Résumé Worksheet: What to Include

Interview skills lesson 17: What goes on a student résumé · Set 739 · 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.True or false: “volunteer work” belongs on a student résumé. (a) False (b) True
2. 2.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) your phone and email (b) languages you know (c) made-up marks (d) volunteer work
3. 3.📄 How long should a student résumé usually be? (a) ten pages (b) one page (c) five pages (d) half a line
4. 4.True or false: “your siblings’ marks” should be left out of a résumé. (a) False (b) True
5. 5.True or false: “your passwords” belongs on a student résumé. (a) True (b) False
6. 6.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: a party selfie? (a) include it (b) leave it out
7. 7.📄 In which résumé section does this go: eco club member? (a) skills (b) education (c) activities (d) contact details
8. 8.📄 In which résumé section does this go: basic HTML and CSS? (a) skills (b) education (c) activities (d) projects
9. 9.True or false: “a long life story” belongs on a student résumé. (a) True (b) False
10. 10.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your phone and email (b) awards and prizes (c) skills like typing (d) your Aadhaar number
11. 11.📄 What font style suits a résumé? (a) tiny handwriting (b) all bold capitals (c) five fancy fonts (d) one plain, clear font
12. 12.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a party selfie (b) your siblings’ marks (c) skills like typing (d) your passwords
13. 13.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: a long life story? (a) leave it out (b) include it
14. 14.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) languages you know (b) your Aadhaar number (c) your phone and email (d) school and marks
15. 15.📄 In which résumé section does this go: typing 40 words a minute? (a) skills (b) education (c) contact details (d) activities
16. 16.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your bank details? (a) include it (b) leave it out
17. 17.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) your bank details (b) a party selfie (c) clubs and activities (d) your Aadhaar number
18. 18.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) your bank details (b) awards and prizes (c) languages you know (d) volunteer work
19. 19.Which of these goes in the projects section? (a) a survey of 50 shops (b) basic HTML and CSS (c) school football team (d) eco club member
20. 20.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) languages you know (b) your siblings’ marks (c) awards and prizes (d) clubs and activities
21. 21.📄 In which résumé section does this go: B.Com first year? (a) projects (b) skills (c) education (d) activities
22. 22.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) volunteer work (b) projects you did (c) a party selfie (d) clubs and activities
23. 23.True or false: “school and marks” should be left out of a résumé. (a) False (b) True
24. 24.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: clubs and activities? (a) include it (b) leave it out
25. 25.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: projects you did? (a) leave it out (b) include it
26. 26.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your phone and email (b) awards and prizes (c) made-up marks (d) languages you know
27. 27.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: school and marks? (a) include it (b) leave it out
28. 28.True or false: “clubs and activities” should be left out of a résumé. (a) False (b) True
29. 29.📄 In which résumé section does this go: a mobile number? (a) activities (b) education (c) skills (d) contact details
30. 30.📄 A résumé is… (a) a school report card (b) a short summary of you (c) a letter of thanks (d) a full autobiography
31. 31.Which of these goes in the contact details? (a) Class 12 (Science), 2026 (b) basic HTML and CSS (c) a mobile number (d) school football team
32. 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your bank details (b) awards and prizes (c) your passwords (d) made-up marks
33. 33.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your passwords? (a) leave it out (b) include it
34. 34.📄 In which résumé section does this go: an email ID? (a) activities (b) skills (c) projects (d) contact details
35. 35.Which of these goes in the activities section? (a) B.Com first year (b) an email ID (c) eco club member (d) spreadsheets (basic)
36. 36.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a long life story (b) your bank details (c) projects you did (d) a party selfie
37. 37.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) made-up marks (b) your passwords (c) your siblings’ marks (d) skills like typing
38. 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) made-up marks (b) school and marks (c) your Aadhaar number (d) your passwords
39. 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a party selfie (b) projects you did (c) school and marks (d) volunteer work
40. 40.📄 In which résumé section does this go: school football team? (a) education (b) contact details (c) activities (d) skills

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