Résumé Worksheet: What to Include

Interview skills lesson 17: What goes on a student résumé · Set 725 · 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 belongs on a student résumé? (a) your siblings’ marks (b) a long life story (c) your phone and email (d) your bank details
2. 2.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) languages you know (b) a party selfie (c) your phone and email (d) awards and prizes
3. 3.Which of these goes in the education section? (a) B.Com first year (b) built a rain gauge model (c) a survey of 50 shops (d) basic HTML and CSS
4. 4.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your siblings’ marks? (a) include it (b) leave it out
5. 5.Which of these goes in the contact details? (a) your city and PIN code (b) debate club secretary (c) Class 10 board: 88% (d) B.Com first year
6. 6.True or false: “your passwords” belongs on a student résumé. (a) False (b) True
7. 7.📄 What font style suits a résumé? (a) five fancy fonts (b) all bold capitals (c) one plain, clear font (d) tiny handwriting
8. 8.📄 In which résumé section does this go: basic HTML and CSS? (a) education (b) skills (c) contact details (d) projects
9. 9.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) projects you did (b) your passwords (c) your siblings’ marks (d) your bank details
10. 10.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) your phone and email (b) your passwords (c) projects you did (d) clubs and activities
11. 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) awards and prizes (b) your phone and email (c) languages you know (d) your Aadhaar number
12. 12.📄 In which résumé section does this go: Class 12 (Science), 2026? (a) skills (b) contact details (c) projects (d) education
13. 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) school and marks (b) awards and prizes (c) your bank details (d) your phone and email
14. 14.Which of these goes in the education section? (a) spreadsheets (basic) (b) typing 40 words a minute (c) Class 10 board: 88% (d) a website for our club
15. 15.📄 A student with no work experience should highlight… (a) nothing at all (b) their parents’ jobs (c) made-up jobs (d) projects and activities
16. 16.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your bank details (b) your Aadhaar number (c) your passwords (d) clubs and activities
17. 17.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your passwords? (a) include it (b) leave it out
18. 18.📄 How long should a student résumé usually be? (a) one page (b) half a line (c) ten pages (d) five pages
19. 19.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) languages you know (b) projects you did (c) clubs and activities (d) made-up marks
20. 20.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: school and marks? (a) leave it out (b) include it
21. 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) volunteer work (b) your bank details (c) your Aadhaar number (d) your passwords
22. 22.📄 In which résumé section does this go: your city and PIN code? (a) activities (b) education (c) contact details (d) skills
23. 23.True or false: “awards and prizes” should be left out of a résumé. (a) True (b) False
24. 24.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: clubs and activities? (a) leave it out (b) include it
25. 25.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your phone and email? (a) leave it out (b) include it
26. 26.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: projects you did? (a) include it (b) leave it out
27. 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) clubs and activities (b) skills like typing (c) a party selfie (d) languages you know
28. 28.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) volunteer work (b) your passwords (c) a party selfie (d) your Aadhaar number
29. 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a party selfie (b) a long life story (c) school and marks (d) your bank details
30. 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) made-up marks (b) your phone and email (c) languages you know (d) volunteer work
31. 31.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) school and marks (b) your bank details (c) made-up marks (d) a party selfie
32. 32.True or false: “a long life story” belongs on a student résumé. (a) True (b) False
33. 33.📄 In which résumé section does this go: typing 40 words a minute? (a) education (b) skills (c) contact details (d) projects
34. 34.📄 In which résumé section does this go: a website for our club? (a) projects (b) skills (c) contact details (d) education
35. 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your siblings’ marks (b) volunteer work (c) languages you know (d) skills like typing
36. 36.True or false: “a party selfie” belongs on a student résumé. (a) False (b) True
37. 37.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your Aadhaar number? (a) leave it out (b) include it
38. 38.📄 Your résumé says you led a club. In the interview you should… (a) deny it (b) change the subject (c) say it was a joke (d) be ready to explain it
39. 39.📄 In which résumé section does this go: a survey of 50 shops? (a) education (b) projects (c) contact details (d) skills
40. 40.True or false: “your siblings’ marks” should be left out of a résumé. (a) True (b) False

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