Résumé Worksheet: What to Include

Interview skills lesson 17: What goes on a student résumé · Set 729 · 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.Which of these goes in the activities section? (a) built a rain gauge model (b) a mobile number (c) school football team (d) an email ID
2. 2.True or false: “your phone and email” should be left out of a résumé. (a) True (b) False
3. 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) awards and prizes (b) a party selfie (c) your bank details (d) your Aadhaar number
4. 4.📄 Your résumé says you led a club. In the interview you should… (a) change the subject (b) deny it (c) say it was a joke (d) be ready to explain it
5. 5.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) languages you know (b) school and marks (c) your Aadhaar number (d) projects you did
6. 6.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your phone and email? (a) leave it out (b) include it
7. 7.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) languages you know (b) a long life story (c) school and marks (d) your phone and email
8. 8.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: a party selfie? (a) include it (b) leave it out
9. 9.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) awards and prizes (b) your phone and email (c) clubs and activities (d) your bank details
10. 10.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) your passwords (b) made-up marks (c) languages you know (d) your siblings’ marks
11. 11.True or false: “made-up marks” belongs on a student résumé. (a) False (b) True
12. 12.📄 How long should a student résumé usually be? (a) one page (b) ten pages (c) five pages (d) half a line
13. 13.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) your bank details (b) your passwords (c) awards and prizes (d) your Aadhaar number
14. 14.📄 A student with no work experience should highlight… (a) made-up jobs (b) projects and activities (c) nothing at all (d) their parents’ jobs
15. 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a party selfie (b) volunteer work (c) clubs and activities (d) school and marks
16. 16.Which of these goes in the education section? (a) debate club secretary (b) an email ID (c) Class 12 (Science), 2026 (d) eco club member
17. 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your Aadhaar number (b) a long life story (c) projects you did (d) a party selfie
18. 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your bank details (b) school and marks (c) your Aadhaar number (d) a party selfie
19. 19.📄 In which résumé section does this go: Class 10 board: 88%? (a) skills (b) contact details (c) projects (d) education
20. 20.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) projects you did (b) a party selfie (c) your bank details (d) your passwords
21. 21.📄 A résumé is… (a) a school report card (b) a short summary of you (c) a full autobiography (d) a letter of thanks
22. 22.📄 What font style suits a résumé? (a) five fancy fonts (b) one plain, clear font (c) all bold capitals (d) tiny handwriting
23. 23.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) volunteer work (b) a long life story (c) skills like typing (d) awards and prizes
24. 24.Which of these goes in the activities section? (a) built a rain gauge model (b) debate club secretary (c) an email ID (d) basic HTML and CSS
25. 25.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: projects you did? (a) leave it out (b) include it
26. 26.True or false: “skills like typing” should be left out of a résumé. (a) True (b) False
27. 27.📄 In which résumé section does this go: school football team? (a) skills (b) education (c) activities (d) projects
28. 28.📄 In which résumé section does this go: basic HTML and CSS? (a) projects (b) activities (c) skills (d) contact details
29. 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) school and marks (b) your passwords (c) skills like typing (d) volunteer work
30. 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your siblings’ marks (b) your passwords (c) your Aadhaar number (d) clubs and activities
31. 31.True or false: “your bank details” should be left out of a résumé. (a) True (b) False
32. 32.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) your siblings’ marks (b) clubs and activities (c) a party selfie (d) made-up marks
33. 33.Which of these goes in the skills section? (a) Class 12 (Science), 2026 (b) a website for our club (c) basic HTML and CSS (d) a survey of 50 shops
34. 34.True or false: “a party selfie” should be left out of a résumé. (a) False (b) True
35. 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) skills like typing (b) your phone and email (c) your Aadhaar number (d) clubs and activities
36. 36.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: school and marks? (a) leave it out (b) include it
37. 37.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: skills like typing? (a) include it (b) leave it out
38. 38.True or false: “your Aadhaar number” should be left out of a résumé. (a) False (b) True
39. 39.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: a long life story? (a) include it (b) leave it out
40. 40.📄 In which résumé section does this go: an email ID? (a) education (b) skills (c) contact details (d) projects

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