Résumé Worksheet: What to Include

Interview skills lesson 17: What goes on a student résumé · Set 216 · 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: a party selfie? (a) leave it out (b) include it
2. 2.📄 What font style suits a résumé? (a) five fancy fonts (b) tiny handwriting (c) one plain, clear font (d) all bold capitals
3. 3.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your passwords? (a) include it (b) leave it out
4. 4.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: a long life story? (a) leave it out (b) include it
5. 5.📄 In which résumé section does this go: spreadsheets (basic)? (a) activities (b) skills (c) education (d) contact details
6. 6.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your phone and email? (a) leave it out (b) include it
7. 7.Which of these goes in the education section? (a) your city and PIN code (b) spreadsheets (basic) (c) B.Com first year (d) basic HTML and CSS
8. 8.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) clubs and activities (b) school and marks (c) your passwords (d) your phone and email
9. 9.True or false: “your phone and email” belongs on a student résumé. (a) True (b) False
10. 10.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) school and marks (b) clubs and activities (c) projects you did (d) made-up marks
11. 11.True or false: “your bank details” belongs on a student résumé. (a) False (b) True
12. 12.True or false: “languages you know” should be left out of a résumé. (a) True (b) False
13. 13.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) your Aadhaar number (b) your siblings’ marks (c) school and marks (d) made-up marks
14. 14.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: school and marks? (a) include it (b) leave it out
15. 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) made-up marks (b) a party selfie (c) your bank details (d) your phone and email
16. 16.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: clubs and activities? (a) leave it out (b) include it
17. 17.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your siblings’ marks? (a) include it (b) leave it out
18. 18.True or false: “your phone and email” should be left out of a résumé. (a) True (b) False
19. 19.True or false: “made-up marks” should be left out of a résumé. (a) False (b) True
20. 20.Which of these goes in the contact details? (a) typing 40 words a minute (b) debate club secretary (c) a website for our club (d) your city and PIN code
21. 21.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) a party selfie (b) projects you did (c) your Aadhaar number (d) your bank details
22. 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) skills like typing (b) clubs and activities (c) languages you know (d) made-up marks
23. 23.Which of these goes in the education section? (a) an email ID (b) Class 12 (Science), 2026 (c) your city and PIN code (d) school football team
24. 24.📄 A student with no work experience should highlight… (a) their parents’ jobs (b) projects and activities (c) made-up jobs (d) nothing at all
25. 25.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your Aadhaar number? (a) leave it out (b) include it
26. 26.📄 In which résumé section does this go: your city and PIN code? (a) projects (b) education (c) skills (d) contact details
27. 27.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: skills like typing? (a) leave it out (b) include it
28. 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) school and marks (b) awards and prizes (c) a party selfie (d) skills like typing
29. 29.Which of these goes in the contact details? (a) Class 10 board: 88% (b) an email ID (c) B.Com first year (d) basic HTML and CSS
30. 30.True or false: “your Aadhaar number” belongs on a student résumé. (a) False (b) True
31. 31.📄 In which résumé section does this go: a survey of 50 shops? (a) activities (b) contact details (c) education (d) projects
32. 32.📄 In which résumé section does this go: school football team? (a) projects (b) contact details (c) activities (d) skills
33. 33.Which of these goes in the education section? (a) your city and PIN code (b) a survey of 50 shops (c) school football team (d) Class 10 board: 88%
34. 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) skills like typing (b) your bank details (c) your phone and email (d) volunteer work
35. 35.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your bank details? (a) include it (b) leave it out
36. 36.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: projects you did? (a) leave it out (b) include it
37. 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) clubs and activities (b) your Aadhaar number (c) a party selfie (d) your passwords
38. 38.📄 In which résumé section does this go: Class 12 (Science), 2026? (a) contact details (b) activities (c) education (d) skills
39. 39.📄 In which résumé section does this go: eco club member? (a) contact details (b) education (c) projects (d) activities
40. 40.Which of these goes in the projects section? (a) a survey of 50 shops (b) Class 10 board: 88% (c) eco club member (d) your city and PIN code

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