Résumé Worksheet: What to Include

Interview skills lesson 17: What goes on a student résumé · Set 595 · 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.True or false: “volunteer work” should be left out of a résumé. (a) True (b) False
2. 2.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) your bank details (b) your Aadhaar number (c) your passwords (d) clubs and activities
3. 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) awards and prizes (b) a party selfie (c) a long life story (d) your bank details
4. 4.📄 In which résumé section does this go: spreadsheets (basic)? (a) skills (b) contact details (c) projects (d) education
5. 5.📄 In which résumé section does this go: a survey of 50 shops? (a) activities (b) projects (c) education (d) skills
6. 6.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: projects you did? (a) leave it out (b) include it
7. 7.Which of these goes in the skills section? (a) debate club secretary (b) typing 40 words a minute (c) built a rain gauge model (d) a mobile number
8. 8.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) languages you know (b) awards and prizes (c) school and marks (d) a long life story
9. 9.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: awards and prizes? (a) leave it out (b) include it
10. 10.📄 How long should a student résumé usually be? (a) five pages (b) ten pages (c) half a line (d) one page
11. 11.📄 In which résumé section does this go: built a rain gauge model? (a) education (b) contact details (c) activities (d) projects
12. 12.Which of these goes in the projects section? (a) your city and PIN code (b) an email ID (c) Class 10 board: 88% (d) a survey of 50 shops
13. 13.📄 A student with no work experience should highlight… (a) nothing at all (b) made-up jobs (c) their parents’ jobs (d) projects and activities
14. 14.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) your siblings’ marks (b) your passwords (c) made-up marks (d) awards and prizes
15. 15.True or false: “awards and prizes” belongs on a student résumé. (a) False (b) True
16. 16.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your Aadhaar number? (a) include it (b) leave it out
17. 17.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) your Aadhaar number (b) awards and prizes (c) skills like typing (d) languages you know
18. 18.📄 In which résumé section does this go: an email ID? (a) skills (b) activities (c) contact details (d) education
19. 19.True or false: “a long life story” should be left out of a résumé. (a) False (b) True
20. 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your passwords (b) skills like typing (c) a party selfie (d) your siblings’ marks
21. 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) projects you did (b) your siblings’ marks (c) clubs and activities (d) languages you know
22. 22.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) your bank details (b) a party selfie (c) your siblings’ marks (d) skills like typing
23. 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a party selfie (b) your bank details (c) languages you know (d) your Aadhaar number
24. 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) school and marks (b) your passwords (c) volunteer work (d) projects you did
25. 25.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) a long life story (b) your Aadhaar number (c) your bank details (d) school and marks
26. 26.📄 Your résumé says you led a club. In the interview you should… (a) be ready to explain it (b) change the subject (c) say it was a joke (d) deny it
27. 27.📄 What font style suits a résumé? (a) one plain, clear font (b) all bold capitals (c) five fancy fonts (d) tiny handwriting
28. 28.True or false: “your bank details” belongs on a student résumé. (a) False (b) True
29. 29.Which of these goes in the education section? (a) built a rain gauge model (b) Class 10 board: 88% (c) eco club member (d) spreadsheets (basic)
30. 30.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) your passwords (b) made-up marks (c) your Aadhaar number (d) projects you did
31. 31.📄 In which résumé section does this go: basic HTML and CSS? (a) contact details (b) activities (c) projects (d) skills
32. 32.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) clubs and activities (b) a long life story (c) your phone and email (d) school and marks
33. 33.Which of these goes in the projects section? (a) an email ID (b) Class 12 (Science), 2026 (c) built a rain gauge model (d) Class 10 board: 88%
34. 34.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: volunteer work? (a) leave it out (b) include it
35. 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a party selfie (b) made-up marks (c) your bank details (d) your phone and email
36. 36.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your phone and email? (a) leave it out (b) include it
37. 37.Which of these goes in the activities section? (a) typing 40 words a minute (b) a mobile number (c) B.Com first year (d) debate club secretary
38. 38.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your siblings’ marks? (a) leave it out (b) include it
39. 39.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) volunteer work (b) clubs and activities (c) skills like typing (d) a party selfie
40. 40.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) your passwords (b) a party selfie (c) your Aadhaar number (d) languages you know

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