Résumé Worksheet: What to Include

Interview skills lesson 17: What goes on a student résumé · Set 503 · 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.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your passwords? (a) include it (b) leave it out
2. 2.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: volunteer work? (a) leave it out (b) include it
3. 3.📄 How long should a student résumé usually be? (a) five pages (b) half a line (c) ten pages (d) one page
4. 4.📄 In which résumé section does this go: a mobile number? (a) projects (b) contact details (c) skills (d) activities
5. 5.📄 What font style suits a résumé? (a) all bold capitals (b) five fancy fonts (c) tiny handwriting (d) one plain, clear font
6. 6.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: projects you did? (a) leave it out (b) include it
7. 7.True or false: “school and marks” belongs on a student résumé. (a) True (b) False
8. 8.📄 Your résumé says you led a club. In the interview you should… (a) change the subject (b) say it was a joke (c) be ready to explain it (d) deny it
9. 9.Which of these goes in the contact details? (a) Class 12 (Science), 2026 (b) Class 10 board: 88% (c) B.Com first year (d) your city and PIN code
10. 10.Which of these goes in the projects section? (a) built a rain gauge model (b) a mobile number (c) Class 12 (Science), 2026 (d) your city and PIN code
11. 11.📄 In which résumé section does this go: basic HTML and CSS? (a) skills (b) contact details (c) projects (d) activities
12. 12.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your Aadhaar number (b) awards and prizes (c) volunteer work (d) clubs and activities
13. 13.📄 In which résumé section does this go: Class 12 (Science), 2026? (a) contact details (b) projects (c) skills (d) education
14. 14.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a party selfie (b) volunteer work (c) made-up marks (d) your siblings’ marks
15. 15.Which of these goes in the activities section? (a) your city and PIN code (b) school football team (c) Class 10 board: 88% (d) spreadsheets (basic)
16. 16.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) your passwords (b) your bank details (c) school and marks (d) made-up marks
17. 17.Which of these goes in the projects section? (a) a survey of 50 shops (b) Class 10 board: 88% (c) an email ID (d) B.Com first year
18. 18.📄 In which résumé section does this go: a website for our club? (a) skills (b) activities (c) contact details (d) projects
19. 19.Which of these goes in the projects section? (a) a mobile number (b) spreadsheets (basic) (c) a website for our club (d) basic HTML and CSS
20. 20.📄 A student with no work experience should highlight… (a) their parents’ jobs (b) projects and activities (c) made-up jobs (d) nothing at all
21. 21.📄 In which résumé section does this go: typing 40 words a minute? (a) contact details (b) activities (c) skills (d) education
22. 22.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: languages you know? (a) leave it out (b) include it
23. 23.True or false: “projects you did” should be left out of a résumé. (a) True (b) False
24. 24.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) skills like typing (b) your bank details (c) your phone and email (d) school and marks
25. 25.📄 In which résumé section does this go: built a rain gauge model? (a) projects (b) skills (c) activities (d) education
26. 26.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: clubs and activities? (a) leave it out (b) include it
27. 27.True or false: “a long life story” should be left out of a résumé. (a) True (b) False
28. 28.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your siblings’ marks? (a) include it (b) leave it out
29. 29.True or false: “a party selfie” should be left out of a résumé. (a) True (b) False
30. 30.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) your passwords (b) projects you did (c) your siblings’ marks (d) your bank details
31. 31.📄 In which résumé section does this go: an email ID? (a) projects (b) contact details (c) education (d) skills
32. 32.True or false: “your passwords” belongs on a student résumé. (a) True (b) False
33. 33.Which of these goes in the activities section? (a) eco club member (b) a survey of 50 shops (c) basic HTML and CSS (d) a mobile number
34. 34.Which of these goes in the skills section? (a) a mobile number (b) spreadsheets (basic) (c) an email ID (d) debate club secretary
35. 35.📄 In which résumé section does this go: school football team? (a) contact details (b) activities (c) education (d) projects
36. 36.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) awards and prizes (b) skills like typing (c) your bank details (d) volunteer work
37. 37.True or false: “projects you did” belongs on a student résumé. (a) False (b) True
38. 38.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) your passwords (b) a party selfie (c) a long life story (d) your phone and email
39. 39.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: a long life story? (a) include it (b) leave it out
40. 40.Which of these goes in the education section? (a) B.Com first year (b) a website for our club (c) a survey of 50 shops (d) school football team

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