Résumé Worksheet: What to Include

Interview skills lesson 17: What goes on a student résumé · Set 442 · 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: “school and marks” should be left out of a résumé. (a) True (b) False
2. 2.📄 In which résumé section does this go: school football team? (a) skills (b) projects (c) activities (d) education
3. 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) awards and prizes (b) your passwords (c) volunteer work (d) your phone and email
4. 4.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) a party selfie (b) a long life story (c) school and marks (d) your bank details
5. 5.📄 In which résumé section does this go: typing 40 words a minute? (a) contact details (b) projects (c) education (d) skills
6. 6.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your bank details (b) languages you know (c) skills like typing (d) volunteer work
7. 7.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) skills like typing (b) school and marks (c) awards and prizes (d) a party selfie
8. 8.True or false: “skills like typing” belongs on a student résumé. (a) True (b) False
9. 9.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) skills like typing (b) school and marks (c) your passwords (d) projects you did
10. 10.Which of these goes in the skills section? (a) B.Com first year (b) a website for our club (c) your city and PIN code (d) basic HTML and CSS
11. 11.📄 In which résumé section does this go: a survey of 50 shops? (a) projects (b) activities (c) skills (d) contact details
12. 12.📄 A résumé is… (a) a full autobiography (b) a school report card (c) a short summary of you (d) a letter of thanks
13. 13.Which of these goes in the skills section? (a) typing 40 words a minute (b) debate club secretary (c) Class 12 (Science), 2026 (d) built a rain gauge model
14. 14.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: volunteer work? (a) leave it out (b) include it
15. 15.📄 In which résumé section does this go: Class 12 (Science), 2026? (a) skills (b) activities (c) education (d) projects
16. 16.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) languages you know (b) a party selfie (c) your passwords (d) your siblings’ marks
17. 17.Which of these goes in the education section? (a) debate club secretary (b) B.Com first year (c) a website for our club (d) school football team
18. 18.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) your phone and email (b) your Aadhaar number (c) a long life story (d) your bank details
19. 19.Which of these goes in the contact details? (a) built a rain gauge model (b) school football team (c) a survey of 50 shops (d) your city and PIN code
20. 20.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: skills like typing? (a) leave it out (b) include it
21. 21.📄 In which résumé section does this go: built a rain gauge model? (a) skills (b) education (c) contact details (d) projects
22. 22.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: school and marks? (a) include it (b) leave it out
23. 23.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) your phone and email (b) your Aadhaar number (c) awards and prizes (d) clubs and activities
24. 24.True or false: “a party selfie” belongs on a student résumé. (a) True (b) False
25. 25.📄 What font style suits a résumé? (a) tiny handwriting (b) all bold capitals (c) one plain, clear font (d) five fancy fonts
26. 26.True or false: “clubs and activities” should be left out of a résumé. (a) True (b) False
27. 27.📄 In which résumé section does this go: B.Com first year? (a) projects (b) contact details (c) skills (d) education
28. 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a long life story (b) languages you know (c) your passwords (d) your Aadhaar number
29. 29.True or false: “projects you did” belongs on a student résumé. (a) True (b) False
30. 30.True or false: “volunteer work” belongs on a student résumé. (a) True (b) False
31. 31.True or false: “your passwords” belongs on a student résumé. (a) True (b) False
32. 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your siblings’ marks (b) a long life story (c) skills like typing (d) a party selfie
33. 33.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) school and marks (b) a party selfie (c) projects you did (d) skills like typing
34. 34.📄 A student with no work experience should highlight… (a) their parents’ jobs (b) projects and activities (c) made-up jobs (d) nothing at all
35. 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) volunteer work (b) skills like typing (c) made-up marks (d) your phone and email
36. 36.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your Aadhaar number? (a) leave it out (b) include it
37. 37.True or false: “made-up marks” belongs on a student résumé. (a) False (b) True
38. 38.📄 In which résumé section does this go: Class 10 board: 88%? (a) skills (b) education (c) contact details (d) activities
39. 39.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your bank details? (a) include it (b) leave it out
40. 40.Which of these goes in the contact details? (a) a mobile number (b) Class 12 (Science), 2026 (c) Class 10 board: 88% (d) basic HTML and CSS

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