Résumé Worksheet: What to Include

Interview skills lesson 17: What goes on a student résumé · Set 548 · 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.📄 A student with no work experience should highlight… (a) their parents’ jobs (b) made-up jobs (c) projects and activities (d) nothing at all
2. 2.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) your phone and email (b) languages you know (c) a long life story (d) awards and prizes
3. 3.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: skills like typing? (a) leave it out (b) include it
4. 4.True or false: “clubs and activities” belongs on a student résumé. (a) True (b) False
5. 5.📄 A résumé is… (a) a letter of thanks (b) a school report card (c) a full autobiography (d) a short summary of you
6. 6.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) made-up marks (b) clubs and activities (c) your siblings’ marks (d) your bank details
7. 7.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) a long life story (b) your Aadhaar number (c) a party selfie (d) languages you know
8. 8.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your Aadhaar number? (a) include it (b) leave it out
9. 9.Which of these goes in the skills section? (a) your city and PIN code (b) built a rain gauge model (c) school football team (d) basic HTML and CSS
10. 10.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) languages you know (b) clubs and activities (c) awards and prizes (d) your bank details
11. 11.Which of these goes in the activities section? (a) Class 12 (Science), 2026 (b) a mobile number (c) a survey of 50 shops (d) eco club member
12. 12.📄 In which résumé section does this go: basic HTML and CSS? (a) education (b) activities (c) skills (d) contact details
13. 13.True or false: “your Aadhaar number” belongs on a student résumé. (a) False (b) True
14. 14.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your bank details (b) volunteer work (c) projects you did (d) skills like typing
15. 15.📄 In which résumé section does this go: Class 12 (Science), 2026? (a) activities (b) contact details (c) projects (d) education
16. 16.Which of these goes in the education section? (a) a survey of 50 shops (b) Class 12 (Science), 2026 (c) eco club member (d) a website for our club
17. 17.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: projects you did? (a) include it (b) leave it out
18. 18.True or false: “clubs and activities” should be left out of a résumé. (a) True (b) False
19. 19.Which of these goes in the projects section? (a) an email ID (b) basic HTML and CSS (c) Class 10 board: 88% (d) a survey of 50 shops
20. 20.Which of these goes in the education section? (a) Class 10 board: 88% (b) typing 40 words a minute (c) built a rain gauge model (d) school football team
21. 21.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: made-up marks? (a) leave it out (b) include it
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) False (b) True
24. 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your Aadhaar number (b) a long life story (c) your siblings’ marks (d) your phone and email
25. 25.True or false: “languages you know” belongs on a student résumé. (a) True (b) False
26. 26.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) made-up marks (b) your bank details (c) projects you did (d) a long life story
27. 27.True or false: “your phone and email” should be left out of a résumé. (a) False (b) True
28. 28.📄 Your résumé says you led a club. In the interview you should… (a) be ready to explain it (b) say it was a joke (c) change the subject (d) deny it
29. 29.Which of these goes in the skills section? (a) a survey of 50 shops (b) B.Com first year (c) Class 12 (Science), 2026 (d) typing 40 words a minute
30. 30.True or false: “your Aadhaar number” should be left out of a résumé. (a) True (b) False
31. 31.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) school and marks (b) clubs and activities (c) a party selfie (d) projects you did
32. 32.📄 In which résumé section does this go: debate club secretary? (a) contact details (b) skills (c) activities (d) projects
33. 33.📄 In which résumé section does this go: eco club member? (a) contact details (b) projects (c) activities (d) skills
34. 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) made-up marks (b) your Aadhaar number (c) your bank details (d) volunteer work
35. 35.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) your passwords (b) your siblings’ marks (c) a party selfie (d) your phone and email
36. 36.📄 What font style suits a résumé? (a) all bold capitals (b) five fancy fonts (c) tiny handwriting (d) one plain, clear font
37. 37.Which of these goes in the contact details? (a) Class 12 (Science), 2026 (b) B.Com first year (c) an email ID (d) typing 40 words a minute
38. 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a long life story (b) awards and prizes (c) made-up marks (d) a party selfie
39. 39.True or false: “your siblings’ marks” belongs on a student résumé. (a) False (b) True
40. 40.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) made-up marks (b) your siblings’ marks (c) volunteer work (d) your passwords

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