Résumé Worksheet: What to Include

Interview skills lesson 17: What goes on a student résumé · Set 309 · 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: skills like typing? (a) leave it out (b) include it
2. 2.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) volunteer work (b) your siblings’ marks (c) made-up marks (d) a party selfie
3. 3.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: volunteer work? (a) leave it out (b) include it
4. 4.Which of these goes in the activities section? (a) a website for our club (b) eco club member (c) a mobile number (d) an email ID
5. 5.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: a party selfie? (a) include it (b) leave it out
6. 6.Which of these goes in the contact details? (a) school football team (b) an email ID (c) debate club secretary (d) typing 40 words a minute
7. 7.📄 How long should a student résumé usually be? (a) five pages (b) ten pages (c) half a line (d) one page
8. 8.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) made-up marks (b) your bank details (c) your siblings’ marks (d) clubs and activities
9. 9.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: projects you did? (a) leave it out (b) include it
10. 10.📄 In which résumé section does this go: your city and PIN code? (a) activities (b) education (c) skills (d) contact details
11. 11.📄 What font style suits a résumé? (a) five fancy fonts (b) tiny handwriting (c) one plain, clear font (d) all bold capitals
12. 12.True or false: “awards and prizes” belongs on a student résumé. (a) True (b) False
13. 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) made-up marks (b) clubs and activities (c) a party selfie (d) a long life story
14. 14.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) clubs and activities (b) projects you did (c) school and marks (d) your siblings’ marks
15. 15.📄 A résumé is… (a) a letter of thanks (b) a short summary of you (c) a full autobiography (d) a school report card
16. 16.True or false: “projects you did” belongs on a student résumé. (a) True (b) False
17. 17.True or false: “your Aadhaar number” should be left out of a résumé. (a) False (b) True
18. 18.True or false: “your phone and email” belongs on a student résumé. (a) False (b) True
19. 19.📄 In which résumé section does this go: a mobile number? (a) education (b) activities (c) skills (d) contact details
20. 20.True or false: “skills like typing” should be left out of a résumé. (a) True (b) False
21. 21.📄 In which résumé section does this go: school football team? (a) activities (b) contact details (c) skills (d) education
22. 22.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: clubs and activities? (a) leave it out (b) include it
23. 23.True or false: “your passwords” belongs on a student résumé. (a) True (b) False
24. 24.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: a long life story? (a) include it (b) leave it out
25. 25.Which of these goes in the education section? (a) basic HTML and CSS (b) Class 12 (Science), 2026 (c) an email ID (d) eco club member
26. 26.📄 In which résumé section does this go: B.Com first year? (a) skills (b) education (c) activities (d) contact details
27. 27.Which of these goes in the activities section? (a) a mobile number (b) a survey of 50 shops (c) school football team (d) spreadsheets (basic)
28. 28.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: awards and prizes? (a) leave it out (b) include it
29. 29.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your phone and email? (a) include it (b) leave it out
30. 30.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) your bank details (b) awards and prizes (c) a party selfie (d) made-up marks
31. 31.True or false: “school and marks” should be left out of a résumé. (a) False (b) True
32. 32.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your bank details? (a) include it (b) leave it out
33. 33.Which of these goes in the education section? (a) B.Com first year (b) a survey of 50 shops (c) debate club secretary (d) eco club member
34. 34.Which of these goes in the skills section? (a) built a rain gauge model (b) typing 40 words a minute (c) debate club secretary (d) Class 12 (Science), 2026
35. 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) volunteer work (b) your Aadhaar number (c) projects you did (d) school and marks
36. 36.True or false: “clubs and activities” belongs on a student résumé. (a) False (b) True
37. 37.True or false: “a party selfie” belongs on a student résumé. (a) True (b) False
38. 38.True or false: “a long life story” belongs on a student résumé. (a) False (b) True
39. 39.📄 In which résumé section does this go: eco club member? (a) projects (b) contact details (c) education (d) activities
40. 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) made-up marks (b) awards and prizes (c) clubs and activities (d) languages you know

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