Résumé Worksheet: What to Include

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

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