Résumé Worksheet: What to Include

Interview skills lesson 17: What goes on a student résumé · Set 909 · 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.True or false: “languages you know” belongs on a student résumé. (a) True (b) False
2. 2.📄 How long should a student résumé usually be? (a) one page (b) half a line (c) ten pages (d) five pages
3. 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your siblings’ marks (b) your bank details (c) your Aadhaar number (d) your phone and email
4. 4.True or false: “projects you did” belongs on a student résumé. (a) False (b) True
5. 5.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: a long life story? (a) include it (b) leave it out
6. 6.True or false: “languages you know” should be left out of a résumé. (a) True (b) False
7. 7.📄 In which résumé section does this go: B.Com first year? (a) projects (b) skills (c) contact details (d) education
8. 8.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a party selfie (b) skills like typing (c) made-up marks (d) your bank details
9. 9.📄 In which résumé section does this go: school football team? (a) contact details (b) activities (c) skills (d) education
10. 10.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) languages you know (b) your phone and email (c) school and marks (d) made-up marks
11. 11.📄 A résumé is… (a) a school report card (b) a full autobiography (c) a letter of thanks (d) a short summary of you
12. 12.True or false: “awards and prizes” should be left out of a résumé. (a) True (b) False
13. 13.📄 In which résumé section does this go: eco club member? (a) contact details (b) projects (c) activities (d) education
14. 14.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) awards and prizes (b) school and marks (c) your phone and email (d) your siblings’ marks
15. 15.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: projects you did? (a) include it (b) leave it out
16. 16.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) your bank details (b) awards and prizes (c) a party selfie (d) made-up marks
17. 17.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: made-up marks? (a) leave it out (b) include it
18. 18.📄 In which résumé section does this go: Class 12 (Science), 2026? (a) skills (b) projects (c) contact details (d) education
19. 19.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) your bank details (b) a long life story (c) your Aadhaar number (d) skills like typing
20. 20.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) a long life story (b) your siblings’ marks (c) your bank details (d) volunteer work
21. 21.📄 A student with no work experience should highlight… (a) made-up jobs (b) nothing at all (c) their parents’ jobs (d) projects and activities
22. 22.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) your Aadhaar number (b) your siblings’ marks (c) projects you did (d) a party selfie
23. 23.Which of these goes in the activities section? (a) eco club member (b) a website for our club (c) basic HTML and CSS (d) Class 10 board: 88%
24. 24.Which of these goes in the contact details? (a) eco club member (b) school football team (c) Class 10 board: 88% (d) a mobile number
25. 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your siblings’ marks (b) your bank details (c) projects you did (d) your passwords
26. 26.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your Aadhaar number (b) your phone and email (c) projects you did (d) clubs and activities
27. 27.True or false: “your bank details” belongs on a student résumé. (a) True (b) False
28. 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) awards and prizes (b) languages you know (c) a long life story (d) clubs and activities
29. 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a party selfie (b) your phone and email (c) projects you did (d) skills like typing
30. 30.📄 In which résumé section does this go: a survey of 50 shops? (a) contact details (b) skills (c) activities (d) projects
31. 31.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: skills like typing? (a) leave it out (b) include it
32. 32.True or false: “projects you did” should be left out of a résumé. (a) True (b) False
33. 33.Which of these goes in the projects section? (a) school football team (b) a mobile number (c) spreadsheets (basic) (d) built a rain gauge model
34. 34.Which of these goes in the skills section? (a) typing 40 words a minute (b) debate club secretary (c) a website for our club (d) built a rain gauge model
35. 35.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: clubs and activities? (a) leave it out (b) include it
36. 36.True or false: “made-up marks” belongs on a student résumé. (a) True (b) False
37. 37.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your siblings’ marks? (a) leave it out (b) include it
38. 38.True or false: “school and marks” belongs on a student résumé. (a) False (b) True
39. 39.📄 What font style suits a résumé? (a) tiny handwriting (b) all bold capitals (c) one plain, clear font (d) five fancy fonts
40. 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) made-up marks (b) clubs and activities (c) your passwords (d) your siblings’ marks

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