Résumé Worksheet: What to Include

Interview skills lesson 17: What goes on a student résumé · Set 862 · 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.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) languages you know (b) your phone and email (c) a party selfie (d) volunteer work
2. 2.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) school and marks (b) made-up marks (c) your siblings’ marks (d) your bank details
3. 3.True or false: “a long life story” belongs on a student résumé. (a) True (b) False
4. 4.Which of these goes in the activities section? (a) eco club member (b) B.Com first year (c) spreadsheets (basic) (d) built a rain gauge model
5. 5.Which of these goes in the skills section? (a) typing 40 words a minute (b) a website for our club (c) Class 12 (Science), 2026 (d) a mobile number
6. 6.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) a long life story (b) your phone and email (c) school and marks (d) skills like typing
7. 7.True or false: “your phone and email” should be left out of a résumé. (a) False (b) True
8. 8.Which of these goes in the contact details? (a) school football team (b) debate club secretary (c) eco club member (d) a mobile number
9. 9.Which of these goes in the education section? (a) spreadsheets (basic) (b) built a rain gauge model (c) an email ID (d) B.Com first year
10. 10.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your phone and email (b) volunteer work (c) made-up marks (d) projects you did
11. 11.True or false: “clubs and activities” belongs on a student résumé. (a) False (b) True
12. 12.📄 What font style suits a résumé? (a) tiny handwriting (b) one plain, clear font (c) five fancy fonts (d) all bold capitals
13. 13.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) a long life story (b) your passwords (c) your bank details (d) awards and prizes
14. 14.📄 Your résumé says you led a club. In the interview you should… (a) change the subject (b) be ready to explain it (c) deny it (d) say it was a joke
15. 15.📄 In which résumé section does this go: a mobile number? (a) contact details (b) education (c) skills (d) activities
16. 16.Which of these goes in the skills section? (a) Class 12 (Science), 2026 (b) B.Com first year (c) Class 10 board: 88% (d) basic HTML and CSS
17. 17.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your bank details? (a) include it (b) leave it out
18. 18.True or false: “your passwords” should be left out of a résumé. (a) False (b) True
19. 19.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: awards and prizes? (a) include it (b) leave it out
20. 20.📄 In which résumé section does this go: typing 40 words a minute? (a) education (b) projects (c) skills (d) contact details
21. 21.📄 In which résumé section does this go: an email ID? (a) education (b) skills (c) contact details (d) activities
22. 22.📄 In which résumé section does this go: a website for our club? (a) education (b) contact details (c) activities (d) projects
23. 23.True or false: “made-up marks” belongs on a student résumé. (a) False (b) True
24. 24.True or false: “skills like typing” belongs on a student résumé. (a) False (b) True
25. 25.📄 How long should a student résumé usually be? (a) five pages (b) one page (c) ten pages (d) half a line
26. 26.True or false: “volunteer work” belongs on a student résumé. (a) False (b) True
27. 27.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) your bank details (b) volunteer work (c) clubs and activities (d) skills like typing
28. 28.True or false: “awards and prizes” belongs on a student résumé. (a) False (b) True
29. 29.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) your siblings’ marks (b) clubs and activities (c) skills like typing (d) awards and prizes
30. 30.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) school and marks (b) clubs and activities (c) your Aadhaar number (d) projects you did
31. 31.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: languages you know? (a) leave it out (b) include it
32. 32.Which of these goes in the activities section? (a) a survey of 50 shops (b) a website for our club (c) a mobile number (d) school football team
33. 33.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: made-up marks? (a) leave it out (b) include it
34. 34.📄 In which résumé section does this go: built a rain gauge model? (a) contact details (b) education (c) projects (d) skills
35. 35.True or false: “your phone and email” belongs on a student résumé. (a) True (b) False
36. 36.📄 A student with no work experience should highlight… (a) made-up jobs (b) nothing at all (c) their parents’ jobs (d) projects and activities
37. 37.True or false: “your bank details” should be left out of a résumé. (a) False (b) True
38. 38.True or false: “your Aadhaar number” belongs on a student résumé. (a) True (b) False
39. 39.True or false: “skills like typing” should be left out of a résumé. (a) True (b) False
40. 40.True or false: “a party selfie” should be left out of a résumé. (a) False (b) True

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