Résumé Worksheet: What to Include

Interview skills lesson 17: What goes on a student résumé · Set 881 · 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) awards and prizes (b) your Aadhaar number (c) skills like typing (d) your phone and email
2. 2.📄 Your résumé says you led a club. In the interview you should… (a) say it was a joke (b) change the subject (c) deny it (d) be ready to explain it
3. 3.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) your siblings’ marks (b) projects you did (c) your phone and email (d) school and marks
4. 4.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: school and marks? (a) leave it out (b) include it
5. 5.True or false: “clubs and activities” belongs on a student résumé. (a) False (b) True
6. 6.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) your bank details (b) your Aadhaar number (c) a party selfie (d) awards and prizes
7. 7.📄 A résumé is… (a) a letter of thanks (b) a short summary of you (c) a full autobiography (d) a school report card
8. 8.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your siblings’ marks (b) your bank details (c) languages you know (d) your Aadhaar number
9. 9.📄 A student with no work experience should highlight… (a) nothing at all (b) their parents’ jobs (c) made-up jobs (d) projects and activities
10. 10.📄 In which résumé section does this go: Class 12 (Science), 2026? (a) education (b) skills (c) projects (d) contact details
11. 11.Which of these goes in the contact details? (a) a mobile number (b) Class 12 (Science), 2026 (c) school football team (d) B.Com first year
12. 12.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: a long life story? (a) leave it out (b) include it
13. 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) made-up marks (b) a party selfie (c) your bank details (d) clubs and activities
14. 14.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your bank details? (a) include it (b) leave it out
15. 15.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) your phone and email (b) your passwords (c) your bank details (d) made-up marks
16. 16.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your phone and email? (a) leave it out (b) include it
17. 17.📄 What font style suits a résumé? (a) all bold capitals (b) tiny handwriting (c) five fancy fonts (d) one plain, clear font
18. 18.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: volunteer work? (a) leave it out (b) include it
19. 19.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) clubs and activities (b) school and marks (c) your phone and email (d) a long life story
20. 20.True or false: “a long life story” belongs on a student résumé. (a) True (b) False
21. 21.True or false: “made-up marks” should be left out of a résumé. (a) False (b) True
22. 22.📄 In which résumé section does this go: your city and PIN code? (a) projects (b) skills (c) contact details (d) education
23. 23.📄 In which résumé section does this go: B.Com first year? (a) skills (b) contact details (c) projects (d) education
24. 24.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your siblings’ marks? (a) include it (b) leave it out
25. 25.📄 How long should a student résumé usually be? (a) one page (b) five pages (c) ten pages (d) half a line
26. 26.📄 In which résumé section does this go: school football team? (a) activities (b) contact details (c) skills (d) projects
27. 27.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: made-up marks? (a) include it (b) leave it out
28. 28.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your Aadhaar number? (a) include it (b) leave it out
29. 29.True or false: “projects you did” belongs on a student résumé. (a) True (b) False
30. 30.True or false: “clubs and activities” should be left out of a résumé. (a) True (b) False
31. 31.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your bank details (b) volunteer work (c) skills like typing (d) school and marks
32. 32.Which of these goes in the projects section? (a) a website for our club (b) B.Com first year (c) debate club secretary (d) an email ID
33. 33.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) skills like typing (b) clubs and activities (c) volunteer work (d) your bank details
34. 34.Which of these goes in the education section? (a) a mobile number (b) Class 12 (Science), 2026 (c) typing 40 words a minute (d) your city and PIN code
35. 35.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) your siblings’ marks (b) clubs and activities (c) your bank details (d) your Aadhaar number
36. 36.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) projects you did (b) your bank details (c) your Aadhaar number (d) your passwords
37. 37.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: languages you know? (a) leave it out (b) include it
38. 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) made-up marks (b) your siblings’ marks (c) school and marks (d) a long life story
39. 39.True or false: “skills like typing” belongs on a student résumé. (a) False (b) True
40. 40.📄 In which résumé section does this go: typing 40 words a minute? (a) projects (b) skills (c) education (d) activities

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