Résumé Worksheet: What to Include

Interview skills lesson 17: What goes on a student résumé · Set 887 · 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: school football team? (a) contact details (b) projects (c) activities (d) skills
2. 2.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a party selfie (b) your passwords (c) awards and prizes (d) made-up marks
3. 3.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: a party selfie? (a) leave it out (b) include it
4. 4.True or false: “your phone and email” should be left out of a résumé. (a) False (b) True
5. 5.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: a long life story? (a) leave it out (b) include it
6. 6.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) your bank details (b) clubs and activities (c) volunteer work (d) skills like typing
7. 7.📄 What font style suits a résumé? (a) tiny handwriting (b) five fancy fonts (c) one plain, clear font (d) all bold capitals
8. 8.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) projects you did (b) your siblings’ marks (c) your bank details (d) your Aadhaar number
9. 9.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: school and marks? (a) include it (b) leave it out
10. 10.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) made-up marks (b) your phone and email (c) projects you did (d) volunteer work
11. 11.Which of these goes in the skills section? (a) spreadsheets (basic) (b) school football team (c) a mobile number (d) built a rain gauge model
12. 12.True or false: “your siblings’ marks” belongs on a student résumé. (a) False (b) True
13. 13.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: skills like typing? (a) leave it out (b) include it
14. 14.Which of these goes in the skills section? (a) Class 12 (Science), 2026 (b) school football team (c) a website for our club (d) typing 40 words a minute
15. 15.📄 A résumé is… (a) a full autobiography (b) a short summary of you (c) a letter of thanks (d) a school report card
16. 16.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your siblings’ marks? (a) include it (b) leave it out
17. 17.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) your bank details (b) your siblings’ marks (c) your passwords (d) school and marks
18. 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a party selfie (b) clubs and activities (c) your passwords (d) made-up marks
19. 19.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) school and marks (b) awards and prizes (c) your phone and email (d) your siblings’ marks
20. 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your bank details (b) a party selfie (c) your Aadhaar number (d) volunteer work
21. 21.📄 In which résumé section does this go: eco club member? (a) projects (b) contact details (c) education (d) activities
22. 22.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) your Aadhaar number (b) skills like typing (c) your phone and email (d) awards and prizes
23. 23.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: clubs and activities? (a) leave it out (b) include it
24. 24.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) school and marks (b) awards and prizes (c) your phone and email (d) a long life story
25. 25.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: awards and prizes? (a) leave it out (b) include it
26. 26.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your Aadhaar number? (a) include it (b) leave it out
27. 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) made-up marks (b) your siblings’ marks (c) your phone and email (d) your bank details
28. 28.Which of these goes in the education section? (a) debate club secretary (b) eco club member (c) a survey of 50 shops (d) Class 10 board: 88%
29. 29.📄 A student with no work experience should highlight… (a) made-up jobs (b) nothing at all (c) their parents’ jobs (d) projects and activities
30. 30.Which of these goes in the contact details? (a) debate club secretary (b) school football team (c) your city and PIN code (d) built a rain gauge model
31. 31.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: volunteer work? (a) include it (b) leave it out
32. 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your passwords (b) made-up marks (c) school and marks (d) your siblings’ marks
33. 33.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) your Aadhaar number (b) made-up marks (c) your siblings’ marks (d) your phone and email
34. 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) languages you know (b) skills like typing (c) your siblings’ marks (d) school and marks
35. 35.True or false: “a long life story” belongs on a student résumé. (a) False (b) True
36. 36.📄 In which résumé section does this go: B.Com first year? (a) projects (b) activities (c) contact details (d) education
37. 37.True or false: “school and marks” should be left out of a résumé. (a) True (b) False
38. 38.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your phone and email? (a) leave it out (b) include it
39. 39.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: languages you know? (a) leave it out (b) include it
40. 40.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) languages you know (b) made-up marks (c) your passwords (d) your siblings’ marks

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