Résumé Worksheet: What to Include

Interview skills lesson 17: What goes on a student résumé · Set 156 · 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.📄 What font style suits a résumé? (a) five fancy fonts (b) all bold capitals (c) one plain, clear font (d) tiny handwriting
2. 2.True or false: “your Aadhaar number” should be left out of a résumé. (a) False (b) True
3. 3.📄 In which résumé section does this go: an email ID? (a) contact details (b) projects (c) activities (d) education
4. 4.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) school and marks (b) projects you did (c) your phone and email (d) your passwords
5. 5.True or false: “your passwords” should be left out of a résumé. (a) False (b) True
6. 6.True or false: “school and marks” belongs on a student résumé. (a) False (b) True
7. 7.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: a long life story? (a) include it (b) leave it out
8. 8.True or false: “skills like typing” belongs on a student résumé. (a) True (b) False
9. 9.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) your phone and email (b) projects you did (c) made-up marks (d) awards and prizes
10. 10.📄 In which résumé section does this go: basic HTML and CSS? (a) skills (b) contact details (c) education (d) activities
11. 11.📄 In which résumé section does this go: your city and PIN code? (a) projects (b) contact details (c) education (d) skills
12. 12.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: languages you know? (a) leave it out (b) include it
13. 13.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your Aadhaar number? (a) leave it out (b) include it
14. 14.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: school and marks? (a) leave it out (b) include it
15. 15.📄 Your résumé says you led a club. In the interview you should… (a) deny it (b) say it was a joke (c) change the subject (d) be ready to explain it
16. 16.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) volunteer work (b) your phone and email (c) your Aadhaar number (d) awards and prizes
17. 17.📄 In which résumé section does this go: built a rain gauge model? (a) activities (b) projects (c) skills (d) education
18. 18.Which of these goes in the activities section? (a) B.Com first year (b) a mobile number (c) Class 12 (Science), 2026 (d) eco club member
19. 19.📄 In which résumé section does this go: Class 10 board: 88%? (a) skills (b) projects (c) activities (d) education
20. 20.📄 In which résumé section does this go: typing 40 words a minute? (a) activities (b) contact details (c) education (d) skills
21. 21.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) a long life story (b) your passwords (c) volunteer work (d) your Aadhaar number
22. 22.Which of these goes in the contact details? (a) a survey of 50 shops (b) Class 12 (Science), 2026 (c) a website for our club (d) your city and PIN code
23. 23.📄 In which résumé section does this go: Class 12 (Science), 2026? (a) education (b) projects (c) skills (d) activities
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.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: projects you did? (a) leave it out (b) include it
26. 26.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) school and marks (b) languages you know (c) your phone and email (d) your siblings’ marks
27. 27.Which of these goes in the projects section? (a) basic HTML and CSS (b) Class 12 (Science), 2026 (c) a mobile number (d) built a rain gauge model
28. 28.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) your phone and email (b) volunteer work (c) your bank details (d) skills like typing
29. 29.📄 How long should a student résumé usually be? (a) five pages (b) half a line (c) ten pages (d) one page
30. 30.Which of these goes in the skills section? (a) eco club member (b) an email ID (c) school football team (d) typing 40 words a minute
31. 31.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) your bank details (b) made-up marks (c) a long life story (d) awards and prizes
32. 32.📄 A résumé is… (a) a full autobiography (b) a letter of thanks (c) a short summary of you (d) a school report card
33. 33.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: clubs and activities? (a) include it (b) leave it out
34. 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) school and marks (b) your phone and email (c) a party selfie (d) awards and prizes
35. 35.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: made-up marks? (a) leave it out (b) include it
36. 36.Which of these goes in the contact details? (a) B.Com first year (b) Class 10 board: 88% (c) debate club secretary (d) a mobile number
37. 37.True or false: “your passwords” belongs on a student résumé. (a) False (b) True
38. 38.Which of these goes in the skills section? (a) a survey of 50 shops (b) built a rain gauge model (c) Class 12 (Science), 2026 (d) spreadsheets (basic)
39. 39.📄 In which résumé section does this go: a mobile number? (a) projects (b) skills (c) activities (d) contact details
40. 40.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: skills like typing? (a) leave it out (b) include it

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