Résumé Worksheet: What to Include

Interview skills lesson 17: What goes on a student résumé · Set 709 · 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: volunteer work? (a) include it (b) leave it out
2. 2.Which of these goes in the skills section? (a) built a rain gauge model (b) a mobile number (c) spreadsheets (basic) (d) Class 12 (Science), 2026
3. 3.📄 In which résumé section does this go: a mobile number? (a) projects (b) activities (c) education (d) contact details
4. 4.📄 A student with no work experience should highlight… (a) nothing at all (b) made-up jobs (c) projects and activities (d) their parents’ jobs
5. 5.📄 In which résumé section does this go: typing 40 words a minute? (a) projects (b) skills (c) contact details (d) activities
6. 6.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) your bank details (b) your siblings’ marks (c) your Aadhaar number (d) your phone and email
7. 7.Which of these goes in the activities section? (a) a mobile number (b) a survey of 50 shops (c) Class 10 board: 88% (d) debate club secretary
8. 8.True or false: “your Aadhaar number” belongs on a student résumé. (a) False (b) True
9. 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your phone and email (b) your siblings’ marks (c) your passwords (d) a party selfie
10. 10.📄 In which résumé section does this go: an email ID? (a) education (b) skills (c) activities (d) contact details
11. 11.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: a party selfie? (a) include it (b) leave it out
12. 12.True or false: “made-up marks” should be left out of a résumé. (a) True (b) False
13. 13.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) projects you did (b) your bank details (c) school and marks (d) languages you know
14. 14.📄 A résumé is… (a) a letter of thanks (b) a short summary of you (c) a school report card (d) a full autobiography
15. 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a party selfie (b) a long life story (c) made-up marks (d) skills like typing
16. 16.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) volunteer work (b) school and marks (c) projects you did (d) your siblings’ marks
17. 17.Which of these goes in the education section? (a) built a rain gauge model (b) a website for our club (c) Class 12 (Science), 2026 (d) your city and PIN code
18. 18.📄 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
19. 19.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: projects you did? (a) leave it out (b) include it
20. 20.Which of these goes in the projects section? (a) debate club secretary (b) typing 40 words a minute (c) eco club member (d) a survey of 50 shops
21. 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) clubs and activities (b) awards and prizes (c) skills like typing (d) your bank details
22. 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) clubs and activities (b) your siblings’ marks (c) skills like typing (d) your phone and email
23. 23.True or false: “skills like typing” should be left out of a résumé. (a) True (b) False
24. 24.True or false: “your siblings’ marks” belongs on a student résumé. (a) True (b) False
25. 25.📄 How long should a student résumé usually be? (a) ten pages (b) one page (c) five pages (d) half a line
26. 26.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) clubs and activities (b) a long life story (c) your siblings’ marks (d) your Aadhaar number
27. 27.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: skills like typing? (a) leave it out (b) include it
28. 28.True or false: “school and marks” belongs on a student résumé. (a) False (b) True
29. 29.📄 In which résumé section does this go: built a rain gauge model? (a) activities (b) contact details (c) skills (d) projects
30. 30.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: awards and prizes? (a) include it (b) leave it out
31. 31.Which of these goes in the education section? (a) an email ID (b) eco club member (c) your city and PIN code (d) B.Com first year
32. 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) school and marks (b) a long life story (c) your bank details (d) made-up marks
33. 33.True or false: “your phone and email” should be left out of a résumé. (a) True (b) False
34. 34.Which of these goes in the contact details? (a) debate club secretary (b) B.Com first year (c) school football team (d) your city and PIN code
35. 35.📄 In which résumé section does this go: B.Com first year? (a) contact details (b) projects (c) education (d) activities
36. 36.True or false: “languages you know” belongs on a student résumé. (a) False (b) True
37. 37.True or false: “your passwords” should be left out of a résumé. (a) True (b) False
38. 38.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your Aadhaar number? (a) include it (b) leave it out
39. 39.Which of these goes in the education section? (a) a mobile number (b) debate club secretary (c) Class 10 board: 88% (d) a survey of 50 shops
40. 40.True or false: “a long life story” should be left out of a résumé. (a) True (b) False

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