Résumé Worksheet: What to Include

Interview skills lesson 17: What goes on a student résumé · Set 572 · 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.📄 In which résumé section does this go: built a rain gauge model? (a) education (b) contact details (c) projects (d) activities
2. 2.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your Aadhaar number? (a) include it (b) leave it out
3. 3.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) a party selfie (b) your siblings’ marks (c) languages you know (d) your passwords
4. 4.True or false: “a party selfie” should be left out of a résumé. (a) False (b) True
5. 5.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: a long life story? (a) include it (b) leave it out
6. 6.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) awards and prizes (b) a party selfie (c) skills like typing (d) clubs and activities
7. 7.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) a long life story (b) projects you did (c) your phone and email (d) school and marks
8. 8.📄 How long should a student résumé usually be? (a) five pages (b) half a line (c) one page (d) ten pages
9. 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your siblings’ marks (b) clubs and activities (c) made-up marks (d) a party selfie
10. 10.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your bank details (b) your siblings’ marks (c) school and marks (d) made-up marks
11. 11.📄 What font style suits a résumé? (a) tiny handwriting (b) one plain, clear font (c) five fancy fonts (d) all bold capitals
12. 12.📄 A student with no work experience should highlight… (a) projects and activities (b) nothing at all (c) their parents’ jobs (d) made-up jobs
13. 13.📄 In which résumé section does this go: a survey of 50 shops? (a) contact details (b) skills (c) projects (d) education
14. 14.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: languages you know? (a) leave it out (b) include it
15. 15.True or false: “languages you know” should be left out of a résumé. (a) False (b) True
16. 16.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a long life story (b) your passwords (c) made-up marks (d) volunteer work
17. 17.📄 In which résumé section does this go: an email ID? (a) contact details (b) projects (c) education (d) skills
18. 18.True or false: “skills like typing” should be left out of a résumé. (a) True (b) False
19. 19.📄 In which résumé section does this go: spreadsheets (basic)? (a) education (b) projects (c) activities (d) skills
20. 20.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) your phone and email (b) skills like typing (c) volunteer work (d) your bank details
21. 21.Which of these goes in the projects section? (a) your city and PIN code (b) a mobile number (c) debate club secretary (d) a website for our club
22. 22.Which of these goes in the education section? (a) debate club secretary (b) a mobile number (c) Class 10 board: 88% (d) spreadsheets (basic)
23. 23.Which of these goes in the skills section? (a) Class 12 (Science), 2026 (b) Class 10 board: 88% (c) B.Com first year (d) spreadsheets (basic)
24. 24.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: volunteer work? (a) leave it out (b) include it
25. 25.Which of these goes in the skills section? (a) debate club secretary (b) an email ID (c) Class 10 board: 88% (d) typing 40 words a minute
26. 26.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: school and marks? (a) include it (b) leave it out
27. 27.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your siblings’ marks? (a) include it (b) leave it out
28. 28.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: clubs and activities? (a) include it (b) leave it out
29. 29.📄 In which résumé section does this go: Class 10 board: 88%? (a) contact details (b) activities (c) education (d) projects
30. 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) clubs and activities (b) volunteer work (c) projects you did (d) your Aadhaar number
31. 31.True or false: “your passwords” should be left out of a résumé. (a) False (b) True
32. 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) made-up marks (b) awards and prizes (c) volunteer work (d) projects you did
33. 33.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) your bank details (b) volunteer work (c) made-up marks (d) your siblings’ marks
34. 34.Which of these goes in the education section? (a) typing 40 words a minute (b) B.Com first year (c) built a rain gauge model (d) basic HTML and CSS
35. 35.True or false: “your passwords” belongs on a student résumé. (a) True (b) False
36. 36.📄 In which résumé section does this go: school football team? (a) skills (b) contact details (c) activities (d) projects
37. 37.Which of these goes in the contact details? (a) eco club member (b) a mobile number (c) B.Com first year (d) basic HTML and CSS
38. 38.📄 In which résumé section does this go: debate club secretary? (a) skills (b) education (c) contact details (d) activities
39. 39.📄 In which résumé section does this go: basic HTML and CSS? (a) contact details (b) projects (c) skills (d) activities
40. 40.True or false: “skills like typing” belongs on a student résumé. (a) True (b) False

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