Résumé Worksheet: What to Include

Interview skills lesson 17: What goes on a student résumé · Set 708 · 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 should be left out of a résumé? (a) made-up marks (b) school and marks (c) projects you did (d) languages you know
2. 2.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: languages you know? (a) include it (b) leave it out
3. 3.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) your bank details (b) volunteer work (c) a party selfie (d) a long life story
4. 4.📄 A résumé is… (a) a letter of thanks (b) a school report card (c) a full autobiography (d) a short summary of you
5. 5.📄 What font style suits a résumé? (a) five fancy fonts (b) tiny handwriting (c) all bold capitals (d) one plain, clear font
6. 6.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your phone and email (b) volunteer work (c) your bank details (d) school and marks
7. 7.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your bank details? (a) include it (b) leave it out
8. 8.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) school and marks (b) your phone and email (c) awards and prizes (d) your siblings’ marks
9. 9.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: skills like typing? (a) include it (b) leave it out
10. 10.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your Aadhaar number? (a) include it (b) leave it out
11. 11.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) awards and prizes (b) your bank details (c) your Aadhaar number (d) made-up marks
12. 12.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) clubs and activities (b) made-up marks (c) your Aadhaar number (d) your bank details
13. 13.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) your siblings’ marks (b) made-up marks (c) your passwords (d) clubs and activities
14. 14.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) skills like typing (b) a long life story (c) your bank details (d) a party selfie
15. 15.📄 In which résumé section does this go: a survey of 50 shops? (a) education (b) activities (c) projects (d) skills
16. 16.📄 In which résumé section does this go: school football team? (a) skills (b) projects (c) activities (d) contact details
17. 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a party selfie (b) school and marks (c) projects you did (d) languages you know
18. 18.📄 A student with no work experience should highlight… (a) nothing at all (b) projects and activities (c) their parents’ jobs (d) made-up jobs
19. 19.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: a long life story? (a) leave it out (b) include it
20. 20.📄 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) deny it (d) change the subject
21. 21.Which of these goes in the projects section? (a) school football team (b) a mobile number (c) debate club secretary (d) built a rain gauge model
22. 22.True or false: “clubs and activities” belongs on a student résumé. (a) False (b) True
23. 23.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) volunteer work (b) your bank details (c) your phone and email (d) projects you did
24. 24.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) your siblings’ marks (b) a long life story (c) made-up marks (d) your phone and email
25. 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) school and marks (b) clubs and activities (c) volunteer work (d) your siblings’ marks
26. 26.True or false: “languages you know” belongs on a student résumé. (a) True (b) False
27. 27.📄 In which résumé section does this go: an email ID? (a) contact details (b) skills (c) activities (d) education
28. 28.Which of these goes in the skills section? (a) eco club member (b) Class 12 (Science), 2026 (c) an email ID (d) spreadsheets (basic)
29. 29.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your passwords? (a) include it (b) leave it out
30. 30.True or false: “made-up marks” belongs on a student résumé. (a) False (b) True
31. 31.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: projects you did? (a) include it (b) leave it out
32. 32.Which of these goes in the contact details? (a) debate club secretary (b) a mobile number (c) B.Com first year (d) eco club member
33. 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a party selfie (b) awards and prizes (c) your Aadhaar number (d) your passwords
34. 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) projects you did (b) a long life story (c) your phone and email (d) skills like typing
35. 35.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) volunteer work (b) languages you know (c) school and marks (d) a party selfie
36. 36.Which of these goes in the contact details? (a) B.Com first year (b) a website for our club (c) your city and PIN code (d) typing 40 words a minute
37. 37.Which of these goes in the education section? (a) built a rain gauge model (b) your city and PIN code (c) school football team (d) Class 10 board: 88%
38. 38.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: clubs and activities? (a) include it (b) leave it out
39. 39.True or false: “your phone and email” should be left out of a résumé. (a) True (b) False
40. 40.True or false: “your siblings’ marks” belongs on a student résumé. (a) True (b) False

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