Résumé Worksheet: What to Include

Interview skills lesson 17: What goes on a student résumé · Set 199 · 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: your phone and email? (a) include it (b) leave it out
2. 2.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your Aadhaar number? (a) leave it out (b) include it
3. 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) languages you know (b) clubs and activities (c) awards and prizes (d) made-up marks
4. 4.True or false: “projects you did” belongs on a student résumé. (a) False (b) True
5. 5.📄 In which résumé section does this go: an email ID? (a) contact details (b) skills (c) education (d) activities
6. 6.True or false: “awards and prizes” belongs on a student résumé. (a) True (b) False
7. 7.📄 How long should a student résumé usually be? (a) ten pages (b) one page (c) five pages (d) half a line
8. 8.Which of these goes in the skills section? (a) Class 12 (Science), 2026 (b) school football team (c) B.Com first year (d) typing 40 words a minute
9. 9.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: projects you did? (a) leave it out (b) include it
10. 10.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your bank details (b) your phone and email (c) your Aadhaar number (d) a long life story
11. 11.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) clubs and activities (b) made-up marks (c) languages you know (d) skills like typing
12. 12.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) volunteer work (b) your bank details (c) awards and prizes (d) clubs and activities
13. 13.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) clubs and activities (b) volunteer work (c) awards and prizes (d) your Aadhaar number
14. 14.Which of these goes in the education section? (a) a website for our club (b) B.Com first year (c) school football team (d) built a rain gauge model
15. 15.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) skills like typing (b) volunteer work (c) a long life story (d) projects you did
16. 16.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: clubs and activities? (a) include it (b) leave it out
17. 17.📄 In which résumé section does this go: your city and PIN code? (a) skills (b) contact details (c) activities (d) education
18. 18.📄 What font style suits a résumé? (a) five fancy fonts (b) one plain, clear font (c) tiny handwriting (d) all bold capitals
19. 19.📄 A student with no work experience should highlight… (a) projects and activities (b) made-up jobs (c) their parents’ jobs (d) nothing at all
20. 20.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) your Aadhaar number (b) a party selfie (c) school and marks (d) your bank details
21. 21.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) school and marks (b) awards and prizes (c) your passwords (d) volunteer work
22. 22.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) made-up marks (b) your passwords (c) your bank details (d) skills like typing
23. 23.True or false: “your passwords” belongs on a student résumé. (a) True (b) False
24. 24.Which of these goes in the contact details? (a) spreadsheets (basic) (b) your city and PIN code (c) school football team (d) basic HTML and CSS
25. 25.True or false: “languages you know” belongs on a student résumé. (a) False (b) True
26. 26.📄 In which résumé section does this go: a website for our club? (a) skills (b) activities (c) projects (d) contact details
27. 27.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your siblings’ marks? (a) leave it out (b) include it
28. 28.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: languages you know? (a) include it (b) leave it out
29. 29.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) school and marks (b) skills like typing (c) volunteer work (d) your siblings’ marks
30. 30.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your passwords? (a) include it (b) leave it out
31. 31.True or false: “skills like typing” belongs on a student résumé. (a) False (b) True
32. 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a long life story (b) made-up marks (c) school and marks (d) a party selfie
33. 33.Which of these goes in the activities section? (a) built a rain gauge model (b) a survey of 50 shops (c) debate club secretary (d) B.Com first year
34. 34.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your bank details? (a) leave it out (b) include it
35. 35.📄 In which résumé section does this go: a mobile number? (a) projects (b) contact details (c) skills (d) activities
36. 36.📄 A résumé is… (a) a letter of thanks (b) a full autobiography (c) a short summary of you (d) a school report card
37. 37.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) made-up marks (b) awards and prizes (c) your siblings’ marks (d) your passwords
38. 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your bank details (b) volunteer work (c) clubs and activities (d) languages you know
39. 39.📄 In which résumé section does this go: built a rain gauge model? (a) contact details (b) projects (c) activities (d) skills
40. 40.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: volunteer work? (a) leave it out (b) include it

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