Résumé Worksheet: What to Include

Interview skills lesson 17: What goes on a student résumé · Set 943 · 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.📄 A résumé is… (a) a letter of thanks (b) a full autobiography (c) a school report card (d) a short summary of you
2. 2.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) awards and prizes (b) school and marks (c) skills like typing (d) your siblings’ marks
3. 3.📄 In which résumé section does this go: typing 40 words a minute? (a) education (b) projects (c) activities (d) skills
4. 4.Which of these goes in the activities section? (a) school football team (b) a survey of 50 shops (c) a mobile number (d) Class 12 (Science), 2026
5. 5.📄 In which résumé section does this go: an email ID? (a) activities (b) contact details (c) skills (d) education
6. 6.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) your passwords (b) a party selfie (c) projects you did (d) your siblings’ marks
7. 7.True or false: “clubs and activities” belongs on a student résumé. (a) False (b) True
8. 8.📄 In which résumé section does this go: school football team? (a) skills (b) education (c) activities (d) contact details
9. 9.📄 A student with no work experience should highlight… (a) nothing at all (b) made-up jobs (c) projects and activities (d) their parents’ jobs
10. 10.Which of these goes in the contact details? (a) school football team (b) a mobile number (c) B.Com first year (d) Class 10 board: 88%
11. 11.True or false: “a long life story” belongs on a student résumé. (a) False (b) True
12. 12.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) your siblings’ marks (b) a long life story (c) school and marks (d) your passwords
13. 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) made-up marks (b) projects you did (c) school and marks (d) volunteer work
14. 14.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: clubs and activities? (a) leave it out (b) include it
15. 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) clubs and activities (b) your siblings’ marks (c) made-up marks (d) a long life story
16. 16.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: projects you did? (a) include it (b) leave it out
17. 17.📄 What font style suits a résumé? (a) tiny handwriting (b) five fancy fonts (c) all bold capitals (d) one plain, clear font
18. 18.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) projects you did (b) languages you know (c) school and marks (d) your bank details
19. 19.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: skills like typing? (a) leave it out (b) include it
20. 20.📄 In which résumé section does this go: B.Com first year? (a) activities (b) skills (c) contact details (d) education
21. 21.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) a party selfie (b) a long life story (c) your passwords (d) clubs and activities
22. 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your phone and email (b) projects you did (c) awards and prizes (d) a long life story
23. 23.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: volunteer work? (a) leave it out (b) include it
24. 24.Which of these goes in the skills section? (a) built a rain gauge model (b) eco club member (c) Class 10 board: 88% (d) typing 40 words a minute
25. 25.Which of these goes in the contact details? (a) B.Com first year (b) an email ID (c) built a rain gauge model (d) typing 40 words a minute
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 should be left out of a résumé? (a) projects you did (b) your passwords (c) languages you know (d) school and marks
28. 28.Which of these goes in the projects section? (a) Class 10 board: 88% (b) a website for our club (c) an email ID (d) school football team
29. 29.True or false: “your phone and email” should be left out of a résumé. (a) True (b) False
30. 30.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) clubs and activities (b) a party selfie (c) school and marks (d) languages you know
31. 31.Which of these goes in the activities section? (a) Class 10 board: 88% (b) a website for our club (c) typing 40 words a minute (d) eco club member
32. 32.📄 How long should a student résumé usually be? (a) five pages (b) ten pages (c) one page (d) half a line
33. 33.Which of these goes in the contact details? (a) a website for our club (b) a survey of 50 shops (c) eco club member (d) your city and PIN code
34. 34.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) projects you did (b) made-up marks (c) volunteer work (d) awards and prizes
35. 35.Which of these goes in the projects section? (a) school football team (b) Class 10 board: 88% (c) built a rain gauge model (d) basic HTML and CSS
36. 36.True or false: “a party selfie” should be left out of a résumé. (a) False (b) True
37. 37.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your bank details? (a) leave it out (b) include it
38. 38.Which of these goes in the education section? (a) a website for our club (b) debate club secretary (c) B.Com first year (d) basic HTML and CSS
39. 39.True or false: “volunteer work” should be left out of a résumé. (a) False (b) True
40. 40.📄 In which résumé section does this go: your city and PIN code? (a) skills (b) contact details (c) projects (d) activities

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