Résumé Worksheet: What to Include

Interview skills lesson 17: What goes on a student résumé · Set 511 · 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: volunteer work? (a) leave it out (b) include it
2. 2.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your bank details (b) languages you know (c) a long life story (d) a party selfie
3. 3.📄 What font style suits a résumé? (a) tiny handwriting (b) five fancy fonts (c) one plain, clear font (d) all bold capitals
4. 4.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your passwords? (a) leave it out (b) include it
5. 5.Which of these goes in the activities section? (a) a mobile number (b) Class 10 board: 88% (c) spreadsheets (basic) (d) school football team
6. 6.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: school and marks? (a) leave it out (b) include it
7. 7.True or false: “your siblings’ marks” belongs on a student résumé. (a) True (b) False
8. 8.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: projects you did? (a) include it (b) leave it out
9. 9.📄 Your résumé says you led a club. In the interview you should… (a) be ready to explain it (b) deny it (c) change the subject (d) say it was a joke
10. 10.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: made-up marks? (a) include it (b) leave it out
11. 11.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) school and marks (b) projects you did (c) awards and prizes (d) made-up marks
12. 12.📄 In which résumé section does this go: typing 40 words a minute? (a) education (b) skills (c) activities (d) contact details
13. 13.True or false: “a long life story” should be left out of a résumé. (a) False (b) True
14. 14.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) school and marks (b) your bank details (c) a party selfie (d) your siblings’ marks
15. 15.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) your siblings’ marks (b) volunteer work (c) skills like typing (d) clubs and activities
16. 16.📄 How long should a student résumé usually be? (a) ten pages (b) five pages (c) half a line (d) one page
17. 17.Which of these goes in the contact details? (a) Class 10 board: 88% (b) your city and PIN code (c) built a rain gauge model (d) typing 40 words a minute
18. 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) school and marks (b) a long life story (c) awards and prizes (d) your phone and email
19. 19.Which of these goes in the skills section? (a) spreadsheets (basic) (b) Class 12 (Science), 2026 (c) a survey of 50 shops (d) built a rain gauge model
20. 20.📄 A student with no work experience should highlight… (a) their parents’ jobs (b) nothing at all (c) projects and activities (d) made-up jobs
21. 21.Which of these goes in the education section? (a) spreadsheets (basic) (b) Class 10 board: 88% (c) typing 40 words a minute (d) a website for our club
22. 22.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) clubs and activities (b) skills like typing (c) your Aadhaar number (d) awards and prizes
23. 23.True or false: “made-up marks” belongs on a student résumé. (a) True (b) False
24. 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) skills like typing (b) made-up marks (c) your Aadhaar number (d) a party selfie
25. 25.📄 In which résumé section does this go: Class 10 board: 88%? (a) education (b) contact details (c) projects (d) activities
26. 26.True or false: “volunteer work” should be left out of a résumé. (a) True (b) False
27. 27.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: a long life story? (a) include it (b) leave it out
28. 28.📄 In which résumé section does this go: a website for our club? (a) activities (b) projects (c) contact details (d) education
29. 29.Which of these goes in the education section? (a) a website for our club (b) a survey of 50 shops (c) B.Com first year (d) eco club member
30. 30.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: languages you know? (a) leave it out (b) include it
31. 31.True or false: “projects you did” belongs on a student résumé. (a) False (b) True
32. 32.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your Aadhaar number? (a) leave it out (b) include it
33. 33.True or false: “a party selfie” belongs on a student résumé. (a) False (b) True
34. 34.True or false: “languages you know” should be left out of a résumé. (a) False (b) True
35. 35.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) your bank details (b) volunteer work (c) clubs and activities (d) languages you know
36. 36.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) projects you did (b) a party selfie (c) your phone and email (d) clubs and activities
37. 37.📄 In which résumé section does this go: Class 12 (Science), 2026? (a) projects (b) skills (c) education (d) activities
38. 38.Which of these goes in the contact details? (a) an email ID (b) eco club member (c) Class 10 board: 88% (d) school football team
39. 39.Which of these goes in the skills section? (a) your city and PIN code (b) a mobile number (c) school football team (d) typing 40 words a minute
40. 40.📄 A résumé is… (a) a school report card (b) a letter of thanks (c) a short summary of you (d) a full autobiography

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