Résumé Worksheet: What to Include

Interview skills lesson 17: What goes on a student résumé · Set 631 · 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 is the odd one out? (a) awards and prizes (b) a long life story (c) your bank details (d) your passwords
2. 2.📄 How long should a student résumé usually be? (a) ten pages (b) one page (c) five pages (d) half a line
3. 3.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) your passwords (b) a long life story (c) your siblings’ marks (d) clubs and activities
4. 4.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) your bank details (b) made-up marks (c) skills like typing (d) a party selfie
5. 5.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: languages you know? (a) leave it out (b) include it
6. 6.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) projects you did (b) school and marks (c) a long life story (d) volunteer work
7. 7.Which of these goes in the education section? (a) Class 12 (Science), 2026 (b) school football team (c) a survey of 50 shops (d) a mobile number
8. 8.📄 In which résumé section does this go: a mobile number? (a) projects (b) education (c) skills (d) contact details
9. 9.Which of these goes in the projects section? (a) school football team (b) built a rain gauge model (c) a mobile number (d) debate club secretary
10. 10.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your bank details (b) volunteer work (c) clubs and activities (d) projects you did
11. 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your passwords (b) awards and prizes (c) your phone and email (d) clubs and activities
12. 12.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a long life story (b) your Aadhaar number (c) your siblings’ marks (d) your phone and email
13. 13.📄 In which résumé section does this go: B.Com first year? (a) skills (b) projects (c) activities (d) education
14. 14.Which of these goes in the activities section? (a) basic HTML and CSS (b) a survey of 50 shops (c) eco club member (d) typing 40 words a minute
15. 15.📄 Your résumé says you led a club. In the interview you should… (a) deny it (b) be ready to explain it (c) change the subject (d) say it was a joke
16. 16.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) your siblings’ marks (b) awards and prizes (c) volunteer work (d) languages you know
17. 17.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: school and marks? (a) include it (b) leave it out
18. 18.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) a long life story (b) awards and prizes (c) your phone and email (d) volunteer work
19. 19.📄 A résumé is… (a) a short summary of you (b) a school report card (c) a letter of thanks (d) a full autobiography
20. 20.Which of these goes in the skills section? (a) debate club secretary (b) basic HTML and CSS (c) Class 10 board: 88% (d) B.Com first year
21. 21.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: awards and prizes? (a) leave it out (b) include it
22. 22.📄 What font style suits a résumé? (a) tiny handwriting (b) five fancy fonts (c) all bold capitals (d) one plain, clear font
23. 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) made-up marks (b) volunteer work (c) awards and prizes (d) languages you know
24. 24.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: a long life story? (a) include it (b) leave it out
25. 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a long life story (b) volunteer work (c) a party selfie (d) your Aadhaar number
26. 26.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
27. 27.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) projects you did (b) school and marks (c) awards and prizes (d) a party selfie
28. 28.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) a party selfie (b) a long life story (c) school and marks (d) made-up marks
29. 29.True or false: “your phone and email” belongs on a student résumé. (a) True (b) False
30. 30.📄 In which résumé section does this go: spreadsheets (basic)? (a) education (b) skills (c) contact details (d) projects
31. 31.Which of these goes in the contact details? (a) debate club secretary (b) your city and PIN code (c) B.Com first year (d) typing 40 words a minute
32. 32.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: projects you did? (a) leave it out (b) include it
33. 33.Which of these goes in the education section? (a) Class 10 board: 88% (b) typing 40 words a minute (c) built a rain gauge model (d) a survey of 50 shops
34. 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your siblings’ marks (b) a party selfie (c) your Aadhaar number (d) skills like typing
35. 35.True or false: “your passwords” should be left out of a résumé. (a) True (b) False
36. 36.Which of these goes in the activities section? (a) school football team (b) a survey of 50 shops (c) Class 12 (Science), 2026 (d) B.Com first year
37. 37.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your phone and email? (a) include it (b) leave it out
38. 38.📄 In which résumé section does this go: a survey of 50 shops? (a) activities (b) contact details (c) skills (d) projects
39. 39.True or false: “a party selfie” should be left out of a résumé. (a) False (b) True
40. 40.True or false: “clubs and activities” belongs on a student résumé. (a) False (b) True

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