Résumé Worksheet: What to Include

Interview skills lesson 17: What goes on a student résumé · Set 183 · 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: clubs and activities? (a) leave it out (b) include it
2. 2.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) made-up marks (b) school and marks (c) your passwords (d) your Aadhaar number
3. 3.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your phone and email? (a) include it (b) leave it out
4. 4.True or false: “your siblings’ marks” should be left out of a résumé. (a) True (b) False
5. 5.True or false: “your bank details” belongs on a student résumé. (a) True (b) False
6. 6.📄 In which résumé section does this go: basic HTML and CSS? (a) activities (b) education (c) skills (d) contact details
7. 7.📄 Your résumé says you led a club. In the interview you should… (a) say it was a joke (b) deny it (c) change the subject (d) be ready to explain it
8. 8.True or false: “school and marks” should be left out of a résumé. (a) False (b) True
9. 9.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: projects you did? (a) leave it out (b) include it
10. 10.📄 In which résumé section does this go: Class 10 board: 88%? (a) projects (b) skills (c) activities (d) education
11. 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your bank details (b) your siblings’ marks (c) languages you know (d) your Aadhaar number
12. 12.📄 A résumé is… (a) a short summary of you (b) a school report card (c) a full autobiography (d) a letter of thanks
13. 13.Which of these goes in the activities section? (a) a mobile number (b) school football team (c) spreadsheets (basic) (d) your city and PIN code
14. 14.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) skills like typing (b) school and marks (c) awards and prizes (d) your siblings’ marks
15. 15.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) skills like typing (b) clubs and activities (c) a party selfie (d) projects you did
16. 16.📄 In which résumé section does this go: Class 12 (Science), 2026? (a) activities (b) projects (c) education (d) contact details
17. 17.📄 How long should a student résumé usually be? (a) ten pages (b) half a line (c) one page (d) five pages
18. 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your bank details (b) made-up marks (c) skills like typing (d) your siblings’ marks
19. 19.Which of these goes in the projects section? (a) debate club secretary (b) built a rain gauge model (c) typing 40 words a minute (d) your city and PIN code
20. 20.📄 In which résumé section does this go: a survey of 50 shops? (a) contact details (b) activities (c) education (d) projects
21. 21.Which of these goes in the education section? (a) a website for our club (b) built a rain gauge model (c) Class 10 board: 88% (d) eco club member
22. 22.Which of these goes in the activities section? (a) an email ID (b) basic HTML and CSS (c) debate club secretary (d) typing 40 words a minute
23. 23.True or false: “a party selfie” belongs on a student résumé. (a) True (b) False
24. 24.📄 In which résumé section does this go: a mobile number? (a) skills (b) contact details (c) projects (d) education
25. 25.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) your bank details (b) a party selfie (c) your Aadhaar number (d) projects you did
26. 26.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: school and marks? (a) leave it out (b) include it
27. 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) awards and prizes (b) languages you know (c) your bank details (d) projects you did
28. 28.True or false: “skills like typing” belongs on a student résumé. (a) True (b) False
29. 29.Which of these goes in the education section? (a) B.Com first year (b) spreadsheets (basic) (c) your city and PIN code (d) a survey of 50 shops
30. 30.True or false: “awards and prizes” belongs on a student résumé. (a) False (b) True
31. 31.True or false: “languages you know” belongs on a student résumé. (a) False (b) True
32. 32.Which of these goes in the contact details? (a) spreadsheets (basic) (b) Class 12 (Science), 2026 (c) a mobile number (d) a website for our club
33. 33.True or false: “made-up marks” belongs on a student résumé. (a) True (b) False
34. 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) awards and prizes (b) school and marks (c) skills like typing (d) your siblings’ marks
35. 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your siblings’ marks (b) awards and prizes (c) made-up marks (d) your bank details
36. 36.📄 In which résumé section does this go: typing 40 words a minute? (a) education (b) skills (c) activities (d) contact details
37. 37.📄 In which résumé section does this go: eco club member? (a) contact details (b) education (c) skills (d) activities
38. 38.Which of these goes in the projects section? (a) basic HTML and CSS (b) a survey of 50 shops (c) a mobile number (d) typing 40 words a minute
39. 39.True or false: “a long life story” should be left out of a résumé. (a) False (b) True
40. 40.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: languages you know? (a) include it (b) leave it out

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