Résumé Worksheet: What to Include

Interview skills lesson 17: What goes on a student résumé · Set 69 · 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.Which of these goes in the contact details? (a) eco club member (b) school football team (c) your city and PIN code (d) B.Com first year
2. 2.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your phone and email? (a) leave it out (b) include it
3. 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your bank details (b) your Aadhaar number (c) made-up marks (d) projects you did
4. 4.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) your passwords (b) clubs and activities (c) awards and prizes (d) volunteer work
5. 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your phone and email (b) your Aadhaar number (c) volunteer work (d) school and marks
6. 6.📄 In which résumé section does this go: B.Com first year? (a) contact details (b) projects (c) activities (d) education
7. 7.📄 What font style suits a résumé? (a) one plain, clear font (b) tiny handwriting (c) all bold capitals (d) five fancy fonts
8. 8.📄 How long should a student résumé usually be? (a) half a line (b) five pages (c) ten pages (d) one page
9. 9.Which of these goes in the contact details? (a) built a rain gauge model (b) Class 10 board: 88% (c) school football team (d) an email ID
10. 10.📄 A résumé is… (a) a letter of thanks (b) a school report card (c) a short summary of you (d) a full autobiography
11. 11.True or false: “made-up marks” should be left out of a résumé. (a) True (b) False
12. 12.True or false: “your phone and email” should be left out of a résumé. (a) True (b) False
13. 13.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) a long life story (b) your siblings’ marks (c) school and marks (d) your bank details
14. 14.📄 A student with no work experience should highlight… (a) made-up jobs (b) their parents’ jobs (c) nothing at all (d) projects and activities
15. 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a party selfie (b) your passwords (c) your bank details (d) awards and prizes
16. 16.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your Aadhaar number? (a) leave it out (b) include it
17. 17.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: volunteer work? (a) leave it out (b) include it
18. 18.📄 Your résumé says you led a club. In the interview you should… (a) deny it (b) be ready to explain it (c) say it was a joke (d) change the subject
19. 19.Which of these goes in the activities section? (a) debate club secretary (b) an email ID (c) a website for our club (d) spreadsheets (basic)
20. 20.Which of these goes in the skills section? (a) debate club secretary (b) B.Com first year (c) eco club member (d) basic HTML and CSS
21. 21.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) a long life story (b) volunteer work (c) your bank details (d) a party selfie
22. 22.Which of these goes in the education section? (a) basic HTML and CSS (b) B.Com first year (c) school football team (d) your city and PIN code
23. 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) skills like typing (b) school and marks (c) languages you know (d) a party selfie
24. 24.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: projects you did? (a) leave it out (b) include it
25. 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a long life story (b) your passwords (c) skills like typing (d) your bank details
26. 26.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your passwords (b) a party selfie (c) your Aadhaar number (d) languages you know
27. 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your bank details (b) your Aadhaar number (c) your phone and email (d) your passwords
28. 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a long life story (b) your passwords (c) your bank details (d) clubs and activities
29. 29.📄 In which résumé section does this go: an email ID? (a) skills (b) activities (c) projects (d) contact details
30. 30.📄 In which résumé section does this go: a survey of 50 shops? (a) education (b) projects (c) skills (d) activities
31. 31.Which of these goes in the activities section? (a) Class 12 (Science), 2026 (b) spreadsheets (basic) (c) eco club member (d) a website for our club
32. 32.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: awards and prizes? (a) include it (b) leave it out
33. 33.True or false: “your siblings’ marks” should be left out of a résumé. (a) True (b) False
34. 34.True or false: “your passwords” should be left out of a résumé. (a) True (b) False
35. 35.Which of these goes in the education section? (a) school football team (b) basic HTML and CSS (c) Class 10 board: 88% (d) a website for our club
36. 36.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) your bank details (b) made-up marks (c) clubs and activities (d) a party selfie
37. 37.Which of these goes in the skills section? (a) eco club member (b) an email ID (c) spreadsheets (basic) (d) school football team
38. 38.📄 In which résumé section does this go: eco club member? (a) skills (b) activities (c) projects (d) education
39. 39.Which of these goes in the activities section? (a) school football team (b) an email ID (c) Class 12 (Science), 2026 (d) a mobile number
40. 40.📄 In which résumé section does this go: a website for our club? (a) activities (b) projects (c) education (d) contact details

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