Résumé Worksheet: What to Include

Interview skills lesson 17: What goes on a student résumé · Set 974 · 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 of these goes in the projects section? (a) typing 40 words a minute (b) a mobile number (c) eco club member (d) a survey of 50 shops
2. 2.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: awards and prizes? (a) include it (b) leave it out
3. 3.Which of these goes in the contact details? (a) B.Com first year (b) Class 12 (Science), 2026 (c) a mobile number (d) school football team
4. 4.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your phone and email (b) clubs and activities (c) school and marks (d) your Aadhaar number
5. 5.True or false: “your Aadhaar number” should be left out of a résumé. (a) False (b) True
6. 6.Which of these goes in the activities section? (a) Class 10 board: 88% (b) a mobile number (c) eco club member (d) built a rain gauge model
7. 7.📄 A student with no work experience should highlight… (a) projects and activities (b) nothing at all (c) their parents’ jobs (d) made-up jobs
8. 8.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) a party selfie (b) clubs and activities (c) projects you did (d) languages you know
9. 9.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: projects you did? (a) leave it out (b) include it
10. 10.📄 In which résumé section does this go: Class 10 board: 88%? (a) contact details (b) education (c) activities (d) skills
11. 11.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your phone and email? (a) leave it out (b) include it
12. 12.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: volunteer work? (a) include it (b) leave it out
13. 13.📄 In which résumé section does this go: a mobile number? (a) skills (b) activities (c) education (d) contact details
14. 14.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) your siblings’ marks (b) a long life story (c) made-up marks (d) skills like typing
15. 15.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) skills like typing (b) your passwords (c) school and marks (d) languages you know
16. 16.True or false: “your siblings’ marks” belongs on a student résumé. (a) True (b) False
17. 17.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: a party selfie? (a) include it (b) leave it out
18. 18.📄 How long should a student résumé usually be? (a) half a line (b) ten pages (c) five pages (d) one page
19. 19.True or false: “made-up marks” should be left out of a résumé. (a) True (b) False
20. 20.Which of these goes in the skills section? (a) B.Com first year (b) Class 12 (Science), 2026 (c) spreadsheets (basic) (d) your city and PIN code
21. 21.📄 In which résumé section does this go: your city and PIN code? (a) activities (b) projects (c) contact details (d) education
22. 22.📄 In which résumé section does this go: B.Com first year? (a) education (b) contact details (c) activities (d) skills
23. 23.True or false: “school and marks” should be left out of a résumé. (a) False (b) True
24. 24.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your siblings’ marks? (a) include it (b) leave it out
25. 25.📄 In which résumé section does this go: spreadsheets (basic)? (a) projects (b) skills (c) activities (d) education
26. 26.True or false: “school and marks” belongs on a student résumé. (a) True (b) False
27. 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your bank details (b) your siblings’ marks (c) volunteer work (d) a party selfie
28. 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your phone and email (b) languages you know (c) made-up marks (d) volunteer work
29. 29.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: a long life story? (a) leave it out (b) include it
30. 30.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: school and marks? (a) leave it out (b) include it
31. 31.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) clubs and activities (b) a party selfie (c) your siblings’ marks (d) a long life story
32. 32.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) volunteer work (b) clubs and activities (c) awards and prizes (d) your bank details
33. 33.Which of these goes in the activities section? (a) basic HTML and CSS (b) a survey of 50 shops (c) typing 40 words a minute (d) debate club secretary
34. 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your passwords (b) skills like typing (c) your bank details (d) made-up marks
35. 35.📄 What font style suits a résumé? (a) all bold capitals (b) one plain, clear font (c) five fancy fonts (d) tiny handwriting
36. 36.Which of these goes in the education section? (a) spreadsheets (basic) (b) built a rain gauge model (c) a survey of 50 shops (d) Class 12 (Science), 2026
37. 37.True or false: “your Aadhaar number” belongs on a student résumé. (a) False (b) True
38. 38.True or false: “skills like typing” belongs on a student résumé. (a) False (b) True
39. 39.Which of these goes in the projects section? (a) debate club secretary (b) eco club member (c) built a rain gauge model (d) basic HTML and CSS
40. 40.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your Aadhaar number? (a) include it (b) leave it out

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