Résumé Worksheet: What to Include

Interview skills lesson 17: What goes on a student résumé · Set 293 · 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 belongs on a student résumé? (a) your siblings’ marks (b) your passwords (c) your Aadhaar number (d) projects you did
2. 2.📄 A résumé is… (a) a school report card (b) a short summary of you (c) a full autobiography (d) a letter of thanks
3. 3.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) volunteer work (b) your siblings’ marks (c) your bank details (d) made-up marks
4. 4.📄 In which résumé section does this go: Class 10 board: 88%? (a) activities (b) skills (c) education (d) projects
5. 5.True or false: “volunteer work” belongs on a student résumé. (a) False (b) True
6. 6.True or false: “school and marks” should be left out of a résumé. (a) True (b) False
7. 7.📄 In which résumé section does this go: B.Com first year? (a) skills (b) projects (c) education (d) activities
8. 8.True or false: “clubs and activities” belongs on a student résumé. (a) True (b) False
9. 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) clubs and activities (b) your bank details (c) school and marks (d) your phone and email
10. 10.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your passwords? (a) leave it out (b) include it
11. 11.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: clubs and activities? (a) include it (b) leave it out
12. 12.True or false: “a party selfie” belongs on a student résumé. (a) False (b) True
13. 13.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: projects you did? (a) include it (b) leave it out
14. 14.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) skills like typing (b) projects you did (c) volunteer work (d) your siblings’ marks
15. 15.📄 In which résumé section does this go: a website for our club? (a) projects (b) activities (c) education (d) contact details
16. 16.True or false: “languages you know” belongs on a student résumé. (a) False (b) True
17. 17.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: school and marks? (a) leave it out (b) include it
18. 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your passwords (b) a party selfie (c) projects you did (d) your Aadhaar number
19. 19.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) your phone and email (b) made-up marks (c) your Aadhaar number (d) a party selfie
20. 20.📄 How long should a student résumé usually be? (a) ten pages (b) half a line (c) one page (d) five pages
21. 21.True or false: “projects you did” belongs on a student résumé. (a) False (b) True
22. 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) made-up marks (b) your passwords (c) skills like typing (d) a long life story
23. 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a long life story (b) your siblings’ marks (c) awards and prizes (d) your Aadhaar number
24. 24.📄 In which résumé section does this go: a mobile number? (a) skills (b) education (c) activities (d) contact details
25. 25.True or false: “school and marks” belongs on a student résumé. (a) False (b) True
26. 26.Which of these goes in the projects section? (a) eco club member (b) an email ID (c) basic HTML and CSS (d) a survey of 50 shops
27. 27.Which of these goes in the skills section? (a) debate club secretary (b) a website for our club (c) typing 40 words a minute (d) your city and PIN code
28. 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) skills like typing (b) school and marks (c) a party selfie (d) volunteer work
29. 29.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) your bank details (b) your Aadhaar number (c) skills like typing (d) a party selfie
30. 30.Which of these goes in the education section? (a) spreadsheets (basic) (b) a website for our club (c) eco club member (d) Class 12 (Science), 2026
31. 31.True or false: “your passwords” should be left out of a résumé. (a) True (b) False
32. 32.Which of these goes in the education section? (a) school football team (b) Class 10 board: 88% (c) a mobile number (d) spreadsheets (basic)
33. 33.📄 In which résumé section does this go: debate club secretary? (a) contact details (b) skills (c) education (d) activities
34. 34.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your Aadhaar number? (a) include it (b) leave it out
35. 35.Which of these goes in the skills section? (a) a mobile number (b) spreadsheets (basic) (c) Class 12 (Science), 2026 (d) a website for our club
36. 36.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) your phone and email (b) your bank details (c) school and marks (d) clubs and activities
37. 37.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) languages you know (b) school and marks (c) a long life story (d) clubs and activities
38. 38.📄 In which résumé section does this go: spreadsheets (basic)? (a) contact details (b) projects (c) skills (d) education
39. 39.True or false: “your Aadhaar number” should be left out of a résumé. (a) False (b) True
40. 40.True or false: “skills like typing” should be left out of a résumé. (a) True (b) False

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