Résumé Worksheet: What to Include

Interview skills lesson 17: What goes on a student résumé · Set 286 · 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.True or false: “your Aadhaar number” should be left out of a résumé. (a) False (b) True
2. 2.📄 What font style suits a résumé? (a) all bold capitals (b) one plain, clear font (c) five fancy fonts (d) tiny handwriting
3. 3.📄 In which résumé section does this go: Class 12 (Science), 2026? (a) education (b) projects (c) contact details (d) activities
4. 4.Which of these goes in the skills section? (a) B.Com first year (b) your city and PIN code (c) a website for our club (d) basic HTML and CSS
5. 5.Which of these goes in the contact details? (a) a mobile number (b) debate club secretary (c) spreadsheets (basic) (d) B.Com first year
6. 6.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) languages you know (b) your bank details (c) your phone and email (d) skills like typing
7. 7.Which of these goes in the activities section? (a) Class 12 (Science), 2026 (b) typing 40 words a minute (c) B.Com first year (d) school football team
8. 8.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your siblings’ marks? (a) include it (b) leave it out
9. 9.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) school and marks (b) your phone and email (c) your Aadhaar number (d) clubs and activities
10. 10.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) skills like typing (b) your phone and email (c) your Aadhaar number (d) volunteer work
11. 11.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) a long life story (b) clubs and activities (c) skills like typing (d) languages you know
12. 12.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) your passwords (b) volunteer work (c) awards and prizes (d) skills like typing
13. 13.True or false: “projects you did” belongs on a student résumé. (a) False (b) True
14. 14.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) skills like typing (b) a party selfie (c) your Aadhaar number (d) your bank details
15. 15.📄 A student with no work experience should highlight… (a) projects and activities (b) nothing at all (c) made-up jobs (d) their parents’ jobs
16. 16.📄 Your résumé says you led a club. In the interview you should… (a) be ready to explain it (b) say it was a joke (c) change the subject (d) deny it
17. 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a long life story (b) languages you know (c) your passwords (d) your Aadhaar number
18. 18.True or false: “your bank details” belongs on a student résumé. (a) False (b) True
19. 19.True or false: “a long life story” belongs on a student résumé. (a) False (b) True
20. 20.📄 In which résumé section does this go: school football team? (a) skills (b) activities (c) contact details (d) education
21. 21.📄 In which résumé section does this go: Class 10 board: 88%? (a) projects (b) activities (c) education (d) skills
22. 22.📄 In which résumé section does this go: eco club member? (a) projects (b) contact details (c) skills (d) activities
23. 23.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your bank details? (a) include it (b) leave it out
24. 24.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: a party selfie? (a) leave it out (b) include it
25. 25.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) clubs and activities (b) a long life story (c) a party selfie (d) your siblings’ marks
26. 26.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) school and marks (b) clubs and activities (c) projects you did (d) a long life story
27. 27.📄 A résumé is… (a) a school report card (b) a full autobiography (c) a short summary of you (d) a letter of thanks
28. 28.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) school and marks (b) your siblings’ marks (c) your Aadhaar number (d) made-up marks
29. 29.📄 In which résumé section does this go: spreadsheets (basic)? (a) skills (b) education (c) projects (d) activities
30. 30.True or false: “volunteer work” should be left out of a résumé. (a) False (b) True
31. 31.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) a long life story (b) made-up marks (c) skills like typing (d) your bank details
32. 32.True or false: “school and marks” belongs on a student résumé. (a) False (b) True
33. 33.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) clubs and activities (b) your phone and email (c) school and marks (d) your siblings’ marks
34. 34.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: made-up marks? (a) include it (b) leave it out
35. 35.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) your passwords (b) a long life story (c) a party selfie (d) projects you did
36. 36.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: volunteer work? (a) include it (b) leave it out
37. 37.📄 In which résumé section does this go: a survey of 50 shops? (a) education (b) skills (c) contact details (d) projects
38. 38.📄 In which résumé section does this go: debate club secretary? (a) skills (b) activities (c) contact details (d) projects
39. 39.True or false: “made-up marks” should be left out of a résumé. (a) True (b) False
40. 40.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: skills like typing? (a) include it (b) leave it out

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