Résumé Worksheet: What to Include

Interview skills lesson 17: What goes on a student résumé · Set 743 · 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: “your passwords” belongs on a student résumé. (a) False (b) True
2. 2.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: volunteer work? (a) include it (b) leave it out
3. 3.📄 How long should a student résumé usually be? (a) ten pages (b) half a line (c) one page (d) five pages
4. 4.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) clubs and activities (b) your passwords (c) a party selfie (d) your bank details
5. 5.📄 Your résumé says you led a club. In the interview you should… (a) say it was a joke (b) deny it (c) change the subject (d) be ready to explain it
6. 6.📄 In which résumé section does this go: a mobile number? (a) contact details (b) activities (c) skills (d) education
7. 7.📄 In which résumé section does this go: a survey of 50 shops? (a) projects (b) contact details (c) activities (d) skills
8. 8.Which of these goes in the education section? (a) Class 12 (Science), 2026 (b) your city and PIN code (c) typing 40 words a minute (d) a website for our club
9. 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) projects you did (b) clubs and activities (c) your phone and email (d) a party selfie
10. 10.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your phone and email? (a) include it (b) leave it out
11. 11.📄 In which résumé section does this go: eco club member? (a) projects (b) education (c) contact details (d) activities
12. 12.True or false: “a party selfie” should be left out of a résumé. (a) False (b) True
13. 13.True or false: “your bank details” belongs on a student résumé. (a) True (b) False
14. 14.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) your Aadhaar number (b) school and marks (c) skills like typing (d) your phone and email
15. 15.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: skills like typing? (a) include it (b) leave it out
16. 16.📄 In which résumé section does this go: typing 40 words a minute? (a) skills (b) projects (c) education (d) activities
17. 17.Which of these goes in the skills section? (a) an email ID (b) Class 10 board: 88% (c) spreadsheets (basic) (d) school football team
18. 18.True or false: “a long life story” belongs on a student résumé. (a) False (b) True
19. 19.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: school and marks? (a) include it (b) leave it out
20. 20.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: a long life story? (a) include it (b) leave it out
21. 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) projects you did (b) awards and prizes (c) your passwords (d) clubs and activities
22. 22.📄 A résumé is… (a) a full autobiography (b) a school report card (c) a short summary of you (d) a letter of thanks
23. 23.📄 In which résumé section does this go: built a rain gauge model? (a) activities (b) contact details (c) education (d) projects
24. 24.📄 In which résumé section does this go: a website for our club? (a) contact details (b) projects (c) activities (d) skills
25. 25.📄 What font style suits a résumé? (a) five fancy fonts (b) tiny handwriting (c) one plain, clear font (d) all bold capitals
26. 26.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: made-up marks? (a) leave it out (b) include it
27. 27.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) your bank details (b) your phone and email (c) skills like typing (d) awards and prizes
28. 28.📄 A student with no work experience should highlight… (a) made-up jobs (b) their parents’ jobs (c) nothing at all (d) projects and activities
29. 29.📄 In which résumé section does this go: school football team? (a) education (b) activities (c) projects (d) contact details
30. 30.Which of these goes in the contact details? (a) debate club secretary (b) basic HTML and CSS (c) B.Com first year (d) your city and PIN code
31. 31.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) skills like typing (b) your Aadhaar number (c) a party selfie (d) a long life story
32. 32.📄 In which résumé section does this go: spreadsheets (basic)? (a) skills (b) projects (c) contact details (d) activities
33. 33.True or false: “projects you did” should be left out of a résumé. (a) False (b) True
34. 34.Which of these goes in the projects section? (a) Class 10 board: 88% (b) built a rain gauge model (c) debate club secretary (d) typing 40 words a minute
35. 35.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) your Aadhaar number (b) made-up marks (c) a long life story (d) languages you know
36. 36.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) projects you did (b) your Aadhaar number (c) clubs and activities (d) languages you know
37. 37.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) made-up marks (b) your Aadhaar number (c) school and marks (d) a party selfie
38. 38.📄 In which résumé section does this go: basic HTML and CSS? (a) education (b) projects (c) skills (d) contact details
39. 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) projects you did (b) school and marks (c) skills like typing (d) your siblings’ marks
40. 40.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) your passwords (b) your bank details (c) made-up marks (d) volunteer work

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