Résumé Worksheet: What to Include

Interview skills lesson 17: What goes on a student résumé · Set 484 · 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: “awards and prizes” should be left out of a résumé. (a) True (b) False
2. 2.📄 How long should a student résumé usually be? (a) five pages (b) one page (c) half a line (d) ten pages
3. 3.Which of these goes in the contact details? (a) a website for our club (b) typing 40 words a minute (c) a mobile number (d) Class 10 board: 88%
4. 4.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) languages you know (b) school and marks (c) your phone and email (d) a long life story
5. 5.📄 In which résumé section does this go: built a rain gauge model? (a) activities (b) skills (c) contact details (d) projects
6. 6.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your bank details (b) a party selfie (c) your Aadhaar number (d) your phone and email
7. 7.Which of these goes in the contact details? (a) an email ID (b) debate club secretary (c) eco club member (d) spreadsheets (basic)
8. 8.Which of these goes in the projects section? (a) a mobile number (b) Class 10 board: 88% (c) your city and PIN code (d) a survey of 50 shops
9. 9.📄 In which résumé section does this go: typing 40 words a minute? (a) contact details (b) skills (c) activities (d) education
10. 10.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) awards and prizes (b) languages you know (c) clubs and activities (d) your siblings’ marks
11. 11.Which of these goes in the education section? (a) your city and PIN code (b) Class 12 (Science), 2026 (c) typing 40 words a minute (d) an email ID
12. 12.📄 In which résumé section does this go: basic HTML and CSS? (a) projects (b) education (c) skills (d) contact details
13. 13.📄 What font style suits a résumé? (a) tiny handwriting (b) five fancy fonts (c) all bold capitals (d) one plain, clear font
14. 14.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your phone and email (b) school and marks (c) your Aadhaar number (d) awards and prizes
15. 15.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) volunteer work (b) your passwords (c) your siblings’ marks (d) your Aadhaar number
16. 16.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) projects you did (b) made-up marks (c) your Aadhaar number (d) a party selfie
17. 17.True or false: “your Aadhaar number” belongs on a student résumé. (a) False (b) True
18. 18.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your passwords? (a) leave it out (b) include it
19. 19.📄 Your résumé says you led a club. In the interview you should… (a) say it was a joke (b) deny it (c) change the subject (d) be ready to explain it
20. 20.Which of these goes in the education section? (a) B.Com first year (b) your city and PIN code (c) spreadsheets (basic) (d) eco club member
21. 21.True or false: “your siblings’ marks” should be left out of a résumé. (a) False (b) True
22. 22.True or false: “your Aadhaar number” should be left out of a résumé. (a) True (b) False
23. 23.True or false: “awards and prizes” belongs on a student résumé. (a) False (b) True
24. 24.📄 A student with no work experience should highlight… (a) made-up jobs (b) nothing at all (c) projects and activities (d) their parents’ jobs
25. 25.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: projects you did? (a) leave it out (b) include it
26. 26.📄 In which résumé section does this go: your city and PIN code? (a) skills (b) projects (c) education (d) contact details
27. 27.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) your Aadhaar number (b) languages you know (c) made-up marks (d) your siblings’ marks
28. 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a party selfie (b) made-up marks (c) clubs and activities (d) a long life story
29. 29.Which of these goes in the projects section? (a) debate club secretary (b) a website for our club (c) spreadsheets (basic) (d) Class 12 (Science), 2026
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: an email ID? (a) education (b) contact details (c) activities (d) skills
32. 32.True or false: “clubs and activities” should be left out of a résumé. (a) True (b) False
33. 33.📄 A résumé is… (a) a school report card (b) a letter of thanks (c) a short summary of you (d) a full autobiography
34. 34.📄 In which résumé section does this go: a mobile number? (a) skills (b) activities (c) projects (d) contact details
35. 35.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your phone and email? (a) include it (b) leave it out
36. 36.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) a party selfie (b) your phone and email (c) your bank details (d) your Aadhaar number
37. 37.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) a party selfie (b) your bank details (c) a long life story (d) awards and prizes
38. 38.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: skills like typing? (a) include it (b) leave it out
39. 39.📄 In which résumé section does this go: eco club member? (a) activities (b) skills (c) projects (d) contact details
40. 40.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: volunteer work? (a) leave it out (b) include it

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