Résumé Worksheet: What to Include

Interview skills lesson 17: What goes on a student résumé · Set 378 · 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.📄 A résumé is… (a) a full autobiography (b) a school report card (c) a letter of thanks (d) a short summary of you
2. 2.Which of these goes in the contact details? (a) eco club member (b) Class 12 (Science), 2026 (c) basic HTML and CSS (d) a mobile number
3. 3.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) made-up marks (b) your phone and email (c) your bank details (d) your Aadhaar number
4. 4.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) your siblings’ marks (b) a long life story (c) your Aadhaar number (d) volunteer work
5. 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a party selfie (b) your passwords (c) projects you did (d) made-up marks
6. 6.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a party selfie (b) your siblings’ marks (c) made-up marks (d) your phone and email
7. 7.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your phone and email? (a) include it (b) leave it out
8. 8.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: a long life story? (a) leave it out (b) include it
9. 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your passwords (b) awards and prizes (c) school and marks (d) your phone and email
10. 10.📄 What font style suits a résumé? (a) tiny handwriting (b) one plain, clear font (c) five fancy fonts (d) all bold capitals
11. 11.📄 How long should a student résumé usually be? (a) half a line (b) ten pages (c) one page (d) five pages
12. 12.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: made-up marks? (a) leave it out (b) include it
13. 13.Which of these goes in the projects section? (a) Class 10 board: 88% (b) school football team (c) spreadsheets (basic) (d) a website for our club
14. 14.True or false: “awards and prizes” should be left out of a résumé. (a) True (b) False
15. 15.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) clubs and activities (b) your Aadhaar number (c) skills like typing (d) languages you know
16. 16.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: school and marks? (a) leave it out (b) include it
17. 17.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: projects you did? (a) leave it out (b) include it
18. 18.Which of these goes in the contact details? (a) spreadsheets (basic) (b) typing 40 words a minute (c) your city and PIN code (d) debate club secretary
19. 19.📄 A student with no work experience should highlight… (a) projects and activities (b) nothing at all (c) made-up jobs (d) their parents’ jobs
20. 20.📄 In which résumé section does this go: B.Com first year? (a) skills (b) contact details (c) projects (d) education
21. 21.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) school and marks (b) a party selfie (c) volunteer work (d) your phone and email
22. 22.📄 Your résumé says you led a club. In the interview you should… (a) deny it (b) say it was a joke (c) be ready to explain it (d) change the subject
23. 23.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: a party selfie? (a) leave it out (b) include it
24. 24.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: skills like typing? (a) leave it out (b) include it
25. 25.📄 In which résumé section does this go: typing 40 words a minute? (a) activities (b) skills (c) projects (d) contact details
26. 26.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) clubs and activities (b) your passwords (c) school and marks (d) your phone and email
27. 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) volunteer work (b) projects you did (c) a party selfie (d) awards and prizes
28. 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a long life story (b) made-up marks (c) your bank details (d) clubs and activities
29. 29.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: clubs and activities? (a) include it (b) leave it out
30. 30.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your Aadhaar number? (a) leave it out (b) include it
31. 31.True or false: “clubs and activities” should be left out of a résumé. (a) True (b) False
32. 32.True or false: “your bank details” belongs on a student résumé. (a) True (b) False
33. 33.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) your Aadhaar number (b) awards and prizes (c) a long life story (d) a party selfie
34. 34.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) languages you know (b) your bank details (c) your phone and email (d) school and marks
35. 35.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) your bank details (b) a long life story (c) made-up marks (d) skills like typing
36. 36.📄 In which résumé section does this go: debate club secretary? (a) activities (b) skills (c) contact details (d) education
37. 37.Which of these goes in the projects section? (a) eco club member (b) Class 12 (Science), 2026 (c) a survey of 50 shops (d) Class 10 board: 88%
38. 38.Which of these goes in the activities section? (a) B.Com first year (b) spreadsheets (basic) (c) Class 10 board: 88% (d) school football team
39. 39.True or false: “projects you did” should be left out of a résumé. (a) False (b) True
40. 40.Which of these goes in the education section? (a) school football team (b) Class 10 board: 88% (c) a survey of 50 shops (d) an email ID

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