Résumé Worksheet: What to Include

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

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