Résumé Worksheet: What to Include

Interview skills lesson 17: What goes on a student résumé · Set 832 · 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.📄 Your résumé says you led a club. In the interview you should… (a) deny it (b) be ready to explain it (c) change the subject (d) say it was a joke
2. 2.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your phone and email? (a) include it (b) leave it out
3. 3.Which of these goes in the skills section? (a) a website for our club (b) school football team (c) eco club member (d) basic HTML and CSS
4. 4.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your bank details? (a) include it (b) leave it out
5. 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your phone and email (b) made-up marks (c) clubs and activities (d) languages you know
6. 6.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your siblings’ marks (b) your phone and email (c) made-up marks (d) a party selfie
7. 7.Which of these goes in the education section? (a) built a rain gauge model (b) a website for our club (c) a survey of 50 shops (d) B.Com first year
8. 8.📄 In which résumé section does this go: eco club member? (a) activities (b) projects (c) education (d) skills
9. 9.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) projects you did (b) clubs and activities (c) your bank details (d) skills like typing
10. 10.📄 What font style suits a résumé? (a) one plain, clear font (b) all bold capitals (c) tiny handwriting (d) five fancy fonts
11. 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your Aadhaar number (b) your bank details (c) your passwords (d) projects you did
12. 12.Which of these goes in the contact details? (a) debate club secretary (b) school football team (c) typing 40 words a minute (d) your city and PIN code
13. 13.True or false: “languages you know” should be left out of a résumé. (a) True (b) False
14. 14.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) volunteer work (b) your passwords (c) your Aadhaar number (d) made-up marks
15. 15.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: projects you did? (a) include it (b) leave it out
16. 16.📄 A student with no work experience should highlight… (a) nothing at all (b) projects and activities (c) made-up jobs (d) their parents’ jobs
17. 17.Which of these goes in the skills section? (a) school football team (b) a mobile number (c) a survey of 50 shops (d) typing 40 words a minute
18. 18.📄 How long should a student résumé usually be? (a) one page (b) ten pages (c) five pages (d) half a line
19. 19.📄 In which résumé section does this go: debate club secretary? (a) activities (b) projects (c) skills (d) education
20. 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) clubs and activities (b) projects you did (c) school and marks (d) your bank details
21. 21.True or false: “projects you did” belongs on a student résumé. (a) False (b) True
22. 22.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: clubs and activities? (a) leave it out (b) include it
23. 23.True or false: “a party selfie” belongs on a student résumé. (a) False (b) True
24. 24.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) made-up marks (b) awards and prizes (c) skills like typing (d) clubs and activities
25. 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) school and marks (b) a party selfie (c) projects you did (d) awards and prizes
26. 26.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) your passwords (b) your Aadhaar number (c) projects you did (d) your siblings’ marks
27. 27.True or false: “a long life story” belongs on a student résumé. (a) False (b) True
28. 28.📄 In which résumé section does this go: a website for our club? (a) projects (b) activities (c) education (d) skills
29. 29.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: a long life story? (a) include it (b) leave it out
30. 30.True or false: “projects you did” should be left out of a résumé. (a) False (b) True
31. 31.Which of these goes in the activities section? (a) an email ID (b) eco club member (c) your city and PIN code (d) Class 12 (Science), 2026
32. 32.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) skills like typing (b) awards and prizes (c) your passwords (d) your phone and email
33. 33.Which of these goes in the skills section? (a) school football team (b) your city and PIN code (c) spreadsheets (basic) (d) eco club member
34. 34.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your siblings’ marks? (a) include it (b) leave it out
35. 35.Which of these goes in the contact details? (a) a mobile number (b) built a rain gauge model (c) eco club member (d) spreadsheets (basic)
36. 36.📄 In which résumé section does this go: a mobile number? (a) projects (b) activities (c) education (d) contact details
37. 37.True or false: “school and marks” belongs on a student résumé. (a) True (b) False
38. 38.True or false: “your passwords” belongs on a student résumé. (a) False (b) True
39. 39.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) projects you did (b) languages you know (c) school and marks (d) your Aadhaar number
40. 40.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) a long life story (b) school and marks (c) your Aadhaar number (d) your passwords

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