Résumé Worksheet: What to Include

Interview skills lesson 17: What goes on a student résumé · Set 340 · 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) your siblings’ marks (b) your phone and email (c) awards and prizes (d) school and marks
2. 2.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your phone and email? (a) include it (b) leave it out
3. 3.Which of these goes in the education section? (a) school football team (b) Class 10 board: 88% (c) built a rain gauge model (d) spreadsheets (basic)
4. 4.Which of these goes in the activities section? (a) school football team (b) your city and PIN code (c) basic HTML and CSS (d) a website for our club
5. 5.True or false: “volunteer work” should be left out of a résumé. (a) False (b) True
6. 6.True or false: “school and marks” belongs on a student résumé. (a) False (b) True
7. 7.📄 In which résumé section does this go: eco club member? (a) education (b) skills (c) projects (d) activities
8. 8.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) skills like typing (b) volunteer work (c) projects you did (d) your passwords
9. 9.📄 A student with no work experience should highlight… (a) projects and activities (b) made-up jobs (c) nothing at all (d) their parents’ jobs
10. 10.Which of these goes in the education section? (a) B.Com first year (b) spreadsheets (basic) (c) a mobile number (d) a survey of 50 shops
11. 11.📄 A résumé is… (a) a letter of thanks (b) a full autobiography (c) a school report card (d) a short summary of you
12. 12.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your passwords? (a) leave it out (b) include it
13. 13.True or false: “your phone and email” should be left out of a résumé. (a) False (b) True
14. 14.True or false: “your bank details” should be left out of a résumé. (a) True (b) False
15. 15.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: a long life story? (a) include it (b) leave it out
16. 16.Which of these goes in the projects section? (a) Class 12 (Science), 2026 (b) spreadsheets (basic) (c) Class 10 board: 88% (d) a survey of 50 shops
17. 17.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) made-up marks (b) volunteer work (c) clubs and activities (d) skills like typing
18. 18.True or false: “your Aadhaar number” belongs on a student résumé. (a) True (b) False
19. 19.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: a party selfie? (a) leave it out (b) include it
20. 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your phone and email (b) a long life story (c) your bank details (d) a party selfie
21. 21.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: awards and prizes? (a) leave it out (b) include it
22. 22.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) awards and prizes (b) your Aadhaar number (c) your siblings’ marks (d) your bank details
23. 23.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: made-up marks? (a) include it (b) leave it out
24. 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) awards and prizes (b) volunteer work (c) languages you know (d) a party selfie
25. 25.Which of these goes in the projects section? (a) typing 40 words a minute (b) built a rain gauge model (c) spreadsheets (basic) (d) basic HTML and CSS
26. 26.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a long life story (b) skills like typing (c) your Aadhaar number (d) your bank details
27. 27.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) volunteer work (b) your passwords (c) school and marks (d) awards and prizes
28. 28.📄 In which résumé section does this go: a website for our club? (a) projects (b) education (c) contact details (d) skills
29. 29.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: clubs and activities? (a) include it (b) leave it out
30. 30.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: volunteer work? (a) leave it out (b) include it
31. 31.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a long life story (b) school and marks (c) languages you know (d) your phone and email
32. 32.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your bank details? (a) include it (b) leave it out
33. 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) volunteer work (b) your Aadhaar number (c) skills like typing (d) school and marks
34. 34.📄 How long should a student résumé usually be? (a) ten pages (b) half a line (c) one page (d) five pages
35. 35.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) a long life story (b) made-up marks (c) your phone and email (d) your Aadhaar number
36. 36.📄 What font style suits a résumé? (a) one plain, clear font (b) all bold capitals (c) tiny handwriting (d) five fancy fonts
37. 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) awards and prizes (b) your bank details (c) skills like typing (d) school and marks
38. 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a long life story (b) your siblings’ marks (c) languages you know (d) made-up marks
39. 39.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: projects you did? (a) include it (b) leave it out
40. 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a party selfie (b) a long life story (c) your bank details (d) school and marks

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