Résumé Worksheet: What to Include

Interview skills lesson 17: What goes on a student résumé · Set 588 · 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) your city and PIN code (b) Class 12 (Science), 2026 (c) spreadsheets (basic) (d) B.Com first year
2. 2.True or false: “your phone and email” belongs on a student résumé. (a) True (b) False
3. 3.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) a party selfie (b) your passwords (c) school and marks (d) your siblings’ marks
4. 4.📄 In which résumé section does this go: debate club secretary? (a) education (b) contact details (c) activities (d) skills
5. 5.📄 In which résumé section does this go: B.Com first year? (a) contact details (b) activities (c) education (d) projects
6. 6.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) volunteer work (b) made-up marks (c) a long life story (d) your passwords
7. 7.True or false: “clubs and activities” belongs on a student résumé. (a) False (b) True
8. 8.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: projects you did? (a) leave it out (b) include it
9. 9.Which of these goes in the activities section? (a) Class 12 (Science), 2026 (b) typing 40 words a minute (c) school football team (d) basic HTML and CSS
10. 10.True or false: “your phone and email” should be left out of a résumé. (a) True (b) False
11. 11.True or false: “your bank details” belongs on a student résumé. (a) True (b) False
12. 12.📄 A student with no work experience should highlight… (a) their parents’ jobs (b) made-up jobs (c) projects and activities (d) nothing at all
13. 13.📄 In which résumé section does this go: a website for our club? (a) projects (b) education (c) contact details (d) skills
14. 14.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your Aadhaar number? (a) leave it out (b) include it
15. 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) school and marks (b) clubs and activities (c) made-up marks (d) skills like typing
16. 16.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your siblings’ marks? (a) include it (b) leave it out
17. 17.📄 What font style suits a résumé? (a) tiny handwriting (b) all bold capitals (c) one plain, clear font (d) five fancy fonts
18. 18.📄 In which résumé section does this go: Class 12 (Science), 2026? (a) contact details (b) education (c) projects (d) skills
19. 19.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) skills like typing (b) your bank details (c) projects you did (d) volunteer work
20. 20.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) your phone and email (b) skills like typing (c) school and marks (d) a long life story
21. 21.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) made-up marks (b) a long life story (c) your phone and email (d) your bank details
22. 22.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: languages you know? (a) leave it out (b) include it
23. 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your Aadhaar number (b) projects you did (c) your passwords (d) a party selfie
24. 24.📄 How long should a student résumé usually be? (a) one page (b) five pages (c) ten pages (d) half a line
25. 25.True or false: “skills like typing” should be left out of a résumé. (a) False (b) True
26. 26.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: clubs and activities? (a) include it (b) leave it out
27. 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a long life story (b) a party selfie (c) school and marks (d) your passwords
28. 28.📄 Your résumé says you led a club. In the interview you should… (a) be ready to explain it (b) say it was a joke (c) deny it (d) change the subject
29. 29.True or false: “your passwords” belongs on a student résumé. (a) False (b) True
30. 30.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: a party selfie? (a) include it (b) leave it out
31. 31.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your bank details? (a) leave it out (b) include it
32. 32.📄 In which résumé section does this go: Class 10 board: 88%? (a) contact details (b) projects (c) skills (d) education
33. 33.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: volunteer work? (a) include it (b) leave it out
34. 34.Which of these goes in the contact details? (a) Class 12 (Science), 2026 (b) an email ID (c) debate club secretary (d) basic HTML and CSS
35. 35.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) languages you know (b) made-up marks (c) your passwords (d) your bank details
36. 36.📄 In which résumé section does this go: built a rain gauge model? (a) skills (b) education (c) contact details (d) projects
37. 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your phone and email (b) clubs and activities (c) languages you know (d) your bank details
38. 38.True or false: “a long life story” should be left out of a résumé. (a) True (b) False
39. 39.True or false: “skills like typing” belongs on a student résumé. (a) True (b) False
40. 40.True or false: “clubs and activities” should be left out of a résumé. (a) True (b) False

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