Résumé Worksheet: What to Include

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

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