Résumé Worksheet: What to Include

Interview skills lesson 17: What goes on a student résumé · Set 354 · 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.📄 A student with no work experience should highlight… (a) their parents’ jobs (b) made-up jobs (c) nothing at all (d) projects and activities
2. 2.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your Aadhaar number? (a) include it (b) leave it out
3. 3.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) your Aadhaar number (b) volunteer work (c) your phone and email (d) clubs and activities
4. 4.📄 In which résumé section does this go: a mobile number? (a) contact details (b) projects (c) skills (d) activities
5. 5.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) your passwords (b) your Aadhaar number (c) projects you did (d) your bank details
6. 6.Which of these goes in the education section? (a) Class 12 (Science), 2026 (b) an email ID (c) your city and PIN code (d) a website for our club
7. 7.📄 What font style suits a résumé? (a) tiny handwriting (b) five fancy fonts (c) all bold capitals (d) one plain, clear font
8. 8.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) your bank details (b) a party selfie (c) your siblings’ marks (d) clubs and activities
9. 9.📄 In which résumé section does this go: Class 12 (Science), 2026? (a) projects (b) contact details (c) activities (d) education
10. 10.📄 In which résumé section does this go: basic HTML and CSS? (a) contact details (b) projects (c) education (d) skills
11. 11.📄 A résumé is… (a) a full autobiography (b) a short summary of you (c) a letter of thanks (d) a school report card
12. 12.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your siblings’ marks? (a) include it (b) leave it out
13. 13.True or false: “languages you know” belongs on a student résumé. (a) False (b) True
14. 14.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) your passwords (b) a party selfie (c) a long life story (d) school and marks
15. 15.True or false: “projects you did” belongs on a student résumé. (a) True (b) False
16. 16.📄 Your résumé says you led a club. In the interview you should… (a) be ready to explain it (b) deny it (c) say it was a joke (d) change the subject
17. 17.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: clubs and activities? (a) include it (b) leave it out
18. 18.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) your passwords (b) school and marks (c) skills like typing (d) your phone and email
19. 19.True or false: “your bank details” belongs on a student résumé. (a) False (b) True
20. 20.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: projects you did? (a) include it (b) leave it out
21. 21.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: school and marks? (a) include it (b) leave it out
22. 22.Which of these goes in the activities section? (a) an email ID (b) debate club secretary (c) a mobile number (d) your city and PIN code
23. 23.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: languages you know? (a) leave it out (b) include it
24. 24.📄 In which résumé section does this go: eco club member? (a) contact details (b) projects (c) education (d) activities
25. 25.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: volunteer work? (a) include it (b) leave it out
26. 26.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your passwords? (a) include it (b) leave it out
27. 27.Which of these goes in the contact details? (a) B.Com first year (b) school football team (c) a mobile number (d) basic HTML and CSS
28. 28.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) languages you know (b) a party selfie (c) made-up marks (d) your Aadhaar number
29. 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) projects you did (b) made-up marks (c) your siblings’ marks (d) your Aadhaar number
30. 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) awards and prizes (b) your siblings’ marks (c) projects you did (d) school and marks
31. 31.📄 How long should a student résumé usually be? (a) ten pages (b) one page (c) half a line (d) five pages
32. 32.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: a long life story? (a) include it (b) leave it out
33. 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) volunteer work (b) made-up marks (c) projects you did (d) skills like typing
34. 34.True or false: “your Aadhaar number” should be left out of a résumé. (a) False (b) True
35. 35.Which of these goes in the projects section? (a) Class 12 (Science), 2026 (b) a survey of 50 shops (c) Class 10 board: 88% (d) debate club secretary
36. 36.Which of these goes in the projects section? (a) typing 40 words a minute (b) B.Com first year (c) spreadsheets (basic) (d) a website for our club
37. 37.📄 In which résumé section does this go: Class 10 board: 88%? (a) contact details (b) education (c) projects (d) skills
38. 38.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: skills like typing? (a) include it (b) leave it out
39. 39.Which of these goes in the education section? (a) an email ID (b) school football team (c) B.Com first year (d) a mobile number
40. 40.Which of these goes in the skills section? (a) built a rain gauge model (b) school football team (c) a mobile number (d) spreadsheets (basic)

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