Résumé Worksheet: What to Include

Interview skills lesson 17: What goes on a student résumé · Set 654 · 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: projects you did? (a) include it (b) leave it out
2. 2.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your bank details (b) a long life story (c) your Aadhaar number (d) languages you know
3. 3.📄 A résumé is… (a) a letter of thanks (b) a short summary of you (c) a full autobiography (d) a school report card
4. 4.True or false: “your passwords” should be left out of a résumé. (a) False (b) True
5. 5.True or false: “your Aadhaar number” should be left out of a résumé. (a) False (b) True
6. 6.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) clubs and activities (b) school and marks (c) projects you did (d) your siblings’ marks
7. 7.📄 In which résumé section does this go: an email ID? (a) contact details (b) activities (c) projects (d) education
8. 8.📄 In which résumé section does this go: basic HTML and CSS? (a) skills (b) contact details (c) projects (d) activities
9. 9.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: clubs and activities? (a) include it (b) leave it out
10. 10.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) a party selfie (b) your Aadhaar number (c) your bank details (d) languages you know
11. 11.📄 A student with no work experience should highlight… (a) projects and activities (b) their parents’ jobs (c) nothing at all (d) made-up jobs
12. 12.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) a long life story (b) awards and prizes (c) made-up marks (d) your siblings’ marks
13. 13.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) projects you did (b) your passwords (c) your phone and email (d) volunteer work
14. 14.Which of these goes in the skills section? (a) a mobile number (b) spreadsheets (basic) (c) eco club member (d) Class 12 (Science), 2026
15. 15.True or false: “skills like typing” belongs on a student résumé. (a) True (b) False
16. 16.📄 What font style suits a résumé? (a) all bold capitals (b) one plain, clear font (c) five fancy fonts (d) tiny handwriting
17. 17.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) a long life story (b) made-up marks (c) a party selfie (d) your phone and email
18. 18.📄 In which résumé section does this go: typing 40 words a minute? (a) projects (b) skills (c) education (d) contact details
19. 19.Which of these goes in the education section? (a) school football team (b) spreadsheets (basic) (c) eco club member (d) Class 10 board: 88%
20. 20.📄 In which résumé section does this go: Class 12 (Science), 2026? (a) education (b) skills (c) activities (d) contact details
21. 21.📄 Your résumé says you led a club. In the interview you should… (a) say it was a joke (b) be ready to explain it (c) deny it (d) change the subject
22. 22.📄 In which résumé section does this go: school football team? (a) education (b) contact details (c) projects (d) activities
23. 23.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) volunteer work (b) your siblings’ marks (c) made-up marks (d) a party selfie
24. 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) volunteer work (b) made-up marks (c) clubs and activities (d) your phone and email
25. 25.True or false: “a long life story” should be left out of a résumé. (a) True (b) False
26. 26.📄 In which résumé section does this go: B.Com first year? (a) skills (b) projects (c) contact details (d) education
27. 27.Which of these goes in the contact details? (a) your city and PIN code (b) basic HTML and CSS (c) Class 12 (Science), 2026 (d) Class 10 board: 88%
28. 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your phone and email (b) clubs and activities (c) projects you did (d) a party selfie
29. 29.Which of these goes in the education section? (a) spreadsheets (basic) (b) school football team (c) Class 12 (Science), 2026 (d) built a rain gauge model
30. 30.True or false: “volunteer work” belongs on a student résumé. (a) False (b) True
31. 31.True or false: “your siblings’ marks” belongs on a student résumé. (a) True (b) False
32. 32.True or false: “a long life story” belongs on a student résumé. (a) True (b) False
33. 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) projects you did (b) school and marks (c) your phone and email (d) your bank details
34. 34.True or false: “volunteer work” should be left out of a résumé. (a) False (b) True
35. 35.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) skills like typing (b) a long life story (c) your phone and email (d) projects you did
36. 36.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) your bank details (b) your Aadhaar number (c) your siblings’ marks (d) projects you did
37. 37.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: awards and prizes? (a) leave it out (b) include it
38. 38.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: a long life story? (a) leave it out (b) include it
39. 39.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) made-up marks (b) a party selfie (c) skills like typing (d) your passwords
40. 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a party selfie (b) skills like typing (c) your Aadhaar number (d) your bank details

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