Résumé Worksheet: What to Include

Interview skills lesson 17: What goes on a student résumé · Set 234 · 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 activities section? (a) Class 10 board: 88% (b) basic HTML and CSS (c) debate club secretary (d) typing 40 words a minute
2. 2.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) your bank details (b) your Aadhaar number (c) awards and prizes (d) your passwords
3. 3.📄 A résumé is… (a) a full autobiography (b) a school report card (c) a short summary of you (d) a letter of thanks
4. 4.📄 A student with no work experience should highlight… (a) nothing at all (b) made-up jobs (c) projects and activities (d) their parents’ jobs
5. 5.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your bank details? (a) include it (b) leave it out
6. 6.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: made-up marks? (a) include it (b) leave it out
7. 7.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a long life story (b) projects you did (c) languages you know (d) skills like typing
8. 8.📄 Your résumé says you led a club. In the interview you should… (a) be ready to explain it (b) change the subject (c) deny it (d) say it was a joke
9. 9.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: a party selfie? (a) include it (b) leave it out
10. 10.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) projects you did (b) a party selfie (c) clubs and activities (d) your phone and email
11. 11.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) made-up marks (b) your bank details (c) school and marks (d) your siblings’ marks
12. 12.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your siblings’ marks (b) your Aadhaar number (c) a long life story (d) awards and prizes
13. 13.📄 In which résumé section does this go: spreadsheets (basic)? (a) contact details (b) skills (c) education (d) projects
14. 14.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) languages you know (b) volunteer work (c) school and marks (d) your Aadhaar number
15. 15.True or false: “clubs and activities” should be left out of a résumé. (a) True (b) False
16. 16.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your phone and email (b) skills like typing (c) languages you know (d) made-up marks
17. 17.📄 In which résumé section does this go: Class 12 (Science), 2026? (a) contact details (b) projects (c) skills (d) education
18. 18.📄 In which résumé section does this go: typing 40 words a minute? (a) education (b) activities (c) contact details (d) skills
19. 19.True or false: “your siblings’ marks” belongs on a student résumé. (a) False (b) True
20. 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) volunteer work (b) your phone and email (c) clubs and activities (d) a party selfie
21. 21.True or false: “your phone and email” belongs on a student résumé. (a) True (b) False
22. 22.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) clubs and activities (b) your siblings’ marks (c) your phone and email (d) projects you did
23. 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) made-up marks (b) your phone and email (c) your siblings’ marks (d) a party selfie
24. 24.Which of these goes in the education section? (a) B.Com first year (b) your city and PIN code (c) basic HTML and CSS (d) typing 40 words a minute
25. 25.True or false: “school and marks” should be left out of a résumé. (a) True (b) False
26. 26.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) skills like typing (b) a long life story (c) your Aadhaar number (d) a party selfie
27. 27.True or false: “your passwords” should be left out of a résumé. (a) True (b) False
28. 28.True or false: “your phone and email” should be left out of a résumé. (a) False (b) True
29. 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a party selfie (b) your bank details (c) languages you know (d) your Aadhaar number
30. 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a party selfie (b) your passwords (c) school and marks (d) your bank details
31. 31.Which of these goes in the projects section? (a) built a rain gauge model (b) basic HTML and CSS (c) Class 12 (Science), 2026 (d) eco club member
32. 32.True or false: “projects you did” should be left out of a résumé. (a) True (b) False
33. 33.Which of these goes in the education section? (a) eco club member (b) a mobile number (c) Class 12 (Science), 2026 (d) a website for our club
34. 34.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: projects you did? (a) include it (b) leave it out
35. 35.📄 In which résumé section does this go: Class 10 board: 88%? (a) projects (b) activities (c) skills (d) education
36. 36.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) a party selfie (b) languages you know (c) your passwords (d) your siblings’ marks
37. 37.📄 In which résumé section does this go: a website for our club? (a) activities (b) skills (c) education (d) projects
38. 38.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your passwords? (a) include it (b) leave it out
39. 39.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: languages you know? (a) include it (b) leave it out
40. 40.📄 In which résumé section does this go: a survey of 50 shops? (a) contact details (b) projects (c) skills (d) activities

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