Résumé Worksheet: What to Include

Interview skills lesson 17: What goes on a student résumé · Set 645 · 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: a website for our club? (a) skills (b) education (c) projects (d) activities
2. 2.Which of these goes in the skills section? (a) eco club member (b) Class 12 (Science), 2026 (c) Class 10 board: 88% (d) typing 40 words a minute
3. 3.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: school and marks? (a) leave it out (b) include it
4. 4.📄 In which résumé section does this go: a survey of 50 shops? (a) projects (b) contact details (c) education (d) activities
5. 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your bank details (b) school and marks (c) projects you did (d) your phone and email
6. 6.📄 A student with no work experience should highlight… (a) made-up jobs (b) nothing at all (c) their parents’ jobs (d) projects and activities
7. 7.📄 A résumé is… (a) a school report card (b) a letter of thanks (c) a short summary of you (d) a full autobiography
8. 8.📄 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
9. 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your phone and email (b) your passwords (c) volunteer work (d) skills like typing
10. 10.Which of these goes in the education section? (a) an email ID (b) Class 12 (Science), 2026 (c) a mobile number (d) a survey of 50 shops
11. 11.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: a long life story? (a) leave it out (b) include it
12. 12.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: volunteer work? (a) include it (b) leave it out
13. 13.📄 In which résumé section does this go: school football team? (a) contact details (b) projects (c) activities (d) education
14. 14.True or false: “your bank details” should be left out of a résumé. (a) True (b) False
15. 15.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) school and marks (b) clubs and activities (c) volunteer work (d) a party selfie
16. 16.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your passwords? (a) include it (b) leave it out
17. 17.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) school and marks (b) skills like typing (c) your phone and email (d) your bank details
18. 18.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your phone and email? (a) include it (b) leave it out
19. 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a party selfie (b) clubs and activities (c) your Aadhaar number (d) your passwords
20. 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) skills like typing (b) awards and prizes (c) your phone and email (d) your siblings’ marks
21. 21.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) made-up marks (b) your passwords (c) your bank details (d) your phone and email
22. 22.📄 In which résumé section does this go: built a rain gauge model? (a) contact details (b) skills (c) activities (d) projects
23. 23.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: skills like typing? (a) leave it out (b) include it
24. 24.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: awards and prizes? (a) leave it out (b) include it
25. 25.📄 What font style suits a résumé? (a) one plain, clear font (b) five fancy fonts (c) tiny handwriting (d) all bold capitals
26. 26.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) your bank details (b) a long life story (c) volunteer work (d) a party selfie
27. 27.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: languages you know? (a) include it (b) leave it out
28. 28.Which of these goes in the activities section? (a) basic HTML and CSS (b) spreadsheets (basic) (c) B.Com first year (d) school football team
29. 29.📄 In which résumé section does this go: an email ID? (a) contact details (b) activities (c) education (d) projects
30. 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) school and marks (b) skills like typing (c) volunteer work (d) made-up marks
31. 31.True or false: “your Aadhaar number” belongs on a student résumé. (a) True (b) False
32. 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) school and marks (b) projects you did (c) a party selfie (d) clubs and activities
33. 33.📄 In which résumé section does this go: your city and PIN code? (a) projects (b) contact details (c) education (d) activities
34. 34.Which of these goes in the projects section? (a) Class 12 (Science), 2026 (b) an email ID (c) a survey of 50 shops (d) typing 40 words a minute
35. 35.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your bank details? (a) include it (b) leave it out
36. 36.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) clubs and activities (b) made-up marks (c) your siblings’ marks (d) your passwords
37. 37.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) made-up marks (b) your bank details (c) languages you know (d) your siblings’ marks
38. 38.True or false: “school and marks” should be left out of a résumé. (a) True (b) False
39. 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) volunteer work (b) your siblings’ marks (c) your passwords (d) a party selfie
40. 40.Which of these goes in the activities section? (a) eco club member (b) a mobile number (c) B.Com first year (d) basic HTML and CSS

Free interview skills lessons, practice and worksheets at talentjr.in/interview-skills-for-students