Résumé Worksheet: What to Include

Interview skills lesson 17: What goes on a student résumé · Set 714 · 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.📄 Your résumé says you led a club. In the interview you should… (a) say it was a joke (b) change the subject (c) deny it (d) be ready to explain it
2. 2.True or false: “your phone and email” belongs on a student résumé. (a) False (b) True
3. 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your phone and email (b) languages you know (c) skills like typing (d) a party selfie
4. 4.Which of these goes in the contact details? (a) an email ID (b) typing 40 words a minute (c) B.Com first year (d) Class 10 board: 88%
5. 5.True or false: “your Aadhaar number” should be left out of a résumé. (a) True (b) False
6. 6.Which of these goes in the activities section? (a) eco club member (b) your city and PIN code (c) a survey of 50 shops (d) B.Com first year
7. 7.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) made-up marks (b) volunteer work (c) clubs and activities (d) skills like typing
8. 8.True or false: “your phone and email” should be left out of a résumé. (a) False (b) True
9. 9.Which of these goes in the projects section? (a) a survey of 50 shops (b) B.Com first year (c) basic HTML and CSS (d) your city and PIN code
10. 10.📄 In which résumé section does this go: typing 40 words a minute? (a) education (b) activities (c) projects (d) skills
11. 11.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) your passwords (b) skills like typing (c) awards and prizes (d) your phone and email
12. 12.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) a party selfie (b) made-up marks (c) your passwords (d) projects you did
13. 13.📄 How long should a student résumé usually be? (a) five pages (b) ten pages (c) half a line (d) one page
14. 14.📄 In which résumé section does this go: school football team? (a) skills (b) activities (c) projects (d) education
15. 15.Which of these goes in the skills section? (a) school football team (b) built a rain gauge model (c) your city and PIN code (d) basic HTML and CSS
16. 16.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) a party selfie (b) made-up marks (c) your bank details (d) languages you know
17. 17.📄 In which résumé section does this go: built a rain gauge model? (a) skills (b) education (c) contact details (d) projects
18. 18.📄 What font style suits a résumé? (a) five fancy fonts (b) tiny handwriting (c) one plain, clear font (d) all bold capitals
19. 19.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: languages you know? (a) include it (b) leave it out
20. 20.📄 A student with no work experience should highlight… (a) made-up jobs (b) nothing at all (c) their parents’ jobs (d) projects and activities
21. 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) school and marks (b) awards and prizes (c) made-up marks (d) languages you know
22. 22.True or false: “languages you know” should be left out of a résumé. (a) True (b) False
23. 23.Which of these goes in the activities section? (a) your city and PIN code (b) school football team (c) spreadsheets (basic) (d) built a rain gauge model
24. 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) made-up marks (b) languages you know (c) a party selfie (d) your bank details
25. 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) made-up marks (b) your passwords (c) your bank details (d) volunteer work
26. 26.True or false: “made-up marks” should be left out of a résumé. (a) False (b) True
27. 27.True or false: “your bank details” should be left out of a résumé. (a) True (b) False
28. 28.📄 In which résumé section does this go: Class 12 (Science), 2026? (a) activities (b) projects (c) contact details (d) education
29. 29.Which of these goes in the contact details? (a) typing 40 words a minute (b) a mobile number (c) debate club secretary (d) school football team
30. 30.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your passwords? (a) leave it out (b) include it
31. 31.Which of these goes in the education section? (a) basic HTML and CSS (b) Class 10 board: 88% (c) typing 40 words a minute (d) built a rain gauge model
32. 32.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your siblings’ marks? (a) include it (b) leave it out
33. 33.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) your phone and email (b) skills like typing (c) volunteer work (d) your siblings’ marks
34. 34.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) your Aadhaar number (b) languages you know (c) projects you did (d) your phone and email
35. 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) awards and prizes (b) volunteer work (c) your bank details (d) projects you did
36. 36.📄 In which résumé section does this go: Class 10 board: 88%? (a) education (b) activities (c) skills (d) contact details
37. 37.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: clubs and activities? (a) include it (b) leave it out
38. 38.True or false: “a long life story” belongs on a student résumé. (a) False (b) True
39. 39.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) volunteer work (b) a party selfie (c) your Aadhaar number (d) your siblings’ marks
40. 40.True or false: “a party selfie” belongs on a student résumé. (a) True (b) False

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