Résumé Worksheet: What to Include

Interview skills lesson 17: What goes on a student résumé · Set 745 · 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 goes in the skills section? (a) debate club secretary (b) typing 40 words a minute (c) a mobile number (d) a survey of 50 shops
2. 2.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) volunteer work (b) made-up marks (c) a long life story (d) a party selfie
3. 3.📄 Your résumé says you led a club. In the interview you should… (a) be ready to explain it (b) change the subject (c) say it was a joke (d) deny it
4. 4.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) clubs and activities (b) awards and prizes (c) your phone and email (d) your Aadhaar number
5. 5.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) languages you know (b) your bank details (c) your siblings’ marks (d) your Aadhaar number
6. 6.Which of these goes in the education section? (a) school football team (b) debate club secretary (c) Class 10 board: 88% (d) typing 40 words a minute
7. 7.True or false: “your Aadhaar number” should be left out of a résumé. (a) False (b) True
8. 8.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: projects you did? (a) include it (b) leave it out
9. 9.📄 What font style suits a résumé? (a) five fancy fonts (b) tiny handwriting (c) all bold capitals (d) one plain, clear font
10. 10.📄 In which résumé section does this go: basic HTML and CSS? (a) skills (b) education (c) activities (d) projects
11. 11.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: skills like typing? (a) leave it out (b) include it
12. 12.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a long life story (b) your bank details (c) school and marks (d) your siblings’ marks
13. 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your siblings’ marks (b) clubs and activities (c) your bank details (d) a long life story
14. 14.True or false: “languages you know” should be left out of a résumé. (a) False (b) True
15. 15.True or false: “school and marks” should be left out of a résumé. (a) True (b) False
16. 16.Which of these goes in the education section? (a) a website for our club (b) a survey of 50 shops (c) spreadsheets (basic) (d) Class 12 (Science), 2026
17. 17.True or false: “your Aadhaar number” belongs on a student résumé. (a) False (b) True
18. 18.True or false: “a party selfie” belongs on a student résumé. (a) True (b) False
19. 19.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) your passwords (b) a long life story (c) a party selfie (d) projects you did
20. 20.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) projects you did (b) skills like typing (c) your phone and email (d) a long life story
21. 21.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) awards and prizes (b) skills like typing (c) made-up marks (d) clubs and activities
22. 22.Which of these goes in the activities section? (a) spreadsheets (basic) (b) typing 40 words a minute (c) built a rain gauge model (d) school football team
23. 23.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your phone and email? (a) leave it out (b) include it
24. 24.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) your bank details (b) skills like typing (c) your siblings’ marks (d) a party selfie
25. 25.True or false: “your bank details” belongs on a student résumé. (a) False (b) True
26. 26.📄 How long should a student résumé usually be? (a) one page (b) half a line (c) ten pages (d) five pages
27. 27.📄 In which résumé section does this go: an email ID? (a) projects (b) contact details (c) skills (d) activities
28. 28.📄 A student with no work experience should highlight… (a) their parents’ jobs (b) projects and activities (c) made-up jobs (d) nothing at all
29. 29.📄 In which résumé section does this go: built a rain gauge model? (a) contact details (b) skills (c) activities (d) projects
30. 30.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) your phone and email (b) projects you did (c) a party selfie (d) clubs and activities
31. 31.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your Aadhaar number? (a) include it (b) leave it out
32. 32.True or false: “your bank details” should be left out of a résumé. (a) True (b) False
33. 33.True or false: “projects you did” should be left out of a résumé. (a) False (b) True
34. 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a long life story (b) your siblings’ marks (c) languages you know (d) your passwords
35. 35.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: a party selfie? (a) include it (b) leave it out
36. 36.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) your Aadhaar number (b) a long life story (c) your phone and email (d) your bank details
37. 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your siblings’ marks (b) awards and prizes (c) your bank details (d) a long life story
38. 38.📄 In which résumé section does this go: B.Com first year? (a) skills (b) contact details (c) activities (d) education
39. 39.Which of these goes in the contact details? (a) B.Com first year (b) typing 40 words a minute (c) Class 10 board: 88% (d) your city and PIN code
40. 40.Which of these goes in the projects section? (a) a survey of 50 shops (b) a mobile number (c) Class 10 board: 88% (d) your city and PIN code

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