Résumé Worksheet: What to Include

Interview skills lesson 17: What goes on a student résumé · Set 989 · 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.📄 In which résumé section does this go: an email ID? (a) activities (b) education (c) skills (d) contact details
2. 2.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: clubs and activities? (a) include it (b) leave it out
3. 3.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) volunteer work (b) clubs and activities (c) a party selfie (d) languages you know
4. 4.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) your phone and email (b) your passwords (c) awards and prizes (d) clubs and activities
5. 5.True or false: “your passwords” belongs on a student résumé. (a) False (b) True
6. 6.Which of these goes in the contact details? (a) a website for our club (b) built a rain gauge model (c) your city and PIN code (d) eco club member
7. 7.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your bank details (b) your siblings’ marks (c) languages you know (d) your Aadhaar number
8. 8.📄 How long should a student résumé usually be? (a) half a line (b) five pages (c) one page (d) ten pages
9. 9.📄 A student with no work experience should highlight… (a) made-up jobs (b) projects and activities (c) their parents’ jobs (d) nothing at all
10. 10.Which of these goes in the skills section? (a) a website for our club (b) basic HTML and CSS (c) B.Com first year (d) your city and PIN code
11. 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a long life story (b) your bank details (c) a party selfie (d) school and marks
12. 12.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your Aadhaar number? (a) include it (b) leave it out
13. 13.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: volunteer work? (a) leave it out (b) include it
14. 14.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) your bank details (b) your siblings’ marks (c) your passwords (d) your phone and email
15. 15.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) your bank details (b) your Aadhaar number (c) a party selfie (d) languages you know
16. 16.True or false: “your bank details” should be left out of a résumé. (a) True (b) False
17. 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) languages you know (b) your phone and email (c) volunteer work (d) your bank details
18. 18.📄 In which résumé section does this go: spreadsheets (basic)? (a) skills (b) projects (c) activities (d) contact details
19. 19.True or false: “school and marks” belongs on a student résumé. (a) True (b) False
20. 20.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) your Aadhaar number (b) your bank details (c) projects you did (d) your passwords
21. 21.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your passwords? (a) leave it out (b) include it
22. 22.📄 In which résumé section does this go: a mobile number? (a) contact details (b) education (c) projects (d) activities
23. 23.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) made-up marks (b) volunteer work (c) your passwords (d) your Aadhaar number
24. 24.Which of these goes in the education section? (a) built a rain gauge model (b) an email ID (c) B.Com first year (d) eco club member
25. 25.📄 In which résumé section does this go: Class 10 board: 88%? (a) activities (b) projects (c) contact details (d) education
26. 26.Which of these goes in the education section? (a) built a rain gauge model (b) Class 10 board: 88% (c) school football team (d) typing 40 words a minute
27. 27.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: skills like typing? (a) leave it out (b) include it
28. 28.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) a long life story (b) school and marks (c) your bank details (d) a party selfie
29. 29.📄 In which résumé section does this go: eco club member? (a) projects (b) education (c) activities (d) contact details
30. 30.True or false: “projects you did” belongs on a student résumé. (a) True (b) False
31. 31.📄 In which résumé section does this go: typing 40 words a minute? (a) projects (b) education (c) contact details (d) skills
32. 32.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) awards and prizes (b) languages you know (c) volunteer work (d) your bank details
33. 33.📄 In which résumé section does this go: Class 12 (Science), 2026? (a) projects (b) skills (c) activities (d) education
34. 34.📄 What font style suits a résumé? (a) one plain, clear font (b) five fancy fonts (c) tiny handwriting (d) all bold capitals
35. 35.True or false: “a party selfie” belongs on a student résumé. (a) False (b) True
36. 36.True or false: “volunteer work” should be left out of a résumé. (a) True (b) False
37. 37.📄 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
38. 38.True or false: “awards and prizes” should be left out of a résumé. (a) True (b) False
39. 39.True or false: “your siblings’ marks” belongs on a student résumé. (a) False (b) True
40. 40.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your phone and email? (a) leave it out (b) include it

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