Résumé Worksheet: What to Include

Interview skills lesson 17: What goes on a student résumé · Set 168 · 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: “languages you know” should be left out of a résumé. (a) False (b) True
2. 2.Which of these goes in the education section? (a) built a rain gauge model (b) an email ID (c) school football team (d) Class 10 board: 88%
3. 3.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your Aadhaar number? (a) include it (b) leave it out
4. 4.📄 In which résumé section does this go: typing 40 words a minute? (a) contact details (b) skills (c) education (d) projects
5. 5.📄 How long should a student résumé usually be? (a) one page (b) five pages (c) half a line (d) ten pages
6. 6.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) a long life story (b) a party selfie (c) languages you know (d) your bank details
7. 7.📄 A résumé is… (a) a full autobiography (b) a school report card (c) a letter of thanks (d) a short summary of you
8. 8.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) your bank details (b) your phone and email (c) clubs and activities (d) skills like typing
9. 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your Aadhaar number (b) languages you know (c) awards and prizes (d) volunteer work
10. 10.Which of these goes in the education section? (a) B.Com first year (b) basic HTML and CSS (c) a survey of 50 shops (d) eco club member
11. 11.📄 Your résumé says you led a club. In the interview you should… (a) change the subject (b) deny it (c) be ready to explain it (d) say it was a joke
12. 12.True or false: “your siblings’ marks” should be left out of a résumé. (a) True (b) False
13. 13.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) a long life story (b) your bank details (c) your Aadhaar number (d) your phone and email
14. 14.True or false: “clubs and activities” should be left out of a résumé. (a) True (b) False
15. 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) awards and prizes (b) your siblings’ marks (c) languages you know (d) skills like typing
16. 16.📄 In which résumé section does this go: an email ID? (a) skills (b) projects (c) activities (d) contact details
17. 17.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) skills like typing (b) a party selfie (c) projects you did (d) languages you know
18. 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a long life story (b) your bank details (c) languages you know (d) made-up marks
19. 19.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) a long life story (b) your bank details (c) your Aadhaar number (d) awards and prizes
20. 20.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your passwords? (a) include it (b) leave it out
21. 21.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: a party selfie? (a) include it (b) leave it out
22. 22.📄 In which résumé section does this go: school football team? (a) activities (b) contact details (c) projects (d) skills
23. 23.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: made-up marks? (a) leave it out (b) include it
24. 24.📄 In which résumé section does this go: Class 12 (Science), 2026? (a) projects (b) contact details (c) education (d) activities
25. 25.True or false: “your bank details” should be left out of a résumé. (a) True (b) False
26. 26.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your Aadhaar number (b) your bank details (c) clubs and activities (d) made-up marks
27. 27.Which of these goes in the contact details? (a) eco club member (b) spreadsheets (basic) (c) your city and PIN code (d) typing 40 words a minute
28. 28.📄 A student with no work experience should highlight… (a) projects and activities (b) nothing at all (c) made-up jobs (d) their parents’ jobs
29. 29.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your siblings’ marks? (a) leave it out (b) include it
30. 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your Aadhaar number (b) a long life story (c) your passwords (d) skills like typing
31. 31.Which of these goes in the skills section? (a) a website for our club (b) eco club member (c) spreadsheets (basic) (d) B.Com first year
32. 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your phone and email (b) clubs and activities (c) skills like typing (d) made-up marks
33. 33.Which of these goes in the projects section? (a) debate club secretary (b) a survey of 50 shops (c) an email ID (d) Class 10 board: 88%
34. 34.True or false: “your phone and email” belongs on a student résumé. (a) False (b) True
35. 35.True or false: “a long life story” should be left out of a résumé. (a) True (b) False
36. 36.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) made-up marks (b) a long life story (c) clubs and activities (d) your passwords
37. 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a party selfie (b) awards and prizes (c) made-up marks (d) your bank details
38. 38.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your phone and email? (a) include it (b) leave it out
39. 39.True or false: “a party selfie” belongs on a student résumé. (a) False (b) True
40. 40.Which of these goes in the activities section? (a) B.Com first year (b) eco club member (c) an email ID (d) a survey of 50 shops

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