Résumé Worksheet: What to Include

Interview skills lesson 17: What goes on a student résumé · Set 131 · 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: debate club secretary? (a) projects (b) activities (c) contact details (d) education
2. 2.True or false: “clubs and activities” belongs on a student résumé. (a) False (b) True
3. 3.📄 In which résumé section does this go: basic HTML and CSS? (a) projects (b) education (c) activities (d) skills
4. 4.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) your phone and email (b) school and marks (c) clubs and activities (d) made-up marks
5. 5.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: languages you know? (a) include it (b) leave it out
6. 6.Which of these goes in the skills section? (a) an email ID (b) school football team (c) debate club secretary (d) basic HTML and CSS
7. 7.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: a party selfie? (a) leave it out (b) include it
8. 8.📄 A student with no work experience should highlight… (a) made-up jobs (b) their parents’ jobs (c) nothing at all (d) projects and activities
9. 9.📄 What font style suits a résumé? (a) tiny handwriting (b) all bold capitals (c) five fancy fonts (d) one plain, clear font
10. 10.True or false: “projects you did” should be left out of a résumé. (a) True (b) False
11. 11.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: made-up marks? (a) leave it out (b) include it
12. 12.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) skills like typing (b) a party selfie (c) awards and prizes (d) languages you know
13. 13.📄 How long should a student résumé usually be? (a) half a line (b) ten pages (c) one page (d) five pages
14. 14.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: skills like typing? (a) leave it out (b) include it
15. 15.Which of these goes in the education section? (a) built a rain gauge model (b) a website for our club (c) Class 10 board: 88% (d) eco club member
16. 16.Which of these goes in the projects section? (a) typing 40 words a minute (b) B.Com first year (c) a website for our club (d) Class 12 (Science), 2026
17. 17.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) your Aadhaar number (b) your phone and email (c) school and marks (d) volunteer work
18. 18.True or false: “your passwords” belongs on a student résumé. (a) True (b) False
19. 19.📄 In which résumé section does this go: B.Com first year? (a) projects (b) activities (c) contact details (d) education
20. 20.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: volunteer work? (a) include it (b) leave it out
21. 21.Which of these goes in the projects section? (a) built a rain gauge model (b) debate club secretary (c) basic HTML and CSS (d) spreadsheets (basic)
22. 22.True or false: “made-up marks” should be left out of a résumé. (a) False (b) True
23. 23.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) school and marks (b) volunteer work (c) your siblings’ marks (d) your phone and email
24. 24.📄 In which résumé section does this go: built a rain gauge model? (a) skills (b) projects (c) education (d) contact details
25. 25.True or false: “your siblings’ marks” belongs on a student résumé. (a) False (b) True
26. 26.True or false: “your bank details” should be left out of a résumé. (a) False (b) True
27. 27.True or false: “your passwords” should be left out of a résumé. (a) True (b) False
28. 28.True or false: “volunteer work” belongs on a student résumé. (a) False (b) True
29. 29.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) school and marks (b) a party selfie (c) skills like typing (d) projects you did
30. 30.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) your siblings’ marks (b) awards and prizes (c) made-up marks (d) your bank details
31. 31.📄 Your résumé says you led a club. In the interview you should… (a) be ready to explain it (b) change the subject (c) deny it (d) say it was a joke
32. 32.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) school and marks (b) projects you did (c) your passwords (d) awards and prizes
33. 33.📄 In which résumé section does this go: spreadsheets (basic)? (a) activities (b) education (c) projects (d) skills
34. 34.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) languages you know (b) your phone and email (c) a long life story (d) clubs and activities
35. 35.📄 A résumé is… (a) a letter of thanks (b) a school report card (c) a short summary of you (d) a full autobiography
36. 36.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) your siblings’ marks (b) a party selfie (c) made-up marks (d) skills like typing
37. 37.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your Aadhaar number? (a) include it (b) leave it out
38. 38.True or false: “awards and prizes” belongs on a student résumé. (a) False (b) True
39. 39.📄 In which résumé section does this go: Class 10 board: 88%? (a) skills (b) contact details (c) education (d) activities
40. 40.True or false: “your phone and email” should be left out of a résumé. (a) True (b) False

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