Résumé Worksheet: What to Include

Interview skills lesson 17: What goes on a student résumé · Set 560 · 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) include it (b) leave it out
2. 2.📄 In which résumé section does this go: a survey of 50 shops? (a) skills (b) contact details (c) education (d) projects
3. 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a long life story (b) your bank details (c) your siblings’ marks (d) your phone and email
4. 4.Which of these goes in the projects section? (a) your city and PIN code (b) spreadsheets (basic) (c) built a rain gauge model (d) B.Com first year
5. 5.📄 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
6. 6.True or false: “clubs and activities” belongs on a student résumé. (a) True (b) False
7. 7.📄 In which résumé section does this go: typing 40 words a minute? (a) education (b) contact details (c) activities (d) skills
8. 8.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) a long life story (b) made-up marks (c) your passwords (d) awards and prizes
9. 9.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: languages you know? (a) leave it out (b) include it
10. 10.True or false: “your phone and email” should be left out of a résumé. (a) False (b) True
11. 11.True or false: “clubs and activities” should be left out of a résumé. (a) True (b) False
12. 12.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your phone and email (b) your Aadhaar number (c) volunteer work (d) clubs and activities
13. 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) skills like typing (b) your phone and email (c) languages you know (d) your siblings’ marks
14. 14.Which of these goes in the contact details? (a) debate club secretary (b) spreadsheets (basic) (c) eco club member (d) a mobile number
15. 15.Which of these goes in the contact details? (a) a survey of 50 shops (b) built a rain gauge model (c) eco club member (d) your city and PIN code
16. 16.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: school and marks? (a) include it (b) leave it out
17. 17.True or false: “your bank details” belongs on a student résumé. (a) True (b) False
18. 18.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) your bank details (b) languages you know (c) your passwords (d) a party selfie
19. 19.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: a long life story? (a) include it (b) leave it out
20. 20.📄 In which résumé section does this go: built a rain gauge model? (a) activities (b) skills (c) education (d) projects
21. 21.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your siblings’ marks? (a) leave it out (b) include it
22. 22.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: made-up marks? (a) include it (b) leave it out
23. 23.📄 What font style suits a résumé? (a) all bold capitals (b) five fancy fonts (c) one plain, clear font (d) tiny handwriting
24. 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your siblings’ marks (b) your bank details (c) your Aadhaar number (d) volunteer work
25. 25.True or false: “your Aadhaar number” should be left out of a résumé. (a) True (b) False
26. 26.Which of these goes in the skills section? (a) a website for our club (b) Class 12 (Science), 2026 (c) typing 40 words a minute (d) an email ID
27. 27.📄 In which résumé section does this go: an email ID? (a) skills (b) education (c) activities (d) contact details
28. 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) volunteer work (b) made-up marks (c) awards and prizes (d) projects you did
29. 29.📄 How long should a student résumé usually be? (a) ten pages (b) one page (c) half a line (d) five pages
30. 30.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) your Aadhaar number (b) school and marks (c) a party selfie (d) your passwords
31. 31.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a party selfie (b) volunteer work (c) clubs and activities (d) skills like typing
32. 32.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: volunteer work? (a) leave it out (b) include it
33. 33.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your phone and email? (a) include it (b) leave it out
34. 34.📄 In which résumé section does this go: B.Com first year? (a) contact details (b) skills (c) education (d) projects
35. 35.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) a long life story (b) your phone and email (c) your bank details (d) your siblings’ marks
36. 36.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) a party selfie (b) made-up marks (c) volunteer work (d) a long life story
37. 37.📄 In which résumé section does this go: a mobile number? (a) education (b) activities (c) contact details (d) projects
38. 38.📄 A student with no work experience should highlight… (a) their parents’ jobs (b) made-up jobs (c) nothing at all (d) projects and activities
39. 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a long life story (b) school and marks (c) volunteer work (d) projects you did
40. 40.📄 In which résumé section does this go: Class 12 (Science), 2026? (a) education (b) skills (c) contact details (d) activities

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