Résumé Worksheet: What to Include

Interview skills lesson 17: What goes on a student résumé · Set 239 · 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) volunteer work (b) skills like typing (c) your bank details (d) projects you did
2. 2.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your passwords? (a) leave it out (b) include it
3. 3.📄 In which résumé section does this go: eco club member? (a) activities (b) education (c) contact details (d) skills
4. 4.True or false: “your siblings’ marks” belongs on a student résumé. (a) False (b) True
5. 5.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: languages you know? (a) include it (b) leave it out
6. 6.Which of these goes in the education section? (a) debate club secretary (b) basic HTML and CSS (c) built a rain gauge model (d) Class 10 board: 88%
7. 7.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your bank details? (a) leave it out (b) include it
8. 8.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a long life story (b) languages you know (c) a party selfie (d) your bank details
9. 9.True or false: “a party selfie” belongs on a student résumé. (a) True (b) False
10. 10.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: a party selfie? (a) include it (b) leave it out
11. 11.📄 In which résumé section does this go: your city and PIN code? (a) skills (b) contact details (c) education (d) projects
12. 12.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your phone and email? (a) include it (b) leave it out
13. 13.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) clubs and activities (b) made-up marks (c) languages you know (d) school and marks
14. 14.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your bank details (b) your Aadhaar number (c) clubs and activities (d) a long life story
15. 15.📄 What font style suits a résumé? (a) tiny handwriting (b) all bold capitals (c) five fancy fonts (d) one plain, clear font
16. 16.True or false: “your Aadhaar number” should be left out of a résumé. (a) True (b) False
17. 17.📄 A student with no work experience should highlight… (a) nothing at all (b) made-up jobs (c) their parents’ jobs (d) projects and activities
18. 18.📄 In which résumé section does this go: B.Com first year? (a) skills (b) education (c) activities (d) projects
19. 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) school and marks (b) awards and prizes (c) your Aadhaar number (d) projects you did
20. 20.📄 In which résumé section does this go: school football team? (a) education (b) projects (c) activities (d) contact details
21. 21.Which of these goes in the contact details? (a) Class 10 board: 88% (b) a mobile number (c) B.Com first year (d) school football team
22. 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) school and marks (b) your passwords (c) a long life story (d) a party selfie
23. 23.Which of these goes in the projects section? (a) Class 12 (Science), 2026 (b) a mobile number (c) a survey of 50 shops (d) B.Com first year
24. 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) clubs and activities (b) your bank details (c) school and marks (d) languages you know
25. 25.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) your passwords (b) made-up marks (c) volunteer work (d) your siblings’ marks
26. 26.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) your bank details (b) a long life story (c) made-up marks (d) school and marks
27. 27.Which of these goes in the skills section? (a) typing 40 words a minute (b) a website for our club (c) Class 12 (Science), 2026 (d) eco club member
28. 28.Which of these goes in the activities section? (a) typing 40 words a minute (b) eco club member (c) spreadsheets (basic) (d) your city and PIN code
29. 29.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: clubs and activities? (a) include it (b) leave it out
30. 30.Which of these goes in the skills section? (a) spreadsheets (basic) (b) your city and PIN code (c) a mobile number (d) eco club member
31. 31.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: projects you did? (a) leave it out (b) include it
32. 32.📄 In which résumé section does this go: Class 10 board: 88%? (a) contact details (b) education (c) projects (d) activities
33. 33.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) school and marks (b) your siblings’ marks (c) skills like typing (d) languages you know
34. 34.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your siblings’ marks? (a) include it (b) leave it out
35. 35.Which of these goes in the activities section? (a) basic HTML and CSS (b) school football team (c) a mobile number (d) typing 40 words a minute
36. 36.📄 In which résumé section does this go: a mobile number? (a) contact details (b) activities (c) projects (d) skills
37. 37.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) your Aadhaar number (b) your phone and email (c) clubs and activities (d) awards and prizes
38. 38.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: skills like typing? (a) leave it out (b) include it
39. 39.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) a party selfie (b) clubs and activities (c) your phone and email (d) languages you know
40. 40.📄 In which résumé section does this go: basic HTML and CSS? (a) skills (b) projects (c) education (d) activities

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