Résumé Worksheet: What to Include

Interview skills lesson 17: What goes on a student résumé · Set 107 · 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.True or false: “a long life story” belongs on a student résumé. (a) False (b) True
2. 2.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your bank details? (a) include it (b) leave it out
3. 3.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) volunteer work (b) languages you know (c) awards and prizes (d) a long life story
4. 4.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: skills like typing? (a) leave it out (b) include it
5. 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your passwords (b) projects you did (c) awards and prizes (d) clubs and activities
6. 6.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) awards and prizes (b) languages you know (c) a party selfie (d) school and marks
7. 7.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your phone and email (b) awards and prizes (c) your siblings’ marks (d) skills like typing
8. 8.📄 In which résumé section does this go: spreadsheets (basic)? (a) projects (b) contact details (c) activities (d) skills
9. 9.📄 What font style suits a résumé? (a) tiny handwriting (b) five fancy fonts (c) all bold capitals (d) one plain, clear font
10. 10.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) your Aadhaar number (b) a long life story (c) your passwords (d) skills like typing
11. 11.True or false: “volunteer work” should be left out of a résumé. (a) False (b) True
12. 12.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your Aadhaar number (b) your siblings’ marks (c) clubs and activities (d) a party selfie
13. 13.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) projects you did (b) your bank details (c) skills like typing (d) school and marks
14. 14.📄 A student with no work experience should highlight… (a) their parents’ jobs (b) made-up jobs (c) nothing at all (d) projects and activities
15. 15.📄 Your résumé says you led a club. In the interview you should… (a) change the subject (b) deny it (c) say it was a joke (d) be ready to explain it
16. 16.True or false: “your Aadhaar number” belongs on a student résumé. (a) True (b) False
17. 17.📄 In which résumé section does this go: basic HTML and CSS? (a) activities (b) education (c) skills (d) contact details
18. 18.📄 In which résumé section does this go: your city and PIN code? (a) contact details (b) education (c) skills (d) projects
19. 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a long life story (b) your siblings’ marks (c) made-up marks (d) projects you did
20. 20.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) your phone and email (b) school and marks (c) made-up marks (d) volunteer work
21. 21.Which of these goes in the education section? (a) an email ID (b) a mobile number (c) typing 40 words a minute (d) B.Com first year
22. 22.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) your phone and email (b) projects you did (c) your siblings’ marks (d) school and marks
23. 23.True or false: “school and marks” belongs on a student résumé. (a) False (b) True
24. 24.Which of these goes in the skills section? (a) school football team (b) built a rain gauge model (c) basic HTML and CSS (d) a mobile number
25. 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a long life story (b) a party selfie (c) your bank details (d) skills like typing
26. 26.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: made-up marks? (a) leave it out (b) include it
27. 27.📄 How long should a student résumé usually be? (a) ten pages (b) five pages (c) half a line (d) one page
28. 28.True or false: “made-up marks” belongs on a student résumé. (a) True (b) False
29. 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) made-up marks (b) a party selfie (c) languages you know (d) your passwords
30. 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) school and marks (b) skills like typing (c) projects you did (d) made-up marks
31. 31.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) your phone and email (b) languages you know (c) your passwords (d) skills like typing
32. 32.📄 In which résumé section does this go: Class 12 (Science), 2026? (a) activities (b) education (c) projects (d) skills
33. 33.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: volunteer work? (a) include it (b) leave it out
34. 34.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) a long life story (b) your siblings’ marks (c) your phone and email (d) a party selfie
35. 35.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your phone and email? (a) leave it out (b) include it
36. 36.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: a long life story? (a) include it (b) leave it out
37. 37.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your Aadhaar number? (a) leave it out (b) include it
38. 38.Which of these goes in the contact details? (a) a website for our club (b) B.Com first year (c) eco club member (d) your city and PIN code
39. 39.Which of these goes in the skills section? (a) debate club secretary (b) typing 40 words a minute (c) an email ID (d) Class 12 (Science), 2026
40. 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) awards and prizes (b) a long life story (c) a party selfie (d) your bank details

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