Résumé Worksheet: What to Include

Interview skills lesson 17: What goes on a student résumé · Set 287 · 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.📄 In which résumé section does this go: a mobile number? (a) projects (b) skills (c) activities (d) contact details
2. 2.📄 Your résumé says you led a club. In the interview you should… (a) change the subject (b) say it was a joke (c) be ready to explain it (d) deny it
3. 3.Which of these goes in the activities section? (a) a mobile number (b) spreadsheets (basic) (c) school football team (d) built a rain gauge model
4. 4.📄 A résumé is… (a) a school report card (b) a short summary of you (c) a letter of thanks (d) a full autobiography
5. 5.📄 In which résumé section does this go: basic HTML and CSS? (a) contact details (b) education (c) projects (d) skills
6. 6.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: clubs and activities? (a) include it (b) leave it out
7. 7.📄 In which résumé section does this go: your city and PIN code? (a) education (b) contact details (c) skills (d) projects
8. 8.Which of these goes in the contact details? (a) debate club secretary (b) B.Com first year (c) your city and PIN code (d) Class 10 board: 88%
9. 9.📄 How long should a student résumé usually be? (a) half a line (b) ten pages (c) one page (d) five pages
10. 10.📄 What font style suits a résumé? (a) five fancy fonts (b) all bold capitals (c) one plain, clear font (d) tiny handwriting
11. 11.Which of these goes in the projects section? (a) an email ID (b) school football team (c) built a rain gauge model (d) your city and PIN code
12. 12.Which of these goes in the education section? (a) B.Com first year (b) an email ID (c) eco club member (d) a website for our club
13. 13.True or false: “projects you did” should be left out of a résumé. (a) False (b) True
14. 14.📄 In which résumé section does this go: eco club member? (a) activities (b) skills (c) education (d) projects
15. 15.📄 In which résumé section does this go: Class 12 (Science), 2026? (a) activities (b) education (c) contact details (d) skills
16. 16.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your bank details (b) your siblings’ marks (c) a long life story (d) school and marks
17. 17.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) volunteer work (b) languages you know (c) a party selfie (d) projects you did
18. 18.Which of these goes in the skills section? (a) school football team (b) a website for our club (c) typing 40 words a minute (d) eco club member
19. 19.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) your passwords (b) languages you know (c) skills like typing (d) your phone and email
20. 20.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) languages you know (b) projects you did (c) made-up marks (d) awards and prizes
21. 21.Which of these goes in the contact details? (a) built a rain gauge model (b) a mobile number (c) B.Com first year (d) typing 40 words a minute
22. 22.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) your phone and email (b) volunteer work (c) your siblings’ marks (d) awards and prizes
23. 23.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: volunteer work? (a) leave it out (b) include it
24. 24.📄 In which résumé section does this go: a website for our club? (a) skills (b) activities (c) education (d) projects
25. 25.📄 In which résumé section does this go: Class 10 board: 88%? (a) contact details (b) activities (c) skills (d) education
26. 26.True or false: “skills like typing” should be left out of a résumé. (a) True (b) False
27. 27.Which of these goes in the education section? (a) debate club secretary (b) spreadsheets (basic) (c) a mobile number (d) Class 12 (Science), 2026
28. 28.📄 In which résumé section does this go: typing 40 words a minute? (a) education (b) skills (c) projects (d) activities
29. 29.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) a party selfie (b) your siblings’ marks (c) your Aadhaar number (d) skills like typing
30. 30.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: school and marks? (a) include it (b) leave it out
31. 31.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) skills like typing (b) awards and prizes (c) volunteer work (d) a party selfie
32. 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your siblings’ marks (b) clubs and activities (c) made-up marks (d) a party selfie
33. 33.📄 In which résumé section does this go: B.Com first year? (a) education (b) skills (c) activities (d) projects
34. 34.True or false: “your phone and email” belongs on a student résumé. (a) True (b) False
35. 35.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) a long life story (b) a party selfie (c) school and marks (d) your passwords
36. 36.True or false: “your passwords” belongs on a student résumé. (a) True (b) False
37. 37.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: projects you did? (a) leave it out (b) include it
38. 38.📄 In which résumé section does this go: a survey of 50 shops? (a) skills (b) projects (c) activities (d) contact details
39. 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) awards and prizes (b) projects you did (c) a long life story (d) volunteer work
40. 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your siblings’ marks (b) awards and prizes (c) clubs and activities (d) skills like typing

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