Résumé Worksheet: What to Include

Interview skills lesson 17: What goes on a student résumé · Set 241 · 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 skills section? (a) debate club secretary (b) a website for our club (c) spreadsheets (basic) (d) school football team
2. 2.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) your passwords (b) school and marks (c) your bank details (d) a party selfie
3. 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your bank details (b) projects you did (c) your siblings’ marks (d) a long life story
4. 4.Which of these goes in the projects section? (a) Class 12 (Science), 2026 (b) spreadsheets (basic) (c) B.Com first year (d) a website for our club
5. 5.📄 In which résumé section does this go: your city and PIN code? (a) education (b) contact details (c) skills (d) activities
6. 6.True or false: “your bank details” belongs on a student résumé. (a) True (b) False
7. 7.📄 In which résumé section does this go: Class 10 board: 88%? (a) skills (b) projects (c) education (d) contact details
8. 8.True or false: “your passwords” belongs on a student résumé. (a) True (b) False
9. 9.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) your Aadhaar number (b) volunteer work (c) a party selfie (d) your siblings’ marks
10. 10.True or false: “your Aadhaar number” should be left out of a résumé. (a) False (b) True
11. 11.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: awards and prizes? (a) include it (b) leave it out
12. 12.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: volunteer work? (a) include it (b) leave it out
13. 13.True or false: “awards and prizes” should be left out of a résumé. (a) False (b) True
14. 14.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your passwords? (a) include it (b) leave it out
15. 15.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) a long life story (b) made-up marks (c) your phone and email (d) a party selfie
16. 16.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) made-up marks (b) your passwords (c) a long life story (d) your phone and email
17. 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) awards and prizes (b) school and marks (c) skills like typing (d) your bank details
18. 18.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) a party selfie (b) projects you did (c) made-up marks (d) your Aadhaar number
19. 19.📄 A student with no work experience should highlight… (a) made-up jobs (b) their parents’ jobs (c) nothing at all (d) projects and activities
20. 20.Which of these goes in the contact details? (a) debate club secretary (b) school football team (c) typing 40 words a minute (d) your city and PIN code
21. 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your phone and email (b) skills like typing (c) languages you know (d) your Aadhaar number
22. 22.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) your siblings’ marks (b) awards and prizes (c) your Aadhaar number (d) a long life story
23. 23.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: languages you know? (a) leave it out (b) include it
24. 24.📄 In which résumé section does this go: eco club member? (a) projects (b) contact details (c) activities (d) education
25. 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) languages you know (b) your Aadhaar number (c) your bank details (d) a long life story
26. 26.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your bank details? (a) leave it out (b) include it
27. 27.True or false: “made-up marks” should be left out of a résumé. (a) False (b) True
28. 28.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) your Aadhaar number (b) skills like typing (c) made-up marks (d) your bank details
29. 29.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: a long life story? (a) include it (b) leave it out
30. 30.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) awards and prizes (b) your phone and email (c) clubs and activities (d) made-up marks
31. 31.📄 What font style suits a résumé? (a) one plain, clear font (b) five fancy fonts (c) all bold capitals (d) tiny handwriting
32. 32.Which of these goes in the contact details? (a) debate club secretary (b) school football team (c) a survey of 50 shops (d) an email ID
33. 33.📄 In which résumé section does this go: B.Com first year? (a) projects (b) education (c) activities (d) contact details
34. 34.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: projects you did? (a) include it (b) leave it out
35. 35.Which of these goes in the education section? (a) an email ID (b) spreadsheets (basic) (c) Class 10 board: 88% (d) a survey of 50 shops
36. 36.Which of these goes in the education section? (a) spreadsheets (basic) (b) a survey of 50 shops (c) typing 40 words a minute (d) B.Com first year
37. 37.📄 Your résumé says you led a club. In the interview you should… (a) be ready to explain it (b) deny it (c) change the subject (d) say it was a joke
38. 38.True or false: “school and marks” should be left out of a résumé. (a) False (b) True
39. 39.True or false: “languages you know” belongs on a student résumé. (a) False (b) True
40. 40.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) projects you did (b) school and marks (c) your siblings’ marks (d) volunteer work

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