Résumé Worksheet: What to Include

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

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