Résumé Worksheet: What to Include

Interview skills lesson 17: What goes on a student résumé · Set 193 · 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) tiny handwriting (b) five fancy fonts (c) all bold capitals (d) one plain, clear font
2. 2.📄 In which résumé section does this go: Class 10 board: 88%? (a) activities (b) education (c) skills (d) projects
3. 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a party selfie (b) projects you did (c) made-up marks (d) your siblings’ marks
4. 4.📄 A student with no work experience should highlight… (a) nothing at all (b) made-up jobs (c) their parents’ jobs (d) projects and activities
5. 5.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) projects you did (b) your bank details (c) your passwords (d) your Aadhaar number
6. 6.📄 In which résumé section does this go: spreadsheets (basic)? (a) skills (b) activities (c) education (d) contact details
7. 7.True or false: “skills like typing” should be left out of a résumé. (a) True (b) False
8. 8.True or false: “your siblings’ marks” belongs on a student résumé. (a) True (b) False
9. 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your phone and email (b) clubs and activities (c) skills like typing (d) made-up marks
10. 10.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) volunteer work (b) a long life story (c) made-up marks (d) a party selfie
11. 11.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) a party selfie (b) a long life story (c) your Aadhaar number (d) languages you know
12. 12.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) school and marks (b) made-up marks (c) your siblings’ marks (d) a party selfie
13. 13.Which of these goes in the activities section? (a) typing 40 words a minute (b) eco club member (c) your city and PIN code (d) a website for our club
14. 14.Which of these goes in the activities section? (a) typing 40 words a minute (b) basic HTML and CSS (c) a survey of 50 shops (d) school football team
15. 15.📄 In which résumé section does this go: debate club secretary? (a) contact details (b) education (c) skills (d) activities
16. 16.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) made-up marks (b) your bank details (c) your phone and email (d) your siblings’ marks
17. 17.True or false: “made-up marks” belongs on a student résumé. (a) False (b) True
18. 18.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) your phone and email (b) your bank details (c) volunteer work (d) languages you know
19. 19.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) awards and prizes (b) your siblings’ marks (c) your passwords (d) your Aadhaar number
20. 20.Which of these goes in the contact details? (a) a survey of 50 shops (b) Class 10 board: 88% (c) spreadsheets (basic) (d) your city and PIN code
21. 21.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your phone and email? (a) leave it out (b) include it
22. 22.Which of these goes in the education section? (a) basic HTML and CSS (b) B.Com first year (c) typing 40 words a minute (d) your city and PIN code
23. 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) awards and prizes (b) projects you did (c) volunteer work (d) your passwords
24. 24.True or false: “skills like typing” belongs on a student résumé. (a) False (b) True
25. 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) made-up marks (b) your passwords (c) skills like typing (d) your Aadhaar number
26. 26.Which of these goes in the projects section? (a) a mobile number (b) B.Com first year (c) a survey of 50 shops (d) Class 12 (Science), 2026
27. 27.📄 How long should a student résumé usually be? (a) five pages (b) ten pages (c) one page (d) half a line
28. 28.📄 In which résumé section does this go: B.Com first year? (a) activities (b) education (c) skills (d) projects
29. 29.True or false: “your bank details” should be left out of a résumé. (a) True (b) False
30. 30.Which of these goes in the activities section? (a) Class 12 (Science), 2026 (b) basic HTML and CSS (c) debate club secretary (d) B.Com first year
31. 31.📄 In which résumé section does this go: an email ID? (a) skills (b) contact details (c) projects (d) activities
32. 32.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: projects you did? (a) include it (b) leave it out
33. 33.True or false: “your passwords” should be left out of a résumé. (a) False (b) True
34. 34.📄 A résumé is… (a) a letter of thanks (b) a full autobiography (c) a short summary of you (d) a school report card
35. 35.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: awards and prizes? (a) include it (b) leave it out
36. 36.True or false: “your bank details” belongs on a student résumé. (a) True (b) False
37. 37.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: languages you know? (a) include it (b) leave it out
38. 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) volunteer work (b) projects you did (c) a party selfie (d) skills like typing
39. 39.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your passwords? (a) include it (b) leave it out
40. 40.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your Aadhaar number? (a) include it (b) leave it out

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