Résumé Worksheet: What to Include

Interview skills lesson 17: What goes on a student résumé · Set 413 · 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.True or false: “your bank details” belongs on a student résumé. (a) False (b) True
2. 2.Which of these goes in the skills section? (a) school football team (b) debate club secretary (c) typing 40 words a minute (d) B.Com first year
3. 3.Which of these goes in the activities section? (a) Class 10 board: 88% (b) a website for our club (c) eco club member (d) a survey of 50 shops
4. 4.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) school and marks (b) your bank details (c) skills like typing (d) your phone and email
5. 5.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) projects you did (b) your phone and email (c) a party selfie (d) languages you know
6. 6.📄 How long should a student résumé usually be? (a) five pages (b) ten pages (c) half a line (d) one page
7. 7.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your siblings’ marks? (a) leave it out (b) include it
8. 8.📄 In which résumé section does this go: a website for our club? (a) contact details (b) education (c) projects (d) activities
9. 9.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: school and marks? (a) include it (b) leave it out
10. 10.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: skills like typing? (a) leave it out (b) include it
11. 11.📄 In which résumé section does this go: basic HTML and CSS? (a) activities (b) education (c) skills (d) contact details
12. 12.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) clubs and activities (b) your phone and email (c) your siblings’ marks (d) volunteer work
13. 13.Which of these goes in the activities section? (a) Class 10 board: 88% (b) a survey of 50 shops (c) an email ID (d) school football team
14. 14.📄 In which résumé section does this go: typing 40 words a minute? (a) activities (b) contact details (c) skills (d) education
15. 15.📄 In which résumé section does this go: debate club secretary? (a) skills (b) activities (c) projects (d) contact details
16. 16.📄 In which résumé section does this go: spreadsheets (basic)? (a) contact details (b) skills (c) education (d) activities
17. 17.📄 In which résumé section does this go: a mobile number? (a) education (b) projects (c) contact details (d) skills
18. 18.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: made-up marks? (a) include it (b) leave it out
19. 19.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) clubs and activities (b) a long life story (c) school and marks (d) awards and prizes
20. 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) awards and prizes (b) made-up marks (c) projects you did (d) skills like typing
21. 21.Which of these goes in the contact details? (a) typing 40 words a minute (b) B.Com first year (c) basic HTML and CSS (d) a mobile number
22. 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your Aadhaar number (b) your bank details (c) your siblings’ marks (d) clubs and activities
23. 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) made-up marks (b) your siblings’ marks (c) a party selfie (d) projects you did
24. 24.True or false: “skills like typing” should be left out of a résumé. (a) True (b) False
25. 25.📄 In which résumé section does this go: your city and PIN code? (a) education (b) projects (c) activities (d) contact details
26. 26.True or false: “school and marks” should be left out of a résumé. (a) True (b) False
27. 27.Which of these goes in the skills section? (a) B.Com first year (b) Class 12 (Science), 2026 (c) school football team (d) basic HTML and CSS
28. 28.True or false: “your Aadhaar number” belongs on a student résumé. (a) True (b) False
29. 29.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your passwords? (a) include it (b) leave it out
30. 30.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: a party selfie? (a) include it (b) leave it out
31. 31.📄 In which résumé section does this go: Class 12 (Science), 2026? (a) skills (b) contact details (c) education (d) activities
32. 32.📄 Your résumé says you led a club. In the interview you should… (a) be ready to explain it (b) say it was a joke (c) change the subject (d) deny it
33. 33.📄 In which résumé section does this go: Class 10 board: 88%? (a) contact details (b) activities (c) education (d) skills
34. 34.Which of these goes in the activities section? (a) debate club secretary (b) basic HTML and CSS (c) typing 40 words a minute (d) spreadsheets (basic)
35. 35.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) a party selfie (b) made-up marks (c) your passwords (d) volunteer work
36. 36.📄 What font style suits a résumé? (a) tiny handwriting (b) one plain, clear font (c) all bold capitals (d) five fancy fonts
37. 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) languages you know (b) your phone and email (c) projects you did (d) your siblings’ marks
38. 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) projects you did (b) your phone and email (c) a long life story (d) school and marks
39. 39.True or false: “your bank details” should be left out of a résumé. (a) False (b) True
40. 40.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: projects you did? (a) include it (b) leave it out

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