Résumé Worksheet: What to Include

Interview skills lesson 17: What goes on a student résumé · Set 65 · 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 of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) made-up marks (b) clubs and activities (c) your bank details (d) a party selfie
2. 2.Which of these goes in the contact details? (a) Class 12 (Science), 2026 (b) a website for our club (c) an email ID (d) debate club secretary
3. 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a party selfie (b) your phone and email (c) school and marks (d) projects you did
4. 4.📄 A résumé is… (a) a full autobiography (b) a short summary of you (c) a school report card (d) a letter of thanks
5. 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your Aadhaar number (b) a long life story (c) your siblings’ marks (d) clubs and activities
6. 6.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your passwords? (a) include it (b) leave it out
7. 7.True or false: “volunteer work” belongs on a student résumé. (a) False (b) True
8. 8.📄 What font style suits a résumé? (a) five fancy fonts (b) one plain, clear font (c) all bold capitals (d) tiny handwriting
9. 9.📄 In which résumé section does this go: spreadsheets (basic)? (a) education (b) activities (c) projects (d) skills
10. 10.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) clubs and activities (b) awards and prizes (c) projects you did (d) your bank details
11. 11.Which of these goes in the skills section? (a) spreadsheets (basic) (b) B.Com first year (c) eco club member (d) your city and PIN code
12. 12.Which of these goes in the education section? (a) eco club member (b) typing 40 words a minute (c) Class 10 board: 88% (d) spreadsheets (basic)
13. 13.True or false: “made-up marks” belongs on a student résumé. (a) True (b) False
14. 14.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: skills like typing? (a) leave it out (b) include it
15. 15.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) your passwords (b) made-up marks (c) a long life story (d) skills like typing
16. 16.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your bank details (b) a party selfie (c) your passwords (d) awards and prizes
17. 17.📄 A student with no work experience should highlight… (a) made-up jobs (b) nothing at all (c) projects and activities (d) their parents’ jobs
18. 18.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) your siblings’ marks (b) volunteer work (c) made-up marks (d) a long life story
19. 19.True or false: “a party selfie” belongs on a student résumé. (a) True (b) False
20. 20.True or false: “projects you did” should be left out of a résumé. (a) False (b) True
21. 21.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) volunteer work (b) skills like typing (c) clubs and activities (d) a long life story
22. 22.📄 How long should a student résumé usually be? (a) one page (b) five pages (c) half a line (d) ten pages
23. 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a long life story (b) your passwords (c) languages you know (d) your siblings’ marks
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.📄 In which résumé section does this go: a website for our club? (a) activities (b) projects (c) skills (d) education
26. 26.True or false: “awards and prizes” should be left out of a résumé. (a) False (b) True
27. 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) volunteer work (b) a long life story (c) a party selfie (d) your bank details
28. 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your Aadhaar number (b) projects you did (c) languages you know (d) volunteer work
29. 29.Which of these goes in the education section? (a) an email ID (b) a survey of 50 shops (c) a website for our club (d) B.Com first year
30. 30.True or false: “volunteer work” should be left out of a résumé. (a) True (b) False
31. 31.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: volunteer work? (a) leave it out (b) include it
32. 32.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) school and marks (b) your bank details (c) your Aadhaar number (d) a long life story
33. 33.True or false: “your phone and email” belongs on a student résumé. (a) True (b) False
34. 34.📄 In which résumé section does this go: typing 40 words a minute? (a) skills (b) projects (c) activities (d) education
35. 35.📄 In which résumé section does this go: school football team? (a) education (b) projects (c) contact details (d) activities
36. 36.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your siblings’ marks? (a) include it (b) leave it out
37. 37.True or false: “projects you did” belongs on a student résumé. (a) False (b) True
38. 38.Which of these goes in the activities section? (a) your city and PIN code (b) Class 12 (Science), 2026 (c) spreadsheets (basic) (d) school football team
39. 39.Which of these goes in the contact details? (a) Class 10 board: 88% (b) Class 12 (Science), 2026 (c) your city and PIN code (d) school football team
40. 40.True or false: “your phone and email” should be left out of a résumé. (a) False (b) True

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