Résumé Worksheet: What to Include

Interview skills lesson 17: What goes on a student résumé · Set 649 · 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.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: a long life story? (a) include it (b) leave it out
2. 2.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: clubs and activities? (a) include it (b) leave it out
3. 3.Which of these goes in the skills section? (a) debate club secretary (b) your city and PIN code (c) spreadsheets (basic) (d) Class 12 (Science), 2026
4. 4.True or false: “your phone and email” should be left out of a résumé. (a) True (b) False
5. 5.True or false: “made-up marks” belongs on a student résumé. (a) True (b) False
6. 6.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) a long life story (b) made-up marks (c) your siblings’ marks (d) clubs and activities
7. 7.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: projects you did? (a) leave it out (b) include it
8. 8.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your passwords? (a) leave it out (b) include it
9. 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) projects you did (b) clubs and activities (c) school and marks (d) your Aadhaar number
10. 10.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your bank details? (a) leave it out (b) include it
11. 11.📄 How long should a student résumé usually be? (a) half a line (b) five pages (c) ten pages (d) one page
12. 12.Which of these goes in the contact details? (a) typing 40 words a minute (b) spreadsheets (basic) (c) a survey of 50 shops (d) a mobile number
13. 13.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) skills like typing (b) your phone and email (c) a party selfie (d) clubs and activities
14. 14.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) school and marks (b) clubs and activities (c) projects you did (d) made-up marks
15. 15.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: languages you know? (a) include it (b) leave it out
16. 16.True or false: “skills like typing” belongs on a student résumé. (a) False (b) True
17. 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your siblings’ marks (b) your Aadhaar number (c) languages you know (d) made-up marks
18. 18.📄 In which résumé section does this go: eco club member? (a) education (b) contact details (c) projects (d) activities
19. 19.Which of these goes in the contact details? (a) a website for our club (b) B.Com first year (c) your city and PIN code (d) built a rain gauge model
20. 20.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) volunteer work (b) your passwords (c) a party selfie (d) made-up marks
21. 21.📄 In which résumé section does this go: your city and PIN code? (a) activities (b) projects (c) contact details (d) education
22. 22.📄 A student with no work experience should highlight… (a) made-up jobs (b) their parents’ jobs (c) projects and activities (d) nothing at all
23. 23.True or false: “clubs and activities” belongs on a student résumé. (a) False (b) True
24. 24.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) clubs and activities (b) your Aadhaar number (c) your phone and email (d) languages you know
25. 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) awards and prizes (b) your bank details (c) your siblings’ marks (d) your Aadhaar number
26. 26.True or false: “clubs and activities” should be left out of a résumé. (a) True (b) False
27. 27.True or false: “awards and prizes” belongs on a student résumé. (a) False (b) True
28. 28.True or false: “school and marks” belongs on a student résumé. (a) False (b) True
29. 29.True or false: “your siblings’ marks” belongs on a student résumé. (a) False (b) True
30. 30.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) school and marks (b) awards and prizes (c) volunteer work (d) your bank details
31. 31.📄 What font style suits a résumé? (a) tiny handwriting (b) five fancy fonts (c) all bold capitals (d) one plain, clear font
32. 32.📄 Your résumé says you led a club. In the interview you should… (a) change the subject (b) say it was a joke (c) deny it (d) be ready to explain it
33. 33.True or false: “your passwords” belongs on a student résumé. (a) True (b) False
34. 34.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) your bank details (b) your passwords (c) school and marks (d) your siblings’ marks
35. 35.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: skills like typing? (a) include it (b) leave it out
36. 36.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: a party selfie? (a) include it (b) leave it out
37. 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your passwords (b) made-up marks (c) your Aadhaar number (d) clubs and activities
38. 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your Aadhaar number (b) projects you did (c) a party selfie (d) your passwords
39. 39.True or false: “a party selfie” should be left out of a résumé. (a) False (b) True
40. 40.Which of these goes in the activities section? (a) B.Com first year (b) basic HTML and CSS (c) debate club secretary (d) typing 40 words a minute

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