Résumé Worksheet: What to Include

Interview skills lesson 17: What goes on a student résumé · Set 855 · 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: awards and prizes? (a) leave it out (b) include it
2. 2.📄 How long should a student résumé usually be? (a) half a line (b) five pages (c) one page (d) ten pages
3. 3.True or false: “a long life story” should be left out of a résumé. (a) False (b) True
4. 4.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) made-up marks (b) volunteer work (c) school and marks (d) skills like typing
5. 5.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: languages you know? (a) include it (b) leave it out
6. 6.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) skills like typing (b) school and marks (c) your bank details (d) volunteer work
7. 7.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) clubs and activities (b) your passwords (c) school and marks (d) volunteer work
8. 8.📄 In which résumé section does this go: spreadsheets (basic)? (a) contact details (b) skills (c) activities (d) education
9. 9.📄 A résumé is… (a) a short summary of you (b) a full autobiography (c) a letter of thanks (d) a school report card
10. 10.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: skills like typing? (a) leave it out (b) include it
11. 11.📄 In which résumé section does this go: basic HTML and CSS? (a) activities (b) skills (c) projects (d) education
12. 12.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your phone and email? (a) include it (b) leave it out
13. 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) made-up marks (b) your bank details (c) a party selfie (d) skills like typing
14. 14.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) clubs and activities (b) your phone and email (c) skills like typing (d) your passwords
15. 15.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) languages you know (b) a party selfie (c) school and marks (d) your phone and email
16. 16.Which of these goes in the education section? (a) Class 12 (Science), 2026 (b) a website for our club (c) a mobile number (d) basic HTML and CSS
17. 17.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) your siblings’ marks (b) made-up marks (c) your bank details (d) your phone and email
18. 18.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) clubs and activities (b) your bank details (c) made-up marks (d) a party selfie
19. 19.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: school and marks? (a) leave it out (b) include it
20. 20.Which of these goes in the contact details? (a) Class 12 (Science), 2026 (b) a website for our club (c) an email ID (d) Class 10 board: 88%
21. 21.📄 In which résumé section does this go: Class 12 (Science), 2026? (a) skills (b) education (c) contact details (d) activities
22. 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a party selfie (b) your bank details (c) your siblings’ marks (d) your phone and email
23. 23.True or false: “made-up marks” belongs on a student résumé. (a) False (b) True
24. 24.📄 In which résumé section does this go: an email ID? (a) education (b) contact details (c) activities (d) skills
25. 25.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: made-up marks? (a) leave it out (b) include it
26. 26.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) clubs and activities (b) a party selfie (c) languages you know (d) your phone and email
27. 27.📄 What font style suits a résumé? (a) tiny handwriting (b) all bold capitals (c) one plain, clear font (d) five fancy fonts
28. 28.True or false: “clubs and activities” belongs on a student résumé. (a) False (b) True
29. 29.📄 Your résumé says you led a club. In the interview you should… (a) say it was a joke (b) change the subject (c) deny it (d) be ready to explain it
30. 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a party selfie (b) projects you did (c) your bank details (d) your Aadhaar number
31. 31.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) your siblings’ marks (b) a party selfie (c) volunteer work (d) your passwords
32. 32.True or false: “school and marks” belongs on a student résumé. (a) False (b) True
33. 33.📄 A student with no work experience should highlight… (a) nothing at all (b) their parents’ jobs (c) projects and activities (d) made-up jobs
34. 34.📄 In which résumé section does this go: Class 10 board: 88%? (a) education (b) activities (c) contact details (d) skills
35. 35.True or false: “a party selfie” should be left out of a résumé. (a) True (b) False
36. 36.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) school and marks (b) skills like typing (c) volunteer work (d) made-up marks
37. 37.Which of these goes in the education section? (a) typing 40 words a minute (b) a website for our club (c) B.Com first year (d) a mobile number
38. 38.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) school and marks (b) languages you know (c) your bank details (d) volunteer work
39. 39.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) a party selfie (b) your bank details (c) your siblings’ marks (d) awards and prizes
40. 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) volunteer work (b) your siblings’ marks (c) your Aadhaar number (d) your bank details

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