Résumé Worksheet: What to Include

Interview skills lesson 17: What goes on a student résumé · Set 693 · 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 Aadhaar number? (a) include it (b) leave it out
2. 2.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) awards and prizes (b) a long life story (c) your siblings’ marks (d) made-up marks
3. 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your bank details (b) skills like typing (c) your phone and email (d) projects you did
4. 4.📄 How long should a student résumé usually be? (a) ten pages (b) one page (c) five pages (d) half a line
5. 5.Which of these goes in the skills section? (a) Class 10 board: 88% (b) B.Com first year (c) school football team (d) typing 40 words a minute
6. 6.📄 In which résumé section does this go: Class 10 board: 88%? (a) projects (b) contact details (c) education (d) skills
7. 7.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) your passwords (b) school and marks (c) made-up marks (d) your siblings’ marks
8. 8.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your Aadhaar number (b) your siblings’ marks (c) projects you did (d) your bank details
9. 9.📄 In which résumé section does this go: a website for our club? (a) skills (b) education (c) projects (d) activities
10. 10.True or false: “made-up marks” belongs on a student résumé. (a) False (b) True
11. 11.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: clubs and activities? (a) include it (b) leave it out
12. 12.True or false: “projects you did” should be left out of a résumé. (a) False (b) True
13. 13.📄 What font style suits a résumé? (a) one plain, clear font (b) five fancy fonts (c) tiny handwriting (d) all bold capitals
14. 14.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) made-up marks (b) your siblings’ marks (c) a party selfie (d) your phone and email
15. 15.📄 Your résumé says you led a club. In the interview you should… (a) say it was a joke (b) change the subject (c) be ready to explain it (d) deny it
16. 16.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: made-up marks? (a) leave it out (b) include it
17. 17.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) your bank details (b) made-up marks (c) languages you know (d) a party selfie
18. 18.📄 A résumé is… (a) a short summary of you (b) a school report card (c) a letter of thanks (d) a full autobiography
19. 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a party selfie (b) your passwords (c) your siblings’ marks (d) your phone and email
20. 20.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your passwords? (a) leave it out (b) include it
21. 21.True or false: “languages you know” should be left out of a résumé. (a) False (b) True
22. 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your bank details (b) your Aadhaar number (c) your siblings’ marks (d) volunteer work
23. 23.📄 In which résumé section does this go: Class 12 (Science), 2026? (a) projects (b) contact details (c) activities (d) education
24. 24.📄 A student with no work experience should highlight… (a) their parents’ jobs (b) made-up jobs (c) projects and activities (d) nothing at all
25. 25.Which of these goes in the contact details? (a) school football team (b) a mobile number (c) typing 40 words a minute (d) built a rain gauge model
26. 26.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your bank details? (a) include it (b) leave it out
27. 27.True or false: “made-up marks” should be left out of a résumé. (a) False (b) True
28. 28.True or false: “a long life story” belongs on a student résumé. (a) True (b) False
29. 29.True or false: “your siblings’ marks” should be left out of a résumé. (a) False (b) True
30. 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your phone and email (b) school and marks (c) a party selfie (d) volunteer work
31. 31.📄 In which résumé section does this go: a survey of 50 shops? (a) activities (b) skills (c) contact details (d) projects
32. 32.True or false: “school and marks” belongs on a student résumé. (a) True (b) False
33. 33.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) your siblings’ marks (b) your bank details (c) a party selfie (d) clubs and activities
34. 34.Which of these goes in the skills section? (a) Class 12 (Science), 2026 (b) basic HTML and CSS (c) a survey of 50 shops (d) B.Com first year
35. 35.📄 In which résumé section does this go: B.Com first year? (a) education (b) contact details (c) projects (d) skills
36. 36.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) made-up marks (b) your Aadhaar number (c) your bank details (d) languages you know
37. 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) clubs and activities (b) skills like typing (c) your phone and email (d) a long life story
38. 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) projects you did (b) your phone and email (c) skills like typing (d) your passwords
39. 39.Which of these goes in the projects section? (a) a mobile number (b) eco club member (c) built a rain gauge model (d) school football team
40. 40.📄 In which résumé section does this go: your city and PIN code? (a) contact details (b) skills (c) education (d) projects

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