Résumé Worksheet: What to Include

Interview skills lesson 17: What goes on a student résumé · Set 865 · 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: volunteer work? (a) include it (b) leave it out
2. 2.True or false: “a long life story” should be left out of a résumé. (a) True (b) False
3. 3.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: clubs and activities? (a) leave it out (b) include it
4. 4.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) your Aadhaar number (b) clubs and activities (c) skills like typing (d) projects you did
5. 5.Which of these goes in the projects section? (a) B.Com first year (b) eco club member (c) a survey of 50 shops (d) a mobile number
6. 6.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your bank details (b) volunteer work (c) a party selfie (d) your Aadhaar number
7. 7.📄 In which résumé section does this go: typing 40 words a minute? (a) projects (b) activities (c) education (d) skills
8. 8.📄 What font style suits a résumé? (a) all bold capitals (b) one plain, clear font (c) tiny handwriting (d) five fancy fonts
9. 9.True or false: “your passwords” belongs on a student résumé. (a) False (b) True
10. 10.Which of these goes in the skills section? (a) typing 40 words a minute (b) a website for our club (c) an email ID (d) school football team
11. 11.Which of these goes in the activities section? (a) Class 12 (Science), 2026 (b) debate club secretary (c) spreadsheets (basic) (d) basic HTML and CSS
12. 12.True or false: “skills like typing” belongs on a student résumé. (a) True (b) False
13. 13.True or false: “made-up marks” belongs on a student résumé. (a) True (b) False
14. 14.Which of these goes in the activities section? (a) spreadsheets (basic) (b) eco club member (c) an email ID (d) basic HTML and CSS
15. 15.📄 Your résumé says you led a club. In the interview you should… (a) be ready to explain it (b) deny it (c) say it was a joke (d) change the subject
16. 16.Which of these goes in the projects section? (a) eco club member (b) typing 40 words a minute (c) a website for our club (d) an email ID
17. 17.True or false: “your Aadhaar number” belongs on a student résumé. (a) False (b) True
18. 18.Which of these goes in the skills section? (a) a survey of 50 shops (b) debate club secretary (c) basic HTML and CSS (d) your city and PIN code
19. 19.True or false: “school and marks” should be left out of a résumé. (a) False (b) True
20. 20.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) volunteer work (b) school and marks (c) clubs and activities (d) your passwords
21. 21.📄 In which résumé section does this go: spreadsheets (basic)? (a) projects (b) education (c) contact details (d) skills
22. 22.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) projects you did (b) your phone and email (c) volunteer work (d) your bank details
23. 23.📄 In which résumé section does this go: B.Com first year? (a) contact details (b) skills (c) education (d) projects
24. 24.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your phone and email? (a) leave it out (b) include it
25. 25.📄 In which résumé section does this go: school football team? (a) contact details (b) projects (c) education (d) activities
26. 26.True or false: “your siblings’ marks” should be left out of a résumé. (a) False (b) True
27. 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) awards and prizes (b) your Aadhaar number (c) projects you did (d) school and marks
28. 28.📄 A résumé is… (a) a school report card (b) a letter of thanks (c) a short summary of you (d) a full autobiography
29. 29.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) your bank details (b) projects you did (c) your Aadhaar number (d) a long life story
30. 30.True or false: “a party selfie” belongs on a student résumé. (a) True (b) False
31. 31.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: made-up marks? (a) leave it out (b) include it
32. 32.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: awards and prizes? (a) leave it out (b) include it
33. 33.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) your bank details (b) your passwords (c) skills like typing (d) made-up marks
34. 34.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) awards and prizes (b) a long life story (c) projects you did (d) volunteer work
35. 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) volunteer work (b) your siblings’ marks (c) projects you did (d) skills like typing
36. 36.True or false: “awards and prizes” should be left out of a résumé. (a) True (b) False
37. 37.True or false: “your Aadhaar number” should be left out of a résumé. (a) False (b) True
38. 38.📄 How long should a student résumé usually be? (a) five pages (b) ten pages (c) half a line (d) one page
39. 39.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) clubs and activities (b) projects you did (c) volunteer work (d) a party selfie
40. 40.Which of these goes in the contact details? (a) basic HTML and CSS (b) school football team (c) spreadsheets (basic) (d) an email ID

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