Résumé Worksheet: What to Include

Interview skills lesson 17: What goes on a student résumé · Set 352 · 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: your city and PIN code? (a) education (b) contact details (c) activities (d) skills
2. 2.Which of these goes in the skills section? (a) a mobile number (b) basic HTML and CSS (c) debate club secretary (d) your city and PIN code
3. 3.📄 How long should a student résumé usually be? (a) five pages (b) half a line (c) one page (d) ten pages
4. 4.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) projects you did (b) made-up marks (c) your siblings’ marks (d) your passwords
5. 5.📄 In which résumé section does this go: debate club secretary? (a) education (b) skills (c) activities (d) projects
6. 6.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) school and marks (b) your bank details (c) a long life story (d) made-up marks
7. 7.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) a party selfie (b) languages you know (c) clubs and activities (d) projects you did
8. 8.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) your siblings’ marks (b) volunteer work (c) a long life story (d) your Aadhaar number
9. 9.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) a party selfie (b) clubs and activities (c) your siblings’ marks (d) your passwords
10. 10.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: skills like typing? (a) include it (b) leave it out
11. 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) school and marks (b) a party selfie (c) made-up marks (d) your bank details
12. 12.📄 In which résumé section does this go: typing 40 words a minute? (a) activities (b) education (c) skills (d) projects
13. 13.📄 In which résumé section does this go: school football team? (a) projects (b) skills (c) activities (d) education
14. 14.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a long life story (b) made-up marks (c) a party selfie (d) volunteer work
15. 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) clubs and activities (b) your bank details (c) a party selfie (d) your siblings’ marks
16. 16.📄 What font style suits a résumé? (a) five fancy fonts (b) tiny handwriting (c) one plain, clear font (d) all bold capitals
17. 17.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) languages you know (b) your phone and email (c) your bank details (d) volunteer work
18. 18.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: a long life story? (a) include it (b) leave it out
19. 19.Which of these goes in the activities section? (a) debate club secretary (b) Class 10 board: 88% (c) a mobile number (d) basic HTML and CSS
20. 20.📄 In which résumé section does this go: a mobile number? (a) contact details (b) education (c) activities (d) skills
21. 21.📄 In which résumé section does this go: an email ID? (a) education (b) contact details (c) activities (d) projects
22. 22.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) your phone and email (b) your siblings’ marks (c) your passwords (d) your bank details
23. 23.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your passwords? (a) include it (b) leave it out
24. 24.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) volunteer work (b) a long life story (c) projects you did (d) school and marks
25. 25.📄 In which résumé section does this go: a survey of 50 shops? (a) projects (b) skills (c) contact details (d) education
26. 26.📄 In which résumé section does this go: a website for our club? (a) activities (b) projects (c) education (d) contact details
27. 27.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your siblings’ marks? (a) include it (b) leave it out
28. 28.Which of these goes in the activities section? (a) spreadsheets (basic) (b) eco club member (c) a website for our club (d) built a rain gauge model
29. 29.📄 In which résumé section does this go: Class 10 board: 88%? (a) skills (b) education (c) projects (d) activities
30. 30.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) your phone and email (b) volunteer work (c) languages you know (d) your Aadhaar number
31. 31.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) volunteer work (b) your phone and email (c) awards and prizes (d) your siblings’ marks
32. 32.Which of these goes in the skills section? (a) Class 10 board: 88% (b) a mobile number (c) typing 40 words a minute (d) eco club member
33. 33.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: languages you know? (a) leave it out (b) include it
34. 34.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your Aadhaar number? (a) leave it out (b) include it
35. 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) awards and prizes (b) a long life story (c) languages you know (d) school and marks
36. 36.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) school and marks (b) your phone and email (c) your passwords (d) skills like typing
37. 37.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your phone and email? (a) leave it out (b) include it
38. 38.True or false: “made-up marks” belongs on a student résumé. (a) True (b) False
39. 39.📄 In which résumé section does this go: Class 12 (Science), 2026? (a) skills (b) projects (c) education (d) contact details
40. 40.True or false: “your siblings’ marks” should be left out of a résumé. (a) True (b) False

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