Résumé Worksheet: What to Include

Interview skills lesson 17: What goes on a student résumé · Set 368 · 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: a party selfie? (a) leave it out (b) include it
2. 2.📄 A résumé is… (a) a school report card (b) a full autobiography (c) a short summary of you (d) a letter of thanks
3. 3.📄 In which résumé section does this go: a mobile number? (a) skills (b) contact details (c) education (d) projects
4. 4.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) your Aadhaar number (b) your passwords (c) your siblings’ marks (d) school and marks
5. 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) school and marks (b) languages you know (c) projects you did (d) a party selfie
6. 6.📄 A student with no work experience should highlight… (a) nothing at all (b) made-up jobs (c) their parents’ jobs (d) projects and activities
7. 7.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) skills like typing (b) projects you did (c) a long life story (d) volunteer work
8. 8.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) awards and prizes (b) your Aadhaar number (c) volunteer work (d) projects you did
9. 9.Which of these goes in the skills section? (a) debate club secretary (b) basic HTML and CSS (c) a survey of 50 shops (d) B.Com first year
10. 10.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) projects you did (b) a party selfie (c) made-up marks (d) your siblings’ marks
11. 11.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: volunteer work? (a) include it (b) leave it out
12. 12.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your bank details? (a) include it (b) leave it out
13. 13.True or false: “projects you did” belongs on a student résumé. (a) True (b) False
14. 14.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: clubs and activities? (a) leave it out (b) include it
15. 15.📄 In which résumé section does this go: Class 12 (Science), 2026? (a) skills (b) education (c) activities (d) contact details
16. 16.True or false: “volunteer work” should be left out of a résumé. (a) True (b) False
17. 17.True or false: “languages you know” belongs on a student résumé. (a) True (b) False
18. 18.📄 Your résumé says you led a club. In the interview you should… (a) change the subject (b) say it was a joke (c) be ready to explain it (d) deny it
19. 19.Which of these goes in the projects section? (a) a website for our club (b) eco club member (c) debate club secretary (d) a mobile number
20. 20.📄 How long should a student résumé usually be? (a) one page (b) half a line (c) ten pages (d) five pages
21. 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) volunteer work (b) a long life story (c) your passwords (d) your bank details
22. 22.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your siblings’ marks? (a) leave it out (b) include it
23. 23.True or false: “awards and prizes” should be left out of a résumé. (a) False (b) True
24. 24.Which of these goes in the education section? (a) your city and PIN code (b) a mobile number (c) Class 10 board: 88% (d) a website for our club
25. 25.📄 In which résumé section does this go: built a rain gauge model? (a) skills (b) projects (c) activities (d) education
26. 26.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) a long life story (b) your siblings’ marks (c) your Aadhaar number (d) languages you know
27. 27.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) your siblings’ marks (b) awards and prizes (c) clubs and activities (d) your phone and email
28. 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) awards and prizes (b) your bank details (c) volunteer work (d) clubs and activities
29. 29.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: languages you know? (a) leave it out (b) include it
30. 30.📄 In which résumé section does this go: school football team? (a) skills (b) activities (c) projects (d) contact details
31. 31.True or false: “skills like typing” should be left out of a résumé. (a) False (b) True
32. 32.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) projects you did (b) your bank details (c) your phone and email (d) languages you know
33. 33.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your passwords? (a) include it (b) leave it out
34. 34.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your Aadhaar number? (a) include it (b) leave it out
35. 35.True or false: “your phone and email” should be left out of a résumé. (a) True (b) False
36. 36.True or false: “your phone and email” belongs on a student résumé. (a) False (b) True
37. 37.Which of these goes in the activities section? (a) a survey of 50 shops (b) a website for our club (c) typing 40 words a minute (d) school football team
38. 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your siblings’ marks (b) projects you did (c) a long life story (d) a party selfie
39. 39.📄 In which résumé section does this go: debate club secretary? (a) projects (b) activities (c) skills (d) education
40. 40.Which of these goes in the contact details? (a) basic HTML and CSS (b) eco club member (c) your city and PIN code (d) a website for our club

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