Résumé Worksheet: What to Include

Interview skills lesson 17: What goes on a student résumé · Set 249 · 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 contact details? (a) typing 40 words a minute (b) a mobile number (c) school football team (d) Class 10 board: 88%
2. 2.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) languages you know (b) school and marks (c) your siblings’ marks (d) your phone and email
3. 3.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: clubs and activities? (a) leave it out (b) include it
4. 4.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your phone and email? (a) include it (b) leave it out
5. 5.True or false: “awards and prizes” should be left out of a résumé. (a) True (b) False
6. 6.📄 In which résumé section does this go: a website for our club? (a) skills (b) activities (c) education (d) projects
7. 7.📄 In which résumé section does this go: spreadsheets (basic)? (a) education (b) activities (c) skills (d) contact details
8. 8.True or false: “projects you did” belongs on a student résumé. (a) True (b) False
9. 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) school and marks (b) volunteer work (c) skills like typing (d) your bank details
10. 10.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: projects you did? (a) leave it out (b) include it
11. 11.True or false: “made-up marks” should be left out of a résumé. (a) False (b) True
12. 12.📄 In which résumé section does this go: Class 10 board: 88%? (a) skills (b) projects (c) education (d) contact details
13. 13.Which of these goes in the skills section? (a) built a rain gauge model (b) a website for our club (c) basic HTML and CSS (d) eco club member
14. 14.📄 In which résumé section does this go: school football team? (a) contact details (b) projects (c) education (d) activities
15. 15.📄 What font style suits a résumé? (a) five fancy fonts (b) tiny handwriting (c) one plain, clear font (d) all bold capitals
16. 16.Which of these goes in the education section? (a) Class 12 (Science), 2026 (b) an email ID (c) basic HTML and CSS (d) debate club secretary
17. 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) skills like typing (b) school and marks (c) awards and prizes (d) a long life story
18. 18.True or false: “your phone and email” belongs on a student résumé. (a) True (b) False
19. 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) volunteer work (b) your phone and email (c) your Aadhaar number (d) projects you did
20. 20.📄 Your résumé says you led a club. In the interview you should… (a) be ready to explain it (b) change the subject (c) say it was a joke (d) deny it
21. 21.True or false: “your siblings’ marks” should be left out of a résumé. (a) False (b) True
22. 22.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) clubs and activities (b) volunteer work (c) languages you know (d) a party selfie
23. 23.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: school and marks? (a) leave it out (b) include it
24. 24.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) made-up marks (b) your passwords (c) a long life story (d) your phone and email
25. 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) projects you did (b) volunteer work (c) clubs and activities (d) a party selfie
26. 26.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) volunteer work (b) made-up marks (c) your Aadhaar number (d) your passwords
27. 27.📄 In which résumé section does this go: debate club secretary? (a) skills (b) activities (c) education (d) contact details
28. 28.True or false: “made-up marks” belongs on a student résumé. (a) False (b) True
29. 29.True or false: “languages you know” should be left out of a résumé. (a) True (b) False
30. 30.📄 In which résumé section does this go: basic HTML and CSS? (a) skills (b) contact details (c) projects (d) education
31. 31.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your passwords (b) volunteer work (c) your siblings’ marks (d) your bank details
32. 32.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: languages you know? (a) include it (b) leave it out
33. 33.Which of these goes in the skills section? (a) built a rain gauge model (b) spreadsheets (basic) (c) an email ID (d) Class 10 board: 88%
34. 34.True or false: “awards and prizes” belongs on a student résumé. (a) True (b) False
35. 35.📄 In which résumé section does this go: an email ID? (a) activities (b) contact details (c) skills (d) education
36. 36.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) languages you know (b) projects you did (c) your phone and email (d) your Aadhaar number
37. 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your Aadhaar number (b) your siblings’ marks (c) a party selfie (d) languages you know
38. 38.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: volunteer work? (a) include it (b) leave it out
39. 39.Which of these goes in the activities section? (a) a website for our club (b) school football team (c) basic HTML and CSS (d) typing 40 words a minute
40. 40.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) clubs and activities (b) languages you know (c) your bank details (d) your phone and email

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