Résumé Worksheet: What to Include

Interview skills lesson 17: What goes on a student résumé · Set 607 · 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: an email ID? (a) activities (b) education (c) contact details (d) skills
2. 2.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) school and marks (b) skills like typing (c) your passwords (d) clubs and activities
3. 3.📄 What font style suits a résumé? (a) all bold capitals (b) tiny handwriting (c) one plain, clear font (d) five fancy fonts
4. 4.📄 A résumé is… (a) a short summary of you (b) a letter of thanks (c) a school report card (d) a full autobiography
5. 5.True or false: “languages you know” belongs on a student résumé. (a) False (b) True
6. 6.True or false: “your phone and email” should be left out of a résumé. (a) True (b) False
7. 7.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) made-up marks (b) skills like typing (c) clubs and activities (d) awards and prizes
8. 8.True or false: “clubs and activities” should be left out of a résumé. (a) False (b) True
9. 9.📄 How long should a student résumé usually be? (a) five pages (b) half a line (c) ten pages (d) one page
10. 10.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: projects you did? (a) include it (b) leave it out
11. 11.📄 In which résumé section does this go: your city and PIN code? (a) projects (b) skills (c) contact details (d) education
12. 12.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a party selfie (b) your Aadhaar number (c) your bank details (d) awards and prizes
13. 13.📄 In which résumé section does this go: spreadsheets (basic)? (a) contact details (b) skills (c) education (d) activities
14. 14.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) a long life story (b) volunteer work (c) your passwords (d) your Aadhaar number
15. 15.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: a long life story? (a) leave it out (b) include it
16. 16.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) a long life story (b) your bank details (c) your Aadhaar number (d) school and marks
17. 17.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) a long life story (b) volunteer work (c) your phone and email (d) awards and prizes
18. 18.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: languages you know? (a) leave it out (b) include it
19. 19.Which of these goes in the activities section? (a) eco club member (b) Class 10 board: 88% (c) Class 12 (Science), 2026 (d) a mobile number
20. 20.True or false: “a long life story” belongs on a student résumé. (a) False (b) True
21. 21.True or false: “volunteer work” belongs on a student résumé. (a) False (b) True
22. 22.True or false: “clubs and activities” belongs on a student résumé. (a) False (b) True
23. 23.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) your phone and email (b) languages you know (c) your siblings’ marks (d) school and marks
24. 24.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: school and marks? (a) leave it out (b) include it
25. 25.True or false: “languages you know” should be left out of a résumé. (a) False (b) True
26. 26.📄 A student with no work experience should highlight… (a) nothing at all (b) made-up jobs (c) their parents’ jobs (d) projects and activities
27. 27.📄 In which résumé section does this go: Class 10 board: 88%? (a) education (b) contact details (c) skills (d) activities
28. 28.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your passwords? (a) include it (b) leave it out
29. 29.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: awards and prizes? (a) leave it out (b) include it
30. 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a party selfie (b) awards and prizes (c) volunteer work (d) languages you know
31. 31.True or false: “skills like typing” should be left out of a résumé. (a) False (b) True
32. 32.True or false: “your bank details” belongs on a student résumé. (a) True (b) False
33. 33.True or false: “your siblings’ marks” should be left out of a résumé. (a) True (b) False
34. 34.Which of these goes in the activities section? (a) an email ID (b) B.Com first year (c) school football team (d) spreadsheets (basic)
35. 35.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) your siblings’ marks (b) a party selfie (c) skills like typing (d) your passwords
36. 36.📄 In which résumé section does this go: basic HTML and CSS? (a) skills (b) activities (c) contact details (d) projects
37. 37.📄 In which résumé section does this go: typing 40 words a minute? (a) skills (b) activities (c) projects (d) contact details
38. 38.True or false: “your passwords” should be left out of a résumé. (a) False (b) True
39. 39.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) your bank details (b) your phone and email (c) a party selfie (d) your Aadhaar number
40. 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) clubs and activities (b) school and marks (c) volunteer work (d) a long life story

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