Résumé Worksheet: What to Include

Interview skills lesson 17: What goes on a student résumé · Set 629 · 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.📄 In which résumé section does this go: school football team? (a) projects (b) activities (c) contact details (d) education
2. 2.📄 In which résumé section does this go: a survey of 50 shops? (a) skills (b) education (c) projects (d) contact details
3. 3.True or false: “your siblings’ marks” belongs on a student résumé. (a) True (b) False
4. 4.📄 In which résumé section does this go: debate club secretary? (a) skills (b) education (c) contact details (d) activities
5. 5.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) a long life story (b) your passwords (c) school and marks (d) your siblings’ marks
6. 6.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: skills like typing? (a) leave it out (b) include it
7. 7.📄 Your résumé says you led a club. In the interview you should… (a) change the subject (b) be ready to explain it (c) deny it (d) say it was a joke
8. 8.📄 In which résumé section does this go: B.Com first year? (a) activities (b) projects (c) skills (d) education
9. 9.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) projects you did (b) made-up marks (c) volunteer work (d) school and marks
10. 10.📄 A résumé is… (a) a short summary of you (b) a school report card (c) a full autobiography (d) a letter of thanks
11. 11.📄 A student with no work experience should highlight… (a) nothing at all (b) their parents’ jobs (c) projects and activities (d) made-up jobs
12. 12.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) clubs and activities (b) awards and prizes (c) a long life story (d) skills like typing
13. 13.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: languages you know? (a) leave it out (b) include it
14. 14.📄 What font style suits a résumé? (a) tiny handwriting (b) five fancy fonts (c) one plain, clear font (d) all bold capitals
15. 15.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) your passwords (b) a long life story (c) your siblings’ marks (d) languages you know
16. 16.Which of these goes in the contact details? (a) an email ID (b) a website for our club (c) basic HTML and CSS (d) spreadsheets (basic)
17. 17.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: made-up marks? (a) include it (b) leave it out
18. 18.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: projects you did? (a) include it (b) leave it out
19. 19.True or false: “a long life story” belongs on a student résumé. (a) True (b) False
20. 20.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) projects you did (b) your bank details (c) clubs and activities (d) volunteer work
21. 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) clubs and activities (b) a long life story (c) a party selfie (d) your passwords
22. 22.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) your bank details (b) your siblings’ marks (c) clubs and activities (d) your passwords
23. 23.📄 How long should a student résumé usually be? (a) ten pages (b) half a line (c) five pages (d) one page
24. 24.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) a long life story (b) your phone and email (c) your siblings’ marks (d) your passwords
25. 25.Which of these goes in the contact details? (a) debate club secretary (b) your city and PIN code (c) built a rain gauge model (d) spreadsheets (basic)
26. 26.True or false: “awards and prizes” belongs on a student résumé. (a) False (b) True
27. 27.Which of these goes in the projects section? (a) a mobile number (b) Class 12 (Science), 2026 (c) Class 10 board: 88% (d) a survey of 50 shops
28. 28.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) made-up marks (b) skills like typing (c) your siblings’ marks (d) a party selfie
29. 29.True or false: “projects you did” should be left out of a résumé. (a) True (b) False
30. 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your bank details (b) your Aadhaar number (c) a long life story (d) volunteer work
31. 31.📄 In which résumé section does this go: a mobile number? (a) education (b) activities (c) projects (d) contact details
32. 32.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) your siblings’ marks (b) your Aadhaar number (c) projects you did (d) your bank details
33. 33.True or false: “your phone and email” belongs on a student résumé. (a) True (b) False
34. 34.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) your passwords (b) your bank details (c) a party selfie (d) volunteer work
35. 35.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your Aadhaar number? (a) leave it out (b) include it
36. 36.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: school and marks? (a) include it (b) leave it out
37. 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a long life story (b) your siblings’ marks (c) languages you know (d) your passwords
38. 38.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: volunteer work? (a) include it (b) leave it out
39. 39.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your passwords? (a) include it (b) leave it out
40. 40.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your siblings’ marks? (a) include it (b) leave it out

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