Résumé Worksheet: What to Include

Interview skills lesson 17: What goes on a student résumé · Set 81 · 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.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) your passwords (b) clubs and activities (c) projects you did (d) your phone and email
2. 2.📄 A résumé is… (a) a school report card (b) a short summary of you (c) a letter of thanks (d) a full autobiography
3. 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your passwords (b) your bank details (c) volunteer work (d) a party selfie
4. 4.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) skills like typing (b) made-up marks (c) school and marks (d) clubs and activities
5. 5.Which of these goes in the activities section? (a) a survey of 50 shops (b) Class 10 board: 88% (c) an email ID (d) debate club secretary
6. 6.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) your Aadhaar number (b) school and marks (c) awards and prizes (d) projects you did
7. 7.📄 How long should a student résumé usually be? (a) five pages (b) half a line (c) one page (d) ten pages
8. 8.📄 In which résumé section does this go: a website for our club? (a) skills (b) activities (c) projects (d) education
9. 9.📄 In which résumé section does this go: basic HTML and CSS? (a) contact details (b) education (c) skills (d) projects
10. 10.📄 In which résumé section does this go: Class 10 board: 88%? (a) projects (b) activities (c) education (d) skills
11. 11.Which of these goes in the activities section? (a) school football team (b) a survey of 50 shops (c) basic HTML and CSS (d) typing 40 words a minute
12. 12.📄 In which résumé section does this go: typing 40 words a minute? (a) projects (b) education (c) activities (d) skills
13. 13.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) languages you know (b) projects you did (c) your siblings’ marks (d) school and marks
14. 14.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) projects you did (b) volunteer work (c) skills like typing (d) your passwords
15. 15.📄 In which résumé section does this go: a mobile number? (a) projects (b) skills (c) contact details (d) education
16. 16.📄 Your résumé says you led a club. In the interview you should… (a) deny it (b) be ready to explain it (c) say it was a joke (d) change the subject
17. 17.True or false: “your Aadhaar number” belongs on a student résumé. (a) False (b) True
18. 18.True or false: “school and marks” belongs on a student résumé. (a) False (b) True
19. 19.True or false: “made-up marks” belongs on a student résumé. (a) True (b) False
20. 20.True or false: “your phone and email” belongs on a student résumé. (a) True (b) False
21. 21.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) your bank details (b) your passwords (c) languages you know (d) your siblings’ marks
22. 22.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your Aadhaar number? (a) include it (b) leave it out
23. 23.Which of these goes in the skills section? (a) built a rain gauge model (b) a survey of 50 shops (c) basic HTML and CSS (d) an email ID
24. 24.True or false: “languages you know” should be left out of a résumé. (a) True (b) False
25. 25.📄 What font style suits a résumé? (a) all bold capitals (b) one plain, clear font (c) tiny handwriting (d) five fancy fonts
26. 26.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) languages you know (b) projects you did (c) school and marks (d) your bank details
27. 27.Which of these goes in the education section? (a) your city and PIN code (b) eco club member (c) Class 12 (Science), 2026 (d) spreadsheets (basic)
28. 28.Which of these goes in the contact details? (a) basic HTML and CSS (b) a mobile number (c) a survey of 50 shops (d) B.Com first year
29. 29.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: volunteer work? (a) include it (b) leave it out
30. 30.True or false: “your passwords” belongs on a student résumé. (a) False (b) True
31. 31.True or false: “your bank details” belongs on a student résumé. (a) True (b) False
32. 32.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: projects you did? (a) include it (b) leave it out
33. 33.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: skills like typing? (a) leave it out (b) include it
34. 34.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: awards and prizes? (a) leave it out (b) include it
35. 35.True or false: “projects you did” belongs on a student résumé. (a) True (b) False
36. 36.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) school and marks (b) your bank details (c) clubs and activities (d) your phone and email
37. 37.📄 In which résumé section does this go: school football team? (a) skills (b) projects (c) activities (d) education
38. 38.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) projects you did (b) your Aadhaar number (c) a party selfie (d) your bank details
39. 39.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: languages you know? (a) include it (b) leave it out
40. 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a party selfie (b) made-up marks (c) school and marks (d) your passwords

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