Résumé Worksheet: What to Include

Interview skills lesson 17: What goes on a student résumé · Set 186 · 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 goes in the education section? (a) a mobile number (b) eco club member (c) B.Com first year (d) built a rain gauge model
2. 2.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) school and marks (b) your Aadhaar number (c) your passwords (d) made-up marks
3. 3.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: clubs and activities? (a) include it (b) leave it out
4. 4.📄 A student with no work experience should highlight… (a) projects and activities (b) made-up jobs (c) their parents’ jobs (d) nothing at all
5. 5.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your siblings’ marks? (a) leave it out (b) include it
6. 6.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) school and marks (b) a party selfie (c) your siblings’ marks (d) your Aadhaar number
7. 7.Which of these goes in the contact details? (a) your city and PIN code (b) debate club secretary (c) B.Com first year (d) built a rain gauge model
8. 8.True or false: “your phone and email” belongs on a student résumé. (a) False (b) True
9. 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your phone and email (b) school and marks (c) volunteer work (d) your passwords
10. 10.True or false: “a long life story” should be left out of a résumé. (a) False (b) True
11. 11.📄 A résumé is… (a) a full autobiography (b) a school report card (c) a short summary of you (d) a letter of thanks
12. 12.True or false: “clubs and activities” belongs on a student résumé. (a) True (b) False
13. 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) skills like typing (b) made-up marks (c) your passwords (d) your siblings’ marks
14. 14.📄 How long should a student résumé usually be? (a) ten pages (b) five pages (c) one page (d) half a line
15. 15.📄 In which résumé section does this go: B.Com first year? (a) contact details (b) activities (c) education (d) skills
16. 16.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) made-up marks (b) your passwords (c) a long life story (d) awards and prizes
17. 17.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: projects you did? (a) include it (b) leave it out
18. 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) languages you know (b) your Aadhaar number (c) a long life story (d) your passwords
19. 19.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) languages you know (b) skills like typing (c) clubs and activities (d) made-up marks
20. 20.📄 In which résumé section does this go: built a rain gauge model? (a) contact details (b) activities (c) education (d) projects
21. 21.📄 In which résumé section does this go: basic HTML and CSS? (a) skills (b) education (c) contact details (d) projects
22. 22.Which of these goes in the activities section? (a) an email ID (b) debate club secretary (c) B.Com first year (d) a mobile number
23. 23.True or false: “clubs and activities” should be left out of a résumé. (a) True (b) False
24. 24.📄 What font style suits a résumé? (a) all bold capitals (b) one plain, clear font (c) tiny handwriting (d) five fancy fonts
25. 25.Which of these goes in the activities section? (a) an email ID (b) a website for our club (c) eco club member (d) a survey of 50 shops
26. 26.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) school and marks (b) awards and prizes (c) a party selfie (d) skills like typing
27. 27.📄 In which résumé section does this go: Class 10 board: 88%? (a) projects (b) activities (c) education (d) contact details
28. 28.📄 In which résumé section does this go: Class 12 (Science), 2026? (a) education (b) projects (c) skills (d) activities
29. 29.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: a party selfie? (a) include it (b) leave it out
30. 30.True or false: “skills like typing” belongs on a student résumé. (a) False (b) True
31. 31.📄 In which résumé section does this go: eco club member? (a) education (b) contact details (c) activities (d) skills
32. 32.Which of these goes in the skills section? (a) basic HTML and CSS (b) an email ID (c) school football team (d) debate club secretary
33. 33.True or false: “your passwords” should be left out of a résumé. (a) True (b) False
34. 34.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: a long life story? (a) leave it out (b) include it
35. 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your bank details (b) school and marks (c) languages you know (d) awards and prizes
36. 36.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your Aadhaar number (b) clubs and activities (c) projects you did (d) skills like typing
37. 37.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: volunteer work? (a) leave it out (b) include it
38. 38.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your bank details? (a) include it (b) leave it out
39. 39.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) a long life story (b) your bank details (c) a party selfie (d) clubs and activities
40. 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your siblings’ marks (b) made-up marks (c) a long life story (d) your phone and email

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