Résumé Worksheet: What to Include

Interview skills lesson 17: What goes on a student résumé · Set 261 · 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: school and marks? (a) leave it out (b) include it
2. 2.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your phone and email (b) school and marks (c) a party selfie (d) languages you know
3. 3.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) skills like typing (b) awards and prizes (c) school and marks (d) your passwords
4. 4.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a party selfie (b) skills like typing (c) your passwords (d) your bank details
5. 5.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: volunteer work? (a) include it (b) leave it out
6. 6.Which of these goes in the contact details? (a) eco club member (b) Class 10 board: 88% (c) an email ID (d) debate club secretary
7. 7.Which of these goes in the projects section? (a) built a rain gauge model (b) typing 40 words a minute (c) school football team (d) debate club secretary
8. 8.📄 Your résumé says you led a club. In the interview you should… (a) say it was a joke (b) be ready to explain it (c) change the subject (d) deny it
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: your phone and email? (a) leave it out (b) include it
11. 11.True or false: “awards and prizes” should be left out of a résumé. (a) False (b) True
12. 12.📄 In which résumé section does this go: your city and PIN code? (a) education (b) projects (c) activities (d) contact details
13. 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) made-up marks (b) your bank details (c) your passwords (d) languages you know
14. 14.📄 In which résumé section does this go: eco club member? (a) activities (b) contact details (c) education (d) skills
15. 15.📄 A student with no work experience should highlight… (a) projects and activities (b) their parents’ jobs (c) made-up jobs (d) nothing at all
16. 16.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) your siblings’ marks (b) your bank details (c) a party selfie (d) clubs and activities
17. 17.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) your siblings’ marks (b) a long life story (c) awards and prizes (d) made-up marks
18. 18.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: a long life story? (a) include it (b) leave it out
19. 19.📄 What font style suits a résumé? (a) tiny handwriting (b) one plain, clear font (c) all bold capitals (d) five fancy fonts
20. 20.📄 How long should a student résumé usually be? (a) ten pages (b) one page (c) five pages (d) half a line
21. 21.Which of these goes in the contact details? (a) school football team (b) Class 10 board: 88% (c) a mobile number (d) typing 40 words a minute
22. 22.True or false: “your phone and email” belongs on a student résumé. (a) False (b) True
23. 23.True or false: “projects you did” should be left out of a résumé. (a) False (b) True
24. 24.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) a party selfie (b) your Aadhaar number (c) your siblings’ marks (d) school and marks
25. 25.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: awards and prizes? (a) leave it out (b) include it
26. 26.True or false: “your Aadhaar number” belongs on a student résumé. (a) True (b) False
27. 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a long life story (b) made-up marks (c) your Aadhaar number (d) projects you did
28. 28.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) school and marks (b) projects you did (c) volunteer work (d) your siblings’ marks
29. 29.📄 In which résumé section does this go: debate club secretary? (a) projects (b) contact details (c) skills (d) activities
30. 30.📄 In which résumé section does this go: Class 12 (Science), 2026? (a) contact details (b) projects (c) skills (d) education
31. 31.True or false: “your bank details” belongs on a student résumé. (a) True (b) False
32. 32.📄 In which résumé section does this go: school football team? (a) contact details (b) activities (c) education (d) skills
33. 33.True or false: “languages you know” should be left out of a résumé. (a) False (b) True
34. 34.True or false: “your passwords” should be left out of a résumé. (a) True (b) False
35. 35.True or false: “clubs and activities” belongs on a student résumé. (a) False (b) True
36. 36.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) volunteer work (b) your bank details (c) languages you know (d) school and marks
37. 37.Which of these goes in the education section? (a) Class 12 (Science), 2026 (b) school football team (c) a website for our club (d) your city and PIN code
38. 38.Which of these goes in the activities section? (a) your city and PIN code (b) eco club member (c) a website for our club (d) a survey of 50 shops
39. 39.Which of these goes in the contact details? (a) your city and PIN code (b) basic HTML and CSS (c) school football team (d) Class 10 board: 88%
40. 40.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) school and marks (b) skills like typing (c) your phone and email (d) your Aadhaar number

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