Résumé Worksheet: What to Include

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

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