Résumé Worksheet: What to Include

Interview skills lesson 17: What goes on a student résumé · Set 675 · 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.📄 In which résumé section does this go: a survey of 50 shops? (a) skills (b) projects (c) activities (d) contact details
2. 2.📄 How long should a student résumé usually be? (a) one page (b) half a line (c) ten pages (d) five pages
3. 3.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: made-up marks? (a) include it (b) leave it out
4. 4.📄 In which résumé section does this go: B.Com first year? (a) skills (b) contact details (c) education (d) activities
5. 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) awards and prizes (b) skills like typing (c) your bank details (d) volunteer work
6. 6.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: school and marks? (a) include it (b) leave it out
7. 7.📄 In which résumé section does this go: an email ID? (a) activities (b) education (c) projects (d) contact details
8. 8.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) your siblings’ marks (b) school and marks (c) a long life story (d) your bank details
9. 9.True or false: “clubs and activities” belongs on a student résumé. (a) False (b) True
10. 10.📄 In which résumé section does this go: a mobile number? (a) contact details (b) activities (c) education (d) skills
11. 11.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) your phone and email (b) made-up marks (c) projects you did (d) awards and prizes
12. 12.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) volunteer work (b) awards and prizes (c) a party selfie (d) languages you know
13. 13.True or false: “made-up marks” should be left out of a résumé. (a) False (b) True
14. 14.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: skills like typing? (a) leave it out (b) include it
15. 15.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your bank details? (a) include it (b) leave it out
16. 16.📄 In which résumé section does this go: a website for our club? (a) skills (b) education (c) contact details (d) projects
17. 17.Which of these goes in the skills section? (a) Class 12 (Science), 2026 (b) a mobile number (c) a survey of 50 shops (d) typing 40 words a minute
18. 18.Which of these goes in the activities section? (a) a survey of 50 shops (b) a website for our club (c) eco club member (d) an email ID
19. 19.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) your passwords (b) a party selfie (c) projects you did (d) your siblings’ marks
20. 20.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) projects you did (b) awards and prizes (c) your siblings’ marks (d) your phone and email
21. 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a party selfie (b) volunteer work (c) your phone and email (d) projects you did
22. 22.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: projects you did? (a) leave it out (b) include it
23. 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) made-up marks (b) a long life story (c) your siblings’ marks (d) clubs and activities
24. 24.Which of these goes in the projects section? (a) debate club secretary (b) an email ID (c) Class 12 (Science), 2026 (d) built a rain gauge model
25. 25.📄 In which résumé section does this go: basic HTML and CSS? (a) projects (b) activities (c) contact details (d) skills
26. 26.Which of these goes in the education section? (a) a mobile number (b) spreadsheets (basic) (c) Class 10 board: 88% (d) typing 40 words a minute
27. 27.True or false: “your phone and email” belongs on a student résumé. (a) False (b) True
28. 28.Which of these goes in the education section? (a) built a rain gauge model (b) spreadsheets (basic) (c) typing 40 words a minute (d) B.Com first year
29. 29.True or false: “your siblings’ marks” belongs on a student résumé. (a) False (b) True
30. 30.📄 In which résumé section does this go: your city and PIN code? (a) activities (b) skills (c) contact details (d) education
31. 31.📄 A student with no work experience should highlight… (a) nothing at all (b) their parents’ jobs (c) made-up jobs (d) projects and activities
32. 32.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: clubs and activities? (a) leave it out (b) include it
33. 33.📄 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
34. 34.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your Aadhaar number? (a) include it (b) leave it out
35. 35.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) volunteer work (b) a long life story (c) languages you know (d) projects you did
36. 36.📄 What font style suits a résumé? (a) five fancy fonts (b) one plain, clear font (c) all bold capitals (d) tiny handwriting
37. 37.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) your passwords (b) a party selfie (c) languages you know (d) your bank details
38. 38.True or false: “awards and prizes” belongs on a student résumé. (a) False (b) True
39. 39.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) skills like typing (b) your passwords (c) your phone and email (d) languages you know
40. 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a long life story (b) your siblings’ marks (c) your passwords (d) projects you did

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