Résumé Worksheet: What to Include

Interview skills lesson 17: What goes on a student résumé · Set 662 · 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: skills like typing? (a) include it (b) leave it out
2. 2.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: awards and prizes? (a) leave it out (b) include it
3. 3.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) volunteer work (b) made-up marks (c) your bank details (d) a long life story
4. 4.Which of these goes in the skills section? (a) a website for our club (b) a mobile number (c) typing 40 words a minute (d) Class 12 (Science), 2026
5. 5.📄 In which résumé section does this go: typing 40 words a minute? (a) activities (b) education (c) skills (d) contact details
6. 6.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) volunteer work (b) made-up marks (c) projects you did (d) awards and prizes
7. 7.Which of these goes in the contact details? (a) Class 12 (Science), 2026 (b) built a rain gauge model (c) spreadsheets (basic) (d) a mobile number
8. 8.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your passwords? (a) leave it out (b) include it
9. 9.True or false: “languages you know” belongs on a student résumé. (a) True (b) False
10. 10.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) school and marks (b) a party selfie (c) languages you know (d) awards and prizes
11. 11.Which of these goes in the education section? (a) eco club member (b) typing 40 words a minute (c) Class 10 board: 88% (d) your city and PIN code
12. 12.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) your Aadhaar number (b) a party selfie (c) your siblings’ marks (d) awards and prizes
13. 13.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: school and marks? (a) include it (b) leave it out
14. 14.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) made-up marks (b) your phone and email (c) a party selfie (d) your bank details
15. 15.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) awards and prizes (b) school and marks (c) your bank details (d) volunteer work
16. 16.📄 In which résumé section does this go: B.Com first year? (a) education (b) activities (c) contact details (d) projects
17. 17.📄 Your résumé says you led a club. In the interview you should… (a) say it was a joke (b) change the subject (c) be ready to explain it (d) deny it
18. 18.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) school and marks (b) made-up marks (c) your phone and email (d) clubs and activities
19. 19.📄 What font style suits a résumé? (a) five fancy fonts (b) one plain, clear font (c) all bold capitals (d) tiny handwriting
20. 20.📄 In which résumé section does this go: an email ID? (a) activities (b) projects (c) contact details (d) education
21. 21.📄 How long should a student résumé usually be? (a) one page (b) five pages (c) half a line (d) ten pages
22. 22.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) your passwords (b) your phone and email (c) your siblings’ marks (d) a party selfie
23. 23.True or false: “your Aadhaar number” belongs on a student résumé. (a) True (b) False
24. 24.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) a long life story (b) your Aadhaar number (c) clubs and activities (d) your siblings’ marks
25. 25.True or false: “your bank details” should be left out of a résumé. (a) False (b) True
26. 26.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) your phone and email (b) languages you know (c) skills like typing (d) a long life story
27. 27.Which of these goes in the projects section? (a) typing 40 words a minute (b) a survey of 50 shops (c) eco club member (d) your city and PIN code
28. 28.Which of these goes in the projects section? (a) built a rain gauge model (b) Class 12 (Science), 2026 (c) debate club secretary (d) basic HTML and CSS
29. 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) awards and prizes (b) made-up marks (c) your siblings’ marks (d) your passwords
30. 30.True or false: “projects you did” should be left out of a résumé. (a) True (b) False
31. 31.📄 A résumé is… (a) a full autobiography (b) a letter of thanks (c) a school report card (d) a short summary of you
32. 32.True or false: “clubs and activities” should be left out of a résumé. (a) False (b) True
33. 33.📄 A student with no work experience should highlight… (a) made-up jobs (b) nothing at all (c) projects and activities (d) their parents’ jobs
34. 34.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) your bank details (b) projects you did (c) a party selfie (d) your Aadhaar number
35. 35.Which of these goes in the education section? (a) built a rain gauge model (b) an email ID (c) a mobile number (d) B.Com first year
36. 36.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) volunteer work (b) your Aadhaar number (c) languages you know (d) school and marks
37. 37.True or false: “your Aadhaar number” should be left out of a résumé. (a) True (b) False
38. 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) clubs and activities (b) skills like typing (c) a long life story (d) projects you did
39. 39.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) made-up marks (b) your passwords (c) your bank details (d) languages you know
40. 40.True or false: “clubs and activities” belongs on a student résumé. (a) True (b) False

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