Résumé Worksheet: What to Include

Interview skills lesson 17: What goes on a student résumé · Set 177 · 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.📄 A résumé is… (a) a letter of thanks (b) a short summary of you (c) a school report card (d) a full autobiography
2. 2.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) school and marks (b) your passwords (c) your Aadhaar number (d) made-up marks
3. 3.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your passwords? (a) leave it out (b) include it
4. 4.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your phone and email (b) skills like typing (c) languages you know (d) a party selfie
5. 5.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: awards and prizes? (a) include it (b) leave it out
6. 6.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your phone and email? (a) include it (b) leave it out
7. 7.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your siblings’ marks (b) projects you did (c) your bank details (d) made-up marks
8. 8.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) your siblings’ marks (b) your Aadhaar number (c) your bank details (d) clubs and activities
9. 9.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) your phone and email (b) clubs and activities (c) school and marks (d) made-up marks
10. 10.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) a party selfie (b) your bank details (c) languages you know (d) your siblings’ marks
11. 11.Which of these goes in the education section? (a) a survey of 50 shops (b) eco club member (c) Class 12 (Science), 2026 (d) a mobile number
12. 12.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) your bank details (b) your phone and email (c) clubs and activities (d) volunteer work
13. 13.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: a party selfie? (a) include it (b) leave it out
14. 14.📄 A student with no work experience should highlight… (a) nothing at all (b) their parents’ jobs (c) made-up jobs (d) projects and activities
15. 15.True or false: “projects you did” should be left out of a résumé. (a) True (b) False
16. 16.📄 In which résumé section does this go: debate club secretary? (a) contact details (b) skills (c) activities (d) education
17. 17.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your Aadhaar number? (a) leave it out (b) include it
18. 18.Which of these goes in the projects section? (a) your city and PIN code (b) built a rain gauge model (c) eco club member (d) typing 40 words a minute
19. 19.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) clubs and activities (b) awards and prizes (c) languages you know (d) your siblings’ marks
20. 20.True or false: “a party selfie” should be left out of a résumé. (a) True (b) False
21. 21.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your siblings’ marks? (a) leave it out (b) include it
22. 22.📄 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
23. 23.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your bank details? (a) leave it out (b) include it
24. 24.Which of these goes in the skills section? (a) school football team (b) debate club secretary (c) spreadsheets (basic) (d) an email ID
25. 25.📄 In which résumé section does this go: school football team? (a) projects (b) skills (c) activities (d) education
26. 26.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) volunteer work (b) clubs and activities (c) awards and prizes (d) a party selfie
27. 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) skills like typing (b) a long life story (c) your Aadhaar number (d) made-up marks
28. 28.Which of these goes in the projects section? (a) an email ID (b) a website for our club (c) school football team (d) typing 40 words a minute
29. 29.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) your passwords (b) your siblings’ marks (c) your bank details (d) your phone and email
30. 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your Aadhaar number (b) school and marks (c) a long life story (d) your siblings’ marks
31. 31.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) a party selfie (b) your passwords (c) a long life story (d) projects you did
32. 32.📄 How long should a student résumé usually be? (a) half a line (b) one page (c) ten pages (d) five pages
33. 33.📄 In which résumé section does this go: a website for our club? (a) projects (b) skills (c) activities (d) contact details
34. 34.📄 In which résumé section does this go: Class 10 board: 88%? (a) contact details (b) education (c) projects (d) skills
35. 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) school and marks (b) your bank details (c) awards and prizes (d) clubs and activities
36. 36.True or false: “made-up marks” should be left out of a résumé. (a) True (b) False
37. 37.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: languages you know? (a) leave it out (b) include it
38. 38.📄 What font style suits a résumé? (a) five fancy fonts (b) one plain, clear font (c) all bold capitals (d) tiny handwriting
39. 39.📄 In which résumé section does this go: B.Com first year? (a) education (b) activities (c) contact details (d) projects
40. 40.📄 In which résumé section does this go: your city and PIN code? (a) skills (b) education (c) contact details (d) projects

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