Résumé Worksheet: What to Include

Interview skills lesson 17: What goes on a student résumé · Set 735 · 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: your bank details? (a) include it (b) leave it out
2. 2.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your bank details (b) awards and prizes (c) your passwords (d) a long life story
3. 3.📄 In which résumé section does this go: spreadsheets (basic)? (a) projects (b) skills (c) contact details (d) education
4. 4.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: languages you know? (a) include it (b) leave it out
5. 5.📄 How long should a student résumé usually be? (a) ten pages (b) half a line (c) one page (d) five pages
6. 6.📄 What font style suits a résumé? (a) five fancy fonts (b) one plain, clear font (c) all bold capitals (d) tiny handwriting
7. 7.True or false: “skills like typing” belongs on a student résumé. (a) True (b) False
8. 8.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) skills like typing (b) school and marks (c) your Aadhaar number (d) clubs and activities
9. 9.📄 Your résumé says you led a club. In the interview you should… (a) change the subject (b) be ready to explain it (c) deny it (d) say it was a joke
10. 10.Which of these goes in the activities section? (a) typing 40 words a minute (b) B.Com first year (c) debate club secretary (d) spreadsheets (basic)
11. 11.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: awards and prizes? (a) leave it out (b) include it
12. 12.True or false: “made-up marks” belongs on a student résumé. (a) False (b) True
13. 13.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: a long life story? (a) leave it out (b) include it
14. 14.Which of these goes in the projects section? (a) Class 12 (Science), 2026 (b) an email ID (c) B.Com first year (d) a survey of 50 shops
15. 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) awards and prizes (b) clubs and activities (c) your phone and email (d) your bank details
16. 16.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) skills like typing (b) your bank details (c) a long life story (d) a party selfie
17. 17.📄 A student with no work experience should highlight… (a) nothing at all (b) made-up jobs (c) projects and activities (d) their parents’ jobs
18. 18.📄 In which résumé section does this go: built a rain gauge model? (a) projects (b) contact details (c) skills (d) education
19. 19.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: made-up marks? (a) include it (b) leave it out
20. 20.True or false: “volunteer work” should be left out of a résumé. (a) True (b) False
21. 21.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) languages you know (b) your phone and email (c) awards and prizes (d) your siblings’ marks
22. 22.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your passwords? (a) include it (b) leave it out
23. 23.True or false: “your phone and email” should be left out of a résumé. (a) False (b) True
24. 24.📄 In which résumé section does this go: an email ID? (a) activities (b) projects (c) education (d) contact details
25. 25.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your phone and email? (a) include it (b) leave it out
26. 26.True or false: “a party selfie” belongs on a student résumé. (a) True (b) False
27. 27.📄 In which résumé section does this go: Class 12 (Science), 2026? (a) projects (b) activities (c) education (d) skills
28. 28.📄 In which résumé section does this go: school football team? (a) projects (b) activities (c) contact details (d) education
29. 29.📄 A résumé is… (a) a full autobiography (b) a short summary of you (c) a letter of thanks (d) a school report card
30. 30.True or false: “your Aadhaar number” belongs on a student résumé. (a) False (b) True
31. 31.Which of these goes in the contact details? (a) your city and PIN code (b) a website for our club (c) Class 10 board: 88% (d) school football team
32. 32.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) skills like typing (b) a long life story (c) a party selfie (d) made-up marks
33. 33.📄 In which résumé section does this go: your city and PIN code? (a) skills (b) projects (c) education (d) contact details
34. 34.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: projects you did? (a) leave it out (b) include it
35. 35.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) your siblings’ marks (b) your bank details (c) volunteer work (d) made-up marks
36. 36.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) languages you know (b) volunteer work (c) clubs and activities (d) a party selfie
37. 37.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) volunteer work (b) school and marks (c) your phone and email (d) your passwords
38. 38.Which of these goes in the contact details? (a) eco club member (b) debate club secretary (c) Class 10 board: 88% (d) a mobile number
39. 39.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: school and marks? (a) include it (b) leave it out
40. 40.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) your phone and email (b) projects you did (c) skills like typing (d) a party selfie

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