Résumé Worksheet: What to Include

Interview skills lesson 17: What goes on a student résumé · Set 292 · 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.📄 In which résumé section does this go: built a rain gauge model? (a) education (b) skills (c) contact details (d) projects
2. 2.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: made-up marks? (a) include it (b) leave it out
3. 3.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: volunteer work? (a) include it (b) leave it out
4. 4.📄 In which résumé section does this go: a mobile number? (a) projects (b) skills (c) education (d) contact details
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 of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) volunteer work (b) languages you know (c) school and marks (d) your bank details
7. 7.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) school and marks (b) awards and prizes (c) a party selfie (d) your phone and email
8. 8.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a party selfie (b) made-up marks (c) your passwords (d) languages you know
9. 9.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) languages you know (b) school and marks (c) a party selfie (d) volunteer work
10. 10.Which of these goes in the activities section? (a) Class 10 board: 88% (b) built a rain gauge model (c) school football team (d) your city and PIN code
11. 11.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your passwords? (a) include it (b) leave it out
12. 12.📄 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
13. 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your Aadhaar number (b) school and marks (c) clubs and activities (d) skills like typing
14. 14.📄 In which résumé section does this go: Class 12 (Science), 2026? (a) projects (b) skills (c) education (d) activities
15. 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a long life story (b) volunteer work (c) awards and prizes (d) school and marks
16. 16.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) your Aadhaar number (b) made-up marks (c) skills like typing (d) a party selfie
17. 17.Which of these goes in the activities section? (a) a survey of 50 shops (b) Class 10 board: 88% (c) debate club secretary (d) spreadsheets (basic)
18. 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) projects you did (b) made-up marks (c) clubs and activities (d) your phone and email
19. 19.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your phone and email? (a) include it (b) leave it out
20. 20.📄 In which résumé section does this go: debate club secretary? (a) activities (b) projects (c) education (d) skills
21. 21.Which of these goes in the contact details? (a) Class 10 board: 88% (b) a mobile number (c) basic HTML and CSS (d) eco club member
22. 22.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your Aadhaar number? (a) leave it out (b) include it
23. 23.📄 How long should a student résumé usually be? (a) five pages (b) half a line (c) one page (d) ten pages
24. 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your bank details (b) school and marks (c) awards and prizes (d) your phone and email
25. 25.📄 In which résumé section does this go: typing 40 words a minute? (a) skills (b) contact details (c) projects (d) activities
26. 26.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) your passwords (b) made-up marks (c) your siblings’ marks (d) school and marks
27. 27.📄 In which résumé section does this go: spreadsheets (basic)? (a) projects (b) activities (c) skills (d) contact details
28. 28.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your siblings’ marks? (a) include it (b) leave it out
29. 29.Which of these goes in the projects section? (a) a survey of 50 shops (b) typing 40 words a minute (c) Class 10 board: 88% (d) basic HTML and CSS
30. 30.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) your Aadhaar number (b) projects you did (c) a party selfie (d) your bank details
31. 31.True or false: “projects you did” belongs on a student résumé. (a) False (b) True
32. 32.📄 A résumé is… (a) a school report card (b) a short summary of you (c) a letter of thanks (d) a full autobiography
33. 33.Which of these goes in the projects section? (a) an email ID (b) debate club secretary (c) a mobile number (d) built a rain gauge model
34. 34.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) your phone and email (b) a long life story (c) skills like typing (d) school and marks
35. 35.📄 What font style suits a résumé? (a) all bold capitals (b) one plain, clear font (c) tiny handwriting (d) five fancy fonts
36. 36.Which of these goes in the projects section? (a) Class 10 board: 88% (b) eco club member (c) your city and PIN code (d) a website for our club
37. 37.📄 A student with no work experience should highlight… (a) nothing at all (b) made-up jobs (c) their parents’ jobs (d) projects and activities
38. 38.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) your siblings’ marks (b) clubs and activities (c) awards and prizes (d) school and marks
39. 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a long life story (b) your siblings’ marks (c) awards and prizes (d) your Aadhaar number
40. 40.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) your Aadhaar number (b) clubs and activities (c) your siblings’ marks (d) a party selfie

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