Résumé Worksheet: What to Include

Interview skills lesson 17: What goes on a student résumé · Set 298 · 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: eco club member? (a) skills (b) education (c) projects (d) activities
2. 2.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: languages you know? (a) leave it out (b) include it
3. 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your phone and email (b) skills like typing (c) school and marks (d) made-up marks
4. 4.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your Aadhaar number (b) projects you did (c) languages you know (d) your phone and email
5. 5.📄 In which résumé section does this go: debate club secretary? (a) contact details (b) skills (c) projects (d) activities
6. 6.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: awards and prizes? (a) include it (b) leave it out
7. 7.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) your bank details (b) clubs and activities (c) school and marks (d) awards and prizes
8. 8.True or false: “your Aadhaar number” should be left out of a résumé. (a) True (b) False
9. 9.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: school and marks? (a) leave it out (b) include it
10. 10.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a long life story (b) awards and prizes (c) projects you did (d) school and marks
11. 11.📄 What font style suits a résumé? (a) five fancy fonts (b) all bold capitals (c) one plain, clear font (d) tiny handwriting
12. 12.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: skills like typing? (a) leave it out (b) include it
13. 13.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) awards and prizes (b) clubs and activities (c) volunteer work (d) your Aadhaar number
14. 14.Which of these goes in the skills section? (a) eco club member (b) a website for our club (c) an email ID (d) typing 40 words a minute
15. 15.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) your phone and email (b) a party selfie (c) skills like typing (d) awards and prizes
16. 16.📄 In which résumé section does this go: your city and PIN code? (a) skills (b) projects (c) contact details (d) education
17. 17.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) awards and prizes (b) your siblings’ marks (c) your passwords (d) a party selfie
18. 18.Which of these goes in the skills section? (a) a survey of 50 shops (b) eco club member (c) basic HTML and CSS (d) your city and PIN code
19. 19.📄 In which résumé section does this go: typing 40 words a minute? (a) skills (b) projects (c) contact details (d) education
20. 20.Which of these goes in the education section? (a) Class 12 (Science), 2026 (b) a website for our club (c) spreadsheets (basic) (d) an email ID
21. 21.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your phone and email? (a) include it (b) leave it out
22. 22.📄 In which résumé section does this go: basic HTML and CSS? (a) projects (b) education (c) skills (d) activities
23. 23.Which of these goes in the activities section? (a) typing 40 words a minute (b) school football team (c) Class 10 board: 88% (d) a website for our club
24. 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) clubs and activities (b) your passwords (c) languages you know (d) projects you did
25. 25.📄 A student with no work experience should highlight… (a) nothing at all (b) projects and activities (c) made-up jobs (d) their parents’ jobs
26. 26.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) your siblings’ marks (b) clubs and activities (c) a party selfie (d) your bank details
27. 27.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: clubs and activities? (a) leave it out (b) include it
28. 28.📄 Your résumé says you led a club. In the interview you should… (a) say it was a joke (b) deny it (c) be ready to explain it (d) change the subject
29. 29.True or false: “a party selfie” belongs on a student résumé. (a) True (b) False
30. 30.Which of these goes in the activities section? (a) Class 12 (Science), 2026 (b) debate club secretary (c) typing 40 words a minute (d) your city and PIN code
31. 31.True or false: “your siblings’ marks” should be left out of a résumé. (a) False (b) True
32. 32.True or false: “made-up marks” should be left out of a résumé. (a) True (b) False
33. 33.📄 In which résumé section does this go: an email ID? (a) education (b) skills (c) contact details (d) projects
34. 34.Which of these goes in the contact details? (a) Class 10 board: 88% (b) built a rain gauge model (c) an email ID (d) a website for our club
35. 35.📄 In which résumé section does this go: Class 12 (Science), 2026? (a) contact details (b) activities (c) education (d) projects
36. 36.📄 How long should a student résumé usually be? (a) one page (b) half a line (c) ten pages (d) five pages
37. 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a party selfie (b) school and marks (c) a long life story (d) your Aadhaar number
38. 38.Which of these goes in the projects section? (a) a survey of 50 shops (b) Class 12 (Science), 2026 (c) an email ID (d) typing 40 words a minute
39. 39.📄 In which résumé section does this go: Class 10 board: 88%? (a) contact details (b) projects (c) skills (d) education
40. 40.Which of these goes in the contact details? (a) spreadsheets (basic) (b) a mobile number (c) a survey of 50 shops (d) debate club secretary

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