Résumé Worksheet: What to Include

Interview skills lesson 17: What goes on a student résumé · Set 571 · 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.Which of these goes in the projects section? (a) basic HTML and CSS (b) Class 12 (Science), 2026 (c) a survey of 50 shops (d) school football team
2. 2.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) skills like typing (b) a party selfie (c) your siblings’ marks (d) your Aadhaar number
3. 3.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) your phone and email (b) your Aadhaar number (c) languages you know (d) school and marks
4. 4.📄 What font style suits a résumé? (a) tiny handwriting (b) all bold capitals (c) five fancy fonts (d) one plain, clear font
5. 5.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: volunteer work? (a) include it (b) leave it out
6. 6.Which of these goes in the activities section? (a) debate club secretary (b) spreadsheets (basic) (c) typing 40 words a minute (d) B.Com first year
7. 7.True or false: “languages you know” should be left out of a résumé. (a) True (b) False
8. 8.📄 A résumé is… (a) a full autobiography (b) a school report card (c) a letter of thanks (d) a short summary of you
9. 9.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) clubs and activities (b) your passwords (c) your phone and email (d) school and marks
10. 10.📄 How long should a student résumé usually be? (a) five pages (b) ten pages (c) one page (d) half a line
11. 11.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: projects you did? (a) leave it out (b) include it
12. 12.True or false: “your phone and email” should be left out of a résumé. (a) False (b) True
13. 13.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: clubs and activities? (a) leave it out (b) include it
14. 14.📄 A student with no work experience should highlight… (a) nothing at all (b) their parents’ jobs (c) projects and activities (d) made-up jobs
15. 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) made-up marks (b) your siblings’ marks (c) a long life story (d) awards and prizes
16. 16.Which of these goes in the activities section? (a) a survey of 50 shops (b) typing 40 words a minute (c) school football team (d) Class 12 (Science), 2026
17. 17.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: a long life story? (a) include it (b) leave it out
18. 18.True or false: “school and marks” should be left out of a résumé. (a) True (b) False
19. 19.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) your Aadhaar number (b) a long life story (c) your bank details (d) awards and prizes
20. 20.Which of these goes in the skills section? (a) school football team (b) debate club secretary (c) basic HTML and CSS (d) a mobile number
21. 21.📄 In which résumé section does this go: an email ID? (a) activities (b) contact details (c) projects (d) education
22. 22.Which of these goes in the contact details? (a) spreadsheets (basic) (b) a website for our club (c) Class 12 (Science), 2026 (d) your city and PIN code
23. 23.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) clubs and activities (b) volunteer work (c) your phone and email (d) your bank details
24. 24.True or false: “your phone and email” belongs on a student résumé. (a) False (b) True
25. 25.True or false: “awards and prizes” belongs on a student résumé. (a) False (b) True
26. 26.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your siblings’ marks? (a) include it (b) leave it out
27. 27.True or false: “your bank details” belongs on a student résumé. (a) False (b) True
28. 28.📄 In which résumé section does this go: typing 40 words a minute? (a) contact details (b) projects (c) skills (d) activities
29. 29.📄 In which résumé section does this go: B.Com first year? (a) activities (b) skills (c) education (d) projects
30. 30.True or false: “projects you did” belongs on a student résumé. (a) False (b) True
31. 31.📄 In which résumé section does this go: Class 10 board: 88%? (a) education (b) projects (c) activities (d) skills
32. 32.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) your bank details (b) your siblings’ marks (c) projects you did (d) a party selfie
33. 33.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) your phone and email (b) a long life story (c) your siblings’ marks (d) your passwords
34. 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) school and marks (b) a long life story (c) clubs and activities (d) your phone and email
35. 35.Which of these goes in the projects section? (a) a website for our club (b) B.Com first year (c) a mobile number (d) basic HTML and CSS
36. 36.📄 In which résumé section does this go: school football team? (a) education (b) contact details (c) activities (d) skills
37. 37.True or false: “your Aadhaar number” should be left out of a résumé. (a) True (b) False
38. 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your bank details (b) languages you know (c) your passwords (d) a long life story
39. 39.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) volunteer work (b) your bank details (c) your passwords (d) your siblings’ marks
40. 40.Which of these goes in the skills section? (a) Class 12 (Science), 2026 (b) your city and PIN code (c) typing 40 words a minute (d) an email ID

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