Résumé Worksheet: What to Include

Interview skills lesson 17: What goes on a student résumé · Set 940 · 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.📄 In which résumé section does this go: school football team? (a) education (b) projects (c) activities (d) skills
2. 2.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) skills like typing (b) volunteer work (c) your siblings’ marks (d) projects you did
3. 3.📄 A student with no work experience should highlight… (a) their parents’ jobs (b) nothing at all (c) projects and activities (d) made-up jobs
4. 4.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) school and marks (b) your phone and email (c) a long life story (d) projects you did
5. 5.Which of these goes in the education section? (a) basic HTML and CSS (b) B.Com first year (c) a mobile number (d) built a rain gauge model
6. 6.📄 What font style suits a résumé? (a) all bold capitals (b) one plain, clear font (c) tiny handwriting (d) five fancy fonts
7. 7.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) made-up marks (b) projects you did (c) your phone and email (d) awards and prizes
8. 8.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: a long life story? (a) leave it out (b) include it
9. 9.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your Aadhaar number? (a) leave it out (b) include it
10. 10.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) made-up marks (b) a long life story (c) awards and prizes (d) your siblings’ marks
11. 11.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) awards and prizes (b) school and marks (c) a party selfie (d) volunteer work
12. 12.📄 How long should a student résumé usually be? (a) five pages (b) half a line (c) one page (d) ten pages
13. 13.📄 Your résumé says you led a club. In the interview you should… (a) deny it (b) change the subject (c) say it was a joke (d) be ready to explain it
14. 14.True or false: “school and marks” belongs on a student résumé. (a) False (b) True
15. 15.📄 In which résumé section does this go: your city and PIN code? (a) projects (b) contact details (c) education (d) skills
16. 16.True or false: “your siblings’ marks” belongs on a student résumé. (a) False (b) True
17. 17.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) your passwords (b) awards and prizes (c) school and marks (d) volunteer work
18. 18.📄 A résumé is… (a) a full autobiography (b) a letter of thanks (c) a school report card (d) a short summary of you
19. 19.True or false: “made-up marks” should be left out of a résumé. (a) True (b) False
20. 20.Which of these goes in the education section? (a) typing 40 words a minute (b) a website for our club (c) school football team (d) Class 12 (Science), 2026
21. 21.True or false: “skills like typing” should be left out of a résumé. (a) True (b) False
22. 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a party selfie (b) your bank details (c) your siblings’ marks (d) volunteer work
23. 23.📄 In which résumé section does this go: typing 40 words a minute? (a) projects (b) skills (c) education (d) activities
24. 24.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: a party selfie? (a) include it (b) leave it out
25. 25.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: clubs and activities? (a) include it (b) leave it out
26. 26.True or false: “awards and prizes” should be left out of a résumé. (a) False (b) True
27. 27.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: awards and prizes? (a) leave it out (b) include it
28. 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) skills like typing (b) school and marks (c) awards and prizes (d) your siblings’ marks
29. 29.Which of these goes in the activities section? (a) B.Com first year (b) school football team (c) Class 12 (Science), 2026 (d) your city and PIN code
30. 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) projects you did (b) clubs and activities (c) volunteer work (d) your Aadhaar number
31. 31.True or false: “clubs and activities” belongs on a student résumé. (a) False (b) True
32. 32.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) your passwords (b) school and marks (c) your bank details (d) your siblings’ marks
33. 33.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) clubs and activities (b) volunteer work (c) your bank details (d) school and marks
34. 34.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: made-up marks? (a) include it (b) leave it out
35. 35.True or false: “your passwords” belongs on a student résumé. (a) True (b) False
36. 36.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) your Aadhaar number (b) your passwords (c) skills like typing (d) made-up marks
37. 37.📄 In which résumé section does this go: debate club secretary? (a) activities (b) projects (c) skills (d) education
38. 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your siblings’ marks (b) your bank details (c) languages you know (d) a party selfie
39. 39.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your passwords? (a) include it (b) leave it out
40. 40.📄 In which résumé section does this go: built a rain gauge model? (a) activities (b) skills (c) education (d) projects

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