Résumé Worksheet: What to Include

Interview skills lesson 17: What goes on a student résumé · Set 750 · 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.True or false: “made-up marks” should be left out of a résumé. (a) True (b) False
2. 2.📄 In which résumé section does this go: typing 40 words a minute? (a) projects (b) skills (c) education (d) contact details
3. 3.📄 What font style suits a résumé? (a) one plain, clear font (b) all bold capitals (c) five fancy fonts (d) tiny handwriting
4. 4.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) school and marks (b) skills like typing (c) a long life story (d) projects you did
5. 5.📄 In which résumé section does this go: Class 10 board: 88%? (a) education (b) skills (c) contact details (d) projects
6. 6.📄 A student with no work experience should highlight… (a) their parents’ jobs (b) nothing at all (c) projects and activities (d) made-up jobs
7. 7.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your passwords (b) skills like typing (c) clubs and activities (d) volunteer work
8. 8.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) your Aadhaar number (b) a party selfie (c) volunteer work (d) your bank details
9. 9.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) your passwords (b) your Aadhaar number (c) your phone and email (d) your bank details
10. 10.True or false: “languages you know” should be left out of a résumé. (a) True (b) False
11. 11.📄 How long should a student résumé usually be? (a) ten pages (b) one page (c) half a line (d) five pages
12. 12.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your bank details? (a) include it (b) leave it out
13. 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your phone and email (b) awards and prizes (c) your Aadhaar number (d) school and marks
14. 14.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) made-up marks (b) your Aadhaar number (c) school and marks (d) a party selfie
15. 15.📄 In which résumé section does this go: Class 12 (Science), 2026? (a) contact details (b) projects (c) education (d) skills
16. 16.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: a party selfie? (a) include it (b) leave it out
17. 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your bank details (b) a party selfie (c) clubs and activities (d) a long life story
18. 18.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) skills like typing (b) a party selfie (c) clubs and activities (d) projects you did
19. 19.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) languages you know (b) volunteer work (c) school and marks (d) your passwords
20. 20.📄 In which résumé section does this go: your city and PIN code? (a) contact details (b) skills (c) activities (d) education
21. 21.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) your bank details (b) a party selfie (c) a long life story (d) skills like typing
22. 22.Which of these goes in the projects section? (a) a mobile number (b) typing 40 words a minute (c) a website for our club (d) eco club member
23. 23.True or false: “your phone and email” should be left out of a résumé. (a) True (b) False
24. 24.📄 In which résumé section does this go: debate club secretary? (a) projects (b) skills (c) activities (d) contact details
25. 25.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: skills like typing? (a) leave it out (b) include it
26. 26.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) your bank details (b) awards and prizes (c) a party selfie (d) your passwords
27. 27.📄 Your résumé says you led a club. In the interview you should… (a) be ready to explain it (b) say it was a joke (c) deny it (d) change the subject
28. 28.📄 In which résumé section does this go: spreadsheets (basic)? (a) skills (b) contact details (c) projects (d) education
29. 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your siblings’ marks (b) awards and prizes (c) your Aadhaar number (d) your passwords
30. 30.📄 A résumé is… (a) a short summary of you (b) a letter of thanks (c) a full autobiography (d) a school report card
31. 31.True or false: “clubs and activities” should be left out of a résumé. (a) False (b) True
32. 32.True or false: “clubs and activities” belongs on a student résumé. (a) True (b) False
33. 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) made-up marks (b) your Aadhaar number (c) your phone and email (d) your bank details
34. 34.Which of these goes in the skills section? (a) Class 10 board: 88% (b) spreadsheets (basic) (c) a mobile number (d) a survey of 50 shops
35. 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) volunteer work (b) clubs and activities (c) a long life story (d) skills like typing
36. 36.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: languages you know? (a) leave it out (b) include it
37. 37.True or false: “a party selfie” should be left out of a résumé. (a) True (b) False
38. 38.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: school and marks? (a) include it (b) leave it out
39. 39.Which of these goes in the skills section? (a) Class 12 (Science), 2026 (b) typing 40 words a minute (c) a mobile number (d) school football team
40. 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) clubs and activities (b) school and marks (c) made-up marks (d) skills like typing

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