Résumé Worksheet: What to Include

Interview skills lesson 17: What goes on a student résumé · Set 324 · 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 is the odd one out? (a) awards and prizes (b) your passwords (c) a long life story (d) your Aadhaar number
2. 2.📄 Your résumé says you led a club. In the interview you should… (a) deny it (b) say it was a joke (c) change the subject (d) be ready to explain it
3. 3.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your bank details? (a) include it (b) leave it out
4. 4.True or false: “your bank details” belongs on a student résumé. (a) False (b) True
5. 5.True or false: “made-up marks” should be left out of a résumé. (a) True (b) False
6. 6.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) your bank details (b) a long life story (c) your phone and email (d) a party selfie
7. 7.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your phone and email? (a) include it (b) leave it out
8. 8.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your Aadhaar number? (a) leave it out (b) include it
9. 9.📄 In which résumé section does this go: typing 40 words a minute? (a) education (b) projects (c) skills (d) activities
10. 10.True or false: “a party selfie” belongs on a student résumé. (a) False (b) True
11. 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a long life story (b) your siblings’ marks (c) languages you know (d) made-up marks
12. 12.📄 In which résumé section does this go: Class 12 (Science), 2026? (a) skills (b) contact details (c) projects (d) education
13. 13.Which of these goes in the skills section? (a) an email ID (b) eco club member (c) a website for our club (d) typing 40 words a minute
14. 14.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) your bank details (b) clubs and activities (c) your phone and email (d) projects you did
15. 15.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: made-up marks? (a) include it (b) leave it out
16. 16.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) awards and prizes (b) made-up marks (c) languages you know (d) clubs and activities
17. 17.📄 A student with no work experience should highlight… (a) nothing at all (b) their parents’ jobs (c) projects and activities (d) made-up jobs
18. 18.📄 In which résumé section does this go: spreadsheets (basic)? (a) education (b) projects (c) skills (d) contact details
19. 19.📄 What font style suits a résumé? (a) five fancy fonts (b) all bold capitals (c) tiny handwriting (d) one plain, clear font
20. 20.📄 In which résumé section does this go: debate club secretary? (a) education (b) contact details (c) skills (d) activities
21. 21.📄 In which résumé section does this go: Class 10 board: 88%? (a) education (b) contact details (c) activities (d) projects
22. 22.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: projects you did? (a) include it (b) leave it out
23. 23.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) your siblings’ marks (b) school and marks (c) awards and prizes (d) your phone and email
24. 24.📄 How long should a student résumé usually be? (a) five pages (b) ten pages (c) one page (d) half a line
25. 25.📄 In which résumé section does this go: a survey of 50 shops? (a) contact details (b) activities (c) projects (d) skills
26. 26.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: a party selfie? (a) leave it out (b) include it
27. 27.True or false: “your Aadhaar number” should be left out of a résumé. (a) False (b) True
28. 28.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) a long life story (b) school and marks (c) volunteer work (d) skills like typing
29. 29.True or false: “your bank details” should be left out of a résumé. (a) False (b) True
30. 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a long life story (b) projects you did (c) awards and prizes (d) volunteer work
31. 31.📄 In which résumé section does this go: built a rain gauge model? (a) skills (b) projects (c) education (d) activities
32. 32.📄 A résumé is… (a) a full autobiography (b) a letter of thanks (c) a short summary of you (d) a school report card
33. 33.True or false: “your passwords” belongs on a student résumé. (a) True (b) False
34. 34.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) skills like typing (b) your bank details (c) made-up marks (d) a long life story
35. 35.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: awards and prizes? (a) leave it out (b) include it
36. 36.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) languages you know (b) your phone and email (c) school and marks (d) your bank details
37. 37.Which of these goes in the skills section? (a) Class 12 (Science), 2026 (b) built a rain gauge model (c) a mobile number (d) spreadsheets (basic)
38. 38.Which of these goes in the projects section? (a) typing 40 words a minute (b) your city and PIN code (c) a survey of 50 shops (d) Class 10 board: 88%
39. 39.Which of these goes in the projects section? (a) eco club member (b) B.Com first year (c) built a rain gauge model (d) debate club secretary
40. 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a party selfie (b) your siblings’ marks (c) projects you did (d) a long life story

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