Résumé Worksheet: What to Include

Interview skills lesson 17: What goes on a student résumé · Set 889 · 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: your city and PIN code? (a) education (b) skills (c) projects (d) contact details
2. 2.📄 In which résumé section does this go: Class 12 (Science), 2026? (a) skills (b) contact details (c) projects (d) education
3. 3.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) your bank details (b) clubs and activities (c) volunteer work (d) projects you did
4. 4.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) a long life story (b) volunteer work (c) your Aadhaar number (d) a party selfie
5. 5.📄 In which résumé section does this go: Class 10 board: 88%? (a) education (b) skills (c) contact details (d) projects
6. 6.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) a party selfie (b) your Aadhaar number (c) your passwords (d) projects you did
7. 7.Which of these goes in the projects section? (a) Class 12 (Science), 2026 (b) Class 10 board: 88% (c) a website for our club (d) typing 40 words a minute
8. 8.True or false: “your Aadhaar number” belongs on a student résumé. (a) False (b) True
9. 9.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) volunteer work (b) skills like typing (c) school and marks (d) made-up marks
10. 10.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) languages you know (b) a long life story (c) your phone and email (d) skills like typing
11. 11.📄 In which résumé section does this go: a mobile number? (a) contact details (b) skills (c) projects (d) education
12. 12.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: projects you did? (a) leave it out (b) include it
13. 13.True or false: “languages you know” belongs on a student résumé. (a) True (b) False
14. 14.True or false: “projects you did” should be left out of a résumé. (a) False (b) True
15. 15.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) projects you did (b) awards and prizes (c) school and marks (d) your passwords
16. 16.📄 How long should a student résumé usually be? (a) ten pages (b) five pages (c) half a line (d) one page
17. 17.📄 What font style suits a résumé? (a) all bold capitals (b) one plain, clear font (c) tiny handwriting (d) five fancy fonts
18. 18.True or false: “clubs and activities” should be left out of a résumé. (a) False (b) True
19. 19.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) languages you know (b) a party selfie (c) awards and prizes (d) clubs and activities
20. 20.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your siblings’ marks? (a) leave it out (b) include it
21. 21.Which of these goes in the education section? (a) typing 40 words a minute (b) basic HTML and CSS (c) a survey of 50 shops (d) B.Com first year
22. 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your Aadhaar number (b) your passwords (c) a party selfie (d) awards and prizes
23. 23.True or false: “languages you know” should be left out of a résumé. (a) True (b) False
24. 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your Aadhaar number (b) your bank details (c) a party selfie (d) skills like typing
25. 25.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your bank details? (a) include it (b) leave it out
26. 26.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: school and marks? (a) include it (b) leave it out
27. 27.Which of these goes in the skills section? (a) Class 12 (Science), 2026 (b) spreadsheets (basic) (c) a website for our club (d) an email ID
28. 28.📄 In which résumé section does this go: a website for our club? (a) skills (b) projects (c) activities (d) education
29. 29.📄 A student with no work experience should highlight… (a) their parents’ jobs (b) projects and activities (c) nothing at all (d) made-up jobs
30. 30.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: made-up marks? (a) leave it out (b) include it
31. 31.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your passwords? (a) leave it out (b) include it
32. 32.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) your bank details (b) your passwords (c) a long life story (d) awards and prizes
33. 33.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: a party selfie? (a) include it (b) leave it out
34. 34.📄 In which résumé section does this go: debate club secretary? (a) skills (b) contact details (c) projects (d) activities
35. 35.Which of these goes in the skills section? (a) a mobile number (b) Class 12 (Science), 2026 (c) an email ID (d) basic HTML and CSS
36. 36.📄 A résumé is… (a) a school report card (b) a letter of thanks (c) a short summary of you (d) a full autobiography
37. 37.True or false: “skills like typing” belongs on a student résumé. (a) True (b) False
38. 38.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) a long life story (b) your phone and email (c) skills like typing (d) languages you know
39. 39.Which of these goes in the activities section? (a) a mobile number (b) built a rain gauge model (c) spreadsheets (basic) (d) debate club secretary
40. 40.📄 In which résumé section does this go: basic HTML and CSS? (a) activities (b) contact details (c) education (d) skills

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