Résumé Worksheet: What to Include

Interview skills lesson 17: What goes on a student résumé · Set 134 · 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.True or false: “your phone and email” belongs on a student résumé. (a) True (b) False
2. 2.📄 In which résumé section does this go: eco club member? (a) education (b) contact details (c) activities (d) skills
3. 3.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: projects you did? (a) include it (b) leave it out
4. 4.Which of these goes in the projects section? (a) spreadsheets (basic) (b) typing 40 words a minute (c) built a rain gauge model (d) an email ID
5. 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your bank details (b) your Aadhaar number (c) a long life story (d) projects you did
6. 6.True or false: “your siblings’ marks” should be left out of a résumé. (a) False (b) True
7. 7.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: awards and prizes? (a) include it (b) leave it out
8. 8.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) a long life story (b) your bank details (c) your Aadhaar number (d) languages you know
9. 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) clubs and activities (b) your Aadhaar number (c) awards and prizes (d) your phone and email
10. 10.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your phone and email? (a) include it (b) leave it out
11. 11.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: a party selfie? (a) leave it out (b) include it
12. 12.Which of these goes in the projects section? (a) a website for our club (b) Class 12 (Science), 2026 (c) eco club member (d) debate club secretary
13. 13.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) awards and prizes (b) school and marks (c) clubs and activities (d) your bank details
14. 14.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) your Aadhaar number (b) a party selfie (c) projects you did (d) your bank details
15. 15.📄 Your résumé says you led a club. In the interview you should… (a) deny it (b) change the subject (c) be ready to explain it (d) say it was a joke
16. 16.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) your siblings’ marks (b) languages you know (c) projects you did (d) your phone and email
17. 17.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: clubs and activities? (a) include it (b) leave it out
18. 18.📄 A résumé is… (a) a school report card (b) a full autobiography (c) a short summary of you (d) a letter of thanks
19. 19.📄 How long should a student résumé usually be? (a) one page (b) half a line (c) five pages (d) ten pages
20. 20.True or false: “your passwords” belongs on a student résumé. (a) True (b) False
21. 21.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) your bank details (b) a long life story (c) clubs and activities (d) a party selfie
22. 22.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) a party selfie (b) school and marks (c) a long life story (d) your passwords
23. 23.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: made-up marks? (a) include it (b) leave it out
24. 24.True or false: “a party selfie” should be left out of a résumé. (a) False (b) True
25. 25.True or false: “school and marks” should be left out of a résumé. (a) False (b) True
26. 26.📄 In which résumé section does this go: typing 40 words a minute? (a) activities (b) skills (c) education (d) contact details
27. 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) skills like typing (b) a party selfie (c) your phone and email (d) awards and prizes
28. 28.Which of these goes in the contact details? (a) B.Com first year (b) an email ID (c) basic HTML and CSS (d) school football team
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.True or false: “your phone and email” should be left out of a résumé. (a) True (b) False
31. 31.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: skills like typing? (a) leave it out (b) include it
32. 32.Which of these goes in the projects section? (a) B.Com first year (b) a survey of 50 shops (c) school football team (d) Class 10 board: 88%
33. 33.True or false: “projects you did” belongs on a student résumé. (a) False (b) True
34. 34.📄 What font style suits a résumé? (a) tiny handwriting (b) five fancy fonts (c) one plain, clear font (d) all bold capitals
35. 35.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) your bank details (b) your phone and email (c) a party selfie (d) your Aadhaar number
36. 36.Which of these goes in the skills section? (a) built a rain gauge model (b) typing 40 words a minute (c) eco club member (d) a website for our club
37. 37.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your Aadhaar number? (a) leave it out (b) include it
38. 38.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) a long life story (b) your phone and email (c) clubs and activities (d) languages you know
39. 39.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: school and marks? (a) leave it out (b) include it
40. 40.📄 In which résumé section does this go: spreadsheets (basic)? (a) projects (b) education (c) activities (d) skills

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