Résumé Worksheet: What to Include

Interview skills lesson 17: What goes on a student résumé · Set 63 · 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.📄 Your résumé says you led a club. In the interview you should… (a) say it was a joke (b) change the subject (c) be ready to explain it (d) deny it
2. 2.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: a long life story? (a) include it (b) leave it out
3. 3.📄 How long should a student résumé usually be? (a) ten pages (b) five pages (c) one page (d) half a line
4. 4.📄 A résumé is… (a) a full autobiography (b) a letter of thanks (c) a short summary of you (d) a school report card
5. 5.📄 In which résumé section does this go: eco club member? (a) education (b) skills (c) activities (d) contact details
6. 6.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: awards and prizes? (a) leave it out (b) include it
7. 7.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) made-up marks (b) your siblings’ marks (c) a long life story (d) school and marks
8. 8.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: projects you did? (a) include it (b) leave it out
9. 9.📄 In which résumé section does this go: typing 40 words a minute? (a) education (b) contact details (c) skills (d) activities
10. 10.True or false: “your bank details” should be left out of a résumé. (a) True (b) False
11. 11.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) your passwords (b) a long life story (c) languages you know (d) your Aadhaar number
12. 12.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your siblings’ marks (b) volunteer work (c) school and marks (d) your phone and email
13. 13.📄 What font style suits a résumé? (a) tiny handwriting (b) five fancy fonts (c) one plain, clear font (d) all bold capitals
14. 14.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your bank details (b) a party selfie (c) a long life story (d) awards and prizes
15. 15.Which of these goes in the activities section? (a) spreadsheets (basic) (b) a website for our club (c) school football team (d) built a rain gauge model
16. 16.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: a party selfie? (a) include it (b) leave it out
17. 17.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) volunteer work (b) your phone and email (c) languages you know (d) made-up marks
18. 18.📄 In which résumé section does this go: basic HTML and CSS? (a) contact details (b) projects (c) skills (d) activities
19. 19.📄 A student with no work experience should highlight… (a) their parents’ jobs (b) nothing at all (c) made-up jobs (d) projects and activities
20. 20.Which of these goes in the contact details? (a) B.Com first year (b) school football team (c) built a rain gauge model (d) an email ID
21. 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your Aadhaar number (b) projects you did (c) skills like typing (d) clubs and activities
22. 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) clubs and activities (b) made-up marks (c) your phone and email (d) languages you know
23. 23.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) a party selfie (b) your siblings’ marks (c) volunteer work (d) your passwords
24. 24.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your passwords? (a) include it (b) leave it out
25. 25.Which of these goes in the contact details? (a) B.Com first year (b) debate club secretary (c) your city and PIN code (d) Class 12 (Science), 2026
26. 26.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) projects you did (b) your phone and email (c) clubs and activities (d) your passwords
27. 27.True or false: “projects you did” belongs on a student résumé. (a) True (b) False
28. 28.📄 In which résumé section does this go: B.Com first year? (a) education (b) skills (c) projects (d) contact details
29. 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) languages you know (b) awards and prizes (c) projects you did (d) a long life story
30. 30.Which of these goes in the education section? (a) built a rain gauge model (b) Class 12 (Science), 2026 (c) spreadsheets (basic) (d) basic HTML and CSS
31. 31.True or false: “a party selfie” should be left out of a résumé. (a) False (b) True
32. 32.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: volunteer work? (a) include it (b) leave it out
33. 33.True or false: “awards and prizes” belongs on a student résumé. (a) False (b) True
34. 34.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) a long life story (b) your passwords (c) made-up marks (d) school and marks
35. 35.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) volunteer work (b) your phone and email (c) your bank details (d) school and marks
36. 36.Which of these goes in the contact details? (a) basic HTML and CSS (b) Class 12 (Science), 2026 (c) a mobile number (d) debate club secretary
37. 37.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) your phone and email (b) school and marks (c) a long life story (d) volunteer work
38. 38.Which of these goes in the education section? (a) a survey of 50 shops (b) school football team (c) B.Com first year (d) a website for our club
39. 39.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your Aadhaar number? (a) include it (b) leave it out
40. 40.📄 In which résumé section does this go: an email ID? (a) activities (b) skills (c) contact details (d) education

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