Résumé Worksheet: What to Include

Interview skills lesson 17: What goes on a student résumé · Set 64 · 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.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your phone and email? (a) leave it out (b) include it
2. 2.📄 What font style suits a résumé? (a) five fancy fonts (b) all bold capitals (c) tiny handwriting (d) one plain, clear font
3. 3.Which of these goes in the skills section? (a) Class 10 board: 88% (b) spreadsheets (basic) (c) Class 12 (Science), 2026 (d) a mobile number
4. 4.True or false: “your siblings’ marks” should be left out of a résumé. (a) False (b) True
5. 5.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) your phone and email (b) awards and prizes (c) a long life story (d) languages you know
6. 6.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your Aadhaar number? (a) leave it out (b) include it
7. 7.📄 A résumé is… (a) a short summary of you (b) a letter of thanks (c) a full autobiography (d) a school report card
8. 8.True or false: “projects you did” belongs on a student résumé. (a) False (b) True
9. 9.Which of these goes in the activities section? (a) debate club secretary (b) typing 40 words a minute (c) an email ID (d) a survey of 50 shops
10. 10.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your passwords (b) made-up marks (c) a long life story (d) skills like typing
11. 11.📄 In which résumé section does this go: a mobile number? (a) activities (b) contact details (c) education (d) skills
12. 12.📄 A student with no work experience should highlight… (a) their parents’ jobs (b) nothing at all (c) made-up jobs (d) projects and activities
13. 13.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your bank details? (a) leave it out (b) include it
14. 14.📄 Your résumé says you led a club. In the interview you should… (a) change the subject (b) say it was a joke (c) deny it (d) be ready to explain it
15. 15.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your siblings’ marks? (a) leave it out (b) include it
16. 16.True or false: “made-up marks” should be left out of a résumé. (a) False (b) True
17. 17.Which of these goes in the activities section? (a) your city and PIN code (b) spreadsheets (basic) (c) a mobile number (d) eco club member
18. 18.📄 In which résumé section does this go: Class 12 (Science), 2026? (a) education (b) activities (c) skills (d) contact details
19. 19.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: a long life story? (a) leave it out (b) include it
20. 20.True or false: “school and marks” should be left out of a résumé. (a) True (b) False
21. 21.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) languages you know (b) school and marks (c) your phone and email (d) a party selfie
22. 22.True or false: “your Aadhaar number” belongs on a student résumé. (a) False (b) True
23. 23.Which of these goes in the education section? (a) spreadsheets (basic) (b) school football team (c) Class 10 board: 88% (d) basic HTML and CSS
24. 24.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) made-up marks (b) your bank details (c) a party selfie (d) projects you did
25. 25.Which of these goes in the skills section? (a) Class 12 (Science), 2026 (b) school football team (c) basic HTML and CSS (d) B.Com first year
26. 26.📄 In which résumé section does this go: basic HTML and CSS? (a) education (b) contact details (c) skills (d) projects
27. 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) clubs and activities (b) projects you did (c) your Aadhaar number (d) skills like typing
28. 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) clubs and activities (b) languages you know (c) projects you did (d) made-up marks
29. 29.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) your bank details (b) projects you did (c) volunteer work (d) clubs and activities
30. 30.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: made-up marks? (a) leave it out (b) include it
31. 31.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: clubs and activities? (a) include it (b) leave it out
32. 32.📄 How long should a student résumé usually be? (a) one page (b) five pages (c) ten pages (d) half a line
33. 33.Which of these goes in the contact details? (a) Class 10 board: 88% (b) an email ID (c) typing 40 words a minute (d) basic HTML and CSS
34. 34.📄 In which résumé section does this go: typing 40 words a minute? (a) contact details (b) education (c) activities (d) skills
35. 35.📄 In which résumé section does this go: B.Com first year? (a) skills (b) education (c) activities (d) projects
36. 36.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) a long life story (b) a party selfie (c) made-up marks (d) volunteer work
37. 37.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: school and marks? (a) leave it out (b) include it
38. 38.True or false: “skills like typing” belongs on a student résumé. (a) False (b) True
39. 39.True or false: “languages you know” should be left out of a résumé. (a) True (b) False
40. 40.Which of these goes in the activities section? (a) school football team (b) Class 10 board: 88% (c) B.Com first year (d) an email ID

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