Résumé Worksheet: What to Include

Interview skills lesson 17: What goes on a student résumé · Set 705 · 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: clubs and activities? (a) include it (b) leave it out
2. 2.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your phone and email? (a) include it (b) leave it out
3. 3.True or false: “awards and prizes” belongs on a student résumé. (a) True (b) False
4. 4.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: made-up marks? (a) include it (b) leave it out
5. 5.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: projects you did? (a) include it (b) leave it out
6. 6.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) projects you did (b) skills like typing (c) languages you know (d) your passwords
7. 7.📄 In which résumé section does this go: B.Com first year? (a) activities (b) skills (c) education (d) projects
8. 8.📄 In which résumé section does this go: typing 40 words a minute? (a) projects (b) activities (c) skills (d) contact details
9. 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) volunteer work (b) languages you know (c) your Aadhaar number (d) skills like typing
10. 10.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) volunteer work (b) projects you did (c) skills like typing (d) made-up marks
11. 11.True or false: “projects you did” should be left out of a résumé. (a) False (b) True
12. 12.True or false: “made-up marks” belongs on a student résumé. (a) True (b) False
13. 13.📄 In which résumé section does this go: Class 10 board: 88%? (a) projects (b) skills (c) education (d) contact details
14. 14.True or false: “awards and prizes” should be left out of a résumé. (a) True (b) False
15. 15.Which of these goes in the contact details? (a) basic HTML and CSS (b) school football team (c) Class 10 board: 88% (d) your city and PIN code
16. 16.📄 How long should a student résumé usually be? (a) five pages (b) ten pages (c) one page (d) half a line
17. 17.Which of these goes in the education section? (a) your city and PIN code (b) school football team (c) a survey of 50 shops (d) B.Com first year
18. 18.📄 A résumé is… (a) a letter of thanks (b) a school report card (c) a full autobiography (d) a short summary of you
19. 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) made-up marks (b) a long life story (c) languages you know (d) a party selfie
20. 20.📄 Your résumé says you led a club. In the interview you should… (a) deny it (b) change the subject (c) say it was a joke (d) be ready to explain it
21. 21.📄 In which résumé section does this go: a survey of 50 shops? (a) contact details (b) education (c) activities (d) projects
22. 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) school and marks (b) your bank details (c) clubs and activities (d) awards and prizes
23. 23.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) a long life story (b) your passwords (c) your phone and email (d) your Aadhaar number
24. 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your Aadhaar number (b) skills like typing (c) your passwords (d) made-up marks
25. 25.📄 What font style suits a résumé? (a) five fancy fonts (b) one plain, clear font (c) all bold capitals (d) tiny handwriting
26. 26.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your siblings’ marks? (a) include it (b) leave it out
27. 27.📄 In which résumé section does this go: built a rain gauge model? (a) activities (b) skills (c) education (d) projects
28. 28.📄 In which résumé section does this go: spreadsheets (basic)? (a) activities (b) skills (c) projects (d) education
29. 29.Which of these goes in the contact details? (a) eco club member (b) a website for our club (c) debate club secretary (d) a mobile number
30. 30.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) languages you know (b) volunteer work (c) your phone and email (d) your siblings’ marks
31. 31.Which of these goes in the activities section? (a) built a rain gauge model (b) Class 12 (Science), 2026 (c) a website for our club (d) debate club secretary
32. 32.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) your passwords (b) a long life story (c) your siblings’ marks (d) projects you did
33. 33.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: languages you know? (a) include it (b) leave it out
34. 34.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your bank details? (a) leave it out (b) include it
35. 35.True or false: “your phone and email” should be left out of a résumé. (a) True (b) False
36. 36.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) your bank details (b) your siblings’ marks (c) your Aadhaar number (d) skills like typing
37. 37.Which of these goes in the contact details? (a) debate club secretary (b) Class 10 board: 88% (c) an email ID (d) typing 40 words a minute
38. 38.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) school and marks (b) clubs and activities (c) your Aadhaar number (d) skills like typing
39. 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) school and marks (b) awards and prizes (c) your phone and email (d) your passwords
40. 40.📄 In which résumé section does this go: an email ID? (a) education (b) projects (c) contact details (d) skills

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