Résumé Worksheet: What to Include

Interview skills lesson 17: What goes on a student résumé · Set 984 · 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.📄 Your résumé says you led a club. In the interview you should… (a) be ready to explain it (b) say it was a joke (c) deny it (d) change the subject
2. 2.📄 In which résumé section does this go: basic HTML and CSS? (a) education (b) projects (c) activities (d) skills
3. 3.Which of these goes in the education section? (a) typing 40 words a minute (b) basic HTML and CSS (c) an email ID (d) Class 12 (Science), 2026
4. 4.📄 In which résumé section does this go: an email ID? (a) education (b) contact details (c) projects (d) activities
5. 5.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) your bank details (b) projects you did (c) school and marks (d) languages you know
6. 6.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) your bank details (b) a long life story (c) school and marks (d) a party selfie
7. 7.Which of these goes in the education section? (a) basic HTML and CSS (b) spreadsheets (basic) (c) Class 10 board: 88% (d) typing 40 words a minute
8. 8.📄 How long should a student résumé usually be? (a) ten pages (b) one page (c) five pages (d) half a line
9. 9.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: school and marks? (a) leave it out (b) include it
10. 10.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a long life story (b) awards and prizes (c) your Aadhaar number (d) your bank details
11. 11.True or false: “languages you know” should be left out of a résumé. (a) True (b) False
12. 12.True or false: “your bank details” belongs on a student résumé. (a) True (b) False
13. 13.Which of these goes in the skills section? (a) school football team (b) a mobile number (c) an email ID (d) typing 40 words a minute
14. 14.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your Aadhaar number? (a) leave it out (b) include it
15. 15.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: a party selfie? (a) leave it out (b) include it
16. 16.Which of these goes in the contact details? (a) an email ID (b) built a rain gauge model (c) a survey of 50 shops (d) debate club secretary
17. 17.📄 In which résumé section does this go: B.Com first year? (a) activities (b) contact details (c) skills (d) education
18. 18.📄 In which résumé section does this go: Class 10 board: 88%? (a) contact details (b) education (c) skills (d) projects
19. 19.📄 In which résumé section does this go: debate club secretary? (a) projects (b) activities (c) skills (d) contact details
20. 20.Which of these goes in the projects section? (a) your city and PIN code (b) a mobile number (c) built a rain gauge model (d) Class 12 (Science), 2026
21. 21.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: skills like typing? (a) include it (b) leave it out
22. 22.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: made-up marks? (a) include it (b) leave it out
23. 23.True or false: “your siblings’ marks” belongs on a student résumé. (a) False (b) True
24. 24.📄 A student with no work experience should highlight… (a) nothing at all (b) projects and activities (c) their parents’ jobs (d) made-up jobs
25. 25.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) made-up marks (b) your Aadhaar number (c) a party selfie (d) your phone and email
26. 26.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: awards and prizes? (a) include it (b) leave it out
27. 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) skills like typing (b) school and marks (c) your siblings’ marks (d) your phone and email
28. 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) skills like typing (b) languages you know (c) your bank details (d) awards and prizes
29. 29.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) a party selfie (b) your passwords (c) volunteer work (d) a long life story
30. 30.Which of these goes in the contact details? (a) B.Com first year (b) Class 10 board: 88% (c) a website for our club (d) your city and PIN code
31. 31.True or false: “your siblings’ marks” should be left out of a résumé. (a) True (b) False
32. 32.📄 In which résumé section does this go: a survey of 50 shops? (a) contact details (b) projects (c) skills (d) activities
33. 33.📄 In which résumé section does this go: Class 12 (Science), 2026? (a) education (b) activities (c) projects (d) skills
34. 34.True or false: “projects you did” should be left out of a résumé. (a) True (b) False
35. 35.📄 What font style suits a résumé? (a) tiny handwriting (b) five fancy fonts (c) all bold capitals (d) one plain, clear font
36. 36.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) made-up marks (b) languages you know (c) a party selfie (d) your Aadhaar number
37. 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a party selfie (b) your bank details (c) your siblings’ marks (d) school and marks
38. 38.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your siblings’ marks? (a) include it (b) leave it out
39. 39.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) clubs and activities (b) projects you did (c) awards and prizes (d) made-up marks
40. 40.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your bank details? (a) include it (b) leave it out

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