Résumé Worksheet: What to Include

Interview skills lesson 17: What goes on a student résumé · Set 668 · 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: volunteer work? (a) leave it out (b) include it
2. 2.📄 A student with no work experience should highlight… (a) nothing at all (b) projects and activities (c) their parents’ jobs (d) made-up jobs
3. 3.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) your passwords (b) projects you did (c) your bank details (d) your siblings’ marks
4. 4.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your siblings’ marks (b) your phone and email (c) school and marks (d) languages you know
5. 5.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) school and marks (b) your phone and email (c) a party selfie (d) awards and prizes
6. 6.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your siblings’ marks (b) a party selfie (c) volunteer work (d) your passwords
7. 7.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a long life story (b) your siblings’ marks (c) awards and prizes (d) your passwords
8. 8.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: languages you know? (a) leave it out (b) include it
9. 9.📄 A résumé is… (a) a school report card (b) a full autobiography (c) a letter of thanks (d) a short summary of you
10. 10.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: school and marks? (a) leave it out (b) include it
11. 11.📄 In which résumé section does this go: your city and PIN code? (a) projects (b) contact details (c) education (d) skills
12. 12.📄 Your résumé says you led a club. In the interview you should… (a) deny it (b) be ready to explain it (c) change the subject (d) say it was a joke
13. 13.📄 In which résumé section does this go: a website for our club? (a) contact details (b) projects (c) activities (d) education
14. 14.True or false: “projects you did” belongs on a student résumé. (a) True (b) False
15. 15.True or false: “your Aadhaar number” belongs on a student résumé. (a) False (b) True
16. 16.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: awards and prizes? (a) leave it out (b) include it
17. 17.📄 In which résumé section does this go: B.Com first year? (a) education (b) activities (c) contact details (d) projects
18. 18.📄 In which résumé section does this go: an email ID? (a) education (b) skills (c) activities (d) contact details
19. 19.True or false: “your bank details” should be left out of a résumé. (a) False (b) True
20. 20.Which of these goes in the contact details? (a) a website for our club (b) B.Com first year (c) eco club member (d) an email ID
21. 21.📄 What font style suits a résumé? (a) tiny handwriting (b) all bold capitals (c) five fancy fonts (d) one plain, clear font
22. 22.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: a party selfie? (a) leave it out (b) include it
23. 23.True or false: “awards and prizes” should be left out of a résumé. (a) True (b) False
24. 24.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) school and marks (b) your passwords (c) your bank details (d) a long life story
25. 25.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) skills like typing (b) a party selfie (c) your siblings’ marks (d) your passwords
26. 26.True or false: “school and marks” belongs on a student résumé. (a) False (b) True
27. 27.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your siblings’ marks? (a) leave it out (b) include it
28. 28.True or false: “a long life story” should be left out of a résumé. (a) True (b) False
29. 29.Which of these goes in the education section? (a) Class 10 board: 88% (b) spreadsheets (basic) (c) a mobile number (d) an email ID
30. 30.Which of these goes in the skills section? (a) an email ID (b) B.Com first year (c) typing 40 words a minute (d) Class 12 (Science), 2026
31. 31.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) clubs and activities (b) your Aadhaar number (c) languages you know (d) skills like typing
32. 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) volunteer work (b) a long life story (c) projects you did (d) awards and prizes
33. 33.📄 In which résumé section does this go: typing 40 words a minute? (a) education (b) activities (c) contact details (d) skills
34. 34.Which of these goes in the skills section? (a) school football team (b) basic HTML and CSS (c) a website for our club (d) a survey of 50 shops
35. 35.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: projects you did? (a) leave it out (b) include it
36. 36.True or false: “projects you did” should be left out of a résumé. (a) False (b) True
37. 37.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your passwords? (a) leave it out (b) include it
38. 38.📄 In which résumé section does this go: basic HTML and CSS? (a) contact details (b) projects (c) education (d) skills
39. 39.📄 In which résumé section does this go: Class 12 (Science), 2026? (a) contact details (b) projects (c) education (d) activities
40. 40.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) your Aadhaar number (b) volunteer work (c) your passwords (d) your bank details

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