Résumé Worksheet: What to Include

Interview skills lesson 17: What goes on a student résumé · Set 436 · 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: “made-up marks” belongs on a student résumé. (a) True (b) False
2. 2.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) your phone and email (b) school and marks (c) projects you did (d) a long life story
3. 3.Which of these goes in the activities section? (a) a website for our club (b) an email ID (c) school football team (d) a mobile number
4. 4.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) projects you did (b) school and marks (c) your Aadhaar number (d) languages you know
5. 5.Which of these goes in the projects section? (a) Class 10 board: 88% (b) basic HTML and CSS (c) a survey of 50 shops (d) an email ID
6. 6.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) languages you know (b) your Aadhaar number (c) a long life story (d) your bank details
7. 7.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a long life story (b) your bank details (c) projects you did (d) a party selfie
8. 8.True or false: “school and marks” should be left out of a résumé. (a) True (b) False
9. 9.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your siblings’ marks? (a) include it (b) leave it out
10. 10.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) school and marks (b) your siblings’ marks (c) projects you did (d) your phone and email
11. 11.True or false: “a long life story” belongs on a student résumé. (a) False (b) True
12. 12.📄 Your résumé says you led a club. In the interview you should… (a) say it was a joke (b) be ready to explain it (c) change the subject (d) deny it
13. 13.📄 In which résumé section does this go: a survey of 50 shops? (a) activities (b) projects (c) contact details (d) education
14. 14.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) awards and prizes (b) projects you did (c) languages you know (d) your passwords
15. 15.Which of these goes in the education section? (a) a mobile number (b) Class 12 (Science), 2026 (c) a website for our club (d) basic HTML and CSS
16. 16.📄 In which résumé section does this go: typing 40 words a minute? (a) projects (b) education (c) activities (d) skills
17. 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a party selfie (b) your Aadhaar number (c) made-up marks (d) skills like typing
18. 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a long life story (b) languages you know (c) your passwords (d) made-up marks
19. 19.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: volunteer work? (a) leave it out (b) include it
20. 20.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: school and marks? (a) leave it out (b) include it
21. 21.Which of these goes in the activities section? (a) B.Com first year (b) eco club member (c) Class 10 board: 88% (d) Class 12 (Science), 2026
22. 22.📄 How long should a student résumé usually be? (a) one page (b) ten pages (c) half a line (d) five pages
23. 23.📄 What font style suits a résumé? (a) five fancy fonts (b) one plain, clear font (c) all bold capitals (d) tiny handwriting
24. 24.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) projects you did (b) made-up marks (c) your siblings’ marks (d) your bank details
25. 25.True or false: “projects you did” belongs on a student résumé. (a) True (b) False
26. 26.True or false: “a party selfie” belongs on a student résumé. (a) True (b) False
27. 27.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) school and marks (b) your bank details (c) your phone and email (d) volunteer work
28. 28.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: a party selfie? (a) include it (b) leave it out
29. 29.True or false: “school and marks” belongs on a student résumé. (a) False (b) True
30. 30.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: languages you know? (a) leave it out (b) include it
31. 31.📄 In which résumé section does this go: basic HTML and CSS? (a) projects (b) education (c) contact details (d) skills
32. 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) projects you did (b) school and marks (c) awards and prizes (d) your passwords
33. 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your phone and email (b) made-up marks (c) projects you did (d) languages you know
34. 34.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) made-up marks (b) school and marks (c) awards and prizes (d) your phone and email
35. 35.True or false: “volunteer work” belongs on a student résumé. (a) False (b) True
36. 36.True or false: “your Aadhaar number” belongs on a student résumé. (a) True (b) False
37. 37.True or false: “volunteer work” should be left out of a résumé. (a) False (b) True
38. 38.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: skills like typing? (a) include it (b) leave it out
39. 39.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) your phone and email (b) your passwords (c) a party selfie (d) a long life story
40. 40.📄 In which résumé section does this go: Class 10 board: 88%? (a) education (b) contact details (c) activities (d) skills

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