Résumé Worksheet: What to Include

Interview skills lesson 17: What goes on a student résumé · Set 406 · 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: Class 10 board: 88%? (a) contact details (b) skills (c) education (d) activities
2. 2.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: awards and prizes? (a) include it (b) leave it out
3. 3.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: a long life story? (a) include it (b) leave it out
4. 4.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: languages you know? (a) include it (b) leave it out
5. 5.True or false: “school and marks” belongs on a student résumé. (a) True (b) False
6. 6.📄 In which résumé section does this go: a survey of 50 shops? (a) skills (b) education (c) contact details (d) projects
7. 7.📄 A résumé is… (a) a short summary of you (b) a full autobiography (c) a letter of thanks (d) a school report card
8. 8.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) your passwords (b) a long life story (c) your Aadhaar number (d) your phone and email
9. 9.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) languages you know (b) your phone and email (c) volunteer work (d) your siblings’ marks
10. 10.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your Aadhaar number (b) your bank details (c) a party selfie (d) skills like typing
11. 11.Which of these goes in the education section? (a) a mobile number (b) B.Com first year (c) built a rain gauge model (d) eco club member
12. 12.📄 What font style suits a résumé? (a) tiny handwriting (b) all bold capitals (c) one plain, clear font (d) five fancy fonts
13. 13.Which of these goes in the education section? (a) Class 10 board: 88% (b) debate club secretary (c) eco club member (d) a mobile number
14. 14.📄 In which résumé section does this go: debate club secretary? (a) skills (b) activities (c) education (d) projects
15. 15.📄 In which résumé section does this go: eco club member? (a) contact details (b) education (c) skills (d) activities
16. 16.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) clubs and activities (b) skills like typing (c) projects you did (d) your siblings’ marks
17. 17.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) made-up marks (b) skills like typing (c) your siblings’ marks (d) a party selfie
18. 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your siblings’ marks (b) a long life story (c) your bank details (d) school and marks
19. 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a long life story (b) volunteer work (c) your passwords (d) your bank details
20. 20.📄 In which résumé section does this go: Class 12 (Science), 2026? (a) contact details (b) education (c) activities (d) projects
21. 21.Which of these goes in the activities section? (a) an email ID (b) a survey of 50 shops (c) debate club secretary (d) Class 12 (Science), 2026
22. 22.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: volunteer work? (a) leave it out (b) include it
23. 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a long life story (b) your bank details (c) your Aadhaar number (d) your phone and email
24. 24.True or false: “made-up marks” belongs on a student résumé. (a) True (b) False
25. 25.📄 In which résumé section does this go: a mobile number? (a) projects (b) contact details (c) skills (d) education
26. 26.📄 In which résumé section does this go: an email ID? (a) projects (b) skills (c) contact details (d) activities
27. 27.Which of these goes in the projects section? (a) typing 40 words a minute (b) built a rain gauge model (c) school football team (d) B.Com first year
28. 28.True or false: “languages you know” should be left out of a résumé. (a) False (b) True
29. 29.True or false: “your bank details” should be left out of a résumé. (a) True (b) False
30. 30.True or false: “clubs and activities” should be left out of a résumé. (a) True (b) False
31. 31.📄 In which résumé section does this go: your city and PIN code? (a) education (b) skills (c) contact details (d) projects
32. 32.📄 How long should a student résumé usually be? (a) half a line (b) ten pages (c) five pages (d) one page
33. 33.📄 In which résumé section does this go: spreadsheets (basic)? (a) education (b) skills (c) activities (d) contact details
34. 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) school and marks (b) made-up marks (c) skills like typing (d) volunteer work
35. 35.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) your passwords (b) made-up marks (c) your bank details (d) school and marks
36. 36.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) your bank details (b) a long life story (c) languages you know (d) made-up marks
37. 37.📄 A student with no work experience should highlight… (a) their parents’ jobs (b) projects and activities (c) made-up jobs (d) nothing at all
38. 38.📄 Your résumé says you led a club. In the interview you should… (a) change the subject (b) deny it (c) be ready to explain it (d) say it was a joke
39. 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) school and marks (b) languages you know (c) projects you did (d) your Aadhaar number
40. 40.📄 In which résumé section does this go: a website for our club? (a) projects (b) skills (c) education (d) contact details

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