Résumé Worksheet: What to Include

Interview skills lesson 17: What goes on a student résumé · Set 310 · 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: “projects you did” should be left out of a résumé. (a) True (b) False
2. 2.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) school and marks (b) languages you know (c) skills like typing (d) your passwords
3. 3.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: clubs and activities? (a) leave it out (b) include it
4. 4.True or false: “projects you did” belongs on a student résumé. (a) False (b) True
5. 5.📄 In which résumé section does this go: basic HTML and CSS? (a) activities (b) education (c) contact details (d) skills
6. 6.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) school and marks (b) a party selfie (c) your passwords (d) your siblings’ marks
7. 7.True or false: “school and marks” belongs on a student résumé. (a) True (b) False
8. 8.True or false: “a party selfie” should be left out of a résumé. (a) False (b) True
9. 9.Which of these goes in the contact details? (a) a mobile number (b) Class 12 (Science), 2026 (c) a survey of 50 shops (d) built a rain gauge model
10. 10.📄 How long should a student résumé usually be? (a) one page (b) ten pages (c) five pages (d) half a line
11. 11.📄 What font style suits a résumé? (a) five fancy fonts (b) all bold capitals (c) one plain, clear font (d) tiny handwriting
12. 12.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your siblings’ marks? (a) leave it out (b) include it
13. 13.Which of these goes in the skills section? (a) a website for our club (b) a mobile number (c) an email ID (d) spreadsheets (basic)
14. 14.📄 A résumé is… (a) a short summary of you (b) a school report card (c) a letter of thanks (d) a full autobiography
15. 15.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) awards and prizes (b) your bank details (c) volunteer work (d) school and marks
16. 16.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: languages you know? (a) include it (b) leave it out
17. 17.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) made-up marks (b) projects you did (c) a party selfie (d) your Aadhaar number
18. 18.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) volunteer work (b) a party selfie (c) a long life story (d) your siblings’ marks
19. 19.📄 In which résumé section does this go: a survey of 50 shops? (a) education (b) activities (c) projects (d) skills
20. 20.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) a long life story (b) your Aadhaar number (c) clubs and activities (d) a party selfie
21. 21.Which of these goes in the projects section? (a) a survey of 50 shops (b) basic HTML and CSS (c) your city and PIN code (d) Class 12 (Science), 2026
22. 22.Which of these goes in the activities section? (a) a survey of 50 shops (b) Class 10 board: 88% (c) debate club secretary (d) basic HTML and CSS
23. 23.📄 In which résumé section does this go: an email ID? (a) projects (b) education (c) activities (d) contact details
24. 24.True or false: “your Aadhaar number” should be left out of a résumé. (a) True (b) False
25. 25.Which of these goes in the education section? (a) spreadsheets (basic) (b) Class 10 board: 88% (c) basic HTML and CSS (d) typing 40 words a minute
26. 26.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: made-up marks? (a) leave it out (b) include it
27. 27.Which of these goes in the education section? (a) typing 40 words a minute (b) eco club member (c) school football team (d) Class 12 (Science), 2026
28. 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your bank details (b) awards and prizes (c) your passwords (d) your Aadhaar number
29. 29.True or false: “a long life story” belongs on a student résumé. (a) True (b) False
30. 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a party selfie (b) a long life story (c) school and marks (d) your bank details
31. 31.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: projects you did? (a) leave it out (b) include it
32. 32.📄 In which résumé section does this go: debate club secretary? (a) projects (b) skills (c) activities (d) education
33. 33.Which of these goes in the activities section? (a) school football team (b) a mobile number (c) Class 12 (Science), 2026 (d) B.Com first year
34. 34.Which of these goes in the skills section? (a) an email ID (b) a website for our club (c) your city and PIN code (d) typing 40 words a minute
35. 35.📄 In which résumé section does this go: a mobile number? (a) contact details (b) skills (c) education (d) activities
36. 36.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your bank details (b) your siblings’ marks (c) your phone and email (d) your passwords
37. 37.📄 In which résumé section does this go: B.Com first year? (a) projects (b) contact details (c) education (d) skills
38. 38.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) projects you did (b) school and marks (c) a long life story (d) volunteer work
39. 39.True or false: “your phone and email” belongs on a student résumé. (a) False (b) True
40. 40.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: a party selfie? (a) leave it out (b) include it

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