Résumé Worksheet: What to Include

Interview skills lesson 17: What goes on a student résumé · Set 625 · 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: typing 40 words a minute? (a) contact details (b) skills (c) projects (d) education
2. 2.📄 How long should a student résumé usually be? (a) ten pages (b) five pages (c) half a line (d) one page
3. 3.📄 In which résumé section does this go: B.Com first year? (a) skills (b) projects (c) activities (d) education
4. 4.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your siblings’ marks? (a) include it (b) leave it out
5. 5.📄 What font style suits a résumé? (a) one plain, clear font (b) all bold capitals (c) tiny handwriting (d) five fancy fonts
6. 6.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) projects you did (b) volunteer work (c) your siblings’ marks (d) your phone and email
7. 7.Which of these goes in the activities section? (a) school football team (b) spreadsheets (basic) (c) an email ID (d) a website for our club
8. 8.📄 In which résumé section does this go: Class 12 (Science), 2026? (a) activities (b) skills (c) projects (d) education
9. 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) awards and prizes (b) your passwords (c) your siblings’ marks (d) your bank details
10. 10.True or false: “skills like typing” should be left out of a résumé. (a) False (b) True
11. 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) made-up marks (b) your passwords (c) clubs and activities (d) a long life story
12. 12.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: school and marks? (a) leave it out (b) include it
13. 13.True or false: “your passwords” belongs on a student résumé. (a) True (b) False
14. 14.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) skills like typing (b) languages you know (c) projects you did (d) made-up marks
15. 15.Which of these goes in the skills section? (a) eco club member (b) Class 10 board: 88% (c) Class 12 (Science), 2026 (d) typing 40 words a minute
16. 16.True or false: “awards and prizes” should be left out of a résumé. (a) True (b) False
17. 17.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: awards and prizes? (a) include it (b) leave it out
18. 18.True or false: “your bank details” belongs on a student résumé. (a) True (b) False
19. 19.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: languages you know? (a) leave it out (b) include it
20. 20.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) projects you did (b) made-up marks (c) your bank details (d) a party selfie
21. 21.Which of these goes in the projects section? (a) a website for our club (b) spreadsheets (basic) (c) debate club secretary (d) typing 40 words a minute
22. 22.📄 A student with no work experience should highlight… (a) nothing at all (b) projects and activities (c) made-up jobs (d) their parents’ jobs
23. 23.Which of these goes in the activities section? (a) eco club member (b) a mobile number (c) a survey of 50 shops (d) basic HTML and CSS
24. 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your Aadhaar number (b) school and marks (c) clubs and activities (d) volunteer work
25. 25.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) made-up marks (b) your passwords (c) awards and prizes (d) a party selfie
26. 26.Which of these goes in the contact details? (a) school football team (b) a survey of 50 shops (c) your city and PIN code (d) built a rain gauge model
27. 27.📄 In which résumé section does this go: a website for our club? (a) education (b) contact details (c) skills (d) projects
28. 28.Which of these goes in the education section? (a) B.Com first year (b) typing 40 words a minute (c) built a rain gauge model (d) an email ID
29. 29.True or false: “made-up marks” belongs on a student résumé. (a) True (b) False
30. 30.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) made-up marks (b) skills like typing (c) your Aadhaar number (d) your passwords
31. 31.True or false: “your passwords” should be left out of a résumé. (a) True (b) False
32. 32.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) awards and prizes (b) clubs and activities (c) languages you know (d) your passwords
33. 33.True or false: “school and marks” belongs on a student résumé. (a) True (b) False
34. 34.📄 In which résumé section does this go: spreadsheets (basic)? (a) education (b) activities (c) skills (d) projects
35. 35.📄 In which résumé section does this go: eco club member? (a) projects (b) education (c) activities (d) skills
36. 36.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your bank details? (a) include it (b) leave it out
37. 37.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: skills like typing? (a) leave it out (b) include it
38. 38.📄 In which résumé section does this go: your city and PIN code? (a) skills (b) education (c) contact details (d) projects
39. 39.Which of these goes in the skills section? (a) debate club secretary (b) school football team (c) basic HTML and CSS (d) a website for our club
40. 40.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) your phone and email (b) school and marks (c) your bank details (d) awards and prizes

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