Résumé Worksheet: What to Include

Interview skills lesson 17: What goes on a student résumé · Set 637 · 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: B.Com first year? (a) projects (b) contact details (c) education (d) activities
2. 2.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your passwords? (a) include it (b) leave it out
3. 3.📄 What font style suits a résumé? (a) all bold capitals (b) five fancy fonts (c) tiny handwriting (d) one plain, clear font
4. 4.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your Aadhaar number? (a) include it (b) leave it out
5. 5.True or false: “languages you know” belongs on a student résumé. (a) True (b) False
6. 6.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your bank details (b) a party selfie (c) your Aadhaar number (d) your phone and email
7. 7.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) volunteer work (b) skills like typing (c) your passwords (d) your phone and email
8. 8.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a long life story (b) languages you know (c) projects you did (d) your phone and email
9. 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) clubs and activities (b) skills like typing (c) awards and prizes (d) your bank details
10. 10.📄 A student with no work experience should highlight… (a) their parents’ jobs (b) nothing at all (c) projects and activities (d) made-up jobs
11. 11.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) a long life story (b) your siblings’ marks (c) your bank details (d) school and marks
12. 12.📄 In which résumé section does this go: basic HTML and CSS? (a) education (b) projects (c) contact details (d) skills
13. 13.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: made-up marks? (a) leave it out (b) include it
14. 14.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your phone and email (b) projects you did (c) a party selfie (d) volunteer work
15. 15.📄 How long should a student résumé usually be? (a) one page (b) five pages (c) half a line (d) ten pages
16. 16.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: projects you did? (a) leave it out (b) include it
17. 17.📄 A résumé is… (a) a letter of thanks (b) a short summary of you (c) a full autobiography (d) a school report card
18. 18.Which of these goes in the skills section? (a) Class 12 (Science), 2026 (b) debate club secretary (c) built a rain gauge model (d) basic HTML and CSS
19. 19.📄 In which résumé section does this go: debate club secretary? (a) projects (b) activities (c) contact details (d) skills
20. 20.📄 In which résumé section does this go: school football team? (a) skills (b) education (c) projects (d) activities
21. 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your siblings’ marks (b) school and marks (c) skills like typing (d) volunteer work
22. 22.📄 In which résumé section does this go: built a rain gauge model? (a) skills (b) activities (c) projects (d) contact details
23. 23.Which of these goes in the projects section? (a) built a rain gauge model (b) Class 10 board: 88% (c) B.Com first year (d) spreadsheets (basic)
24. 24.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) a long life story (b) your phone and email (c) your passwords (d) your Aadhaar number
25. 25.True or false: “your Aadhaar number” should be left out of a résumé. (a) False (b) True
26. 26.📄 In which résumé section does this go: Class 10 board: 88%? (a) activities (b) skills (c) education (d) contact details
27. 27.Which of these goes in the projects section? (a) a website for our club (b) debate club secretary (c) eco club member (d) Class 10 board: 88%
28. 28.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) your passwords (b) your bank details (c) projects you did (d) a party selfie
29. 29.True or false: “your phone and email” belongs on a student résumé. (a) False (b) True
30. 30.📄 In which résumé section does this go: a survey of 50 shops? (a) education (b) skills (c) projects (d) activities
31. 31.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: awards and prizes? (a) include it (b) leave it out
32. 32.True or false: “projects you did” belongs on a student résumé. (a) True (b) False
33. 33.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) awards and prizes (b) a long life story (c) your passwords (d) made-up marks
34. 34.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your bank details? (a) include it (b) leave it out
35. 35.True or false: “your bank details” belongs on a student résumé. (a) False (b) True
36. 36.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) made-up marks (b) your passwords (c) languages you know (d) a party selfie
37. 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your phone and email (b) made-up marks (c) clubs and activities (d) languages you know
38. 38.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) your bank details (b) projects you did (c) awards and prizes (d) your phone and email
39. 39.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: a party selfie? (a) include it (b) leave it out
40. 40.True or false: “skills like typing” should be left out of a résumé. (a) False (b) True

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