Résumé Worksheet: What to Include

Interview skills lesson 17: What goes on a student résumé · Set 799 · 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: an email ID? (a) skills (b) activities (c) education (d) contact details
2. 2.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) school and marks (b) your bank details (c) awards and prizes (d) languages you know
3. 3.Which of these goes in the activities section? (a) basic HTML and CSS (b) built a rain gauge model (c) school football team (d) Class 10 board: 88%
4. 4.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: made-up marks? (a) include it (b) leave it out
5. 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your bank details (b) a long life story (c) your passwords (d) your phone and email
6. 6.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) made-up marks (b) school and marks (c) volunteer work (d) languages you know
7. 7.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: school and marks? (a) include it (b) leave it out
8. 8.Which of these goes in the skills section? (a) an email ID (b) basic HTML and CSS (c) a mobile number (d) Class 12 (Science), 2026
9. 9.True or false: “a party selfie” should be left out of a résumé. (a) False (b) True
10. 10.Which of these goes in the projects section? (a) school football team (b) a survey of 50 shops (c) Class 12 (Science), 2026 (d) B.Com first year
11. 11.True or false: “clubs and activities” belongs on a student résumé. (a) True (b) False
12. 12.True or false: “a long life story” should be left out of a résumé. (a) False (b) True
13. 13.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) projects you did (b) clubs and activities (c) your Aadhaar number (d) skills like typing
14. 14.True or false: “a party selfie” belongs on a student résumé. (a) False (b) True
15. 15.📄 A student with no work experience should highlight… (a) their parents’ jobs (b) nothing at all (c) projects and activities (d) made-up jobs
16. 16.📄 In which résumé section does this go: a mobile number? (a) education (b) activities (c) skills (d) contact details
17. 17.📄 A résumé is… (a) a school report card (b) a letter of thanks (c) a short summary of you (d) a full autobiography
18. 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your phone and email (b) volunteer work (c) clubs and activities (d) your bank details
19. 19.📄 In which résumé section does this go: B.Com first year? (a) skills (b) activities (c) projects (d) education
20. 20.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) skills like typing (b) your passwords (c) your bank details (d) a long life story
21. 21.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) made-up marks (b) your siblings’ marks (c) awards and prizes (d) your Aadhaar number
22. 22.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) your Aadhaar number (b) school and marks (c) your passwords (d) your bank details
23. 23.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your passwords? (a) leave it out (b) include it
24. 24.📄 In which résumé section does this go: basic HTML and CSS? (a) skills (b) education (c) activities (d) projects
25. 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your passwords (b) your Aadhaar number (c) school and marks (d) a long life story
26. 26.📄 How long should a student résumé usually be? (a) ten pages (b) five pages (c) one page (d) half a line
27. 27.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: volunteer work? (a) include it (b) leave it out
28. 28.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) made-up marks (b) projects you did (c) clubs and activities (d) volunteer work
29. 29.📄 What font style suits a résumé? (a) tiny handwriting (b) one plain, clear font (c) all bold capitals (d) five fancy fonts
30. 30.📄 In which résumé section does this go: eco club member? (a) projects (b) activities (c) education (d) skills
31. 31.Which of these goes in the skills section? (a) typing 40 words a minute (b) eco club member (c) Class 12 (Science), 2026 (d) a website for our club
32. 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) school and marks (b) your phone and email (c) your siblings’ marks (d) skills like typing
33. 33.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: languages you know? (a) leave it out (b) include it
34. 34.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your Aadhaar number? (a) include it (b) leave it out
35. 35.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your bank details? (a) include it (b) leave it out
36. 36.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your bank details (b) projects you did (c) your Aadhaar number (d) made-up marks
37. 37.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) your Aadhaar number (b) a party selfie (c) languages you know (d) your siblings’ marks
38. 38.Which of these goes in the skills section? (a) your city and PIN code (b) spreadsheets (basic) (c) Class 10 board: 88% (d) built a rain gauge model
39. 39.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) made-up marks (b) a long life story (c) your bank details (d) clubs and activities
40. 40.📄 In which résumé section does this go: debate club secretary? (a) contact details (b) education (c) activities (d) projects

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