Résumé Worksheet: What to Include

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

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