Résumé Worksheet: What to Include

Interview skills lesson 17: What goes on a student résumé · Set 904 · 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 goes in the education section? (a) typing 40 words a minute (b) Class 10 board: 88% (c) eco club member (d) spreadsheets (basic)
2. 2.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) school and marks (b) your Aadhaar number (c) projects you did (d) clubs and activities
3. 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your Aadhaar number (b) a long life story (c) your bank details (d) languages you know
4. 4.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) your Aadhaar number (b) awards and prizes (c) your bank details (d) your siblings’ marks
5. 5.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: school and marks? (a) include it (b) leave it out
6. 6.True or false: “your Aadhaar number” should be left out of a résumé. (a) False (b) True
7. 7.📄 How long should a student résumé usually be? (a) five pages (b) ten pages (c) one page (d) half a line
8. 8.📄 In which résumé section does this go: spreadsheets (basic)? (a) activities (b) contact details (c) projects (d) skills
9. 9.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) your passwords (b) your bank details (c) projects you did (d) a party selfie
10. 10.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: projects you did? (a) leave it out (b) include it
11. 11.True or false: “a party selfie” belongs on a student résumé. (a) False (b) True
12. 12.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) your bank details (b) your passwords (c) a long life story (d) clubs and activities
13. 13.True or false: “your passwords” belongs on a student résumé. (a) True (b) False
14. 14.True or false: “languages you know” belongs on a student résumé. (a) False (b) True
15. 15.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: skills like typing? (a) leave it out (b) include it
16. 16.Which of these goes in the skills section? (a) B.Com first year (b) typing 40 words a minute (c) Class 12 (Science), 2026 (d) a survey of 50 shops
17. 17.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: awards and prizes? (a) leave it out (b) include it
18. 18.Which of these goes in the projects section? (a) an email ID (b) a website for our club (c) Class 12 (Science), 2026 (d) eco club member
19. 19.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) languages you know (b) skills like typing (c) a party selfie (d) clubs and activities
20. 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) clubs and activities (b) your Aadhaar number (c) a party selfie (d) your bank details
21. 21.Which of these goes in the contact details? (a) a survey of 50 shops (b) Class 12 (Science), 2026 (c) a mobile number (d) a website for our club
22. 22.📄 In which résumé section does this go: a mobile number? (a) projects (b) activities (c) education (d) contact details
23. 23.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your phone and email? (a) include it (b) leave it out
24. 24.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) made-up marks (b) your siblings’ marks (c) your bank details (d) languages you know
25. 25.True or false: “projects you did” belongs on a student résumé. (a) False (b) True
26. 26.📄 A student with no work experience should highlight… (a) their parents’ jobs (b) made-up jobs (c) projects and activities (d) nothing at all
27. 27.True or false: “school and marks” should be left out of a résumé. (a) True (b) False
28. 28.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: a party selfie? (a) leave it out (b) include it
29. 29.Which of these goes in the projects section? (a) B.Com first year (b) a survey of 50 shops (c) basic HTML and CSS (d) debate club secretary
30. 30.📄 Your résumé says you led a club. In the interview you should… (a) deny it (b) say it was a joke (c) change the subject (d) be ready to explain it
31. 31.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) languages you know (b) your passwords (c) your phone and email (d) clubs and activities
32. 32.📄 In which résumé section does this go: B.Com first year? (a) skills (b) education (c) contact details (d) activities
33. 33.Which of these goes in the activities section? (a) basic HTML and CSS (b) built a rain gauge model (c) eco club member (d) a survey of 50 shops
34. 34.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) school and marks (b) your passwords (c) skills like typing (d) volunteer work
35. 35.📄 A résumé is… (a) a school report card (b) a full autobiography (c) a short summary of you (d) a letter of thanks
36. 36.True or false: “skills like typing” belongs on a student résumé. (a) False (b) True
37. 37.📄 What font style suits a résumé? (a) one plain, clear font (b) tiny handwriting (c) five fancy fonts (d) all bold capitals
38. 38.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) your bank details (b) clubs and activities (c) school and marks (d) awards and prizes
39. 39.True or false: “projects you did” should be left out of a résumé. (a) False (b) True
40. 40.True or false: “clubs and activities” should be left out of a résumé. (a) False (b) True

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