Résumé Worksheet: What to Include

Interview skills lesson 17: What goes on a student résumé · Set 394 · 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: awards and prizes? (a) leave it out (b) include it
2. 2.📄 How long should a student résumé usually be? (a) ten pages (b) one page (c) five pages (d) half a line
3. 3.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your phone and email? (a) leave it out (b) include it
4. 4.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) your bank details (b) a party selfie (c) your phone and email (d) a long life story
5. 5.True or false: “your Aadhaar number” belongs on a student résumé. (a) False (b) True
6. 6.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: made-up marks? (a) leave it out (b) include it
7. 7.📄 Your résumé says you led a club. In the interview you should… (a) deny it (b) say it was a joke (c) change the subject (d) be ready to explain it
8. 8.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) your bank details (b) skills like typing (c) your phone and email (d) projects you did
9. 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your Aadhaar number (b) a long life story (c) your passwords (d) projects you did
10. 10.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your passwords (b) awards and prizes (c) your bank details (d) a party selfie
11. 11.True or false: “skills like typing” belongs on a student résumé. (a) True (b) False
12. 12.True or false: “clubs and activities” belongs on a student résumé. (a) False (b) True
13. 13.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your Aadhaar number? (a) include it (b) leave it out
14. 14.True or false: “clubs and activities” should be left out of a résumé. (a) False (b) True
15. 15.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your siblings’ marks? (a) include it (b) leave it out
16. 16.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) your Aadhaar number (b) school and marks (c) languages you know (d) awards and prizes
17. 17.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) your siblings’ marks (b) a long life story (c) volunteer work (d) made-up marks
18. 18.True or false: “your phone and email” belongs on a student résumé. (a) False (b) True
19. 19.Which of these goes in the skills section? (a) eco club member (b) typing 40 words a minute (c) B.Com first year (d) Class 12 (Science), 2026
20. 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) awards and prizes (b) a party selfie (c) school and marks (d) clubs and activities
21. 21.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: projects you did? (a) leave it out (b) include it
22. 22.📄 What font style suits a résumé? (a) tiny handwriting (b) one plain, clear font (c) five fancy fonts (d) all bold capitals
23. 23.📄 In which résumé section does this go: Class 12 (Science), 2026? (a) activities (b) contact details (c) education (d) skills
24. 24.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) projects you did (b) a long life story (c) a party selfie (d) your Aadhaar number
25. 25.📄 A résumé is… (a) a short summary of you (b) a school report card (c) a letter of thanks (d) a full autobiography
26. 26.Which of these goes in the activities section? (a) debate club secretary (b) typing 40 words a minute (c) a mobile number (d) Class 12 (Science), 2026
27. 27.Which of these goes in the education section? (a) typing 40 words a minute (b) a mobile number (c) Class 12 (Science), 2026 (d) debate club secretary
28. 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) school and marks (b) projects you did (c) your bank details (d) your phone and email
29. 29.True or false: “languages you know” belongs on a student résumé. (a) True (b) False
30. 30.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: languages you know? (a) include it (b) leave it out
31. 31.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: skills like typing? (a) include it (b) leave it out
32. 32.True or false: “your Aadhaar number” should be left out of a résumé. (a) True (b) False
33. 33.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your passwords? (a) include it (b) leave it out
34. 34.📄 In which résumé section does this go: a website for our club? (a) skills (b) contact details (c) projects (d) activities
35. 35.True or false: “volunteer work” belongs on a student résumé. (a) True (b) False
36. 36.📄 In which résumé section does this go: B.Com first year? (a) contact details (b) projects (c) activities (d) education
37. 37.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) volunteer work (b) awards and prizes (c) a long life story (d) projects you did
38. 38.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) school and marks (b) your phone and email (c) awards and prizes (d) your passwords
39. 39.Which of these goes in the contact details? (a) Class 12 (Science), 2026 (b) spreadsheets (basic) (c) a mobile number (d) built a rain gauge model
40. 40.📄 In which résumé section does this go: Class 10 board: 88%? (a) skills (b) activities (c) contact details (d) education

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