Résumé Worksheet: What to Include

Interview skills lesson 17: What goes on a student résumé · Set 724 · 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.📄 Your résumé says you led a club. In the interview you should… (a) change the subject (b) be ready to explain it (c) deny it (d) say it was a joke
2. 2.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: languages you know? (a) leave it out (b) include it
3. 3.📄 In which résumé section does this go: spreadsheets (basic)? (a) contact details (b) activities (c) projects (d) skills
4. 4.📄 How long should a student résumé usually be? (a) ten pages (b) five pages (c) half a line (d) one page
5. 5.Which of these goes in the contact details? (a) your city and PIN code (b) Class 12 (Science), 2026 (c) a survey of 50 shops (d) a website for our club
6. 6.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: clubs and activities? (a) include it (b) leave it out
7. 7.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) skills like typing (b) a party selfie (c) awards and prizes (d) volunteer work
8. 8.True or false: “languages you know” belongs on a student résumé. (a) True (b) False
9. 9.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) your bank details (b) school and marks (c) a party selfie (d) your Aadhaar number
10. 10.True or false: “your passwords” should be left out of a résumé. (a) True (b) False
11. 11.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) your phone and email (b) a long life story (c) your passwords (d) your siblings’ marks
12. 12.📄 What font style suits a résumé? (a) tiny handwriting (b) all bold capitals (c) five fancy fonts (d) one plain, clear font
13. 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) made-up marks (b) awards and prizes (c) your bank details (d) your passwords
14. 14.Which of these goes in the activities section? (a) school football team (b) typing 40 words a minute (c) B.Com first year (d) a website for our club
15. 15.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) skills like typing (b) clubs and activities (c) your Aadhaar number (d) school and marks
16. 16.📄 In which résumé section does this go: Class 12 (Science), 2026? (a) projects (b) skills (c) contact details (d) education
17. 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) clubs and activities (b) volunteer work (c) your bank details (d) skills like typing
18. 18.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: skills like typing? (a) include it (b) leave it out
19. 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your bank details (b) a long life story (c) a party selfie (d) clubs and activities
20. 20.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: awards and prizes? (a) leave it out (b) include it
21. 21.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) a long life story (b) clubs and activities (c) your Aadhaar number (d) your passwords
22. 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your passwords (b) projects you did (c) awards and prizes (d) skills like typing
23. 23.📄 In which résumé section does this go: a mobile number? (a) skills (b) activities (c) contact details (d) education
24. 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your phone and email (b) a long life story (c) made-up marks (d) a party selfie
25. 25.📄 A résumé is… (a) a letter of thanks (b) a school report card (c) a full autobiography (d) a short summary of you
26. 26.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: a long life story? (a) include it (b) leave it out
27. 27.True or false: “languages you know” should be left out of a résumé. (a) False (b) True
28. 28.True or false: “your siblings’ marks” should be left out of a résumé. (a) False (b) True
29. 29.Which of these goes in the education section? (a) a survey of 50 shops (b) B.Com first year (c) basic HTML and CSS (d) your city and PIN code
30. 30.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: projects you did? (a) leave it out (b) include it
31. 31.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your siblings’ marks? (a) leave it out (b) include it
32. 32.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your Aadhaar number? (a) include it (b) leave it out
33. 33.Which of these goes in the skills section? (a) eco club member (b) typing 40 words a minute (c) B.Com first year (d) your city and PIN code
34. 34.Which of these goes in the skills section? (a) Class 12 (Science), 2026 (b) spreadsheets (basic) (c) school football team (d) B.Com first year
35. 35.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) your bank details (b) made-up marks (c) your siblings’ marks (d) volunteer work
36. 36.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: a party selfie? (a) leave it out (b) include it
37. 37.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) skills like typing (b) made-up marks (c) volunteer work (d) clubs and activities
38. 38.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: school and marks? (a) leave it out (b) include it
39. 39.True or false: “skills like typing” belongs on a student résumé. (a) False (b) True
40. 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your phone and email (b) school and marks (c) clubs and activities (d) your siblings’ marks

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