Résumé Worksheet: What to Include

Interview skills lesson 17: What goes on a student résumé · Set 62 · 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.📄 How long should a student résumé usually be? (a) five pages (b) half a line (c) ten pages (d) one page
2. 2.Which of these goes in the contact details? (a) B.Com first year (b) a survey of 50 shops (c) an email ID (d) built a rain gauge model
3. 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your siblings’ marks (b) your Aadhaar number (c) projects you did (d) your passwords
4. 4.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) your passwords (b) volunteer work (c) your siblings’ marks (d) your bank details
5. 5.Which of these goes in the contact details? (a) a website for our club (b) Class 10 board: 88% (c) a mobile number (d) built a rain gauge model
6. 6.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: languages you know? (a) include it (b) leave it out
7. 7.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: projects you did? (a) include it (b) leave it out
8. 8.📄 In which résumé section does this go: your city and PIN code? (a) skills (b) education (c) activities (d) contact details
9. 9.True or false: “a party selfie” should be left out of a résumé. (a) False (b) True
10. 10.Which of these goes in the skills section? (a) an email ID (b) typing 40 words a minute (c) eco club member (d) Class 12 (Science), 2026
11. 11.📄 In which résumé section does this go: a website for our club? (a) contact details (b) skills (c) education (d) projects
12. 12.True or false: “your Aadhaar number” belongs on a student résumé. (a) True (b) False
13. 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your siblings’ marks (b) a party selfie (c) languages you know (d) your Aadhaar number
14. 14.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) skills like typing (b) school and marks (c) your bank details (d) volunteer work
15. 15.True or false: “clubs and activities” belongs on a student résumé. (a) True (b) False
16. 16.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) skills like typing (b) awards and prizes (c) a party selfie (d) clubs and activities
17. 17.📄 In which résumé section does this go: eco club member? (a) skills (b) activities (c) projects (d) contact details
18. 18.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) made-up marks (b) skills like typing (c) your phone and email (d) school and marks
19. 19.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) made-up marks (b) a long life story (c) your passwords (d) your phone and email
20. 20.📄 In which résumé section does this go: built a rain gauge model? (a) contact details (b) skills (c) education (d) projects
21. 21.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: clubs and activities? (a) include it (b) leave it out
22. 22.📄 A résumé is… (a) a school report card (b) a full autobiography (c) a short summary of you (d) a letter of thanks
23. 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your phone and email (b) your passwords (c) your bank details (d) made-up marks
24. 24.📄 A student with no work experience should highlight… (a) nothing at all (b) made-up jobs (c) their parents’ jobs (d) projects and activities
25. 25.Which of these goes in the projects section? (a) a survey of 50 shops (b) basic HTML and CSS (c) B.Com first year (d) debate club secretary
26. 26.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: made-up marks? (a) include it (b) leave it out
27. 27.📄 What font style suits a résumé? (a) tiny handwriting (b) five fancy fonts (c) all bold capitals (d) one plain, clear font
28. 28.True or false: “skills like typing” should be left out of a résumé. (a) True (b) False
29. 29.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) your Aadhaar number (b) made-up marks (c) your bank details (d) languages you know
30. 30.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your siblings’ marks? (a) include it (b) leave it out
31. 31.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) your passwords (b) clubs and activities (c) your Aadhaar number (d) a long life story
32. 32.True or false: “your siblings’ marks” should be left out of a résumé. (a) False (b) True
33. 33.Which of these goes in the education section? (a) typing 40 words a minute (b) B.Com first year (c) debate club secretary (d) your city and PIN code
34. 34.📄 Your résumé says you led a club. In the interview you should… (a) change the subject (b) say it was a joke (c) be ready to explain it (d) deny it
35. 35.True or false: “made-up marks” should be left out of a résumé. (a) False (b) True
36. 36.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your bank details? (a) include it (b) leave it out
37. 37.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) your phone and email (b) your siblings’ marks (c) clubs and activities (d) school and marks
38. 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) school and marks (b) a party selfie (c) skills like typing (d) clubs and activities
39. 39.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your phone and email? (a) leave it out (b) include it
40. 40.True or false: “awards and prizes” belongs on a student résumé. (a) False (b) True

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