Résumé Worksheet: What to Include

Interview skills lesson 17: What goes on a student résumé · Set 445 · 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: your city and PIN code? (a) contact details (b) projects (c) skills (d) education
2. 2.📄 In which résumé section does this go: basic HTML and CSS? (a) skills (b) education (c) projects (d) activities
3. 3.📄 A résumé is… (a) a short summary of you (b) a school report card (c) a letter of thanks (d) a full autobiography
4. 4.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: volunteer work? (a) leave it out (b) include it
5. 5.True or false: “your bank details” belongs on a student résumé. (a) False (b) True
6. 6.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
7. 7.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) awards and prizes (b) your bank details (c) clubs and activities (d) projects you did
8. 8.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your siblings’ marks (b) a party selfie (c) a long life story (d) languages you know
9. 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your siblings’ marks (b) awards and prizes (c) clubs and activities (d) school and marks
10. 10.Which of these goes in the education section? (a) Class 12 (Science), 2026 (b) an email ID (c) built a rain gauge model (d) basic HTML and CSS
11. 11.Which of these goes in the skills section? (a) built a rain gauge model (b) typing 40 words a minute (c) an email ID (d) debate club secretary
12. 12.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: a party selfie? (a) include it (b) leave it out
13. 13.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) your passwords (b) your bank details (c) languages you know (d) your Aadhaar number
14. 14.True or false: “awards and prizes” should be left out of a résumé. (a) True (b) False
15. 15.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: clubs and activities? (a) include it (b) leave it out
16. 16.📄 In which résumé section does this go: typing 40 words a minute? (a) skills (b) education (c) contact details (d) projects
17. 17.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: school and marks? (a) include it (b) leave it out
18. 18.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: awards and prizes? (a) include it (b) leave it out
19. 19.Which of these goes in the activities section? (a) debate club secretary (b) B.Com first year (c) built a rain gauge model (d) a mobile number
20. 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) school and marks (b) your passwords (c) volunteer work (d) clubs and activities
21. 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) projects you did (b) a party selfie (c) school and marks (d) volunteer work
22. 22.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) your Aadhaar number (b) made-up marks (c) school and marks (d) a party selfie
23. 23.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: languages you know? (a) include it (b) leave it out
24. 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) volunteer work (b) a party selfie (c) a long life story (d) your Aadhaar number
25. 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your bank details (b) your passwords (c) your siblings’ marks (d) skills like typing
26. 26.📄 In which résumé section does this go: Class 12 (Science), 2026? (a) education (b) projects (c) skills (d) contact details
27. 27.📄 In which résumé section does this go: built a rain gauge model? (a) projects (b) education (c) skills (d) activities
28. 28.📄 How long should a student résumé usually be? (a) five pages (b) ten pages (c) half a line (d) one page
29. 29.True or false: “your siblings’ marks” belongs on a student résumé. (a) True (b) False
30. 30.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: made-up marks? (a) include it (b) leave it out
31. 31.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) clubs and activities (b) your phone and email (c) a party selfie (d) languages you know
32. 32.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your phone and email? (a) leave it out (b) include it
33. 33.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your siblings’ marks? (a) include it (b) leave it out
34. 34.True or false: “languages you know” should be left out of a résumé. (a) False (b) True
35. 35.Which of these goes in the activities section? (a) spreadsheets (basic) (b) Class 10 board: 88% (c) your city and PIN code (d) school football team
36. 36.📄 In which résumé section does this go: a survey of 50 shops? (a) education (b) activities (c) projects (d) contact details
37. 37.Which of these goes in the education section? (a) a survey of 50 shops (b) a website for our club (c) Class 10 board: 88% (d) built a rain gauge model
38. 38.Which of these goes in the contact details? (a) debate club secretary (b) a website for our club (c) built a rain gauge model (d) a mobile number
39. 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) projects you did (b) volunteer work (c) made-up marks (d) awards and prizes
40. 40.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) your phone and email (b) your bank details (c) a party selfie (d) your passwords

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