Résumé Worksheet: What to Include

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

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