Résumé Worksheet: What to Include

Interview skills lesson 17: What goes on a student résumé · Set 988 · 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: projects you did? (a) leave it out (b) include it
2. 2.True or false: “your passwords” should be left out of a résumé. (a) True (b) False
3. 3.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: made-up marks? (a) include it (b) leave it out
4. 4.📄 What font style suits a résumé? (a) five fancy fonts (b) one plain, clear font (c) all bold capitals (d) tiny handwriting
5. 5.True or false: “a party selfie” belongs on a student résumé. (a) False (b) True
6. 6.📄 In which résumé section does this go: Class 10 board: 88%? (a) skills (b) activities (c) contact details (d) education
7. 7.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) your siblings’ marks (b) your Aadhaar number (c) your passwords (d) projects you did
8. 8.True or false: “languages you know” should be left out of a résumé. (a) True (b) False
9. 9.True or false: “awards and prizes” should be left out of a résumé. (a) False (b) True
10. 10.Which of these goes in the contact details? (a) eco club member (b) B.Com first year (c) Class 12 (Science), 2026 (d) a mobile number
11. 11.Which of these goes in the activities section? (a) spreadsheets (basic) (b) Class 12 (Science), 2026 (c) a website for our club (d) school football team
12. 12.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) made-up marks (b) a long life story (c) your Aadhaar number (d) school and marks
13. 13.📄 In which résumé section does this go: B.Com first year? (a) activities (b) skills (c) projects (d) education
14. 14.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your bank details (b) a long life story (c) your Aadhaar number (d) awards and prizes
15. 15.True or false: “awards and prizes” belongs on a student résumé. (a) True (b) False
16. 16.True or false: “your phone and email” should be left out of a résumé. (a) False (b) True
17. 17.📄 How long should a student résumé usually be? (a) half a line (b) five pages (c) ten pages (d) one page
18. 18.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your Aadhaar number? (a) include it (b) leave it out
19. 19.True or false: “your siblings’ marks” belongs on a student résumé. (a) True (b) False
20. 20.📄 In which résumé section does this go: school football team? (a) skills (b) activities (c) projects (d) education
21. 21.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: school and marks? (a) include it (b) leave it out
22. 22.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your bank details? (a) include it (b) leave it out
23. 23.Which of these goes in the skills section? (a) typing 40 words a minute (b) a survey of 50 shops (c) a mobile number (d) Class 10 board: 88%
24. 24.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your phone and email? (a) include it (b) leave it out
25. 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) skills like typing (b) projects you did (c) school and marks (d) your Aadhaar number
26. 26.Which of these goes in the projects section? (a) built a rain gauge model (b) basic HTML and CSS (c) Class 12 (Science), 2026 (d) typing 40 words a minute
27. 27.Which of these goes in the contact details? (a) basic HTML and CSS (b) your city and PIN code (c) built a rain gauge model (d) spreadsheets (basic)
28. 28.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) your Aadhaar number (b) your bank details (c) a long life story (d) your phone and email
29. 29.📄 In which résumé section does this go: a survey of 50 shops? (a) projects (b) activities (c) skills (d) education
30. 30.Which of these goes in the skills section? (a) a survey of 50 shops (b) school football team (c) built a rain gauge model (d) spreadsheets (basic)
31. 31.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) projects you did (b) languages you know (c) a party selfie (d) clubs and activities
32. 32.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: a long life story? (a) include it (b) leave it out
33. 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your siblings’ marks (b) a party selfie (c) school and marks (d) your bank details
34. 34.Which of these goes in the activities section? (a) your city and PIN code (b) debate club secretary (c) B.Com first year (d) typing 40 words a minute
35. 35.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: clubs and activities? (a) include it (b) leave it out
36. 36.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) clubs and activities (b) a party selfie (c) your passwords (d) your Aadhaar number
37. 37.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) skills like typing (b) clubs and activities (c) a party selfie (d) your phone and email
38. 38.Which of these goes in the contact details? (a) typing 40 words a minute (b) an email ID (c) a survey of 50 shops (d) basic HTML and CSS
39. 39.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) your bank details (b) your passwords (c) a party selfie (d) skills like typing
40. 40.📄 Your résumé says you led a club. In the interview you should… (a) change the subject (b) be ready to explain it (c) deny it (d) say it was a joke

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