Résumé Worksheet: What to Include

Interview skills lesson 17: What goes on a student résumé · Set 765 · 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 siblings’ marks” belongs on a student résumé. (a) True (b) False
2. 2.📄 In which résumé section does this go: typing 40 words a minute? (a) education (b) contact details (c) activities (d) skills
3. 3.📄 A résumé is… (a) a letter of thanks (b) a school report card (c) a full autobiography (d) a short summary of you
4. 4.True or false: “a long life story” should be left out of a résumé. (a) False (b) True
5. 5.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) your Aadhaar number (b) your bank details (c) your passwords (d) school and marks
6. 6.📄 What font style suits a résumé? (a) five fancy fonts (b) one plain, clear font (c) tiny handwriting (d) all bold capitals
7. 7.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: skills like typing? (a) include it (b) leave it out
8. 8.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) clubs and activities (b) a party selfie (c) your phone and email (d) languages you know
9. 9.📄 In which résumé section does this go: Class 10 board: 88%? (a) education (b) skills (c) activities (d) projects
10. 10.📄 A student with no work experience should highlight… (a) made-up jobs (b) nothing at all (c) their parents’ jobs (d) projects and activities
11. 11.Which of these goes in the activities section? (a) spreadsheets (basic) (b) debate club secretary (c) B.Com first year (d) a mobile number
12. 12.True or false: “made-up marks” belongs on a student résumé. (a) True (b) False
13. 13.Which of these goes in the skills section? (a) B.Com first year (b) spreadsheets (basic) (c) eco club member (d) debate club secretary
14. 14.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) your bank details (b) your passwords (c) awards and prizes (d) a party selfie
15. 15.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: school and marks? (a) leave it out (b) include it
16. 16.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your siblings’ marks? (a) include it (b) leave it out
17. 17.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: volunteer work? (a) leave it out (b) include it
18. 18.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) your phone and email (b) your siblings’ marks (c) your passwords (d) your Aadhaar number
19. 19.True or false: “your bank details” belongs on a student résumé. (a) False (b) True
20. 20.📄 How long should a student résumé usually be? (a) five pages (b) half a line (c) ten pages (d) one page
21. 21.📄 Your résumé says you led a club. In the interview you should… (a) be ready to explain it (b) say it was a joke (c) change the subject (d) deny it
22. 22.True or false: “your Aadhaar number” belongs on a student résumé. (a) False (b) True
23. 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your phone and email (b) clubs and activities (c) a long life story (d) skills like typing
24. 24.Which of these goes in the education section? (a) debate club secretary (b) spreadsheets (basic) (c) Class 12 (Science), 2026 (d) basic HTML and CSS
25. 25.True or false: “school and marks” belongs on a student résumé. (a) False (b) True
26. 26.📄 In which résumé section does this go: debate club secretary? (a) activities (b) contact details (c) projects (d) education
27. 27.True or false: “projects you did” should be left out of a résumé. (a) True (b) False
28. 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a party selfie (b) your bank details (c) school and marks (d) your Aadhaar number
29. 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your siblings’ marks (b) projects you did (c) your passwords (d) a party selfie
30. 30.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) skills like typing (b) your passwords (c) made-up marks (d) your Aadhaar number
31. 31.📄 In which résumé section does this go: B.Com first year? (a) contact details (b) activities (c) projects (d) education
32. 32.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your bank details? (a) include it (b) leave it out
33. 33.📄 In which résumé section does this go: a survey of 50 shops? (a) activities (b) contact details (c) skills (d) projects
34. 34.True or false: “a party selfie” belongs on a student résumé. (a) False (b) True
35. 35.Which of these goes in the education section? (a) a survey of 50 shops (b) B.Com first year (c) debate club secretary (d) school football team
36. 36.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: a long life story? (a) include it (b) leave it out
37. 37.True or false: “your passwords” belongs on a student résumé. (a) True (b) False
38. 38.Which of these goes in the projects section? (a) Class 12 (Science), 2026 (b) typing 40 words a minute (c) built a rain gauge model (d) eco club member
39. 39.Which of these goes in the projects section? (a) typing 40 words a minute (b) a website for our club (c) Class 10 board: 88% (d) eco club member
40. 40.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) projects you did (b) your phone and email (c) your passwords (d) clubs and activities

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