Résumé Worksheet: What to Include

Interview skills lesson 17: What goes on a student résumé · Set 791 · 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) education (c) activities (d) projects
2. 2.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: projects you did? (a) leave it out (b) include it
3. 3.📄 Your résumé says you led a club. In the interview you should… (a) change the subject (b) deny it (c) be ready to explain it (d) say it was a joke
4. 4.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your passwords? (a) include it (b) leave it out
5. 5.True or false: “clubs and activities” belongs on a student résumé. (a) False (b) True
6. 6.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: school and marks? (a) leave it out (b) include it
7. 7.True or false: “volunteer work” belongs on a student résumé. (a) True (b) False
8. 8.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your bank details (b) a party selfie (c) your siblings’ marks (d) volunteer work
9. 9.📄 In which résumé section does this go: an email ID? (a) activities (b) skills (c) contact details (d) education
10. 10.Which of these goes in the education section? (a) an email ID (b) a survey of 50 shops (c) school football team (d) Class 10 board: 88%
11. 11.True or false: “awards and prizes” should be left out of a résumé. (a) False (b) True
12. 12.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) your Aadhaar number (b) awards and prizes (c) a party selfie (d) your bank details
13. 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) made-up marks (b) school and marks (c) your Aadhaar number (d) a long life story
14. 14.📄 In which résumé section does this go: a mobile number? (a) contact details (b) education (c) projects (d) activities
15. 15.True or false: “projects you did” belongs on a student résumé. (a) True (b) False
16. 16.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your bank details (b) clubs and activities (c) school and marks (d) volunteer work
17. 17.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your bank details? (a) leave it out (b) include it
18. 18.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: languages you know? (a) leave it out (b) include it
19. 19.True or false: “school and marks” belongs on a student résumé. (a) False (b) True
20. 20.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) languages you know (b) volunteer work (c) made-up marks (d) projects you did
21. 21.True or false: “your phone and email” should be left out of a résumé. (a) False (b) True
22. 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) skills like typing (b) your bank details (c) your Aadhaar number (d) made-up marks
23. 23.📄 What font style suits a résumé? (a) tiny handwriting (b) one plain, clear font (c) five fancy fonts (d) all bold capitals
24. 24.Which of these goes in the education section? (a) B.Com first year (b) basic HTML and CSS (c) typing 40 words a minute (d) an email ID
25. 25.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: made-up marks? (a) leave it out (b) include it
26. 26.True or false: “languages you know” belongs on a student résumé. (a) True (b) False
27. 27.📄 A student with no work experience should highlight… (a) their parents’ jobs (b) made-up jobs (c) nothing at all (d) projects and activities
28. 28.True or false: “your Aadhaar number” belongs on a student résumé. (a) False (b) True
29. 29.📄 In which résumé section does this go: spreadsheets (basic)? (a) projects (b) skills (c) contact details (d) activities
30. 30.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) school and marks (b) skills like typing (c) projects you did (d) a party selfie
31. 31.Which of these goes in the skills section? (a) Class 10 board: 88% (b) debate club secretary (c) basic HTML and CSS (d) Class 12 (Science), 2026
32. 32.Which of these goes in the projects section? (a) built a rain gauge model (b) your city and PIN code (c) B.Com first year (d) spreadsheets (basic)
33. 33.Which of these goes in the education section? (a) school football team (b) eco club member (c) Class 12 (Science), 2026 (d) basic HTML and CSS
34. 34.Which of these goes in the activities section? (a) eco club member (b) typing 40 words a minute (c) basic HTML and CSS (d) Class 12 (Science), 2026
35. 35.Which of these goes in the skills section? (a) school football team (b) Class 12 (Science), 2026 (c) a mobile number (d) spreadsheets (basic)
36. 36.Which of these goes in the contact details? (a) eco club member (b) Class 10 board: 88% (c) an email ID (d) typing 40 words a minute
37. 37.True or false: “clubs and activities” should be left out of a résumé. (a) True (b) False
38. 38.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) school and marks (b) your bank details (c) languages you know (d) skills like typing
39. 39.True or false: “your bank details” should be left out of a résumé. (a) True (b) False
40. 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) projects you did (b) your phone and email (c) a party selfie (d) skills like typing

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