Résumé Worksheet: What to Include

Interview skills lesson 17: What goes on a student résumé · Set 190 · 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: languages you know? (a) leave it out (b) include it
2. 2.Which of these goes in the education section? (a) B.Com first year (b) spreadsheets (basic) (c) an email ID (d) debate club secretary
3. 3.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your Aadhaar number? (a) include it (b) leave it out
4. 4.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) your passwords (b) a long life story (c) a party selfie (d) clubs and activities
5. 5.📄 What font style suits a résumé? (a) tiny handwriting (b) all bold capitals (c) five fancy fonts (d) one plain, clear font
6. 6.Which of these goes in the activities section? (a) built a rain gauge model (b) debate club secretary (c) spreadsheets (basic) (d) your city and PIN code
7. 7.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: a party selfie? (a) leave it out (b) include it
8. 8.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) your bank details (b) awards and prizes (c) your siblings’ marks (d) your Aadhaar number
9. 9.True or false: “school and marks” belongs on a student résumé. (a) False (b) True
10. 10.True or false: “a party selfie” belongs on a student résumé. (a) True (b) False
11. 11.📄 In which résumé section does this go: built a rain gauge model? (a) skills (b) projects (c) activities (d) education
12. 12.True or false: “your Aadhaar number” should be left out of a résumé. (a) True (b) False
13. 13.True or false: “volunteer work” should be left out of a résumé. (a) True (b) False
14. 14.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) skills like typing (b) volunteer work (c) a party selfie (d) languages you know
15. 15.📄 In which résumé section does this go: a mobile number? (a) activities (b) contact details (c) projects (d) education
16. 16.Which of these goes in the activities section? (a) school football team (b) built a rain gauge model (c) your city and PIN code (d) Class 10 board: 88%
17. 17.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) projects you did (b) your bank details (c) your phone and email (d) clubs and activities
18. 18.Which of these goes in the education section? (a) a website for our club (b) Class 12 (Science), 2026 (c) your city and PIN code (d) school football team
19. 19.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your bank details? (a) include it (b) leave it out
20. 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your Aadhaar number (b) your passwords (c) your siblings’ marks (d) projects you did
21. 21.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: made-up marks? (a) leave it out (b) include it
22. 22.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) your siblings’ marks (b) skills like typing (c) your passwords (d) your Aadhaar number
23. 23.True or false: “made-up marks” belongs on a student résumé. (a) True (b) False
24. 24.📄 In which résumé section does this go: your city and PIN code? (a) activities (b) skills (c) contact details (d) projects
25. 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your bank details (b) skills like typing (c) projects you did (d) languages you know
26. 26.Which of these goes in the contact details? (a) a website for our club (b) spreadsheets (basic) (c) your city and PIN code (d) built a rain gauge model
27. 27.📄 In which résumé section does this go: spreadsheets (basic)? (a) skills (b) education (c) activities (d) projects
28. 28.Which of these goes in the skills section? (a) debate club secretary (b) a website for our club (c) typing 40 words a minute (d) your city and PIN code
29. 29.True or false: “a long life story” should be left out of a résumé. (a) True (b) False
30. 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your passwords (b) your siblings’ marks (c) skills like typing (d) made-up marks
31. 31.True or false: “your bank details” belongs on a student résumé. (a) True (b) False
32. 32.Which of these goes in the education section? (a) Class 10 board: 88% (b) spreadsheets (basic) (c) debate club secretary (d) built a rain gauge model
33. 33.📄 In which résumé section does this go: debate club secretary? (a) activities (b) projects (c) education (d) skills
34. 34.📄 A student with no work experience should highlight… (a) nothing at all (b) their parents’ jobs (c) projects and activities (d) made-up jobs
35. 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your siblings’ marks (b) your Aadhaar number (c) your phone and email (d) a party selfie
36. 36.📄 In which résumé section does this go: a survey of 50 shops? (a) projects (b) contact details (c) skills (d) activities
37. 37.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) projects you did (b) a long life story (c) a party selfie (d) your Aadhaar number
38. 38.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) your Aadhaar number (b) a party selfie (c) volunteer work (d) made-up marks
39. 39.Which of these goes in the projects section? (a) typing 40 words a minute (b) built a rain gauge model (c) school football team (d) an email ID
40. 40.📄 In which résumé section does this go: school football team? (a) skills (b) contact details (c) education (d) activities

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