Résumé Worksheet: What to Include

Interview skills lesson 17: What goes on a student résumé · Set 963 · 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.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your siblings’ marks? (a) include it (b) leave it out
2. 2.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) your phone and email (b) made-up marks (c) languages you know (d) skills like typing
3. 3.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) made-up marks (b) your Aadhaar number (c) your siblings’ marks (d) your phone and email
4. 4.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: languages you know? (a) include it (b) leave it out
5. 5.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) made-up marks (b) your bank details (c) your passwords (d) school and marks
6. 6.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: school and marks? (a) include it (b) leave it out
7. 7.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) languages you know (b) a long life story (c) clubs and activities (d) school and marks
8. 8.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: made-up marks? (a) include it (b) leave it out
9. 9.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: clubs and activities? (a) include it (b) leave it out
10. 10.📄 A résumé is… (a) a short summary of you (b) a full autobiography (c) a letter of thanks (d) a school report card
11. 11.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) your passwords (b) a long life story (c) your Aadhaar number (d) projects you did
12. 12.Which of these goes in the contact details? (a) B.Com first year (b) school football team (c) built a rain gauge model (d) your city and PIN code
13. 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) awards and prizes (b) a party selfie (c) skills like typing (d) your phone and email
14. 14.📄 What font style suits a résumé? (a) five fancy fonts (b) tiny handwriting (c) one plain, clear font (d) all bold capitals
15. 15.Which of these goes in the activities section? (a) Class 12 (Science), 2026 (b) school football team (c) Class 10 board: 88% (d) spreadsheets (basic)
16. 16.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) your passwords (b) clubs and activities (c) made-up marks (d) your Aadhaar number
17. 17.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your bank details? (a) include it (b) leave it out
18. 18.True or false: “clubs and activities” belongs on a student résumé. (a) False (b) True
19. 19.📄 A student with no work experience should highlight… (a) made-up jobs (b) nothing at all (c) projects and activities (d) their parents’ jobs
20. 20.📄 In which résumé section does this go: Class 12 (Science), 2026? (a) skills (b) education (c) projects (d) contact details
21. 21.True or false: “awards and prizes” should be left out of a résumé. (a) True (b) False
22. 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) school and marks (b) your siblings’ marks (c) languages you know (d) awards and prizes
23. 23.📄 In which résumé section does this go: a mobile number? (a) education (b) skills (c) contact details (d) activities
24. 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) made-up marks (b) your passwords (c) a party selfie (d) clubs and activities
25. 25.True or false: “projects you did” should be left out of a résumé. (a) False (b) True
26. 26.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: awards and prizes? (a) include it (b) leave it out
27. 27.📄 In which résumé section does this go: your city and PIN code? (a) education (b) projects (c) activities (d) contact details
28. 28.True or false: “skills like typing” belongs on a student résumé. (a) False (b) True
29. 29.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your phone and email? (a) include it (b) leave it out
30. 30.Which of these goes in the activities section? (a) Class 10 board: 88% (b) B.Com first year (c) an email ID (d) debate club secretary
31. 31.📄 In which résumé section does this go: B.Com first year? (a) projects (b) contact details (c) skills (d) education
32. 32.True or false: “your bank details” should be left out of a résumé. (a) True (b) False
33. 33.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) awards and prizes (b) volunteer work (c) school and marks (d) your Aadhaar number
34. 34.📄 How long should a student résumé usually be? (a) five pages (b) half a line (c) one page (d) ten pages
35. 35.📄 In which résumé section does this go: built a rain gauge model? (a) contact details (b) education (c) projects (d) activities
36. 36.📄 Your résumé says you led a club. In the interview you should… (a) say it was a joke (b) deny it (c) be ready to explain it (d) change the subject
37. 37.True or false: “made-up marks” belongs on a student résumé. (a) True (b) False
38. 38.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) skills like typing (b) a party selfie (c) made-up marks (d) a long life story
39. 39.📄 In which résumé section does this go: a survey of 50 shops? (a) contact details (b) education (c) projects (d) skills
40. 40.Which of these goes in the education section? (a) an email ID (b) a website for our club (c) basic HTML and CSS (d) Class 12 (Science), 2026

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