Résumé Worksheet: What to Include

Interview skills lesson 17: What goes on a student résumé · Set 314 · 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 goes in the skills section? (a) built a rain gauge model (b) Class 12 (Science), 2026 (c) typing 40 words a minute (d) a survey of 50 shops
2. 2.📄 Your résumé says you led a club. In the interview you should… (a) deny it (b) say it was a joke (c) be ready to explain it (d) change the subject
3. 3.📄 A student with no work experience should highlight… (a) nothing at all (b) their parents’ jobs (c) made-up jobs (d) projects and activities
4. 4.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) a long life story (b) made-up marks (c) your passwords (d) clubs and activities
5. 5.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) your siblings’ marks (b) your phone and email (c) projects you did (d) volunteer work
6. 6.📄 In which résumé section does this go: Class 10 board: 88%? (a) skills (b) activities (c) projects (d) education
7. 7.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) your passwords (b) your Aadhaar number (c) awards and prizes (d) a party selfie
8. 8.True or false: “school and marks” should be left out of a résumé. (a) False (b) True
9. 9.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) your siblings’ marks (b) skills like typing (c) made-up marks (d) a party selfie
10. 10.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: a long life story? (a) leave it out (b) include it
11. 11.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) your phone and email (b) a long life story (c) your Aadhaar number (d) a party selfie
12. 12.📄 In which résumé section does this go: a website for our club? (a) projects (b) education (c) skills (d) activities
13. 13.True or false: “your phone and email” should be left out of a résumé. (a) False (b) True
14. 14.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your phone and email? (a) include it (b) leave it out
15. 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your Aadhaar number (b) made-up marks (c) school and marks (d) your passwords
16. 16.📄 In which résumé section does this go: typing 40 words a minute? (a) activities (b) education (c) skills (d) projects
17. 17.📄 How long should a student résumé usually be? (a) five pages (b) one page (c) half a line (d) ten pages
18. 18.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your passwords? (a) include it (b) leave it out
19. 19.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) clubs and activities (b) your Aadhaar number (c) skills like typing (d) volunteer work
20. 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your phone and email (b) clubs and activities (c) school and marks (d) a party selfie
21. 21.True or false: “awards and prizes” should be left out of a résumé. (a) True (b) False
22. 22.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) projects you did (b) your phone and email (c) awards and prizes (d) a party selfie
23. 23.True or false: “volunteer work” should be left out of a résumé. (a) True (b) False
24. 24.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) clubs and activities (b) your bank details (c) languages you know (d) projects you did
25. 25.Which of these goes in the skills section? (a) B.Com first year (b) Class 12 (Science), 2026 (c) built a rain gauge model (d) spreadsheets (basic)
26. 26.True or false: “your passwords” should be left out of a résumé. (a) False (b) True
27. 27.📄 A résumé is… (a) a school report card (b) a letter of thanks (c) a short summary of you (d) a full autobiography
28. 28.True or false: “your bank details” belongs on a student résumé. (a) True (b) False
29. 29.Which of these goes in the activities section? (a) B.Com first year (b) basic HTML and CSS (c) eco club member (d) built a rain gauge model
30. 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a long life story (b) awards and prizes (c) made-up marks (d) a party selfie
31. 31.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your bank details (b) languages you know (c) volunteer work (d) school and marks
32. 32.📄 In which résumé section does this go: built a rain gauge model? (a) contact details (b) projects (c) skills (d) education
33. 33.Which of these goes in the education section? (a) eco club member (b) a mobile number (c) spreadsheets (basic) (d) Class 10 board: 88%
34. 34.📄 In which résumé section does this go: school football team? (a) skills (b) activities (c) contact details (d) projects
35. 35.Which of these goes in the education section? (a) typing 40 words a minute (b) Class 12 (Science), 2026 (c) basic HTML and CSS (d) eco club member
36. 36.Which of these goes in the contact details? (a) spreadsheets (basic) (b) an email ID (c) school football team (d) eco club member
37. 37.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) your siblings’ marks (b) your Aadhaar number (c) your bank details (d) school and marks
38. 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) volunteer work (b) made-up marks (c) skills like typing (d) school and marks
39. 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) awards and prizes (b) clubs and activities (c) your phone and email (d) your Aadhaar number
40. 40.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your bank details? (a) leave it out (b) include it

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