Résumé Worksheet: What to Include

Interview skills lesson 17: What goes on a student résumé · Set 993 · 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 should be left out of a résumé? (a) your phone and email (b) school and marks (c) volunteer work (d) your Aadhaar number
2. 2.📄 What font style suits a résumé? (a) five fancy fonts (b) tiny handwriting (c) one plain, clear font (d) all bold capitals
3. 3.📄 How long should a student résumé usually be? (a) half a line (b) one page (c) ten pages (d) five pages
4. 4.Which of these goes in the contact details? (a) spreadsheets (basic) (b) a mobile number (c) Class 10 board: 88% (d) Class 12 (Science), 2026
5. 5.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) languages you know (b) your bank details (c) your passwords (d) a party selfie
6. 6.Which of these goes in the education section? (a) a survey of 50 shops (b) basic HTML and CSS (c) school football team (d) Class 10 board: 88%
7. 7.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your siblings’ marks (b) volunteer work (c) made-up marks (d) your bank details
8. 8.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) volunteer work (b) a party selfie (c) skills like typing (d) clubs and activities
9. 9.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) your siblings’ marks (b) skills like typing (c) volunteer work (d) projects you did
10. 10.Which of these goes in the contact details? (a) Class 10 board: 88% (b) eco club member (c) your city and PIN code (d) typing 40 words a minute
11. 11.📄 A student with no work experience should highlight… (a) nothing at all (b) made-up jobs (c) their parents’ jobs (d) projects and activities
12. 12.Which of these goes in the projects section? (a) Class 10 board: 88% (b) school football team (c) a website for our club (d) eco club member
13. 13.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your bank details? (a) include it (b) leave it out
14. 14.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: made-up marks? (a) leave it out (b) include it
15. 15.True or false: “a party selfie” should be left out of a résumé. (a) True (b) False
16. 16.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your phone and email (b) your siblings’ marks (c) a party selfie (d) your Aadhaar number
17. 17.📄 In which résumé section does this go: a mobile number? (a) contact details (b) projects (c) skills (d) education
18. 18.Which of these goes in the skills section? (a) Class 12 (Science), 2026 (b) a website for our club (c) a mobile number (d) typing 40 words a minute
19. 19.True or false: “languages you know” should be left out of a résumé. (a) False (b) True
20. 20.True or false: “clubs and activities” belongs on a student résumé. (a) False (b) True
21. 21.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) awards and prizes (b) made-up marks (c) a party selfie (d) a long life story
22. 22.Which of these goes in the skills section? (a) a website for our club (b) your city and PIN code (c) debate club secretary (d) basic HTML and CSS
23. 23.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) volunteer work (b) your siblings’ marks (c) a party selfie (d) your Aadhaar number
24. 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your Aadhaar number (b) your siblings’ marks (c) a party selfie (d) awards and prizes
25. 25.📄 A résumé is… (a) a short summary of you (b) a school report card (c) a letter of thanks (d) a full autobiography
26. 26.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: awards and prizes? (a) leave it out (b) include it
27. 27.True or false: “projects you did” should be left out of a résumé. (a) True (b) False
28. 28.True or false: “your siblings’ marks” belongs on a student résumé. (a) False (b) True
29. 29.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: clubs and activities? (a) include it (b) leave it out
30. 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) made-up marks (b) skills like typing (c) your phone and email (d) awards and prizes
31. 31.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: a party selfie? (a) leave it out (b) include it
32. 32.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: volunteer work? (a) include it (b) leave it out
33. 33.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) your passwords (b) your phone and email (c) a long life story (d) made-up marks
34. 34.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) awards and prizes (b) skills like typing (c) clubs and activities (d) your bank details
35. 35.📄 In which résumé section does this go: a survey of 50 shops? (a) activities (b) contact details (c) projects (d) skills
36. 36.📄 In which résumé section does this go: Class 12 (Science), 2026? (a) activities (b) skills (c) contact details (d) education
37. 37.True or false: “your phone and email” belongs on a student résumé. (a) True (b) False
38. 38.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: school and marks? (a) leave it out (b) include it
39. 39.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your siblings’ marks? (a) leave it out (b) include it
40. 40.Which of these goes in the activities section? (a) a survey of 50 shops (b) your city and PIN code (c) Class 12 (Science), 2026 (d) eco club member

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