Résumé Worksheet: What to Include

Interview skills lesson 17: What goes on a student résumé · Set 847 · 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.📄 Your résumé says you led a club. In the interview you should… (a) deny it (b) be ready to explain it (c) change the subject (d) say it was a joke
2. 2.📄 In which résumé section does this go: a website for our club? (a) skills (b) activities (c) projects (d) contact details
3. 3.📄 How long should a student résumé usually be? (a) five pages (b) ten pages (c) one page (d) half a line
4. 4.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: made-up marks? (a) include it (b) leave it out
5. 5.📄 In which résumé section does this go: debate club secretary? (a) skills (b) education (c) projects (d) activities
6. 6.True or false: “clubs and activities” belongs on a student résumé. (a) False (b) True
7. 7.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) your bank details (b) school and marks (c) made-up marks (d) your Aadhaar number
8. 8.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) clubs and activities (b) school and marks (c) your phone and email (d) your bank details
9. 9.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) a party selfie (b) your Aadhaar number (c) a long life story (d) skills like typing
10. 10.True or false: “your phone and email” belongs on a student résumé. (a) True (b) False
11. 11.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: skills like typing? (a) leave it out (b) include it
12. 12.True or false: “projects you did” belongs on a student résumé. (a) True (b) False
13. 13.Which of these goes in the contact details? (a) a website for our club (b) eco club member (c) your city and PIN code (d) typing 40 words a minute
14. 14.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) languages you know (b) school and marks (c) your passwords (d) clubs and activities
15. 15.📄 A student with no work experience should highlight… (a) nothing at all (b) projects and activities (c) made-up jobs (d) their parents’ jobs
16. 16.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) volunteer work (b) awards and prizes (c) your passwords (d) languages you know
17. 17.📄 What font style suits a résumé? (a) five fancy fonts (b) tiny handwriting (c) all bold capitals (d) one plain, clear font
18. 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a long life story (b) made-up marks (c) projects you did (d) your bank details
19. 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) clubs and activities (b) your phone and email (c) a long life story (d) awards and prizes
20. 20.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) languages you know (b) a party selfie (c) made-up marks (d) a long life story
21. 21.True or false: “your siblings’ marks” belongs on a student résumé. (a) False (b) True
22. 22.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: projects you did? (a) include it (b) leave it out
23. 23.True or false: “your bank details” belongs on a student résumé. (a) False (b) True
24. 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) skills like typing (b) a party selfie (c) your siblings’ marks (d) made-up marks
25. 25.True or false: “school and marks” should be left out of a résumé. (a) False (b) True
26. 26.📄 A résumé is… (a) a short summary of you (b) a school report card (c) a full autobiography (d) a letter of thanks
27. 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your Aadhaar number (b) volunteer work (c) your phone and email (d) awards and prizes
28. 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) languages you know (b) a long life story (c) your bank details (d) a party selfie
29. 29.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your siblings’ marks? (a) include it (b) leave it out
30. 30.📄 In which résumé section does this go: typing 40 words a minute? (a) contact details (b) projects (c) skills (d) education
31. 31.📄 In which résumé section does this go: eco club member? (a) education (b) contact details (c) activities (d) skills
32. 32.Which of these goes in the projects section? (a) a survey of 50 shops (b) basic HTML and CSS (c) Class 12 (Science), 2026 (d) eco club member
33. 33.True or false: “your phone and email” should be left out of a résumé. (a) True (b) False
34. 34.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: a long life story? (a) leave it out (b) include it
35. 35.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: awards and prizes? (a) include it (b) leave it out
36. 36.True or false: “awards and prizes” belongs on a student résumé. (a) False (b) True
37. 37.Which of these goes in the education section? (a) B.Com first year (b) basic HTML and CSS (c) a survey of 50 shops (d) your city and PIN code
38. 38.True or false: “your passwords” belongs on a student résumé. (a) True (b) False
39. 39.📄 In which résumé section does this go: a survey of 50 shops? (a) contact details (b) skills (c) activities (d) projects
40. 40.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your passwords? (a) leave it out (b) include it

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