Résumé Worksheet: What to Include

Interview skills lesson 17: What goes on a student résumé · Set 536 · 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.📄 How long should a student résumé usually be? (a) five pages (b) one page (c) ten pages (d) half a line
2. 2.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a party selfie (b) school and marks (c) skills like typing (d) your phone and email
3. 3.Which of these goes in the activities section? (a) an email ID (b) school football team (c) a mobile number (d) a survey of 50 shops
4. 4.Which of these goes in the projects section? (a) Class 12 (Science), 2026 (b) typing 40 words a minute (c) a website for our club (d) B.Com first year
5. 5.True or false: “a party selfie” belongs on a student résumé. (a) False (b) True
6. 6.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: skills like typing? (a) include it (b) leave it out
7. 7.📄 In which résumé section does this go: typing 40 words a minute? (a) education (b) contact details (c) skills (d) activities
8. 8.True or false: “skills like typing” belongs on a student résumé. (a) False (b) True
9. 9.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) awards and prizes (b) languages you know (c) your passwords (d) volunteer work
10. 10.📄 In which résumé section does this go: eco club member? (a) contact details (b) activities (c) skills (d) education
11. 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your siblings’ marks (b) a party selfie (c) made-up marks (d) your phone and email
12. 12.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) languages you know (b) made-up marks (c) your Aadhaar number (d) a long life story
13. 13.📄 A student with no work experience should highlight… (a) made-up jobs (b) their parents’ jobs (c) projects and activities (d) nothing at all
14. 14.Which of these goes in the contact details? (a) your city and PIN code (b) eco club member (c) Class 10 board: 88% (d) spreadsheets (basic)
15. 15.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) languages you know (b) skills like typing (c) made-up marks (d) your phone and email
16. 16.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) your siblings’ marks (b) school and marks (c) awards and prizes (d) skills like typing
17. 17.📄 In which résumé section does this go: Class 10 board: 88%? (a) skills (b) projects (c) education (d) contact details
18. 18.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) languages you know (b) your bank details (c) skills like typing (d) your phone and email
19. 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a long life story (b) your passwords (c) clubs and activities (d) your Aadhaar number
20. 20.📄 In which résumé section does this go: an email ID? (a) contact details (b) activities (c) projects (d) skills
21. 21.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your siblings’ marks? (a) leave it out (b) include it
22. 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) school and marks (b) your Aadhaar number (c) made-up marks (d) your bank details
23. 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) school and marks (b) skills like typing (c) clubs and activities (d) your bank details
24. 24.📄 In which résumé section does this go: your city and PIN code? (a) contact details (b) activities (c) skills (d) education
25. 25.Which of these goes in the skills section? (a) Class 12 (Science), 2026 (b) an email ID (c) debate club secretary (d) spreadsheets (basic)
26. 26.Which of these goes in the skills section? (a) a website for our club (b) B.Com first year (c) a survey of 50 shops (d) typing 40 words a minute
27. 27.Which of these goes in the skills section? (a) basic HTML and CSS (b) an email ID (c) Class 12 (Science), 2026 (d) Class 10 board: 88%
28. 28.True or false: “languages you know” belongs on a student résumé. (a) False (b) True
29. 29.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) your passwords (b) a party selfie (c) projects you did (d) your bank details
30. 30.True or false: “your siblings’ marks” should be left out of a résumé. (a) True (b) False
31. 31.📄 In which résumé section does this go: built a rain gauge model? (a) activities (b) projects (c) education (d) skills
32. 32.True or false: “your passwords” belongs on a student résumé. (a) False (b) True
33. 33.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) skills like typing (b) awards and prizes (c) languages you know (d) a long life story
34. 34.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: awards and prizes? (a) include it (b) leave it out
35. 35.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: projects you did? (a) leave it out (b) include it
36. 36.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) awards and prizes (b) languages you know (c) your phone and email (d) your passwords
37. 37.True or false: “awards and prizes” should be left out of a résumé. (a) False (b) True
38. 38.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) awards and prizes (b) a long life story (c) your siblings’ marks (d) your bank details
39. 39.True or false: “volunteer work” should be left out of a résumé. (a) True (b) False
40. 40.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: languages you know? (a) leave it out (b) include it

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