Résumé Worksheet: What to Include

Interview skills lesson 17: What goes on a student résumé · Set 976 · 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 Aadhaar number? (a) leave it out (b) include it
2. 2.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) your phone and email (b) a party selfie (c) volunteer work (d) skills like typing
3. 3.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your phone and email? (a) leave it out (b) include it
4. 4.True or false: “a long life story” should be left out of a résumé. (a) False (b) True
5. 5.📄 In which résumé section does this go: basic HTML and CSS? (a) education (b) projects (c) skills (d) contact details
6. 6.Which of these goes in the activities section? (a) a mobile number (b) spreadsheets (basic) (c) debate club secretary (d) a survey of 50 shops
7. 7.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) volunteer work (b) awards and prizes (c) school and marks (d) your siblings’ marks
8. 8.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) your phone and email (b) your Aadhaar number (c) a long life story (d) made-up marks
9. 9.True or false: “clubs and activities” belongs on a student résumé. (a) True (b) False
10. 10.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) made-up marks (b) your bank details (c) a party selfie (d) projects you did
11. 11.📄 In which résumé section does this go: typing 40 words a minute? (a) activities (b) skills (c) contact details (d) projects
12. 12.True or false: “your Aadhaar number” belongs on a student résumé. (a) False (b) True
13. 13.Which of these goes in the skills section? (a) Class 10 board: 88% (b) basic HTML and CSS (c) debate club secretary (d) your city and PIN code
14. 14.📄 What font style suits a résumé? (a) tiny handwriting (b) five fancy fonts (c) all bold capitals (d) one plain, clear font
15. 15.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) your passwords (b) your phone and email (c) school and marks (d) skills like typing
16. 16.Which of these goes in the projects section? (a) built a rain gauge model (b) basic HTML and CSS (c) your city and PIN code (d) Class 12 (Science), 2026
17. 17.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: awards and prizes? (a) leave it out (b) include it
18. 18.📄 A résumé is… (a) a full autobiography (b) a school report card (c) a short summary of you (d) a letter of thanks
19. 19.True or false: “languages you know” should be left out of a résumé. (a) False (b) True
20. 20.True or false: “a party selfie” belongs on a student résumé. (a) False (b) True
21. 21.📄 Your résumé says you led a club. In the interview you should… (a) change the subject (b) be ready to explain it (c) deny it (d) say it was a joke
22. 22.📄 In which résumé section does this go: school football team? (a) projects (b) skills (c) activities (d) contact details
23. 23.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: clubs and activities? (a) include it (b) leave it out
24. 24.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) your passwords (b) your siblings’ marks (c) your bank details (d) skills like typing
25. 25.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) your bank details (b) languages you know (c) your Aadhaar number (d) your siblings’ marks
26. 26.True or false: “your phone and email” belongs on a student résumé. (a) False (b) True
27. 27.📄 How long should a student résumé usually be? (a) half a line (b) one page (c) five pages (d) ten pages
28. 28.📄 In which résumé section does this go: a survey of 50 shops? (a) activities (b) projects (c) education (d) skills
29. 29.📄 In which résumé section does this go: Class 10 board: 88%? (a) education (b) activities (c) projects (d) skills
30. 30.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) volunteer work (b) made-up marks (c) your Aadhaar number (d) your siblings’ marks
31. 31.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) projects you did (b) your bank details (c) your passwords (d) your siblings’ marks
32. 32.📄 In which résumé section does this go: an email ID? (a) activities (b) contact details (c) education (d) skills
33. 33.True or false: “a party selfie” should be left out of a résumé. (a) False (b) True
34. 34.Which of these goes in the contact details? (a) Class 12 (Science), 2026 (b) built a rain gauge model (c) your city and PIN code (d) a website for our club
35. 35.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) your Aadhaar number (b) your siblings’ marks (c) awards and prizes (d) made-up marks
36. 36.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) projects you did (b) a long life story (c) your phone and email (d) awards and prizes
37. 37.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: a party selfie? (a) leave it out (b) include it
38. 38.📄 In which résumé section does this go: built a rain gauge model? (a) activities (b) education (c) skills (d) projects
39. 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your phone and email (b) clubs and activities (c) languages you know (d) your Aadhaar number
40. 40.True or false: “school and marks” belongs on a student résumé. (a) True (b) False

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