Résumé Worksheet: What to Include

Interview skills lesson 17: What goes on a student résumé · Set 667 · 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.📄 What font style suits a résumé? (a) five fancy fonts (b) all bold capitals (c) one plain, clear font (d) tiny handwriting
2. 2.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: languages you know? (a) leave it out (b) include it
3. 3.Which of these goes in the contact details? (a) your city and PIN code (b) typing 40 words a minute (c) B.Com first year (d) built a rain gauge model
4. 4.📄 How long should a student résumé usually be? (a) ten pages (b) one page (c) five pages (d) half a line
5. 5.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) awards and prizes (b) made-up marks (c) your passwords (d) a long life story
6. 6.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) clubs and activities (b) school and marks (c) awards and prizes (d) your siblings’ marks
7. 7.📄 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) change the subject (d) deny it
8. 8.Which of these goes in the skills section? (a) your city and PIN code (b) a website for our club (c) an email ID (d) spreadsheets (basic)
9. 9.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) your bank details (b) volunteer work (c) awards and prizes (d) your phone and email
10. 10.Which of these goes in the education section? (a) typing 40 words a minute (b) an email ID (c) Class 12 (Science), 2026 (d) built a rain gauge model
11. 11.True or false: “volunteer work” belongs on a student résumé. (a) False (b) True
12. 12.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) a party selfie (b) school and marks (c) your phone and email (d) languages you know
13. 13.📄 In which résumé section does this go: B.Com first year? (a) projects (b) education (c) activities (d) contact details
14. 14.📄 In which résumé section does this go: spreadsheets (basic)? (a) activities (b) projects (c) contact details (d) skills
15. 15.True or false: “your siblings’ marks” belongs on a student résumé. (a) True (b) False
16. 16.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) volunteer work (b) your bank details (c) your Aadhaar number (d) your passwords
17. 17.📄 A résumé is… (a) a letter of thanks (b) a full autobiography (c) a school report card (d) a short summary of you
18. 18.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) your phone and email (b) projects you did (c) a long life story (d) languages you know
19. 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) languages you know (b) projects you did (c) your phone and email (d) made-up marks
20. 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) made-up marks (b) your Aadhaar number (c) your passwords (d) volunteer work
21. 21.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: school and marks? (a) leave it out (b) include it
22. 22.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: clubs and activities? (a) include it (b) leave it out
23. 23.Which of these goes in the contact details? (a) B.Com first year (b) Class 12 (Science), 2026 (c) an email ID (d) basic HTML and CSS
24. 24.Which of these goes in the activities section? (a) a survey of 50 shops (b) typing 40 words a minute (c) Class 12 (Science), 2026 (d) school football team
25. 25.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: a party selfie? (a) leave it out (b) include it
26. 26.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) a party selfie (b) your passwords (c) your phone and email (d) your Aadhaar number
27. 27.📄 In which résumé section does this go: basic HTML and CSS? (a) activities (b) projects (c) skills (d) contact details
28. 28.📄 In which résumé section does this go: typing 40 words a minute? (a) activities (b) education (c) skills (d) projects
29. 29.📄 In which résumé section does this go: a survey of 50 shops? (a) projects (b) activities (c) education (d) contact details
30. 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your bank details (b) projects you did (c) skills like typing (d) awards and prizes
31. 31.True or false: “your siblings’ marks” should be left out of a résumé. (a) False (b) True
32. 32.True or false: “a long life story” belongs on a student résumé. (a) False (b) True
33. 33.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: volunteer work? (a) include it (b) leave it out
34. 34.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: awards and prizes? (a) leave it out (b) include it
35. 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) volunteer work (b) a long life story (c) your phone and email (d) languages you know
36. 36.True or false: “languages you know” belongs on a student résumé. (a) False (b) True
37. 37.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your passwords? (a) include it (b) leave it out
38. 38.📄 In which résumé section does this go: debate club secretary? (a) contact details (b) projects (c) education (d) activities
39. 39.True or false: “your phone and email” should be left out of a résumé. (a) True (b) False
40. 40.📄 In which résumé section does this go: your city and PIN code? (a) projects (b) education (c) contact details (d) activities

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