Résumé Worksheet: What to Include

Interview skills lesson 17: What goes on a student résumé · Set 158 · 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: school and marks? (a) leave it out (b) include it
2. 2.📄 In which résumé section does this go: an email ID? (a) projects (b) skills (c) contact details (d) activities
3. 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) projects you did (b) languages you know (c) school and marks (d) your bank details
4. 4.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) made-up marks (b) a long life story (c) clubs and activities (d) your passwords
5. 5.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) your bank details (b) your phone and email (c) a long life story (d) a party selfie
6. 6.📄 Your résumé says you led a club. In the interview you should… (a) be ready to explain it (b) say it was a joke (c) deny it (d) change the subject
7. 7.Which of these goes in the education section? (a) typing 40 words a minute (b) basic HTML and CSS (c) Class 12 (Science), 2026 (d) a survey of 50 shops
8. 8.Which of these goes in the skills section? (a) your city and PIN code (b) typing 40 words a minute (c) a mobile number (d) eco club member
9. 9.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your Aadhaar number? (a) include it (b) leave it out
10. 10.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) volunteer work (b) clubs and activities (c) languages you know (d) your passwords
11. 11.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: awards and prizes? (a) leave it out (b) include it
12. 12.📄 A student with no work experience should highlight… (a) nothing at all (b) their parents’ jobs (c) made-up jobs (d) projects and activities
13. 13.Which of these goes in the contact details? (a) typing 40 words a minute (b) built a rain gauge model (c) a website for our club (d) an email ID
14. 14.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your phone and email? (a) include it (b) leave it out
15. 15.📄 In which résumé section does this go: Class 10 board: 88%? (a) skills (b) education (c) projects (d) activities
16. 16.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your bank details (b) your passwords (c) a party selfie (d) languages you know
17. 17.📄 What font style suits a résumé? (a) five fancy fonts (b) tiny handwriting (c) one plain, clear font (d) all bold capitals
18. 18.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) school and marks (b) your phone and email (c) your bank details (d) volunteer work
19. 19.Which of these goes in the education section? (a) a survey of 50 shops (b) basic HTML and CSS (c) eco club member (d) Class 10 board: 88%
20. 20.📄 In which résumé section does this go: basic HTML and CSS? (a) activities (b) projects (c) education (d) skills
21. 21.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) your Aadhaar number (b) languages you know (c) made-up marks (d) a party selfie
22. 22.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: volunteer work? (a) leave it out (b) include it
23. 23.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: skills like typing? (a) leave it out (b) include it
24. 24.Which of these goes in the projects section? (a) Class 10 board: 88% (b) school football team (c) a website for our club (d) typing 40 words a minute
25. 25.True or false: “languages you know” should be left out of a résumé. (a) True (b) False
26. 26.Which of these goes in the contact details? (a) B.Com first year (b) debate club secretary (c) typing 40 words a minute (d) a mobile number
27. 27.Which of these goes in the skills section? (a) an email ID (b) spreadsheets (basic) (c) Class 10 board: 88% (d) school football team
28. 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your siblings’ marks (b) a long life story (c) school and marks (d) your bank details
29. 29.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) clubs and activities (b) your Aadhaar number (c) awards and prizes (d) languages you know
30. 30.📄 A résumé is… (a) a short summary of you (b) a school report card (c) a full autobiography (d) a letter of thanks
31. 31.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) your siblings’ marks (b) school and marks (c) volunteer work (d) awards and prizes
32. 32.True or false: “made-up marks” belongs on a student résumé. (a) True (b) False
33. 33.True or false: “your siblings’ marks” should be left out of a résumé. (a) True (b) False
34. 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a party selfie (b) awards and prizes (c) your siblings’ marks (d) made-up marks
35. 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) clubs and activities (b) school and marks (c) a party selfie (d) skills like typing
36. 36.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: made-up marks? (a) leave it out (b) include it
37. 37.📄 In which résumé section does this go: Class 12 (Science), 2026? (a) skills (b) activities (c) education (d) contact details
38. 38.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: projects you did? (a) leave it out (b) include it
39. 39.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) a long life story (b) your Aadhaar number (c) awards and prizes (d) a party selfie
40. 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your siblings’ marks (b) projects you did (c) languages you know (d) skills like typing

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