Résumé Worksheet: What to Include

Interview skills lesson 17: What goes on a student résumé · Set 312 · 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 contact details? (a) B.Com first year (b) Class 12 (Science), 2026 (c) your city and PIN code (d) spreadsheets (basic)
2. 2.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) a party selfie (b) projects you did (c) your bank details (d) your Aadhaar number
3. 3.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) awards and prizes (b) volunteer work (c) your phone and email (d) your bank details
4. 4.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your phone and email? (a) include it (b) leave it out
5. 5.📄 What font style suits a résumé? (a) tiny handwriting (b) all bold capitals (c) one plain, clear font (d) five fancy fonts
6. 6.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: made-up marks? (a) include it (b) leave it out
7. 7.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: volunteer work? (a) include it (b) leave it out
8. 8.📄 In which résumé section does this go: spreadsheets (basic)? (a) activities (b) skills (c) education (d) projects
9. 9.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) clubs and activities (b) skills like typing (c) a party selfie (d) school and marks
10. 10.True or false: “awards and prizes” belongs on a student résumé. (a) False (b) True
11. 11.📄 In which résumé section does this go: debate club secretary? (a) contact details (b) projects (c) activities (d) education
12. 12.True or false: “volunteer work” should be left out of a résumé. (a) False (b) True
13. 13.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) your phone and email (b) your siblings’ marks (c) projects you did (d) school and marks
14. 14.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your phone and email (b) projects you did (c) volunteer work (d) your passwords
15. 15.📄 How long should a student résumé usually be? (a) ten pages (b) half a line (c) five pages (d) one page
16. 16.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) volunteer work (b) made-up marks (c) school and marks (d) awards and prizes
17. 17.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) your phone and email (b) a long life story (c) school and marks (d) awards and prizes
18. 18.📄 In which résumé section does this go: B.Com first year? (a) activities (b) contact details (c) education (d) projects
19. 19.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your siblings’ marks? (a) include it (b) leave it out
20. 20.📄 In which résumé section does this go: Class 12 (Science), 2026? (a) projects (b) activities (c) skills (d) education
21. 21.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your passwords? (a) include it (b) leave it out
22. 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) volunteer work (b) skills like typing (c) a party selfie (d) projects you did
23. 23.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: projects you did? (a) include it (b) leave it out
24. 24.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) your passwords (b) your bank details (c) languages you know (d) your siblings’ marks
25. 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a party selfie (b) a long life story (c) awards and prizes (d) your siblings’ marks
26. 26.Which of these goes in the contact details? (a) an email ID (b) a website for our club (c) school football team (d) Class 12 (Science), 2026
27. 27.True or false: “your passwords” belongs on a student résumé. (a) True (b) False
28. 28.📄 A résumé is… (a) a short summary of you (b) a school report card (c) a letter of thanks (d) a full autobiography
29. 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a long life story (b) a party selfie (c) your bank details (d) volunteer work
30. 30.True or false: “skills like typing” should be left out of a résumé. (a) True (b) False
31. 31.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) a party selfie (b) a long life story (c) your siblings’ marks (d) volunteer work
32. 32.📄 In which résumé section does this go: a mobile number? (a) projects (b) activities (c) contact details (d) skills
33. 33.📄 In which résumé section does this go: Class 10 board: 88%? (a) education (b) activities (c) projects (d) skills
34. 34.True or false: “volunteer work” belongs on a student résumé. (a) True (b) False
35. 35.True or false: “made-up marks” should be left out of a résumé. (a) False (b) True
36. 36.📄 A student with no work experience should highlight… (a) projects and activities (b) made-up jobs (c) their parents’ jobs (d) nothing at all
37. 37.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: awards and prizes? (a) include it (b) leave it out
38. 38.📄 In which résumé section does this go: a survey of 50 shops? (a) contact details (b) projects (c) skills (d) education
39. 39.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) your phone and email (b) your passwords (c) projects you did (d) skills like typing
40. 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) awards and prizes (b) skills like typing (c) your siblings’ marks (d) clubs and activities

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