Résumé Worksheet: What to Include

Interview skills lesson 17: What goes on a student résumé · Set 70 · 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) all bold capitals (b) five fancy fonts (c) tiny handwriting (d) one plain, clear font
2. 2.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) awards and prizes (b) volunteer work (c) skills like typing (d) a party selfie
3. 3.📄 In which résumé section does this go: Class 12 (Science), 2026? (a) education (b) projects (c) activities (d) skills
4. 4.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) a long life story (b) volunteer work (c) languages you know (d) skills like typing
5. 5.📄 In which résumé section does this go: your city and PIN code? (a) activities (b) education (c) contact details (d) skills
6. 6.📄 In which résumé section does this go: Class 10 board: 88%? (a) education (b) activities (c) skills (d) projects
7. 7.📄 In which résumé section does this go: a website for our club? (a) contact details (b) projects (c) skills (d) education
8. 8.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: made-up marks? (a) include it (b) leave it out
9. 9.True or false: “a party selfie” should be left out of a résumé. (a) True (b) False
10. 10.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) projects you did (b) school and marks (c) your siblings’ marks (d) skills like typing
11. 11.Which of these goes in the contact details? (a) a website for our club (b) basic HTML and CSS (c) an email ID (d) built a rain gauge model
12. 12.📄 In which résumé section does this go: typing 40 words a minute? (a) education (b) activities (c) skills (d) projects
13. 13.True or false: “school and marks” belongs on a student résumé. (a) True (b) False
14. 14.Which of these goes in the projects section? (a) typing 40 words a minute (b) your city and PIN code (c) a mobile number (d) built a rain gauge model
15. 15.Which of these goes in the skills section? (a) built a rain gauge model (b) typing 40 words a minute (c) your city and PIN code (d) a website for our club
16. 16.📄 How long should a student résumé usually be? (a) half a line (b) five pages (c) one page (d) ten pages
17. 17.Which of these goes in the projects section? (a) a mobile number (b) eco club member (c) B.Com first year (d) a website for our club
18. 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) made-up marks (b) a party selfie (c) your passwords (d) volunteer work
19. 19.📄 In which résumé section does this go: debate club secretary? (a) projects (b) contact details (c) education (d) activities
20. 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) projects you did (b) your siblings’ marks (c) made-up marks (d) your passwords
21. 21.Which of these goes in the skills section? (a) B.Com first year (b) spreadsheets (basic) (c) an email ID (d) Class 10 board: 88%
22. 22.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: volunteer work? (a) leave it out (b) include it
23. 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) skills like typing (b) clubs and activities (c) your phone and email (d) made-up marks
24. 24.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: awards and prizes? (a) include it (b) leave it out
25. 25.True or false: “your phone and email” should be left out of a résumé. (a) True (b) False
26. 26.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: clubs and activities? (a) leave it out (b) include it
27. 27.True or false: “made-up marks” belongs on a student résumé. (a) False (b) True
28. 28.📄 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
29. 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your Aadhaar number (b) a party selfie (c) skills like typing (d) made-up marks
30. 30.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: skills like typing? (a) leave it out (b) include it
31. 31.True or false: “languages you know” belongs on a student résumé. (a) False (b) True
32. 32.Which of these goes in the projects section? (a) Class 10 board: 88% (b) Class 12 (Science), 2026 (c) an email ID (d) a survey of 50 shops
33. 33.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your phone and email? (a) leave it out (b) include it
34. 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your phone and email (b) volunteer work (c) your siblings’ marks (d) school and marks
35. 35.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: a party selfie? (a) leave it out (b) include it
36. 36.True or false: “awards and prizes” should be left out of a résumé. (a) False (b) True
37. 37.True or false: “awards and prizes” belongs on a student résumé. (a) False (b) True
38. 38.True or false: “made-up marks” should be left out of a résumé. (a) True (b) False
39. 39.📄 A student with no work experience should highlight… (a) projects and activities (b) made-up jobs (c) nothing at all (d) their parents’ jobs
40. 40.True or false: “skills like typing” should be left out of a résumé. (a) False (b) True

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