Résumé Worksheet: What to Include

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

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