Résumé Worksheet: What to Include

Interview skills lesson 17: What goes on a student résumé · Set 358 · 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) include it (b) leave it out
2. 2.True or false: “a long life story” belongs on a student résumé. (a) True (b) False
3. 3.True or false: “volunteer work” should be left out of a résumé. (a) False (b) True
4. 4.Which of these goes in the contact details? (a) a mobile number (b) built a rain gauge model (c) typing 40 words a minute (d) Class 10 board: 88%
5. 5.📄 In which résumé section does this go: an email ID? (a) skills (b) contact details (c) education (d) activities
6. 6.True or false: “your phone and email” belongs on a student résumé. (a) True (b) False
7. 7.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your bank details? (a) leave it out (b) include it
8. 8.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your phone and email (b) your passwords (c) a long life story (d) your Aadhaar number
9. 9.📄 In which résumé section does this go: Class 10 board: 88%? (a) skills (b) contact details (c) projects (d) education
10. 10.📄 A résumé is… (a) a school report card (b) a full autobiography (c) a letter of thanks (d) a short summary of you
11. 11.Which of these goes in the activities section? (a) a survey of 50 shops (b) debate club secretary (c) a mobile number (d) spreadsheets (basic)
12. 12.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your phone and email (b) clubs and activities (c) projects you did (d) made-up marks
13. 13.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) your siblings’ marks (b) a party selfie (c) clubs and activities (d) your Aadhaar number
14. 14.Which of these goes in the activities section? (a) spreadsheets (basic) (b) a website for our club (c) Class 12 (Science), 2026 (d) school football team
15. 15.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your Aadhaar number? (a) include it (b) leave it out
16. 16.Which of these goes in the education section? (a) built a rain gauge model (b) B.Com first year (c) basic HTML and CSS (d) typing 40 words a minute
17. 17.Which of these goes in the projects section? (a) built a rain gauge model (b) basic HTML and CSS (c) Class 12 (Science), 2026 (d) school football team
18. 18.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: clubs and activities? (a) leave it out (b) include it
19. 19.📄 In which résumé section does this go: spreadsheets (basic)? (a) skills (b) projects (c) education (d) activities
20. 20.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) skills like typing (b) a long life story (c) your phone and email (d) awards and prizes
21. 21.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) your passwords (b) projects you did (c) your siblings’ marks (d) a party selfie
22. 22.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) awards and prizes (b) your passwords (c) languages you know (d) clubs and activities
23. 23.True or false: “a party selfie” should be left out of a résumé. (a) False (b) True
24. 24.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) a party selfie (b) a long life story (c) your Aadhaar number (d) awards and prizes
25. 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) school and marks (b) skills like typing (c) awards and prizes (d) your bank details
26. 26.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: awards and prizes? (a) leave it out (b) include it
27. 27.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) awards and prizes (b) your bank details (c) school and marks (d) your phone and email
28. 28.True or false: “your Aadhaar number” should be left out of a résumé. (a) True (b) False
29. 29.📄 In which résumé section does this go: Class 12 (Science), 2026? (a) projects (b) activities (c) contact details (d) education
30. 30.True or false: “awards and prizes” should be left out of a résumé. (a) True (b) False
31. 31.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your phone and email (b) skills like typing (c) a long life story (d) clubs and activities
32. 32.📄 What font style suits a résumé? (a) five fancy fonts (b) all bold capitals (c) one plain, clear font (d) tiny handwriting
33. 33.📄 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
34. 34.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) your bank details (b) a party selfie (c) your Aadhaar number (d) skills like typing
35. 35.📄 In which résumé section does this go: B.Com first year? (a) contact details (b) skills (c) education (d) projects
36. 36.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) projects you did (b) languages you know (c) a party selfie (d) your phone and email
37. 37.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) your siblings’ marks (b) your phone and email (c) a long life story (d) your bank details
38. 38.📄 How long should a student résumé usually be? (a) ten pages (b) one page (c) five pages (d) half a line
39. 39.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: languages you know? (a) leave it out (b) include it
40. 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) made-up marks (b) your bank details (c) a long life story (d) skills like typing

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