Résumé Worksheet: What to Include

Interview skills lesson 17: What goes on a student résumé · Set 171 · 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) contact details (b) activities (c) education (d) skills
2. 2.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: school and marks? (a) include it (b) leave it out
3. 3.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your Aadhaar number? (a) include it (b) leave it out
4. 4.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) your siblings’ marks (b) skills like typing (c) your bank details (d) a party selfie
5. 5.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) made-up marks (b) a party selfie (c) your Aadhaar number (d) clubs and activities
6. 6.True or false: “volunteer work” belongs on a student résumé. (a) False (b) True
7. 7.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: languages you know? (a) leave it out (b) include it
8. 8.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your bank details? (a) leave it out (b) include it
9. 9.Which of these goes in the education section? (a) a survey of 50 shops (b) basic HTML and CSS (c) an email ID (d) Class 10 board: 88%
10. 10.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your siblings’ marks (b) languages you know (c) school and marks (d) your phone and email
11. 11.📄 A student with no work experience should highlight… (a) their parents’ jobs (b) projects and activities (c) made-up jobs (d) nothing at all
12. 12.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: clubs and activities? (a) leave it out (b) include it
13. 13.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) school and marks (b) your phone and email (c) your passwords (d) projects you did
14. 14.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your phone and email? (a) leave it out (b) include it
15. 15.📄 What font style suits a résumé? (a) five fancy fonts (b) one plain, clear font (c) all bold capitals (d) tiny handwriting
16. 16.Which of these goes in the education section? (a) Class 12 (Science), 2026 (b) debate club secretary (c) a website for our club (d) school football team
17. 17.True or false: “projects you did” should be left out of a résumé. (a) True (b) False
18. 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) languages you know (b) your phone and email (c) school and marks (d) your Aadhaar number
19. 19.📄 In which résumé section does this go: school football team? (a) skills (b) contact details (c) activities (d) projects
20. 20.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) a long life story (b) your Aadhaar number (c) your phone and email (d) your passwords
21. 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) clubs and activities (b) a party selfie (c) school and marks (d) awards and prizes
22. 22.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) your Aadhaar number (b) made-up marks (c) your passwords (d) languages you know
23. 23.Which of these goes in the contact details? (a) typing 40 words a minute (b) an email ID (c) Class 10 board: 88% (d) debate club secretary
24. 24.Which of these goes in the activities section? (a) basic HTML and CSS (b) school football team (c) a survey of 50 shops (d) Class 10 board: 88%
25. 25.📄 How long should a student résumé usually be? (a) one page (b) ten pages (c) five pages (d) half a line
26. 26.📄 A résumé is… (a) a school report card (b) a short summary of you (c) a letter of thanks (d) a full autobiography
27. 27.📄 In which résumé section does this go: built a rain gauge model? (a) contact details (b) projects (c) education (d) skills
28. 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a party selfie (b) projects you did (c) your bank details (d) your passwords
29. 29.True or false: “school and marks” should be left out of a résumé. (a) True (b) False
30. 30.Which of these goes in the projects section? (a) Class 12 (Science), 2026 (b) typing 40 words a minute (c) spreadsheets (basic) (d) a survey of 50 shops
31. 31.📄 In which résumé section does this go: basic HTML and CSS? (a) education (b) contact details (c) projects (d) skills
32. 32.📄 Your résumé says you led a club. In the interview you should… (a) say it was a joke (b) change the subject (c) deny it (d) be ready to explain it
33. 33.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your passwords? (a) include it (b) leave it out
34. 34.📄 In which résumé section does this go: a website for our club? (a) projects (b) contact details (c) skills (d) activities
35. 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your siblings’ marks (b) a long life story (c) a party selfie (d) clubs and activities
36. 36.Which of these goes in the contact details? (a) your city and PIN code (b) school football team (c) a survey of 50 shops (d) built a rain gauge model
37. 37.True or false: “a party selfie” belongs on a student résumé. (a) False (b) True
38. 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) volunteer work (b) your phone and email (c) languages you know (d) your bank details
39. 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) volunteer work (b) your passwords (c) school and marks (d) projects you did
40. 40.True or false: “clubs and activities” should be left out of a résumé. (a) True (b) False

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