Résumé Worksheet: What to Include

Interview skills lesson 17: What goes on a student résumé · Set 754 · 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) your city and PIN code (b) B.Com first year (c) an email ID (d) typing 40 words a minute
2. 2.📄 How long should a student résumé usually be? (a) five pages (b) ten pages (c) half a line (d) one page
3. 3.📄 A résumé is… (a) a full autobiography (b) a school report card (c) a letter of thanks (d) a short summary of you
4. 4.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a long life story (b) your passwords (c) your phone and email (d) your siblings’ marks
5. 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your passwords (b) a long life story (c) your bank details (d) school and marks
6. 6.True or false: “your Aadhaar number” belongs on a student résumé. (a) True (b) False
7. 7.📄 In which résumé section does this go: eco club member? (a) skills (b) activities (c) education (d) contact details
8. 8.Which of these goes in the projects section? (a) built a rain gauge model (b) a mobile number (c) debate club secretary (d) spreadsheets (basic)
9. 9.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) your siblings’ marks (b) your bank details (c) a party selfie (d) clubs and activities
10. 10.📄 In which résumé section does this go: a website for our club? (a) projects (b) skills (c) activities (d) education
11. 11.📄 Your résumé says you led a club. In the interview you should… (a) change the subject (b) be ready to explain it (c) say it was a joke (d) deny it
12. 12.📄 In which résumé section does this go: typing 40 words a minute? (a) contact details (b) skills (c) projects (d) education
13. 13.True or false: “your passwords” should be left out of a résumé. (a) False (b) True
14. 14.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your phone and email? (a) leave it out (b) include it
15. 15.📄 In which résumé section does this go: debate club secretary? (a) activities (b) skills (c) projects (d) education
16. 16.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: projects you did? (a) include it (b) leave it out
17. 17.Which of these goes in the skills section? (a) Class 10 board: 88% (b) spreadsheets (basic) (c) school football team (d) B.Com first year
18. 18.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: languages you know? (a) leave it out (b) include it
19. 19.Which of these goes in the contact details? (a) typing 40 words a minute (b) spreadsheets (basic) (c) school football team (d) a mobile number
20. 20.📄 In which résumé section does this go: Class 12 (Science), 2026? (a) activities (b) education (c) projects (d) skills
21. 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) projects you did (b) your bank details (c) languages you know (d) skills like typing
22. 22.Which of these goes in the projects section? (a) typing 40 words a minute (b) debate club secretary (c) a survey of 50 shops (d) B.Com first year
23. 23.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: volunteer work? (a) include it (b) leave it out
24. 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your Aadhaar number (b) your bank details (c) a party selfie (d) clubs and activities
25. 25.Which of these goes in the activities section? (a) B.Com first year (b) an email ID (c) Class 12 (Science), 2026 (d) debate club secretary
26. 26.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: clubs and activities? (a) include it (b) leave it out
27. 27.Which of these goes in the education section? (a) B.Com first year (b) an email ID (c) a website for our club (d) a survey of 50 shops
28. 28.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) clubs and activities (b) volunteer work (c) your passwords (d) school and marks
29. 29.Which of these goes in the activities section? (a) spreadsheets (basic) (b) typing 40 words a minute (c) a mobile number (d) school football team
30. 30.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your siblings’ marks? (a) include it (b) leave it out
31. 31.📄 In which résumé section does this go: spreadsheets (basic)? (a) activities (b) education (c) contact details (d) skills
32. 32.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) a party selfie (b) school and marks (c) made-up marks (d) a long life story
33. 33.Which of these goes in the education section? (a) a mobile number (b) a website for our club (c) Class 10 board: 88% (d) spreadsheets (basic)
34. 34.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: school and marks? (a) include it (b) leave it out
35. 35.📄 In which résumé section does this go: your city and PIN code? (a) education (b) contact details (c) activities (d) projects
36. 36.True or false: “school and marks” should be left out of a résumé. (a) True (b) False
37. 37.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your Aadhaar number? (a) include it (b) leave it out
38. 38.📄 What font style suits a résumé? (a) one plain, clear font (b) five fancy fonts (c) tiny handwriting (d) all bold capitals
39. 39.True or false: “made-up marks” belongs on a student résumé. (a) False (b) True
40. 40.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) a party selfie (b) a long life story (c) skills like typing (d) made-up marks

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