Résumé Worksheet: What to Include

Interview skills lesson 17: What goes on a student résumé · Set 453 · 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: B.Com first year? (a) education (b) projects (c) skills (d) activities
2. 2.📄 How long should a student résumé usually be? (a) ten pages (b) half a line (c) five pages (d) one page
3. 3.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: skills like typing? (a) include it (b) leave it out
4. 4.📄 A student with no work experience should highlight… (a) nothing at all (b) made-up jobs (c) their parents’ jobs (d) projects and activities
5. 5.True or false: “volunteer work” belongs on a student résumé. (a) False (b) True
6. 6.📄 In which résumé section does this go: Class 12 (Science), 2026? (a) activities (b) contact details (c) education (d) skills
7. 7.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) your bank details (b) your Aadhaar number (c) a long life story (d) school and marks
8. 8.📄 In which résumé section does this go: a mobile number? (a) activities (b) contact details (c) skills (d) projects
9. 9.📄 In which résumé section does this go: your city and PIN code? (a) skills (b) projects (c) contact details (d) activities
10. 10.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your Aadhaar number? (a) leave it out (b) include it
11. 11.📄 A résumé is… (a) a school report card (b) a full autobiography (c) a short summary of you (d) a letter of thanks
12. 12.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: made-up marks? (a) leave it out (b) include it
13. 13.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your siblings’ marks? (a) include it (b) leave it out
14. 14.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a long life story (b) your passwords (c) your phone and email (d) your Aadhaar number
15. 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your passwords (b) made-up marks (c) your bank details (d) languages you know
16. 16.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) your siblings’ marks (b) projects you did (c) your Aadhaar number (d) your passwords
17. 17.📄 What font style suits a résumé? (a) five fancy fonts (b) one plain, clear font (c) all bold capitals (d) tiny handwriting
18. 18.True or false: “projects you did” belongs on a student résumé. (a) False (b) True
19. 19.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: volunteer work? (a) leave it out (b) include it
20. 20.📄 Your résumé says you led a club. In the interview you should… (a) say it was a joke (b) change the subject (c) deny it (d) be ready to explain it
21. 21.Which of these goes in the projects section? (a) Class 10 board: 88% (b) built a rain gauge model (c) an email ID (d) eco club member
22. 22.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: clubs and activities? (a) include it (b) leave it out
23. 23.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: a long life story? (a) leave it out (b) include it
24. 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your bank details (b) a long life story (c) volunteer work (d) your passwords
25. 25.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: awards and prizes? (a) leave it out (b) include it
26. 26.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) your passwords (b) your Aadhaar number (c) your bank details (d) languages you know
27. 27.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: a party selfie? (a) leave it out (b) include it
28. 28.Which of these goes in the education section? (a) school football team (b) Class 10 board: 88% (c) a survey of 50 shops (d) a website for our club
29. 29.📄 In which résumé section does this go: an email ID? (a) education (b) projects (c) skills (d) contact details
30. 30.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) a party selfie (b) school and marks (c) clubs and activities (d) projects you did
31. 31.True or false: “a long life story” belongs on a student résumé. (a) False (b) True
32. 32.📄 In which résumé section does this go: basic HTML and CSS? (a) projects (b) contact details (c) activities (d) skills
33. 33.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) awards and prizes (b) languages you know (c) projects you did (d) your bank details
34. 34.True or false: “your Aadhaar number” belongs on a student résumé. (a) True (b) False
35. 35.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your passwords? (a) include it (b) leave it out
36. 36.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) your passwords (b) a party selfie (c) skills like typing (d) your bank details
37. 37.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) a long life story (b) a party selfie (c) volunteer work (d) your Aadhaar number
38. 38.📄 In which résumé section does this go: a survey of 50 shops? (a) activities (b) skills (c) contact details (d) projects
39. 39.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) your phone and email (b) volunteer work (c) clubs and activities (d) a long life story
40. 40.Which of these goes in the projects section? (a) a mobile number (b) an email ID (c) spreadsheets (basic) (d) a website for our club

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