Résumé Worksheet: What to Include

Interview skills lesson 17: What goes on a student résumé · Set 56 · 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: clubs and activities? (a) leave it out (b) include it
2. 2.📄 How long should a student résumé usually be? (a) half a line (b) ten pages (c) one page (d) five pages
3. 3.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) made-up marks (b) your Aadhaar number (c) projects you did (d) your bank details
4. 4.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your Aadhaar number (b) your bank details (c) awards and prizes (d) a party selfie
5. 5.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your siblings’ marks? (a) leave it out (b) include it
6. 6.📄 In which résumé section does this go: basic HTML and CSS? (a) projects (b) activities (c) education (d) skills
7. 7.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: a long life story? (a) leave it out (b) include it
8. 8.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) your phone and email (b) volunteer work (c) your siblings’ marks (d) school and marks
9. 9.True or false: “a long life story” should be left out of a résumé. (a) True (b) False
10. 10.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) your bank details (b) your phone and email (c) your Aadhaar number (d) your siblings’ marks
11. 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) languages you know (b) your bank details (c) clubs and activities (d) school and marks
12. 12.Which of these goes in the education section? (a) B.Com first year (b) a mobile number (c) spreadsheets (basic) (d) basic HTML and CSS
13. 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) volunteer work (b) a party selfie (c) your passwords (d) your Aadhaar number
14. 14.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your bank details (b) your passwords (c) clubs and activities (d) made-up marks
15. 15.Which of these goes in the projects section? (a) basic HTML and CSS (b) a survey of 50 shops (c) an email ID (d) Class 12 (Science), 2026
16. 16.Which of these goes in the education section? (a) your city and PIN code (b) an email ID (c) typing 40 words a minute (d) Class 10 board: 88%
17. 17.Which of these goes in the activities section? (a) eco club member (b) built a rain gauge model (c) typing 40 words a minute (d) basic HTML and CSS
18. 18.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: awards and prizes? (a) include it (b) leave it out
19. 19.📄 A résumé is… (a) a short summary of you (b) a letter of thanks (c) a full autobiography (d) a school report card
20. 20.Which of these goes in the contact details? (a) debate club secretary (b) your city and PIN code (c) basic HTML and CSS (d) typing 40 words a minute
21. 21.📄 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) deny it (d) change the subject
22. 22.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your passwords? (a) leave it out (b) include it
23. 23.📄 In which résumé section does this go: a survey of 50 shops? (a) contact details (b) skills (c) projects (d) education
24. 24.True or false: “a party selfie” belongs on a student résumé. (a) False (b) True
25. 25.📄 In which résumé section does this go: spreadsheets (basic)? (a) activities (b) contact details (c) skills (d) projects
26. 26.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) skills like typing (b) awards and prizes (c) your siblings’ marks (d) languages you know
27. 27.True or false: “languages you know” should be left out of a résumé. (a) False (b) True
28. 28.Which of these goes in the contact details? (a) a website for our club (b) spreadsheets (basic) (c) a mobile number (d) debate club secretary
29. 29.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: made-up marks? (a) leave it out (b) include it
30. 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) made-up marks (b) a long life story (c) your Aadhaar number (d) languages you know
31. 31.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: school and marks? (a) include it (b) leave it out
32. 32.Which of these goes in the contact details? (a) school football team (b) an email ID (c) B.Com first year (d) eco club member
33. 33.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: languages you know? (a) leave it out (b) include it
34. 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a long life story (b) made-up marks (c) your bank details (d) your phone and email
35. 35.Which of these goes in the education section? (a) a survey of 50 shops (b) Class 12 (Science), 2026 (c) built a rain gauge model (d) a website for our club
36. 36.Which of these goes in the projects section? (a) built a rain gauge model (b) B.Com first year (c) school football team (d) your city and PIN code
37. 37.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) your passwords (b) clubs and activities (c) volunteer work (d) school and marks
38. 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) clubs and activities (b) your passwords (c) languages you know (d) volunteer work
39. 39.Which of these goes in the skills section? (a) a website for our club (b) a survey of 50 shops (c) spreadsheets (basic) (d) an email ID
40. 40.📄 In which résumé section does this go: your city and PIN code? (a) skills (b) projects (c) contact details (d) education

Free interview skills lessons, practice and worksheets at talentjr.in/interview-skills-for-students