Résumé Worksheet: What to Include

Interview skills lesson 17: What goes on a student résumé · Set 583 · 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.True or false: “a long life story” belongs on a student résumé. (a) False (b) True
2. 2.📄 In which résumé section does this go: B.Com first year? (a) projects (b) skills (c) contact details (d) education
3. 3.Which of these goes in the activities section? (a) spreadsheets (basic) (b) your city and PIN code (c) debate club secretary (d) a website for our club
4. 4.Which of these goes in the education section? (a) your city and PIN code (b) eco club member (c) Class 10 board: 88% (d) school football team
5. 5.True or false: “made-up marks” should be left out of a résumé. (a) True (b) False
6. 6.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: languages you know? (a) include it (b) leave it out
7. 7.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: clubs and activities? (a) leave it out (b) include it
8. 8.📄 In which résumé section does this go: typing 40 words a minute? (a) contact details (b) education (c) projects (d) skills
9. 9.📄 In which résumé section does this go: spreadsheets (basic)? (a) contact details (b) projects (c) education (d) skills
10. 10.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) projects you did (b) clubs and activities (c) awards and prizes (d) made-up marks
11. 11.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) your bank details (b) clubs and activities (c) your siblings’ marks (d) your Aadhaar number
12. 12.📄 How long should a student résumé usually be? (a) ten pages (b) half a line (c) five pages (d) one page
13. 13.📄 Your résumé says you led a club. In the interview you should… (a) change the subject (b) deny it (c) be ready to explain it (d) say it was a joke
14. 14.📄 What font style suits a résumé? (a) all bold capitals (b) one plain, clear font (c) five fancy fonts (d) tiny handwriting
15. 15.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: projects you did? (a) include it (b) leave it out
16. 16.📄 A résumé is… (a) a short summary of you (b) a full autobiography (c) a school report card (d) a letter of thanks
17. 17.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: made-up marks? (a) include it (b) leave it out
18. 18.True or false: “made-up marks” belongs on a student résumé. (a) True (b) False
19. 19.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) a long life story (b) languages you know (c) skills like typing (d) projects you did
20. 20.📄 In which résumé section does this go: debate club secretary? (a) education (b) contact details (c) skills (d) activities
21. 21.Which of these goes in the projects section? (a) an email ID (b) basic HTML and CSS (c) a website for our club (d) typing 40 words a minute
22. 22.True or false: “skills like typing” should be left out of a résumé. (a) False (b) True
23. 23.📄 In which résumé section does this go: Class 10 board: 88%? (a) activities (b) projects (c) contact details (d) education
24. 24.📄 In which résumé section does this go: a survey of 50 shops? (a) education (b) contact details (c) projects (d) activities
25. 25.Which of these goes in the contact details? (a) B.Com first year (b) Class 10 board: 88% (c) a mobile number (d) debate club secretary
26. 26.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a long life story (b) your passwords (c) your siblings’ marks (d) school and marks
27. 27.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your Aadhaar number? (a) leave it out (b) include it
28. 28.True or false: “your phone and email” belongs on a student résumé. (a) False (b) True
29. 29.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your siblings’ marks? (a) include it (b) leave it out
30. 30.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) a long life story (b) skills like typing (c) your bank details (d) your Aadhaar number
31. 31.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your passwords (b) made-up marks (c) your siblings’ marks (d) skills like typing
32. 32.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) a party selfie (b) school and marks (c) projects you did (d) awards and prizes
33. 33.Which of these goes in the activities section? (a) eco club member (b) typing 40 words a minute (c) basic HTML and CSS (d) Class 12 (Science), 2026
34. 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your phone and email (b) your bank details (c) school and marks (d) projects you did
35. 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) languages you know (b) your Aadhaar number (c) projects you did (d) school and marks
36. 36.Which of these goes in the skills section? (a) built a rain gauge model (b) debate club secretary (c) Class 12 (Science), 2026 (d) spreadsheets (basic)
37. 37.True or false: “your Aadhaar number” belongs on a student résumé. (a) True (b) False
38. 38.Which of these goes in the education section? (a) a website for our club (b) your city and PIN code (c) spreadsheets (basic) (d) B.Com first year
39. 39.True or false: “a party selfie” should be left out of a résumé. (a) False (b) True
40. 40.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) your bank details (b) skills like typing (c) clubs and activities (d) projects you did

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