Résumé Worksheet: What to Include

Interview skills lesson 17: What goes on a student résumé · Set 339 · 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) volunteer work (b) made-up marks (c) your phone and email (d) projects you did
2. 2.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: projects you did? (a) leave it out (b) include it
3. 3.📄 In which résumé section does this go: eco club member? (a) education (b) activities (c) contact details (d) projects
4. 4.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your bank details? (a) include it (b) leave it out
5. 5.True or false: “clubs and activities” should be left out of a résumé. (a) True (b) False
6. 6.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) your passwords (b) volunteer work (c) a party selfie (d) made-up marks
7. 7.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) your passwords (b) made-up marks (c) languages you know (d) your Aadhaar number
8. 8.Which of these goes in the education section? (a) your city and PIN code (b) basic HTML and CSS (c) Class 10 board: 88% (d) debate club secretary
9. 9.📄 How long should a student résumé usually be? (a) one page (b) ten pages (c) half a line (d) five pages
10. 10.📄 A student with no work experience should highlight… (a) their parents’ jobs (b) nothing at all (c) made-up jobs (d) projects and activities
11. 11.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: volunteer work? (a) leave it out (b) include it
12. 12.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) awards and prizes (b) clubs and activities (c) volunteer work (d) a party selfie
13. 13.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) school and marks (b) your siblings’ marks (c) clubs and activities (d) languages you know
14. 14.📄 What font style suits a résumé? (a) five fancy fonts (b) tiny handwriting (c) one plain, clear font (d) all bold capitals
15. 15.True or false: “your phone and email” belongs on a student résumé. (a) True (b) False
16. 16.📄 Your résumé says you led a club. In the interview you should… (a) deny it (b) change the subject (c) be ready to explain it (d) say it was a joke
17. 17.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) your passwords (b) a party selfie (c) your Aadhaar number (d) your phone and email
18. 18.True or false: “your phone and email” should be left out of a résumé. (a) True (b) False
19. 19.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) awards and prizes (b) school and marks (c) volunteer work (d) your passwords
20. 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) skills like typing (b) school and marks (c) clubs and activities (d) a party selfie
21. 21.True or false: “volunteer work” should be left out of a résumé. (a) True (b) False
22. 22.True or false: “a long life story” should be left out of a résumé. (a) False (b) True
23. 23.📄 In which résumé section does this go: debate club secretary? (a) activities (b) contact details (c) projects (d) education
24. 24.Which of these goes in the education section? (a) B.Com first year (b) basic HTML and CSS (c) debate club secretary (d) spreadsheets (basic)
25. 25.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) your passwords (b) school and marks (c) your Aadhaar number (d) a party selfie
26. 26.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) your phone and email (b) skills like typing (c) your bank details (d) awards and prizes
27. 27.📄 In which résumé section does this go: a website for our club? (a) skills (b) activities (c) education (d) projects
28. 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) school and marks (b) your phone and email (c) your passwords (d) projects you did
29. 29.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: awards and prizes? (a) leave it out (b) include it
30. 30.Which of these goes in the skills section? (a) basic HTML and CSS (b) a mobile number (c) Class 12 (Science), 2026 (d) your city and PIN code
31. 31.Which of these goes in the projects section? (a) spreadsheets (basic) (b) Class 12 (Science), 2026 (c) your city and PIN code (d) built a rain gauge model
32. 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) awards and prizes (b) your siblings’ marks (c) clubs and activities (d) languages you know
33. 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your bank details (b) your Aadhaar number (c) your siblings’ marks (d) volunteer work
34. 34.True or false: “your bank details” belongs on a student résumé. (a) False (b) True
35. 35.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your phone and email? (a) leave it out (b) include it
36. 36.True or false: “your siblings’ marks” belongs on a student résumé. (a) True (b) False
37. 37.Which of these goes in the skills section? (a) typing 40 words a minute (b) B.Com first year (c) eco club member (d) a mobile number
38. 38.📄 In which résumé section does this go: a survey of 50 shops? (a) skills (b) projects (c) education (d) contact details
39. 39.📄 In which résumé section does this go: typing 40 words a minute? (a) contact details (b) projects (c) skills (d) education
40. 40.True or false: “awards and prizes” should be left out of a résumé. (a) True (b) False

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