Résumé Worksheet: What to Include

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

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