Résumé Worksheet: What to Include

Interview skills lesson 17: What goes on a student résumé · Set 977 · 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 should be left out of a résumé? (a) your Aadhaar number (b) skills like typing (c) clubs and activities (d) awards and prizes
2. 2.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) a long life story (b) awards and prizes (c) a party selfie (d) your passwords
3. 3.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) your phone and email (b) a long life story (c) made-up marks (d) a party selfie
4. 4.Which of these goes in the education section? (a) typing 40 words a minute (b) built a rain gauge model (c) a mobile number (d) Class 12 (Science), 2026
5. 5.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) a long life story (b) your phone and email (c) volunteer work (d) awards and prizes
6. 6.True or false: “volunteer work” should be left out of a résumé. (a) False (b) True
7. 7.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) awards and prizes (b) your siblings’ marks (c) clubs and activities (d) languages you know
8. 8.📄 What font style suits a résumé? (a) five fancy fonts (b) tiny handwriting (c) all bold capitals (d) one plain, clear font
9. 9.Which of these goes in the skills section? (a) an email ID (b) your city and PIN code (c) basic HTML and CSS (d) B.Com first year
10. 10.Which of these goes in the contact details? (a) Class 10 board: 88% (b) a website for our club (c) an email ID (d) debate club secretary
11. 11.True or false: “awards and prizes” belongs on a student résumé. (a) False (b) True
12. 12.📄 Your résumé says you led a club. In the interview you should… (a) say it was a joke (b) be ready to explain it (c) deny it (d) change the subject
13. 13.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: a long life story? (a) include it (b) leave it out
14. 14.Which of these goes in the education section? (a) an email ID (b) a mobile number (c) B.Com first year (d) eco club member
15. 15.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your bank details? (a) include it (b) leave it out
16. 16.📄 In which résumé section does this go: Class 10 board: 88%? (a) contact details (b) activities (c) projects (d) education
17. 17.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) made-up marks (b) skills like typing (c) a party selfie (d) your bank details
18. 18.📄 In which résumé section does this go: your city and PIN code? (a) activities (b) contact details (c) projects (d) skills
19. 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your bank details (b) a long life story (c) your passwords (d) skills like typing
20. 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) awards and prizes (b) made-up marks (c) your Aadhaar number (d) your siblings’ marks
21. 21.True or false: “projects you did” should be left out of a résumé. (a) True (b) False
22. 22.📄 How long should a student résumé usually be? (a) half a line (b) one page (c) five pages (d) ten pages
23. 23.Which of these goes in the activities section? (a) a mobile number (b) a survey of 50 shops (c) B.Com first year (d) school football team
24. 24.📄 In which résumé section does this go: basic HTML and CSS? (a) activities (b) skills (c) projects (d) contact details
25. 25.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) clubs and activities (b) your bank details (c) your passwords (d) a party selfie
26. 26.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your phone and email? (a) include it (b) leave it out
27. 27.True or false: “your siblings’ marks” belongs on a student résumé. (a) True (b) False
28. 28.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: school and marks? (a) include it (b) leave it out
29. 29.📄 In which résumé section does this go: an email ID? (a) education (b) projects (c) activities (d) contact details
30. 30.Which of these goes in the projects section? (a) a survey of 50 shops (b) debate club secretary (c) school football team (d) an email ID
31. 31.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) volunteer work (b) your siblings’ marks (c) a party selfie (d) your Aadhaar number
32. 32.Which of these goes in the education section? (a) school football team (b) your city and PIN code (c) Class 10 board: 88% (d) basic HTML and CSS
33. 33.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: projects you did? (a) include it (b) leave it out
34. 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your phone and email (b) your bank details (c) made-up marks (d) a long life story
35. 35.True or false: “school and marks” belongs on a student résumé. (a) False (b) True
36. 36.True or false: “your bank details” should be left out of a résumé. (a) False (b) True
37. 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) school and marks (b) clubs and activities (c) skills like typing (d) your bank details
38. 38.📄 In which résumé section does this go: debate club secretary? (a) education (b) contact details (c) projects (d) activities
39. 39.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: a party selfie? (a) leave it out (b) include it
40. 40.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your Aadhaar number? (a) include it (b) leave it out

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