Résumé Worksheet: What to Include

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

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