Résumé Worksheet: What to Include

Interview skills lesson 17: What goes on a student résumé · Set 969 · 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: skills like typing? (a) leave it out (b) include it
2. 2.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) your passwords (b) made-up marks (c) clubs and activities (d) your bank details
3. 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your bank details (b) clubs and activities (c) awards and prizes (d) volunteer work
4. 4.📄 What font style suits a résumé? (a) all bold capitals (b) one plain, clear font (c) tiny handwriting (d) five fancy fonts
5. 5.📄 In which résumé section does this go: basic HTML and CSS? (a) education (b) contact details (c) skills (d) activities
6. 6.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your phone and email (b) your Aadhaar number (c) a party selfie (d) your passwords
7. 7.📄 In which résumé section does this go: Class 10 board: 88%? (a) projects (b) education (c) activities (d) contact details
8. 8.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) your siblings’ marks (b) a long life story (c) your bank details (d) your phone and email
9. 9.📄 A résumé is… (a) a full autobiography (b) a short summary of you (c) a school report card (d) a letter of thanks
10. 10.Which of these goes in the skills section? (a) B.Com first year (b) spreadsheets (basic) (c) school football team (d) an email ID
11. 11.True or false: “awards and prizes” belongs on a student résumé. (a) False (b) True
12. 12.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: a party selfie? (a) include it (b) leave it out
13. 13.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your passwords? (a) include it (b) leave it out
14. 14.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) school and marks (b) your passwords (c) awards and prizes (d) volunteer work
15. 15.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your siblings’ marks? (a) leave it out (b) include it
16. 16.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) school and marks (b) your phone and email (c) projects you did (d) made-up marks
17. 17.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) your passwords (b) clubs and activities (c) awards and prizes (d) languages you know
18. 18.📄 How long should a student résumé usually be? (a) ten pages (b) one page (c) half a line (d) five pages
19. 19.Which of these goes in the education section? (a) a mobile number (b) a survey of 50 shops (c) Class 12 (Science), 2026 (d) built a rain gauge model
20. 20.📄 In which résumé section does this go: a survey of 50 shops? (a) contact details (b) activities (c) skills (d) projects
21. 21.📄 A student with no work experience should highlight… (a) projects and activities (b) nothing at all (c) their parents’ jobs (d) made-up jobs
22. 22.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) school and marks (b) volunteer work (c) your phone and email (d) a long life story
23. 23.📄 In which résumé section does this go: typing 40 words a minute? (a) activities (b) projects (c) education (d) skills
24. 24.True or false: “awards and prizes” should be left out of a résumé. (a) True (b) False
25. 25.Which of these goes in the contact details? (a) your city and PIN code (b) Class 12 (Science), 2026 (c) spreadsheets (basic) (d) school football team
26. 26.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: projects you did? (a) include it (b) leave it out
27. 27.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: school and marks? (a) include it (b) leave it out
28. 28.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) a long life story (b) your siblings’ marks (c) made-up marks (d) projects you did
29. 29.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) languages you know (b) projects you did (c) a party selfie (d) volunteer work
30. 30.True or false: “clubs and activities” belongs on a student résumé. (a) True (b) False
31. 31.📄 In which résumé section does this go: B.Com first year? (a) activities (b) education (c) contact details (d) projects
32. 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a party selfie (b) volunteer work (c) clubs and activities (d) skills like typing
33. 33.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) projects you did (b) languages you know (c) school and marks (d) your bank details
34. 34.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: awards and prizes? (a) leave it out (b) include it
35. 35.📄 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
36. 36.True or false: “volunteer work” should be left out of a résumé. (a) False (b) True
37. 37.📄 In which résumé section does this go: an email ID? (a) projects (b) contact details (c) skills (d) education
38. 38.📄 In which résumé section does this go: debate club secretary? (a) education (b) skills (c) projects (d) activities
39. 39.📄 In which résumé section does this go: spreadsheets (basic)? (a) skills (b) education (c) activities (d) projects
40. 40.Which of these goes in the education section? (a) B.Com first year (b) typing 40 words a minute (c) a survey of 50 shops (d) a mobile number

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