Résumé Worksheet: What to Include

Interview skills lesson 17: What goes on a student résumé · Set 941 · 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.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your siblings’ marks (b) your phone and email (c) made-up marks (d) your bank details
2. 2.📄 In which résumé section does this go: a mobile number? (a) skills (b) projects (c) activities (d) contact details
3. 3.Which of these goes in the skills section? (a) B.Com first year (b) Class 10 board: 88% (c) eco club member (d) spreadsheets (basic)
4. 4.📄 In which résumé section does this go: basic HTML and CSS? (a) skills (b) contact details (c) activities (d) education
5. 5.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: volunteer work? (a) leave it out (b) include it
6. 6.True or false: “school and marks” belongs on a student résumé. (a) True (b) False
7. 7.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a long life story (b) clubs and activities (c) languages you know (d) skills like typing
8. 8.True or false: “your bank details” should be left out of a résumé. (a) False (b) True
9. 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) made-up marks (b) clubs and activities (c) school and marks (d) awards and prizes
10. 10.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: made-up marks? (a) leave it out (b) include it
11. 11.True or false: “awards and prizes” belongs on a student résumé. (a) True (b) False
12. 12.📄 How long should a student résumé usually be? (a) half a line (b) one page (c) ten pages (d) five pages
13. 13.True or false: “your siblings’ marks” belongs on a student résumé. (a) False (b) True
14. 14.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your passwords? (a) include it (b) leave it out
15. 15.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: a party selfie? (a) leave it out (b) include it
16. 16.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your bank details? (a) include it (b) leave it out
17. 17.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) skills like typing (b) projects you did (c) awards and prizes (d) your siblings’ marks
18. 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your passwords (b) skills like typing (c) clubs and activities (d) awards and prizes
19. 19.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) school and marks (b) your siblings’ marks (c) made-up marks (d) your Aadhaar number
20. 20.📄 A student with no work experience should highlight… (a) made-up jobs (b) their parents’ jobs (c) nothing at all (d) projects and activities
21. 21.📄 What font style suits a résumé? (a) tiny handwriting (b) five fancy fonts (c) all bold capitals (d) one plain, clear font
22. 22.True or false: “skills like typing” belongs on a student résumé. (a) False (b) True
23. 23.True or false: “made-up marks” belongs on a student résumé. (a) False (b) True
24. 24.📄 In which résumé section does this go: an email ID? (a) contact details (b) education (c) activities (d) skills
25. 25.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) a party selfie (b) projects you did (c) school and marks (d) your phone and email
26. 26.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: languages you know? (a) leave it out (b) include it
27. 27.Which of these goes in the contact details? (a) your city and PIN code (b) a survey of 50 shops (c) Class 12 (Science), 2026 (d) debate club secretary
28. 28.True or false: “languages you know” belongs on a student résumé. (a) False (b) True
29. 29.📄 In which résumé section does this go: Class 10 board: 88%? (a) education (b) projects (c) contact details (d) skills
30. 30.Which of these goes in the skills section? (a) B.Com first year (b) a mobile number (c) typing 40 words a minute (d) eco club member
31. 31.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: clubs and activities? (a) include it (b) leave it out
32. 32.Which of these goes in the projects section? (a) school football team (b) an email ID (c) a survey of 50 shops (d) eco club member
33. 33.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: a long life story? (a) include it (b) leave it out
34. 34.True or false: “your passwords” should be left out of a résumé. (a) True (b) False
35. 35.True or false: “your passwords” belongs on a student résumé. (a) True (b) False
36. 36.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a long life story (b) your passwords (c) awards and prizes (d) a party selfie
37. 37.Which of these goes in the activities section? (a) Class 10 board: 88% (b) eco club member (c) B.Com first year (d) a website for our club
38. 38.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: skills like typing? (a) include it (b) leave it out
39. 39.📄 In which résumé section does this go: your city and PIN code? (a) skills (b) education (c) activities (d) contact details
40. 40.📄 A résumé is… (a) a short summary of you (b) a letter of thanks (c) a school report card (d) a full autobiography

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