer work (d) school and marks
26. 26.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: projects you did? (a) include it (b) leave it out
27. 27.Which of these goes in the contact details? (a) B.Com first year (b) school football team (c) a website for our club (d) an email ID
28. 28.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: school and marks? (a) include it (b) leave it out
29. 29.📄 In which résumé section does this go: your city and PIN code? (a) skills (b) education (c) activities (d) contact details
30. 30.True or false: “school and marks” should be left out of a résumé. (a) True (b) False
31. 31.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a party selfie (b) your phone and email (c) your bank details (d) your Aadhaar number
32. 32.True or false: “a party selfie” belongs on a student résumé. (a) False (b) True
33. 33.True or false: “a long life story” belongs on a student résumé. (a) False (b) True
34. 34.📄 In which résumé section does this go: Class 10 board: 88%? (a) contact details (b) education (c) projects (d) skills
35. 35.📄 In which résumé section does this go: school football team? (a) activities (b) projects (c) education (d) contact details
36. 36.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your passwords? (a) leave it out (b) include it
37. 37.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) volunteer work (b) a party selfie (c) your bank details (d) your Aadhaar number
38. 38.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) made-up marks (b) your phone and email (c) clubs and activities (d) school and marks
39. 39.Which of these goes in the activities section? (a) Class 12 (Science), 2026 (b) debate club secretary (c) built a rain gauge model (d) your city and PIN code
40. 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your siblings’ marks (b) a long life story (c) awards and prizes (d) your bank details

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