Résumé Worksheet: What to Include

Interview skills lesson 17: What goes on a student résumé · Set 748 · 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) contact details (b) education (c) activities (d) skills
2. 2.True or false: “school and marks” belongs on a student résumé. (a) False (b) True
3. 3.True or false: “languages you know” should be left out of a résumé. (a) True (b) False
4. 4.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) a long life story (b) a party selfie (c) projects you did (d) your Aadhaar number
5. 5.True or false: “clubs and activities” should be left out of a résumé. (a) False (b) True
6. 6.📄 In which résumé section does this go: Class 12 (Science), 2026? (a) skills (b) projects (c) activities (d) education
7. 7.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) a party selfie (b) awards and prizes (c) your Aadhaar number (d) your passwords
8. 8.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) your passwords (b) projects you did (c) volunteer work (d) languages you know
9. 9.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) your passwords (b) volunteer work (c) your bank details (d) a long life story
10. 10.True or false: “projects you did” belongs on a student résumé. (a) False (b) True
11. 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your phone and email (b) your Aadhaar number (c) volunteer work (d) clubs and activities
12. 12.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your Aadhaar number? (a) include it (b) leave it out
13. 13.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) clubs and activities (b) skills like typing (c) made-up marks (d) projects you did
14. 14.True or false: “made-up marks” should be left out of a résumé. (a) True (b) False
15. 15.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) clubs and activities (b) a long life story (c) made-up marks (d) a party selfie
16. 16.📄 In which résumé section does this go: B.Com first year? (a) education (b) skills (c) contact details (d) projects
17. 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) clubs and activities (b) your Aadhaar number (c) a long life story (d) your bank details
18. 18.Which of these goes in the education section? (a) Class 10 board: 88% (b) a mobile number (c) built a rain gauge model (d) a survey of 50 shops
19. 19.Which of these goes in the skills section? (a) Class 12 (Science), 2026 (b) a survey of 50 shops (c) school football team (d) basic HTML and CSS
20. 20.📄 In which résumé section does this go: your city and PIN code? (a) education (b) contact details (c) activities (d) skills
21. 21.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: a long life story? (a) leave it out (b) include it
22. 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) projects you did (b) your bank details (c) a long life story (d) a party selfie
23. 23.📄 In which résumé section does this go: a website for our club? (a) education (b) contact details (c) projects (d) activities
24. 24.📄 A résumé is… (a) a full autobiography (b) a school report card (c) a short summary of you (d) a letter of thanks
25. 25.True or false: “a party selfie” belongs on a student résumé. (a) True (b) False
26. 26.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) your passwords (b) your Aadhaar number (c) skills like typing (d) your siblings’ marks
27. 27.📄 In which résumé section does this go: school football team? (a) projects (b) skills (c) contact details (d) activities
28. 28.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: projects you did? (a) include it (b) leave it out
29. 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) school and marks (b) skills like typing (c) a long life story (d) projects you did
30. 30.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: made-up marks? (a) include it (b) leave it out
31. 31.📄 In which résumé section does this go: basic HTML and CSS? (a) contact details (b) skills (c) activities (d) education
32. 32.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: awards and prizes? (a) include it (b) leave it out
33. 33.📄 How long should a student résumé usually be? (a) ten pages (b) half a line (c) one page (d) five pages
34. 34.📄 A student with no work experience should highlight… (a) projects and activities (b) nothing at all (c) their parents’ jobs (d) made-up jobs
35. 35.Which of these goes in the contact details? (a) spreadsheets (basic) (b) a survey of 50 shops (c) a mobile number (d) a website for our club
36. 36.📄 What font style suits a résumé? (a) tiny handwriting (b) one plain, clear font (c) all bold capitals (d) five fancy fonts
37. 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) awards and prizes (b) school and marks (c) made-up marks (d) volunteer work
38. 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) languages you know (b) school and marks (c) skills like typing (d) your passwords
39. 39.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: school and marks? (a) include it (b) leave it out
40. 40.True or false: “projects you did” should be left out of a résumé. (a) True (b) False

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