Résumé Worksheet: What to Include

Interview skills lesson 17: What goes on a student résumé · Set 736 · 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.📄 In which résumé section does this go: school football team? (a) education (b) projects (c) contact details (d) activities
2. 2.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) awards and prizes (b) school and marks (c) made-up marks (d) skills like typing
3. 3.True or false: “skills like typing” belongs on a student résumé. (a) True (b) False
4. 4.📄 How long should a student résumé usually be? (a) ten pages (b) half a line (c) five pages (d) one page
5. 5.Which of these goes in the contact details? (a) Class 10 board: 88% (b) basic HTML and CSS (c) a mobile number (d) Class 12 (Science), 2026
6. 6.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) school and marks (b) clubs and activities (c) skills like typing (d) your passwords
7. 7.📄 In which résumé section does this go: a survey of 50 shops? (a) education (b) contact details (c) projects (d) skills
8. 8.True or false: “your phone and email” should be left out of a résumé. (a) True (b) False
9. 9.Which of these goes in the activities section? (a) eco club member (b) Class 10 board: 88% (c) a survey of 50 shops (d) built a rain gauge model
10. 10.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) your siblings’ marks (b) awards and prizes (c) your bank details (d) your Aadhaar number
11. 11.📄 A student with no work experience should highlight… (a) projects and activities (b) made-up jobs (c) nothing at all (d) their parents’ jobs
12. 12.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: awards and prizes? (a) include it (b) leave it out
13. 13.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) made-up marks (b) projects you did (c) your passwords (d) your bank details
14. 14.Which of these goes in the skills section? (a) an email ID (b) B.Com first year (c) a mobile number (d) basic HTML and CSS
15. 15.Which of these goes in the education section? (a) spreadsheets (basic) (b) your city and PIN code (c) a survey of 50 shops (d) Class 10 board: 88%
16. 16.📄 Your résumé says you led a club. In the interview you should… (a) be ready to explain it (b) deny it (c) say it was a joke (d) change the subject
17. 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your bank details (b) school and marks (c) your passwords (d) your siblings’ marks
18. 18.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: clubs and activities? (a) include it (b) leave it out
19. 19.📄 A résumé is… (a) a full autobiography (b) a letter of thanks (c) a short summary of you (d) a school report card
20. 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a party selfie (b) skills like typing (c) a long life story (d) your siblings’ marks
21. 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your phone and email (b) volunteer work (c) awards and prizes (d) your bank details
22. 22.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: made-up marks? (a) include it (b) leave it out
23. 23.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) your phone and email (b) your bank details (c) school and marks (d) projects you did
24. 24.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) languages you know (b) a long life story (c) your siblings’ marks (d) your Aadhaar number
25. 25.True or false: “projects you did” should be left out of a résumé. (a) False (b) True
26. 26.📄 In which résumé section does this go: a website for our club? (a) activities (b) contact details (c) projects (d) skills
27. 27.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) awards and prizes (b) languages you know (c) your phone and email (d) your Aadhaar number
28. 28.True or false: “your bank details” belongs on a student résumé. (a) True (b) False
29. 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your phone and email (b) clubs and activities (c) school and marks (d) your Aadhaar number
30. 30.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: volunteer work? (a) include it (b) leave it out
31. 31.📄 In which résumé section does this go: B.Com first year? (a) activities (b) education (c) skills (d) projects
32. 32.📄 In which résumé section does this go: spreadsheets (basic)? (a) education (b) projects (c) skills (d) contact details
33. 33.True or false: “school and marks” should be left out of a résumé. (a) False (b) True
34. 34.📄 In which résumé section does this go: a mobile number? (a) education (b) contact details (c) skills (d) projects
35. 35.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your passwords? (a) leave it out (b) include it
36. 36.True or false: “your Aadhaar number” should be left out of a résumé. (a) False (b) True
37. 37.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) your Aadhaar number (b) a long life story (c) a party selfie (d) your phone and email
38. 38.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: projects you did? (a) include it (b) leave it out
39. 39.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: school and marks? (a) include it (b) leave it out
40. 40.📄 What font style suits a résumé? (a) one plain, clear font (b) tiny handwriting (c) five fancy fonts (d) all bold capitals

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