Résumé Worksheet: What to Include

Interview skills lesson 17: What goes on a student résumé · Set 962 · 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 is the odd one out? (a) your phone and email (b) your Aadhaar number (c) projects you did (d) school and marks
2. 2.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: a long life story? (a) include it (b) leave it out
3. 3.📄 A student with no work experience should highlight… (a) made-up jobs (b) projects and activities (c) their parents’ jobs (d) nothing at all
4. 4.📄 In which résumé section does this go: B.Com first year? (a) contact details (b) activities (c) skills (d) education
5. 5.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) volunteer work (b) school and marks (c) awards and prizes (d) your siblings’ marks
6. 6.True or false: “your siblings’ marks” should be left out of a résumé. (a) False (b) True
7. 7.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) skills like typing (b) your siblings’ marks (c) a party selfie (d) your Aadhaar number
8. 8.📄 What font style suits a résumé? (a) tiny handwriting (b) one plain, clear font (c) five fancy fonts (d) all bold capitals
9. 9.Which of these goes in the contact details? (a) B.Com first year (b) basic HTML and CSS (c) a mobile number (d) typing 40 words a minute
10. 10.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: a party selfie? (a) include it (b) leave it out
11. 11.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) clubs and activities (b) school and marks (c) your phone and email (d) your Aadhaar number
12. 12.True or false: “your Aadhaar number” belongs on a student résumé. (a) False (b) True
13. 13.True or false: “your siblings’ marks” belongs on a student résumé. (a) False (b) True
14. 14.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) a party selfie (b) your passwords (c) made-up marks (d) projects you did
15. 15.📄 In which résumé section does this go: basic HTML and CSS? (a) contact details (b) projects (c) education (d) skills
16. 16.True or false: “your phone and email” should be left out of a résumé. (a) True (b) False
17. 17.True or false: “your passwords” should be left out of a résumé. (a) True (b) False
18. 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your bank details (b) your siblings’ marks (c) made-up marks (d) awards and prizes
19. 19.Which of these goes in the education section? (a) an email ID (b) debate club secretary (c) Class 10 board: 88% (d) typing 40 words a minute
20. 20.Which of these goes in the skills section? (a) spreadsheets (basic) (b) a mobile number (c) a survey of 50 shops (d) an email ID
21. 21.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: languages you know? (a) leave it out (b) include it
22. 22.📄 A résumé is… (a) a full autobiography (b) a school report card (c) a short summary of you (d) a letter of thanks
23. 23.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) skills like typing (b) volunteer work (c) a party selfie (d) awards and prizes
24. 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a party selfie (b) your siblings’ marks (c) languages you know (d) a long life story
25. 25.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) skills like typing (b) your bank details (c) languages you know (d) school and marks
26. 26.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) languages you know (b) clubs and activities (c) your bank details (d) your phone and email
27. 27.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: awards and prizes? (a) leave it out (b) include it
28. 28.📄 In which résumé section does this go: school football team? (a) contact details (b) projects (c) skills (d) activities
29. 29.Which of these goes in the contact details? (a) your city and PIN code (b) a survey of 50 shops (c) eco club member (d) Class 12 (Science), 2026
30. 30.Which of these goes in the skills section? (a) an email ID (b) Class 12 (Science), 2026 (c) typing 40 words a minute (d) a website for our club
31. 31.📄 In which résumé section does this go: a website for our club? (a) contact details (b) skills (c) projects (d) activities
32. 32.Which of these goes in the contact details? (a) basic HTML and CSS (b) an email ID (c) B.Com first year (d) a survey of 50 shops
33. 33.True or false: “a long life story” should be left out of a résumé. (a) False (b) True
34. 34.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: volunteer work? (a) leave it out (b) include it
35. 35.Which of these goes in the activities section? (a) spreadsheets (basic) (b) built a rain gauge model (c) your city and PIN code (d) debate club secretary
36. 36.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your Aadhaar number? (a) leave it out (b) include it
37. 37.📄 In which résumé section does this go: a mobile number? (a) activities (b) projects (c) skills (d) contact details
38. 38.True or false: “your Aadhaar number” should be left out of a résumé. (a) True (b) False
39. 39.📄 How long should a student résumé usually be? (a) half a line (b) one page (c) ten pages (d) five pages
40. 40.True or false: “your bank details” belongs on a student résumé. (a) False (b) True

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