Résumé Worksheet: What to Include

Interview skills lesson 17: What goes on a student résumé · Set 206 · 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.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) made-up marks (b) clubs and activities (c) languages you know (d) your phone and email
2. 2.📄 In which résumé section does this go: typing 40 words a minute? (a) education (b) skills (c) activities (d) contact details
3. 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) skills like typing (b) your phone and email (c) volunteer work (d) your bank details
4. 4.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your phone and email? (a) include it (b) leave it out
5. 5.📄 A student with no work experience should highlight… (a) projects and activities (b) made-up jobs (c) nothing at all (d) their parents’ jobs
6. 6.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) your passwords (b) a party selfie (c) your siblings’ marks (d) skills like typing
7. 7.Which of these goes in the activities section? (a) an email ID (b) typing 40 words a minute (c) Class 10 board: 88% (d) eco club member
8. 8.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a party selfie (b) your passwords (c) your siblings’ marks (d) school and marks
9. 9.Which of these goes in the projects section? (a) Class 12 (Science), 2026 (b) basic HTML and CSS (c) Class 10 board: 88% (d) a website for our club
10. 10.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) your phone and email (b) your passwords (c) your bank details (d) your siblings’ marks
11. 11.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) a long life story (b) your passwords (c) projects you did (d) your Aadhaar number
12. 12.📄 In which résumé section does this go: Class 10 board: 88%? (a) education (b) projects (c) activities (d) skills
13. 13.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your siblings’ marks? (a) include it (b) leave it out
14. 14.Which of these goes in the education section? (a) Class 10 board: 88% (b) school football team (c) typing 40 words a minute (d) spreadsheets (basic)
15. 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) awards and prizes (b) volunteer work (c) a long life story (d) clubs and activities
16. 16.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: volunteer work? (a) leave it out (b) include it
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 of these goes in the skills section? (a) B.Com first year (b) typing 40 words a minute (c) your city and PIN code (d) a mobile number
19. 19.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: a party selfie? (a) include it (b) leave it out
20. 20.True or false: “volunteer work” belongs on a student résumé. (a) False (b) True
21. 21.Which of these goes in the education section? (a) a survey of 50 shops (b) B.Com first year (c) a website for our club (d) built a rain gauge model
22. 22.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: clubs and activities? (a) include it (b) leave it out
23. 23.True or false: “skills like typing” should be left out of a résumé. (a) False (b) True
24. 24.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) languages you know (b) projects you did (c) volunteer work (d) your bank details
25. 25.📄 In which résumé section does this go: basic HTML and CSS? (a) projects (b) skills (c) activities (d) contact details
26. 26.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) languages you know (b) volunteer work (c) a party selfie (d) school and marks
27. 27.📄 What font style suits a résumé? (a) all bold capitals (b) one plain, clear font (c) five fancy fonts (d) tiny handwriting
28. 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) awards and prizes (b) skills like typing (c) your siblings’ marks (d) languages you know
29. 29.True or false: “a long life story” belongs on a student résumé. (a) True (b) False
30. 30.📄 In which résumé section does this go: spreadsheets (basic)? (a) skills (b) activities (c) education (d) projects
31. 31.📄 In which résumé section does this go: B.Com first year? (a) activities (b) skills (c) projects (d) education
32. 32.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: awards and prizes? (a) include it (b) leave it out
33. 33.Which of these goes in the skills section? (a) Class 10 board: 88% (b) B.Com first year (c) a website for our club (d) spreadsheets (basic)
34. 34.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: languages you know? (a) include it (b) leave it out
35. 35.True or false: “made-up marks” should be left out of a résumé. (a) True (b) False
36. 36.📄 In which résumé section does this go: Class 12 (Science), 2026? (a) education (b) skills (c) projects (d) contact details
37. 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) skills like typing (b) a party selfie (c) made-up marks (d) your Aadhaar number
38. 38.📄 In which résumé section does this go: a mobile number? (a) skills (b) activities (c) projects (d) contact details
39. 39.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) skills like typing (b) projects you did (c) your passwords (d) awards and prizes
40. 40.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) a party selfie (b) clubs and activities (c) your Aadhaar number (d) your bank details

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