Résumé Worksheet: What to Include

Interview skills lesson 17: What goes on a student résumé · Set 76 · 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.📄 What font style suits a résumé? (a) five fancy fonts (b) tiny handwriting (c) all bold capitals (d) one plain, clear font
2. 2.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: projects you did? (a) leave it out (b) include it
3. 3.True or false: “awards and prizes” should be left out of a résumé. (a) False (b) True
4. 4.True or false: “school and marks” should be left out of a résumé. (a) True (b) False
5. 5.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) projects you did (b) volunteer work (c) your phone and email (d) made-up marks
6. 6.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) languages you know (b) your bank details (c) awards and prizes (d) volunteer work
7. 7.📄 In which résumé section does this go: a survey of 50 shops? (a) activities (b) projects (c) education (d) skills
8. 8.True or false: “made-up marks” should be left out of a résumé. (a) False (b) True
9. 9.True or false: “clubs and activities” should be left out of a résumé. (a) True (b) False
10. 10.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your siblings’ marks (b) a party selfie (c) your bank details (d) volunteer work
11. 11.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: awards and prizes? (a) leave it out (b) include it
12. 12.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) made-up marks (b) your Aadhaar number (c) a party selfie (d) volunteer work
13. 13.Which of these goes in the skills section? (a) basic HTML and CSS (b) school football team (c) an email ID (d) Class 12 (Science), 2026
14. 14.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) a long life story (b) volunteer work (c) clubs and activities (d) languages you know
15. 15.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) projects you did (b) your passwords (c) your Aadhaar number (d) your bank details
16. 16.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) projects you did (b) your phone and email (c) school and marks (d) a long life story
17. 17.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: languages you know? (a) leave it out (b) include it
18. 18.📄 In which résumé section does this go: built a rain gauge model? (a) contact details (b) education (c) activities (d) projects
19. 19.📄 How long should a student résumé usually be? (a) half a line (b) one page (c) ten pages (d) five pages
20. 20.Which of these goes in the skills section? (a) built a rain gauge model (b) Class 12 (Science), 2026 (c) school football team (d) typing 40 words a minute
21. 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) clubs and activities (b) made-up marks (c) skills like typing (d) volunteer work
22. 22.📄 Your résumé says you led a club. In the interview you should… (a) say it was a joke (b) change the subject (c) be ready to explain it (d) deny it
23. 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your passwords (b) skills like typing (c) languages you know (d) your phone and email
24. 24.Which of these goes in the projects section? (a) Class 10 board: 88% (b) a survey of 50 shops (c) eco club member (d) typing 40 words a minute
25. 25.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) school and marks (b) your siblings’ marks (c) awards and prizes (d) your phone and email
26. 26.True or false: “your Aadhaar number” belongs on a student résumé. (a) False (b) True
27. 27.Which of these goes in the education section? (a) built a rain gauge model (b) your city and PIN code (c) Class 10 board: 88% (d) basic HTML and CSS
28. 28.📄 In which résumé section does this go: eco club member? (a) projects (b) activities (c) contact details (d) skills
29. 29.Which of these goes in the projects section? (a) school football team (b) a mobile number (c) your city and PIN code (d) built a rain gauge model
30. 30.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: made-up marks? (a) include it (b) leave it out
31. 31.True or false: “volunteer work” belongs on a student résumé. (a) True (b) False
32. 32.Which of these goes in the contact details? (a) spreadsheets (basic) (b) a website for our club (c) eco club member (d) a mobile number
33. 33.📄 In which résumé section does this go: your city and PIN code? (a) contact details (b) projects (c) education (d) activities
34. 34.True or false: “made-up marks” belongs on a student résumé. (a) True (b) False
35. 35.True or false: “clubs and activities” belongs on a student résumé. (a) False (b) True
36. 36.📄 In which résumé section does this go: B.Com first year? (a) contact details (b) projects (c) education (d) skills
37. 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) made-up marks (b) your bank details (c) your siblings’ marks (d) clubs and activities
38. 38.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) your bank details (b) made-up marks (c) a long life story (d) school and marks
39. 39.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) a party selfie (b) a long life story (c) your siblings’ marks (d) languages you know
40. 40.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) skills like typing (b) made-up marks (c) your Aadhaar number (d) your passwords

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