Résumé Worksheet: What to Include

Interview skills lesson 17: What goes on a student résumé · Set 803 · 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.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your passwords? (a) leave it out (b) include it
2. 2.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your Aadhaar number (b) your siblings’ marks (c) projects you did (d) a party selfie
3. 3.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: a party selfie? (a) include it (b) leave it out
4. 4.📄 How long should a student résumé usually be? (a) ten pages (b) five pages (c) half a line (d) one page
5. 5.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: made-up marks? (a) leave it out (b) include it
6. 6.True or false: “awards and prizes” belongs on a student résumé. (a) True (b) False
7. 7.📄 A résumé is… (a) a full autobiography (b) a school report card (c) a short summary of you (d) a letter of thanks
8. 8.📄 In which résumé section does this go: an email ID? (a) skills (b) education (c) activities (d) contact details
9. 9.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) school and marks (b) your passwords (c) your siblings’ marks (d) made-up marks
10. 10.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) school and marks (b) skills like typing (c) your bank details (d) volunteer work
11. 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) awards and prizes (b) projects you did (c) clubs and activities (d) a party selfie
12. 12.📄 In which résumé section does this go: debate club secretary? (a) skills (b) education (c) activities (d) projects
13. 13.True or false: “your siblings’ marks” should be left out of a résumé. (a) False (b) True
14. 14.Which of these goes in the skills section? (a) Class 12 (Science), 2026 (b) typing 40 words a minute (c) an email ID (d) B.Com first year
15. 15.Which of these goes in the activities section? (a) an email ID (b) debate club secretary (c) B.Com first year (d) Class 10 board: 88%
16. 16.True or false: “a long life story” belongs on a student résumé. (a) False (b) True
17. 17.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your phone and email? (a) include it (b) leave it out
18. 18.📄 In which résumé section does this go: your city and PIN code? (a) activities (b) education (c) contact details (d) skills
19. 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) awards and prizes (b) a long life story (c) made-up marks (d) your Aadhaar number
20. 20.Which of these goes in the education section? (a) B.Com first year (b) spreadsheets (basic) (c) school football team (d) typing 40 words a minute
21. 21.📄 What font style suits a résumé? (a) one plain, clear font (b) all bold capitals (c) tiny handwriting (d) five fancy fonts
22. 22.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: clubs and activities? (a) include it (b) leave it out
23. 23.📄 In which résumé section does this go: eco club member? (a) skills (b) contact details (c) activities (d) projects
24. 24.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) a party selfie (b) your Aadhaar number (c) your passwords (d) volunteer work
25. 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your Aadhaar number (b) your bank details (c) your passwords (d) languages you know
26. 26.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a party selfie (b) your passwords (c) your Aadhaar number (d) skills like typing
27. 27.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your bank details? (a) include it (b) leave it out
28. 28.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: languages you know? (a) include it (b) leave it out
29. 29.True or false: “skills like typing” should be left out of a résumé. (a) True (b) False
30. 30.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) languages you know (b) clubs and activities (c) projects you did (d) your bank details
31. 31.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your phone and email (b) volunteer work (c) languages you know (d) your siblings’ marks
32. 32.True or false: “a long life story” should be left out of a résumé. (a) True (b) False
33. 33.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) a long life story (b) your bank details (c) clubs and activities (d) your Aadhaar number
34. 34.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: volunteer work? (a) include it (b) leave it out
35. 35.True or false: “a party selfie” belongs on a student résumé. (a) True (b) False
36. 36.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: awards and prizes? (a) leave it out (b) include it
37. 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) skills like typing (b) projects you did (c) your passwords (d) your phone and email
38. 38.📄 A student with no work experience should highlight… (a) made-up jobs (b) their parents’ jobs (c) projects and activities (d) nothing at all
39. 39.True or false: “your phone and email” belongs on a student résumé. (a) False (b) True
40. 40.📄 In which résumé section does this go: spreadsheets (basic)? (a) contact details (b) projects (c) activities (d) skills

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