Résumé Worksheet: What to Include

Interview skills lesson 17: What goes on a student résumé · Set 373 · 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 belongs on a student résumé? (a) your passwords (b) your Aadhaar number (c) a long life story (d) awards and prizes
2. 2.📄 Your résumé says you led a club. In the interview you should… (a) change the subject (b) deny it (c) say it was a joke (d) be ready to explain it
3. 3.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) your phone and email (b) your passwords (c) clubs and activities (d) projects you did
4. 4.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: a long life story? (a) leave it out (b) include it
5. 5.True or false: “a party selfie” belongs on a student résumé. (a) False (b) True
6. 6.True or false: “school and marks” belongs on a student résumé. (a) False (b) True
7. 7.True or false: “your bank details” belongs on a student résumé. (a) True (b) False
8. 8.📄 A student with no work experience should highlight… (a) nothing at all (b) their parents’ jobs (c) made-up jobs (d) projects and activities
9. 9.📄 In which résumé section does this go: B.Com first year? (a) education (b) skills (c) projects (d) contact details
10. 10.Which of these goes in the contact details? (a) Class 12 (Science), 2026 (b) Class 10 board: 88% (c) an email ID (d) a website for our club
11. 11.📄 How long should a student résumé usually be? (a) five pages (b) half a line (c) one page (d) ten pages
12. 12.Which of these goes in the skills section? (a) debate club secretary (b) B.Com first year (c) spreadsheets (basic) (d) Class 12 (Science), 2026
13. 13.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your Aadhaar number? (a) include it (b) leave it out
14. 14.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your bank details (b) a long life story (c) skills like typing (d) a party selfie
15. 15.📄 In which résumé section does this go: debate club secretary? (a) skills (b) education (c) projects (d) activities
16. 16.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your Aadhaar number (b) made-up marks (c) a long life story (d) your phone and email
17. 17.📄 What font style suits a résumé? (a) five fancy fonts (b) one plain, clear font (c) all bold capitals (d) tiny handwriting
18. 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) volunteer work (b) school and marks (c) your Aadhaar number (d) projects you did
19. 19.📄 In which résumé section does this go: Class 12 (Science), 2026? (a) contact details (b) skills (c) activities (d) education
20. 20.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: made-up marks? (a) include it (b) leave it out
21. 21.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) your siblings’ marks (b) volunteer work (c) school and marks (d) languages you know
22. 22.Which of these goes in the education section? (a) your city and PIN code (b) spreadsheets (basic) (c) B.Com first year (d) basic HTML and CSS
23. 23.Which of these goes in the activities section? (a) your city and PIN code (b) spreadsheets (basic) (c) a mobile number (d) school football team
24. 24.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) skills like typing (b) awards and prizes (c) projects you did (d) your Aadhaar number
25. 25.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) your Aadhaar number (b) a party selfie (c) school and marks (d) a long life story
26. 26.📄 A résumé is… (a) a letter of thanks (b) a full autobiography (c) a school report card (d) a short summary of you
27. 27.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: awards and prizes? (a) include it (b) leave it out
28. 28.True or false: “school and marks” should be left out of a résumé. (a) True (b) False
29. 29.True or false: “your Aadhaar number” should be left out of a résumé. (a) False (b) True
30. 30.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) languages you know (b) made-up marks (c) your Aadhaar number (d) your siblings’ marks
31. 31.📄 In which résumé section does this go: your city and PIN code? (a) activities (b) contact details (c) skills (d) projects
32. 32.📄 In which résumé section does this go: a survey of 50 shops? (a) activities (b) projects (c) contact details (d) skills
33. 33.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) awards and prizes (b) your phone and email (c) clubs and activities (d) a party selfie
34. 34.📄 In which résumé section does this go: eco club member? (a) education (b) skills (c) projects (d) activities
35. 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your bank details (b) your Aadhaar number (c) your siblings’ marks (d) clubs and activities
36. 36.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) a long life story (b) your phone and email (c) made-up marks (d) your Aadhaar number
37. 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your passwords (b) a long life story (c) a party selfie (d) volunteer work
38. 38.True or false: “projects you did” should be left out of a résumé. (a) False (b) True
39. 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) languages you know (b) awards and prizes (c) volunteer work (d) made-up marks
40. 40.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) your phone and email (b) school and marks (c) volunteer work (d) your bank details

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