Résumé Worksheet: What to Include

Interview skills lesson 17: What goes on a student résumé · Set 685 · 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.📄 A student with no work experience should highlight… (a) their parents’ jobs (b) made-up jobs (c) projects and activities (d) nothing at all
2. 2.Which of these goes in the skills section? (a) a website for our club (b) B.Com first year (c) typing 40 words a minute (d) Class 10 board: 88%
3. 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your Aadhaar number (b) your bank details (c) skills like typing (d) your siblings’ marks
4. 4.📄 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
5. 5.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: clubs and activities? (a) leave it out (b) include it
6. 6.📄 How long should a student résumé usually be? (a) half a line (b) five pages (c) ten pages (d) one page
7. 7.📄 What font style suits a résumé? (a) all bold capitals (b) one plain, clear font (c) five fancy fonts (d) tiny handwriting
8. 8.📄 A résumé is… (a) a school report card (b) a letter of thanks (c) a full autobiography (d) a short summary of you
9. 9.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: a party selfie? (a) include it (b) leave it out
10. 10.📄 In which résumé section does this go: a website for our club? (a) projects (b) activities (c) skills (d) contact details
11. 11.Which of these goes in the activities section? (a) your city and PIN code (b) Class 10 board: 88% (c) spreadsheets (basic) (d) school football team
12. 12.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) made-up marks (b) languages you know (c) volunteer work (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.True or false: “projects you did” should be left out of a résumé. (a) False (b) True
15. 15.True or false: “a long life story” should be left out of a résumé. (a) False (b) True
16. 16.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your phone and email? (a) leave it out (b) include it
17. 17.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: skills like typing? (a) include it (b) leave it out
18. 18.📄 In which résumé section does this go: Class 10 board: 88%? (a) contact details (b) projects (c) education (d) activities
19. 19.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) your phone and email (b) your bank details (c) languages you know (d) projects you did
20. 20.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your Aadhaar number? (a) include it (b) leave it out
21. 21.True or false: “clubs and activities” should be left out of a résumé. (a) True (b) False
22. 22.True or false: “a party selfie” belongs on a student résumé. (a) True (b) False
23. 23.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) a party selfie (b) your bank details (c) your Aadhaar number (d) skills like typing
24. 24.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) made-up marks (b) your bank details (c) a party selfie (d) clubs and activities
25. 25.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) made-up marks (b) your siblings’ marks (c) school and marks (d) your Aadhaar number
26. 26.True or false: “your phone and email” belongs on a student résumé. (a) True (b) False
27. 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your phone and email (b) a party selfie (c) your passwords (d) your Aadhaar number
28. 28.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: volunteer work? (a) leave it out (b) include it
29. 29.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) a party selfie (b) awards and prizes (c) skills like typing (d) school and marks
30. 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your bank details (b) school and marks (c) a long life story (d) your passwords
31. 31.True or false: “school and marks” belongs on a student résumé. (a) True (b) False
32. 32.Which of these goes in the education section? (a) typing 40 words a minute (b) a website for our club (c) Class 12 (Science), 2026 (d) a mobile number
33. 33.Which of these goes in the contact details? (a) B.Com first year (b) typing 40 words a minute (c) a mobile number (d) built a rain gauge model
34. 34.True or false: “school and marks” should be left out of a résumé. (a) False (b) True
35. 35.Which of these goes in the skills section? (a) school football team (b) a survey of 50 shops (c) a mobile number (d) basic HTML and CSS
36. 36.Which of these goes in the education section? (a) typing 40 words a minute (b) basic HTML and CSS (c) spreadsheets (basic) (d) Class 10 board: 88%
37. 37.True or false: “your siblings’ marks” should be left out of a résumé. (a) True (b) False
38. 38.True or false: “languages you know” belongs on a student résumé. (a) False (b) True
39. 39.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) a long life story (b) your bank details (c) languages you know (d) a party selfie
40. 40.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: languages you know? (a) leave it out (b) include it

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