Résumé Worksheet: What to Include

Interview skills lesson 17: What goes on a student résumé · Set 839 · 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.📄 How long should a student résumé usually be? (a) one page (b) five pages (c) ten pages (d) half a line
2. 2.📄 In which résumé section does this go: a survey of 50 shops? (a) projects (b) skills (c) education (d) activities
3. 3.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) your passwords (b) school and marks (c) your siblings’ marks (d) a party selfie
4. 4.True or false: “a party selfie” belongs on a student résumé. (a) True (b) False
5. 5.📄 In which résumé section does this go: Class 12 (Science), 2026? (a) contact details (b) projects (c) education (d) skills
6. 6.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) languages you know (b) skills like typing (c) volunteer work (d) your passwords
7. 7.True or false: “a long life story” belongs on a student résumé. (a) False (b) True
8. 8.True or false: “your bank details” belongs on a student résumé. (a) False (b) True
9. 9.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your phone and email? (a) include it (b) leave it out
10. 10.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: school and marks? (a) leave it out (b) include it
11. 11.📄 What font style suits a résumé? (a) five fancy fonts (b) all bold capitals (c) tiny handwriting (d) one plain, clear font
12. 12.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) school and marks (b) skills like typing (c) languages you know (d) your Aadhaar number
13. 13.📄 In which résumé section does this go: typing 40 words a minute? (a) contact details (b) skills (c) education (d) activities
14. 14.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) made-up marks (b) school and marks (c) a long life story (d) your Aadhaar number
15. 15.True or false: “your phone and email” belongs on a student résumé. (a) False (b) True
16. 16.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: a party selfie? (a) include it (b) leave it out
17. 17.📄 Your résumé says you led a club. In the interview you should… (a) change the subject (b) deny it (c) be ready to explain it (d) say it was a joke
18. 18.True or false: “volunteer work” should be left out of a résumé. (a) False (b) True
19. 19.True or false: “clubs and activities” belongs on a student résumé. (a) True (b) False
20. 20.Which of these goes in the contact details? (a) a website for our club (b) Class 10 board: 88% (c) your city and PIN code (d) typing 40 words a minute
21. 21.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: awards and prizes? (a) leave it out (b) include it
22. 22.Which of these goes in the education section? (a) spreadsheets (basic) (b) a mobile number (c) Class 10 board: 88% (d) basic HTML and CSS
23. 23.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: skills like typing? (a) leave it out (b) include it
24. 24.Which of these goes in the activities section? (a) school football team (b) B.Com first year (c) spreadsheets (basic) (d) Class 12 (Science), 2026
25. 25.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: languages you know? (a) leave it out (b) include it
26. 26.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) languages you know (b) volunteer work (c) projects you did (d) your bank details
27. 27.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: projects you did? (a) leave it out (b) include it
28. 28.True or false: “skills like typing” belongs on a student résumé. (a) True (b) False
29. 29.Which of these goes in the projects section? (a) a website for our club (b) typing 40 words a minute (c) basic HTML and CSS (d) school football team
30. 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) school and marks (b) a party selfie (c) awards and prizes (d) projects you did
31. 31.📄 In which résumé section does this go: a website for our club? (a) skills (b) contact details (c) activities (d) projects
32. 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a long life story (b) languages you know (c) volunteer work (d) projects you did
33. 33.Which of these goes in the projects section? (a) Class 12 (Science), 2026 (b) built a rain gauge model (c) a mobile number (d) Class 10 board: 88%
34. 34.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: volunteer work? (a) include it (b) leave it out
35. 35.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) volunteer work (b) your siblings’ marks (c) projects you did (d) languages you know
36. 36.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: a long life story? (a) leave it out (b) include it
37. 37.📄 A student with no work experience should highlight… (a) made-up jobs (b) projects and activities (c) nothing at all (d) their parents’ jobs
38. 38.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) skills like typing (b) your phone and email (c) a party selfie (d) volunteer work
39. 39.True or false: “your passwords” should be left out of a résumé. (a) True (b) False
40. 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your siblings’ marks (b) your bank details (c) a long life story (d) projects you did

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