Résumé Worksheet: What to Include

Interview skills lesson 17: What goes on a student résumé · Set 329 · 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: basic HTML and CSS? (a) contact details (b) education (c) skills (d) projects
2. 2.Which of these goes in the skills section? (a) your city and PIN code (b) typing 40 words a minute (c) an email ID (d) school football team
3. 3.📄 In which résumé section does this go: debate club secretary? (a) skills (b) education (c) projects (d) activities
4. 4.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your bank details? (a) leave it out (b) include it
5. 5.True or false: “your siblings’ marks” belongs on a student résumé. (a) False (b) True
6. 6.📄 A résumé is… (a) a short summary of you (b) a full autobiography (c) a letter of thanks (d) a school report card
7. 7.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: clubs and activities? (a) include it (b) leave it out
8. 8.True or false: “your bank details” belongs on a student résumé. (a) True (b) False
9. 9.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your passwords? (a) include it (b) leave it out
10. 10.📄 In which résumé section does this go: a survey of 50 shops? (a) projects (b) education (c) contact details (d) activities
11. 11.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) your bank details (b) your Aadhaar number (c) a party selfie (d) languages you know
12. 12.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) school and marks (b) a long life story (c) a party selfie (d) your bank details
13. 13.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) a party selfie (b) made-up marks (c) a long life story (d) awards and prizes
14. 14.Which of these goes in the skills section? (a) debate club secretary (b) built a rain gauge model (c) spreadsheets (basic) (d) Class 12 (Science), 2026
15. 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) volunteer work (b) awards and prizes (c) your phone and email (d) a party selfie
16. 16.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) volunteer work (b) a party selfie (c) projects you did (d) school and marks
17. 17.True or false: “a long life story” should be left out of a résumé. (a) False (b) True
18. 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) languages you know (b) awards and prizes (c) your phone and email (d) a long life story
19. 19.📄 How long should a student résumé usually be? (a) half a line (b) ten pages (c) five pages (d) one page
20. 20.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your phone and email? (a) include it (b) leave it out
21. 21.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: skills like typing? (a) include it (b) leave it out
22. 22.Which of these goes in the projects section? (a) built a rain gauge model (b) Class 10 board: 88% (c) basic HTML and CSS (d) B.Com first year
23. 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a long life story (b) your bank details (c) volunteer work (d) made-up marks
24. 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) made-up marks (b) languages you know (c) your bank details (d) your Aadhaar number
25. 25.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your siblings’ marks? (a) include it (b) leave it out
26. 26.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) awards and prizes (b) languages you know (c) your siblings’ marks (d) skills like typing
27. 27.Which of these goes in the contact details? (a) Class 10 board: 88% (b) a website for our club (c) a mobile number (d) typing 40 words a minute
28. 28.Which of these goes in the contact details? (a) spreadsheets (basic) (b) an email ID (c) B.Com first year (d) school football team
29. 29.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) clubs and activities (b) awards and prizes (c) volunteer work (d) a long life story
30. 30.📄 Your résumé says you led a club. In the interview you should… (a) deny it (b) change the subject (c) say it was a joke (d) be ready to explain it
31. 31.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) your siblings’ marks (b) your bank details (c) clubs and activities (d) your passwords
32. 32.True or false: “made-up marks” belongs on a student résumé. (a) True (b) False
33. 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your bank details (b) skills like typing (c) projects you did (d) languages you know
34. 34.📄 In which résumé section does this go: Class 12 (Science), 2026? (a) education (b) skills (c) contact details (d) projects
35. 35.True or false: “a party selfie” should be left out of a résumé. (a) False (b) True
36. 36.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) made-up marks (b) your phone and email (c) languages you know (d) school and marks
37. 37.📄 In which résumé section does this go: school football team? (a) projects (b) contact details (c) skills (d) activities
38. 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your phone and email (b) a party selfie (c) your siblings’ marks (d) made-up marks
39. 39.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: a long life story? (a) leave it out (b) include it
40. 40.📄 In which résumé section does this go: B.Com first year? (a) projects (b) education (c) activities (d) skills

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