Résumé Worksheet: What to Include

Interview skills lesson 17: What goes on a student résumé · Set 720 · 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.📄 A student with no work experience should highlight… (a) made-up jobs (b) nothing at all (c) their parents’ jobs (d) projects and activities
2. 2.📄 How long should a student résumé usually be? (a) five pages (b) one page (c) half a line (d) ten pages
3. 3.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: a party selfie? (a) include it (b) leave it out
4. 4.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) a party selfie (b) your bank details (c) your Aadhaar number (d) clubs and activities
5. 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) volunteer work (b) languages you know (c) projects you did (d) your passwords
6. 6.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) awards and prizes (b) school and marks (c) clubs and activities (d) your passwords
7. 7.True or false: “a long life story” should be left out of a résumé. (a) True (b) False
8. 8.📄 A résumé is… (a) a short summary of you (b) a letter of thanks (c) a full autobiography (d) a school report card
9. 9.📄 In which résumé section does this go: basic HTML and CSS? (a) skills (b) education (c) projects (d) activities
10. 10.📄 In which résumé section does this go: eco club member? (a) education (b) contact details (c) activities (d) skills
11. 11.📄 In which résumé section does this go: built a rain gauge model? (a) contact details (b) education (c) skills (d) projects
12. 12.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your passwords? (a) leave it out (b) include it
13. 13.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your Aadhaar number? (a) leave it out (b) include it
14. 14.Which of these goes in the projects section? (a) a website for our club (b) B.Com first year (c) basic HTML and CSS (d) school football team
15. 15.Which of these goes in the education section? (a) basic HTML and CSS (b) debate club secretary (c) Class 10 board: 88% (d) a survey of 50 shops
16. 16.📄 In which résumé section does this go: Class 12 (Science), 2026? (a) projects (b) skills (c) education (d) contact details
17. 17.True or false: “your passwords” belongs on a student résumé. (a) True (b) False
18. 18.📄 In which résumé section does this go: a website for our club? (a) projects (b) contact details (c) activities (d) skills
19. 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) volunteer work (b) clubs and activities (c) awards and prizes (d) made-up marks
20. 20.True or false: “projects you did” belongs on a student résumé. (a) False (b) True
21. 21.True or false: “your phone and email” belongs on a student résumé. (a) False (b) True
22. 22.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: school and marks? (a) leave it out (b) include it
23. 23.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: skills like typing? (a) include it (b) leave it out
24. 24.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your siblings’ marks? (a) leave it out (b) include it
25. 25.Which of these goes in the activities section? (a) a survey of 50 shops (b) basic HTML and CSS (c) B.Com first year (d) debate club secretary
26. 26.📄 What font style suits a résumé? (a) five fancy fonts (b) tiny handwriting (c) all bold capitals (d) one plain, clear font
27. 27.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: made-up marks? (a) include it (b) leave it out
28. 28.Which of these goes in the projects section? (a) your city and PIN code (b) Class 12 (Science), 2026 (c) a survey of 50 shops (d) Class 10 board: 88%
29. 29.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your bank details? (a) leave it out (b) include it
30. 30.📄 In which résumé section does this go: an email ID? (a) contact details (b) activities (c) skills (d) projects
31. 31.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your siblings’ marks (b) awards and prizes (c) volunteer work (d) your phone and email
32. 32.True or false: “languages you know” belongs on a student résumé. (a) False (b) True
33. 33.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) made-up marks (b) a party selfie (c) a long life story (d) volunteer work
34. 34.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) a long life story (b) your Aadhaar number (c) school and marks (d) your passwords
35. 35.Which of these goes in the skills section? (a) B.Com first year (b) an email ID (c) Class 12 (Science), 2026 (d) typing 40 words a minute
36. 36.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) your siblings’ marks (b) volunteer work (c) your phone and email (d) projects you did
37. 37.Which of these goes in the skills section? (a) school football team (b) Class 12 (Science), 2026 (c) spreadsheets (basic) (d) eco club member
38. 38.📄 In which résumé section does this go: a survey of 50 shops? (a) activities (b) contact details (c) skills (d) projects
39. 39.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: clubs and activities? (a) leave it out (b) include it
40. 40.📄 In which résumé section does this go: Class 10 board: 88%? (a) activities (b) education (c) projects (d) skills

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