Résumé Worksheet: What to Include

Interview skills lesson 17: What goes on a student résumé · Set 264 · 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.True or false: “volunteer work” should be left out of a résumé. (a) False (b) True
2. 2.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) volunteer work (b) your phone and email (c) school and marks (d) a long life story
3. 3.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) clubs and activities (b) a party selfie (c) a long life story (d) your Aadhaar number
4. 4.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your siblings’ marks? (a) include it (b) leave it out
5. 5.📄 In which résumé section does this go: Class 10 board: 88%? (a) education (b) skills (c) activities (d) projects
6. 6.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: a party selfie? (a) include it (b) leave it out
7. 7.📄 In which résumé section does this go: built a rain gauge model? (a) contact details (b) education (c) activities (d) projects
8. 8.📄 In which résumé section does this go: Class 12 (Science), 2026? (a) contact details (b) activities (c) education (d) projects
9. 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) skills like typing (b) your bank details (c) your phone and email (d) clubs and activities
10. 10.📄 In which résumé section does this go: spreadsheets (basic)? (a) skills (b) activities (c) education (d) projects
11. 11.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) a party selfie (b) your siblings’ marks (c) your phone and email (d) made-up marks
12. 12.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) projects you did (b) your Aadhaar number (c) a party selfie (d) your siblings’ marks
13. 13.Which of these goes in the education section? (a) eco club member (b) a survey of 50 shops (c) an email ID (d) Class 10 board: 88%
14. 14.📄 How long should a student résumé usually be? (a) half a line (b) five pages (c) ten pages (d) one page
15. 15.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: a long life story? (a) leave it out (b) include it
16. 16.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) awards and prizes (b) your phone and email (c) clubs and activities (d) your bank details
17. 17.Which of these goes in the projects section? (a) typing 40 words a minute (b) your city and PIN code (c) a website for our club (d) an email ID
18. 18.Which of these goes in the projects section? (a) a survey of 50 shops (b) Class 12 (Science), 2026 (c) typing 40 words a minute (d) an email ID
19. 19.Which of these goes in the skills section? (a) a mobile number (b) basic HTML and CSS (c) B.Com first year (d) school football team
20. 20.Which of these goes in the education section? (a) typing 40 words a minute (b) a mobile number (c) B.Com first year (d) built a rain gauge model
21. 21.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: projects you did? (a) include it (b) leave it out
22. 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a party selfie (b) your bank details (c) your Aadhaar number (d) skills like typing
23. 23.📄 In which résumé section does this go: eco club member? (a) skills (b) education (c) activities (d) projects
24. 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your phone and email (b) skills like typing (c) projects you did (d) a party selfie
25. 25.True or false: “projects you did” belongs on a student résumé. (a) False (b) True
26. 26.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) school and marks (b) your passwords (c) made-up marks (d) your siblings’ marks
27. 27.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) languages you know (b) your siblings’ marks (c) clubs and activities (d) skills like typing
28. 28.📄 Your résumé says you led a club. In the interview you should… (a) say it was a joke (b) be ready to explain it (c) change the subject (d) deny it
29. 29.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: languages you know? (a) include it (b) leave it out
30. 30.📄 What font style suits a résumé? (a) all bold capitals (b) tiny handwriting (c) one plain, clear font (d) five fancy fonts
31. 31.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a party selfie (b) volunteer work (c) made-up marks (d) a long life story
32. 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your Aadhaar number (b) clubs and activities (c) your passwords (d) made-up marks
33. 33.📄 In which résumé section does this go: typing 40 words a minute? (a) skills (b) contact details (c) activities (d) projects
34. 34.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: volunteer work? (a) include it (b) leave it out
35. 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your Aadhaar number (b) made-up marks (c) a party selfie (d) languages you know
36. 36.Which of these goes in the contact details? (a) built a rain gauge model (b) eco club member (c) a website for our club (d) a mobile number
37. 37.True or false: “languages you know” should be left out of a résumé. (a) False (b) True
38. 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) school and marks (b) your phone and email (c) clubs and activities (d) your passwords
39. 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your siblings’ marks (b) projects you did (c) a party selfie (d) your bank details
40. 40.True or false: “a party selfie” should be left out of a résumé. (a) False (b) True

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