Résumé Worksheet: What to Include

Interview skills lesson 17: What goes on a student résumé · Set 330 · 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 education section? (a) Class 10 board: 88% (b) a website for our club (c) your city and PIN code (d) debate club secretary
2. 2.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: a long life story? (a) leave it out (b) include it
3. 3.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your siblings’ marks? (a) leave it out (b) include it
4. 4.True or false: “your Aadhaar number” belongs on a student résumé. (a) False (b) True
5. 5.📄 In which résumé section does this go: a mobile number? (a) skills (b) education (c) projects (d) contact details
6. 6.True or false: “clubs and activities” should be left out of a résumé. (a) True (b) False
7. 7.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: clubs and activities? (a) include it (b) leave it out
8. 8.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: volunteer work? (a) leave it out (b) include it
9. 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) projects you did (b) your bank details (c) your phone and email (d) skills like typing
10. 10.📄 A student with no work experience should highlight… (a) made-up jobs (b) their parents’ jobs (c) nothing at all (d) projects and activities
11. 11.📄 Your résumé says you led a club. In the interview you should… (a) say it was a joke (b) be ready to explain it (c) change the subject (d) deny it
12. 12.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your phone and email (b) skills like typing (c) awards and prizes (d) your Aadhaar number
13. 13.Which of these goes in the education section? (a) debate club secretary (b) a survey of 50 shops (c) typing 40 words a minute (d) Class 12 (Science), 2026
14. 14.True or false: “your phone and email” belongs on a student résumé. (a) False (b) True
15. 15.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: awards and prizes? (a) include it (b) leave it out
16. 16.📄 How long should a student résumé usually be? (a) half a line (b) one page (c) five pages (d) ten pages
17. 17.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) your passwords (b) school and marks (c) projects you did (d) volunteer work
18. 18.📄 In which résumé section does this go: eco club member? (a) contact details (b) projects (c) activities (d) skills
19. 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your passwords (b) your Aadhaar number (c) projects you did (d) your siblings’ marks
20. 20.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) clubs and activities (b) school and marks (c) made-up marks (d) projects you did
21. 21.True or false: “a long life story” should be left out of a résumé. (a) False (b) True
22. 22.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your phone and email? (a) include it (b) leave it out
23. 23.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: a party selfie? (a) include it (b) leave it out
24. 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) clubs and activities (b) your passwords (c) your siblings’ marks (d) made-up marks
25. 25.📄 In which résumé section does this go: debate club secretary? (a) contact details (b) projects (c) activities (d) education
26. 26.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) your phone and email (b) school and marks (c) volunteer work (d) your bank details
27. 27.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) skills like typing (b) your siblings’ marks (c) your phone and email (d) school and marks
28. 28.True or false: “your siblings’ marks” belongs on a student résumé. (a) False (b) True
29. 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your siblings’ marks (b) your passwords (c) a party selfie (d) awards and prizes
30. 30.📄 In which résumé section does this go: Class 10 board: 88%? (a) skills (b) projects (c) education (d) activities
31. 31.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a party selfie (b) made-up marks (c) skills like typing (d) your passwords
32. 32.📄 In which résumé section does this go: a website for our club? (a) skills (b) contact details (c) education (d) projects
33. 33.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: projects you did? (a) include it (b) leave it out
34. 34.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) made-up marks (b) your bank details (c) school and marks (d) your Aadhaar number
35. 35.📄 In which résumé section does this go: an email ID? (a) activities (b) contact details (c) education (d) projects
36. 36.📄 In which résumé section does this go: B.Com first year? (a) skills (b) activities (c) contact details (d) education
37. 37.Which of these goes in the projects section? (a) Class 10 board: 88% (b) B.Com first year (c) school football team (d) built a rain gauge model
38. 38.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) languages you know (b) projects you did (c) volunteer work (d) a party selfie
39. 39.Which of these goes in the education section? (a) B.Com first year (b) your city and PIN code (c) typing 40 words a minute (d) basic HTML and CSS
40. 40.📄 In which résumé section does this go: built a rain gauge model? (a) contact details (b) activities (c) projects (d) skills

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