Résumé Worksheet: What to Include

Interview skills lesson 17: What goes on a student résumé · Set 982 · 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 education section? (a) a mobile number (b) debate club secretary (c) B.Com first year (d) a survey of 50 shops
2. 2.📄 A student with no work experience should highlight… (a) nothing at all (b) made-up jobs (c) projects and activities (d) their parents’ jobs
3. 3.📄 In which résumé section does this go: a mobile number? (a) skills (b) education (c) activities (d) contact details
4. 4.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: a long life story? (a) include it (b) leave it out
5. 5.True or false: “school and marks” belongs on a student résumé. (a) True (b) False
6. 6.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) your siblings’ marks (b) volunteer work (c) languages you know (d) awards and prizes
7. 7.📄 In which résumé section does this go: Class 10 board: 88%? (a) projects (b) activities (c) skills (d) education
8. 8.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) awards and prizes (b) a party selfie (c) clubs and activities (d) projects you did
9. 9.True or false: “your passwords” belongs on a student résumé. (a) True (b) False
10. 10.True or false: “clubs and activities” should be left out of a résumé. (a) False (b) True
11. 11.True or false: “your bank details” should be left out of a résumé. (a) False (b) True
12. 12.Which of these goes in the contact details? (a) built a rain gauge model (b) Class 12 (Science), 2026 (c) a mobile number (d) a survey of 50 shops
13. 13.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: skills like typing? (a) leave it out (b) include it
14. 14.Which of these goes in the skills section? (a) your city and PIN code (b) a survey of 50 shops (c) school football team (d) basic HTML and CSS
15. 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) school and marks (b) projects you did (c) your siblings’ marks (d) your phone and email
16. 16.📄 How long should a student résumé usually be? (a) five pages (b) half a line (c) ten pages (d) one page
17. 17.True or false: “your Aadhaar number” should be left out of a résumé. (a) False (b) True
18. 18.📄 In which résumé section does this go: B.Com first year? (a) activities (b) contact details (c) projects (d) education
19. 19.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) volunteer work (b) a long life story (c) made-up marks (d) your Aadhaar number
20. 20.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) your siblings’ marks (b) your phone and email (c) your bank details (d) a long life story
21. 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your bank details (b) a long life story (c) made-up marks (d) projects you did
22. 22.True or false: “skills like typing” should be left out of a résumé. (a) True (b) False
23. 23.Which of these goes in the activities section? (a) eco club member (b) a survey of 50 shops (c) Class 10 board: 88% (d) Class 12 (Science), 2026
24. 24.📄 What font style suits a résumé? (a) five fancy fonts (b) one plain, clear font (c) tiny handwriting (d) all bold capitals
25. 25.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your passwords? (a) include it (b) leave it out
26. 26.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your Aadhaar number? (a) include it (b) leave it out
27. 27.📄 In which résumé section does this go: debate club secretary? (a) skills (b) activities (c) contact details (d) education
28. 28.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your siblings’ marks? (a) include it (b) leave it out
29. 29.True or false: “awards and prizes” belongs on a student résumé. (a) False (b) True
30. 30.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) a long life story (b) projects you did (c) your Aadhaar number (d) your siblings’ marks
31. 31.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your siblings’ marks (b) school and marks (c) made-up marks (d) your Aadhaar number
32. 32.Which of these goes in the activities section? (a) school football team (b) a website for our club (c) built a rain gauge model (d) a mobile number
33. 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a long life story (b) your phone and email (c) your Aadhaar number (d) your bank details
34. 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) school and marks (b) a long life story (c) projects you did (d) clubs and activities
35. 35.True or false: “made-up marks” should be left out of a résumé. (a) False (b) True
36. 36.True or false: “volunteer work” should be left out of a résumé. (a) True (b) False
37. 37.📄 Your résumé says you led a club. In the interview you should… (a) deny it (b) change the subject (c) say it was a joke (d) be ready to explain it
38. 38.📄 A résumé is… (a) a full autobiography (b) a letter of thanks (c) a short summary of you (d) a school report card
39. 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) skills like typing (b) volunteer work (c) clubs and activities (d) your Aadhaar number
40. 40.True or false: “your Aadhaar number” belongs on a student résumé. (a) False (b) True

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