Résumé Worksheet: What to Include

Interview skills lesson 17: What goes on a student résumé · Set 744 · 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: typing 40 words a minute? (a) skills (b) contact details (c) education (d) projects
2. 2.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) skills like typing (b) your phone and email (c) volunteer work (d) a long life story
3. 3.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) made-up marks (b) a party selfie (c) your bank details (d) school and marks
4. 4.True or false: “made-up marks” should be left out of a résumé. (a) True (b) False
5. 5.📄 A student with no work experience should highlight… (a) made-up jobs (b) their parents’ jobs (c) projects and activities (d) nothing at all
6. 6.True or false: “volunteer work” belongs on a student résumé. (a) True (b) False
7. 7.Which of these goes in the activities section? (a) Class 10 board: 88% (b) a survey of 50 shops (c) school football team (d) B.Com first year
8. 8.Which of these goes in the skills section? (a) Class 12 (Science), 2026 (b) spreadsheets (basic) (c) your city and PIN code (d) a website for our club
9. 9.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) made-up marks (b) your phone and email (c) school and marks (d) awards and prizes
10. 10.True or false: “school and marks” should be left out of a résumé. (a) False (b) True
11. 11.📄 Your résumé says you led a club. In the interview you should… (a) deny it (b) change the subject (c) be ready to explain it (d) say it was a joke
12. 12.True or false: “your siblings’ marks” belongs on a student résumé. (a) True (b) False
13. 13.True or false: “a long life story” should be left out of a résumé. (a) True (b) False
14. 14.📄 In which résumé section does this go: Class 12 (Science), 2026? (a) projects (b) activities (c) education (d) skills
15. 15.True or false: “a party selfie” should be left out of a résumé. (a) True (b) False
16. 16.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a long life story (b) languages you know (c) your Aadhaar number (d) a party selfie
17. 17.📄 In which résumé section does this go: your city and PIN code? (a) activities (b) projects (c) contact details (d) skills
18. 18.True or false: “school and marks” belongs on a student résumé. (a) True (b) False
19. 19.📄 In which résumé section does this go: a website for our club? (a) activities (b) projects (c) education (d) skills
20. 20.📄 How long should a student résumé usually be? (a) ten pages (b) half a line (c) one page (d) five pages
21. 21.📄 In which résumé section does this go: a mobile number? (a) skills (b) education (c) projects (d) contact details
22. 22.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) your siblings’ marks (b) a party selfie (c) your phone and email (d) your bank details
23. 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) school and marks (b) a party selfie (c) awards and prizes (d) volunteer work
24. 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) clubs and activities (b) a party selfie (c) your passwords (d) a long life story
25. 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your passwords (b) your bank details (c) projects you did (d) your Aadhaar number
26. 26.Which of these goes in the projects section? (a) your city and PIN code (b) typing 40 words a minute (c) a website for our club (d) an email ID
27. 27.📄 A résumé is… (a) a short summary of you (b) a school report card (c) a full autobiography (d) a letter of thanks
28. 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) made-up marks (b) awards and prizes (c) a party selfie (d) a long life story
29. 29.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your Aadhaar number? (a) leave it out (b) include it
30. 30.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your bank details? (a) include it (b) leave it out
31. 31.True or false: “your phone and email” belongs on a student résumé. (a) True (b) False
32. 32.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) volunteer work (b) a party selfie (c) your phone and email (d) awards and prizes
33. 33.Which of these goes in the contact details? (a) a mobile number (b) spreadsheets (basic) (c) debate club secretary (d) B.Com first year
34. 34.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) your Aadhaar number (b) your siblings’ marks (c) a party selfie (d) skills like typing
35. 35.True or false: “skills like typing” belongs on a student résumé. (a) True (b) False
36. 36.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: awards and prizes? (a) include it (b) leave it out
37. 37.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) awards and prizes (b) your siblings’ marks (c) your passwords (d) a long life story
38. 38.Which of these goes in the education section? (a) basic HTML and CSS (b) a website for our club (c) Class 10 board: 88% (d) an email ID
39. 39.Which of these goes in the projects section? (a) spreadsheets (basic) (b) school football team (c) basic HTML and CSS (d) built a rain gauge model
40. 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) languages you know (b) awards and prizes (c) your siblings’ marks (d) skills like typing

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