Résumé Worksheet: What to Include

Interview skills lesson 17: What goes on a student résumé · Set 938 · 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: “school and marks” should be left out of a résumé. (a) False (b) True
2. 2.📄 In which résumé section does this go: typing 40 words a minute? (a) contact details (b) skills (c) education (d) projects
3. 3.True or false: “your siblings’ marks” should be left out of a résumé. (a) True (b) False
4. 4.📄 In which résumé section does this go: B.Com first year? (a) projects (b) skills (c) education (d) contact details
5. 5.True or false: “made-up marks” belongs on a student résumé. (a) False (b) True
6. 6.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) languages you know (b) your bank details (c) awards and prizes (d) skills like typing
7. 7.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: skills like typing? (a) include it (b) leave it out
8. 8.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your passwords (b) a long life story (c) skills like typing (d) your Aadhaar number
9. 9.Which of these goes in the projects section? (a) a website for our club (b) Class 12 (Science), 2026 (c) B.Com first year (d) basic HTML and CSS
10. 10.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) languages you know (b) your Aadhaar number (c) made-up marks (d) your bank details
11. 11.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: school and marks? (a) leave it out (b) include it
12. 12.True or false: “a long life story” belongs on a student résumé. (a) False (b) True
13. 13.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) your bank details (b) your siblings’ marks (c) clubs and activities (d) made-up marks
14. 14.📄 What font style suits a résumé? (a) one plain, clear font (b) tiny handwriting (c) all bold capitals (d) five fancy fonts
15. 15.📄 In which résumé section does this go: your city and PIN code? (a) education (b) skills (c) contact details (d) projects
16. 16.True or false: “skills like typing” belongs on a student résumé. (a) False (b) True
17. 17.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) skills like typing (b) projects you did (c) languages you know (d) your Aadhaar number
18. 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) languages you know (b) school and marks (c) volunteer work (d) a party selfie
19. 19.Which of these goes in the education section? (a) Class 12 (Science), 2026 (b) a website for our club (c) your city and PIN code (d) a mobile number
20. 20.True or false: “made-up marks” should be left out of a résumé. (a) False (b) True
21. 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) awards and prizes (b) your phone and email (c) a long life story (d) school and marks
22. 22.Which of these goes in the activities section? (a) spreadsheets (basic) (b) eco club member (c) your city and PIN code (d) typing 40 words a minute
23. 23.Which of these goes in the projects section? (a) built a rain gauge model (b) eco club member (c) Class 10 board: 88% (d) your city and PIN code
24. 24.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: a long life story? (a) leave it out (b) include it
25. 25.True or false: “your phone and email” should be left out of a résumé. (a) True (b) False
26. 26.📄 In which résumé section does this go: Class 12 (Science), 2026? (a) contact details (b) activities (c) projects (d) education
27. 27.True or false: “your phone and email” belongs on a student résumé. (a) False (b) True
28. 28.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: made-up marks? (a) leave it out (b) include it
29. 29.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your phone and email? (a) leave it out (b) include it
30. 30.📄 A student with no work experience should highlight… (a) their parents’ jobs (b) nothing at all (c) projects and activities (d) made-up jobs
31. 31.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) languages you know (b) your phone and email (c) your passwords (d) school and marks
32. 32.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) school and marks (b) your phone and email (c) a party selfie (d) skills like typing
33. 33.📄 In which résumé section does this go: spreadsheets (basic)? (a) education (b) projects (c) contact details (d) skills
34. 34.Which of these goes in the education section? (a) debate club secretary (b) B.Com first year (c) typing 40 words a minute (d) built a rain gauge model
35. 35.📄 In which résumé section does this go: Class 10 board: 88%? (a) education (b) contact details (c) activities (d) projects
36. 36.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: languages you know? (a) include it (b) leave it out
37. 37.📄 In which résumé section does this go: a mobile number? (a) activities (b) projects (c) education (d) contact details
38. 38.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: projects you did? (a) leave it out (b) include it
39. 39.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your Aadhaar number? (a) include it (b) leave it out
40. 40.Which of these goes in the activities section? (a) B.Com first year (b) your city and PIN code (c) a survey of 50 shops (d) debate club secretary

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