Résumé Worksheet: What to Include

Interview skills lesson 17: What goes on a student résumé · Set 784 · 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: “a party selfie” belongs on a student résumé. (a) True (b) False
2. 2.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) your phone and email (b) projects you did (c) your bank details (d) clubs and activities
3. 3.📄 How long should a student résumé usually be? (a) ten pages (b) one page (c) five pages (d) half a line
4. 4.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) volunteer work (b) a long life story (c) clubs and activities (d) languages you know
5. 5.True or false: “volunteer work” belongs on a student résumé. (a) True (b) False
6. 6.📄 In which résumé section does this go: spreadsheets (basic)? (a) projects (b) skills (c) activities (d) contact details
7. 7.Which of these goes in the activities section? (a) an email ID (b) eco club member (c) B.Com first year (d) typing 40 words a minute
8. 8.📄 In which résumé section does this go: typing 40 words a minute? (a) activities (b) education (c) projects (d) skills
9. 9.📄 Your résumé says you led a club. In the interview you should… (a) be ready to explain it (b) change the subject (c) deny it (d) say it was a joke
10. 10.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your phone and email? (a) include it (b) leave it out
11. 11.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) a long life story (b) your bank details (c) a party selfie (d) your phone and email
12. 12.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your siblings’ marks? (a) leave it out (b) include it
13. 13.📄 A résumé is… (a) a full autobiography (b) a short summary of you (c) a school report card (d) a letter of thanks
14. 14.📄 In which résumé section does this go: debate club secretary? (a) projects (b) skills (c) education (d) activities
15. 15.📄 In which résumé section does this go: eco club member? (a) projects (b) contact details (c) activities (d) education
16. 16.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your Aadhaar number (b) school and marks (c) clubs and activities (d) your phone and email
17. 17.True or false: “a long life story” belongs on a student résumé. (a) True (b) False
18. 18.📄 In which résumé section does this go: built a rain gauge model? (a) projects (b) contact details (c) skills (d) education
19. 19.True or false: “languages you know” belongs on a student résumé. (a) False (b) True
20. 20.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) your siblings’ marks (b) made-up marks (c) your passwords (d) awards and prizes
21. 21.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: projects you did? (a) leave it out (b) include it
22. 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your phone and email (b) volunteer work (c) your bank details (d) school and marks
23. 23.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) volunteer work (b) projects you did (c) school and marks (d) your siblings’ marks
24. 24.Which of these goes in the projects section? (a) built a rain gauge model (b) Class 10 board: 88% (c) debate club secretary (d) basic HTML and CSS
25. 25.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: a party selfie? (a) include it (b) leave it out
26. 26.📄 In which résumé section does this go: a mobile number? (a) contact details (b) projects (c) skills (d) activities
27. 27.True or false: “projects you did” belongs on a student résumé. (a) False (b) True
28. 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) made-up marks (b) skills like typing (c) your Aadhaar number (d) a long life story
29. 29.📄 In which résumé section does this go: basic HTML and CSS? (a) projects (b) activities (c) education (d) skills
30. 30.Which of these goes in the skills section? (a) Class 10 board: 88% (b) debate club secretary (c) typing 40 words a minute (d) an email ID
31. 31.Which of these goes in the projects section? (a) a survey of 50 shops (b) eco club member (c) spreadsheets (basic) (d) Class 12 (Science), 2026
32. 32.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: languages you know? (a) include it (b) leave it out
33. 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a long life story (b) made-up marks (c) your phone and email (d) your Aadhaar number
34. 34.True or false: “clubs and activities” should be left out of a résumé. (a) False (b) True
35. 35.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) your Aadhaar number (b) your siblings’ marks (c) skills like typing (d) your bank details
36. 36.True or false: “projects you did” should be left out of a résumé. (a) True (b) False
37. 37.Which of these goes in the education section? (a) Class 10 board: 88% (b) typing 40 words a minute (c) a website for our club (d) basic HTML and CSS
38. 38.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: school and marks? (a) leave it out (b) include it
39. 39.True or false: “school and marks” belongs on a student résumé. (a) False (b) True
40. 40.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) a long life story (b) clubs and activities (c) your phone and email (d) skills like typing

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