Résumé Worksheet: What to Include

Interview skills lesson 17: What goes on a student résumé · Set 921 · 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: “a party selfie” belongs on a student résumé. (a) False (b) True
2. 2.📄 Your résumé says you led a club. In the interview you should… (a) deny it (b) say it was a joke (c) change the subject (d) be ready to explain it
3. 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) made-up marks (b) volunteer work (c) school and marks (d) projects you did
4. 4.📄 In which résumé section does this go: an email ID? (a) contact details (b) education (c) skills (d) projects
5. 5.📄 In which résumé section does this go: built a rain gauge model? (a) education (b) projects (c) skills (d) activities
6. 6.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your phone and email? (a) include it (b) leave it out
7. 7.True or false: “your phone and email” belongs on a student résumé. (a) True (b) False
8. 8.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: a long life story? (a) include it (b) leave it out
9. 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your siblings’ marks (b) your passwords (c) made-up marks (d) awards and prizes
10. 10.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) your phone and email (b) made-up marks (c) your passwords (d) a party selfie
11. 11.📄 In which résumé section does this go: eco club member? (a) education (b) skills (c) activities (d) projects
12. 12.True or false: “your phone and email” should be left out of a résumé. (a) True (b) False
13. 13.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) projects you did (b) languages you know (c) your passwords (d) school and marks
14. 14.Which of these goes in the projects section? (a) a website for our club (b) typing 40 words a minute (c) your city and PIN code (d) Class 12 (Science), 2026
15. 15.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: clubs and activities? (a) leave it out (b) include it
16. 16.📄 How long should a student résumé usually be? (a) half a line (b) ten pages (c) one page (d) five pages
17. 17.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) your passwords (b) your bank details (c) skills like typing (d) your siblings’ marks
18. 18.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) projects you did (b) your bank details (c) your Aadhaar number (d) made-up marks
19. 19.📄 A résumé is… (a) a short summary of you (b) a school report card (c) a full autobiography (d) a letter of thanks
20. 20.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) your siblings’ marks (b) awards and prizes (c) school and marks (d) volunteer work
21. 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your passwords (b) skills like typing (c) your phone and email (d) projects you did
22. 22.True or false: “awards and prizes” belongs on a student résumé. (a) True (b) False
23. 23.Which of these goes in the education section? (a) Class 12 (Science), 2026 (b) eco club member (c) school football team (d) an email ID
24. 24.📄 In which résumé section does this go: typing 40 words a minute? (a) education (b) activities (c) projects (d) skills
25. 25.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: projects you did? (a) leave it out (b) include it
26. 26.Which of these goes in the activities section? (a) Class 12 (Science), 2026 (b) debate club secretary (c) typing 40 words a minute (d) a mobile number
27. 27.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) volunteer work (b) your bank details (c) languages you know (d) projects you did
28. 28.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) made-up marks (b) your phone and email (c) school and marks (d) volunteer work
29. 29.True or false: “your passwords” belongs on a student résumé. (a) False (b) True
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) include it (b) leave it out
32. 32.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) your Aadhaar number (b) your passwords (c) made-up marks (d) school and marks
33. 33.Which of these goes in the education section? (a) Class 10 board: 88% (b) spreadsheets (basic) (c) a survey of 50 shops (d) built a rain gauge model
34. 34.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: skills like typing? (a) leave it out (b) include it
35. 35.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) a party selfie (b) your bank details (c) awards and prizes (d) your siblings’ marks
36. 36.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your passwords (b) made-up marks (c) volunteer work (d) your Aadhaar number
37. 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a long life story (b) school and marks (c) clubs and activities (d) volunteer work
38. 38.📄 What font style suits a résumé? (a) five fancy fonts (b) all bold capitals (c) one plain, clear font (d) tiny handwriting
39. 39.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) your bank details (b) a long life story (c) languages you know (d) your passwords
40. 40.Which of these goes in the projects section? (a) built a rain gauge model (b) typing 40 words a minute (c) spreadsheets (basic) (d) basic HTML and CSS

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