Résumé Worksheet: What to Include

Interview skills lesson 17: What goes on a student résumé · Set 217 · 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: school and marks? (a) include it (b) leave it out
2. 2.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: made-up marks? (a) leave it out (b) include it
3. 3.Which of these goes in the contact details? (a) built a rain gauge model (b) Class 10 board: 88% (c) a mobile number (d) a survey of 50 shops
4. 4.📄 In which résumé section does this go: basic HTML and CSS? (a) skills (b) activities (c) education (d) contact details
5. 5.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your Aadhaar number? (a) include it (b) leave it out
6. 6.True or false: “a long life story” should be left out of a résumé. (a) False (b) True
7. 7.📄 A résumé is… (a) a letter of thanks (b) a full autobiography (c) a short summary of you (d) a school report card
8. 8.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your siblings’ marks (b) awards and prizes (c) school and marks (d) languages you know
9. 9.📄 A student with no work experience should highlight… (a) their parents’ jobs (b) projects and activities (c) made-up jobs (d) nothing at all
10. 10.True or false: “projects you did” should be left out of a résumé. (a) False (b) True
11. 11.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) your phone and email (b) clubs and activities (c) your passwords (d) awards and prizes
12. 12.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) your bank details (b) your passwords (c) your siblings’ marks (d) skills like typing
13. 13.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: a party selfie? (a) include it (b) leave it out
14. 14.True or false: “your phone and email” belongs on a student résumé. (a) False (b) True
15. 15.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: volunteer work? (a) include it (b) leave it out
16. 16.📄 In which résumé section does this go: typing 40 words a minute? (a) contact details (b) education (c) skills (d) activities
17. 17.📄 In which résumé section does this go: Class 10 board: 88%? (a) projects (b) education (c) skills (d) contact details
18. 18.True or false: “your siblings’ marks” belongs on a student résumé. (a) True (b) False
19. 19.📄 Your résumé says you led a club. In the interview you should… (a) deny it (b) change the subject (c) be ready to explain it (d) say it was a joke
20. 20.True or false: “a party selfie” belongs on a student résumé. (a) False (b) True
21. 21.True or false: “made-up marks” belongs on a student résumé. (a) True (b) False
22. 22.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your bank details? (a) include it (b) leave it out
23. 23.True or false: “clubs and activities” should be left out of a résumé. (a) True (b) False
24. 24.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) a long life story (b) clubs and activities (c) awards and prizes (d) school and marks
25. 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your passwords (b) your siblings’ marks (c) your bank details (d) volunteer work
26. 26.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) your bank details (b) made-up marks (c) a long life story (d) languages you know
27. 27.Which of these goes in the activities section? (a) Class 10 board: 88% (b) spreadsheets (basic) (c) school football team (d) Class 12 (Science), 2026
28. 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your phone and email (b) languages you know (c) volunteer work (d) a party selfie
29. 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) awards and prizes (b) school and marks (c) volunteer work (d) a long life story
30. 30.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: languages you know? (a) include it (b) leave it out
31. 31.True or false: “school and marks” should be left out of a résumé. (a) False (b) True
32. 32.📄 In which résumé section does this go: a survey of 50 shops? (a) activities (b) projects (c) education (d) skills
33. 33.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) a party selfie (b) school and marks (c) your Aadhaar number (d) a long life story
34. 34.Which of these goes in the education section? (a) a mobile number (b) an email ID (c) a survey of 50 shops (d) B.Com first year
35. 35.True or false: “skills like typing” should be left out of a résumé. (a) True (b) False
36. 36.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) a party selfie (b) made-up marks (c) your bank details (d) your phone and email
37. 37.True or false: “your passwords” should be left out of a résumé. (a) False (b) True
38. 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your siblings’ marks (b) a party selfie (c) made-up marks (d) your phone and email
39. 39.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: clubs and activities? (a) include it (b) leave it out
40. 40.Which of these goes in the projects section? (a) spreadsheets (basic) (b) eco club member (c) typing 40 words a minute (d) built a rain gauge model

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