Résumé Worksheet: What to Include

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

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