Résumé Worksheet: What to Include

Interview skills lesson 17: What goes on a student résumé · Set 342 · 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 mobile number (c) an email ID (d) a website for our club
2. 2.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) clubs and activities (b) a party selfie (c) awards and prizes (d) projects you did
3. 3.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) your bank details (b) school and marks (c) your Aadhaar number (d) your passwords
4. 4.Which of these goes in the projects section? (a) your city and PIN code (b) typing 40 words a minute (c) a website for our club (d) Class 12 (Science), 2026
5. 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) school and marks (b) your siblings’ marks (c) your phone and email (d) clubs and activities
6. 6.📄 In which résumé section does this go: a website for our club? (a) projects (b) contact details (c) activities (d) skills
7. 7.📄 In which résumé section does this go: debate club secretary? (a) contact details (b) projects (c) skills (d) activities
8. 8.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) your siblings’ marks (b) made-up marks (c) your passwords (d) awards and prizes
9. 9.True or false: “volunteer work” should be left out of a résumé. (a) False (b) True
10. 10.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: projects you did? (a) include it (b) leave it out
11. 11.True or false: “awards and prizes” should be left out of a résumé. (a) True (b) False
12. 12.📄 In which résumé section does this go: your city and PIN code? (a) contact details (b) skills (c) projects (d) education
13. 13.📄 In which résumé section does this go: basic HTML and CSS? (a) projects (b) education (c) skills (d) activities
14. 14.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: languages you know? (a) include it (b) leave it out
15. 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your siblings’ marks (b) a long life story (c) clubs and activities (d) your bank details
16. 16.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your Aadhaar number? (a) leave it out (b) include it
17. 17.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: made-up marks? (a) include it (b) leave it out
18. 18.📄 In which résumé section does this go: a survey of 50 shops? (a) education (b) skills (c) projects (d) contact details
19. 19.📄 A résumé is… (a) a school report card (b) a full autobiography (c) a short summary of you (d) a letter of thanks
20. 20.True or false: “a long life story” belongs on a student résumé. (a) True (b) False
21. 21.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: skills like typing? (a) leave it out (b) include it
22. 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) skills like typing (b) projects you did (c) awards and prizes (d) a long life story
23. 23.📄 In which résumé section does this go: B.Com first year? (a) education (b) projects (c) skills (d) activities
24. 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your phone and email (b) made-up marks (c) school and marks (d) clubs and activities
25. 25.True or false: “school and marks” belongs on a student résumé. (a) True (b) False
26. 26.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your bank details? (a) include it (b) leave it out
27. 27.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your siblings’ marks? (a) leave it out (b) include it
28. 28.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: school and marks? (a) include it (b) leave it out
29. 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your Aadhaar number (b) languages you know (c) made-up marks (d) your siblings’ marks
30. 30.📄 In which résumé section does this go: typing 40 words a minute? (a) contact details (b) projects (c) skills (d) education
31. 31.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) made-up marks (b) your siblings’ marks (c) volunteer work (d) your Aadhaar number
32. 32.📄 A student with no work experience should highlight… (a) nothing at all (b) projects and activities (c) made-up jobs (d) their parents’ jobs
33. 33.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) your phone and email (b) a party selfie (c) your Aadhaar number (d) your passwords
34. 34.True or false: “projects you did” belongs on a student résumé. (a) True (b) False
35. 35.📄 In which résumé section does this go: Class 12 (Science), 2026? (a) activities (b) projects (c) education (d) skills
36. 36.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your phone and email? (a) include it (b) leave it out
37. 37.True or false: “your bank details” belongs on a student résumé. (a) True (b) False
38. 38.Which of these goes in the skills section? (a) an email ID (b) Class 12 (Science), 2026 (c) built a rain gauge model (d) spreadsheets (basic)
39. 39.📄 In which résumé section does this go: Class 10 board: 88%? (a) skills (b) contact details (c) education (d) projects
40. 40.True or false: “your phone and email” belongs on a student résumé. (a) False (b) True

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