Résumé Worksheet: What to Include

Interview skills lesson 17: What goes on a student résumé · Set 371 · 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: your bank details? (a) include it (b) leave it out
2. 2.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) made-up marks (b) your siblings’ marks (c) your phone and email (d) your passwords
3. 3.True or false: “clubs and activities” should be left out of a résumé. (a) False (b) True
4. 4.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: a party selfie? (a) include it (b) leave it out
5. 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) languages you know (b) clubs and activities (c) projects you did (d) made-up marks
6. 6.True or false: “your bank details” should be left out of a résumé. (a) False (b) True
7. 7.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) your siblings’ marks (b) a party selfie (c) your Aadhaar number (d) school and marks
8. 8.True or false: “your Aadhaar number” belongs on a student résumé. (a) False (b) True
9. 9.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: awards and prizes? (a) include it (b) leave it out
10. 10.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your siblings’ marks (b) your Aadhaar number (c) a party selfie (d) skills like typing
11. 11.📄 A résumé is… (a) a school report card (b) a letter of thanks (c) a full autobiography (d) a short summary of you
12. 12.Which of these goes in the education section? (a) your city and PIN code (b) school football team (c) debate club secretary (d) Class 10 board: 88%
13. 13.📄 In which résumé section does this go: a website for our club? (a) contact details (b) projects (c) activities (d) skills
14. 14.Which of these goes in the projects section? (a) debate club secretary (b) a survey of 50 shops (c) a mobile number (d) eco club member
15. 15.Which of these goes in the contact details? (a) spreadsheets (basic) (b) your city and PIN code (c) B.Com first year (d) typing 40 words a minute
16. 16.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) skills like typing (b) projects you did (c) volunteer work (d) your bank details
17. 17.Which of these goes in the skills section? (a) an email ID (b) eco club member (c) basic HTML and CSS (d) school football team
18. 18.True or false: “volunteer work” belongs on a student résumé. (a) True (b) False
19. 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a party selfie (b) a long life story (c) your siblings’ marks (d) volunteer work
20. 20.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) your passwords (b) projects you did (c) your phone and email (d) awards and prizes
21. 21.True or false: “your siblings’ marks” should be left out of a résumé. (a) False (b) True
22. 22.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: a long life story? (a) leave it out (b) include it
23. 23.📄 How long should a student résumé usually be? (a) half a line (b) one page (c) ten pages (d) five pages
24. 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) projects you did (b) a party selfie (c) made-up marks (d) your siblings’ marks
25. 25.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: made-up marks? (a) leave it out (b) include it
26. 26.Which of these goes in the education section? (a) a website for our club (b) B.Com first year (c) basic HTML and CSS (d) an email ID
27. 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) volunteer work (b) projects you did (c) awards and prizes (d) a party selfie
28. 28.True or false: “your siblings’ marks” belongs on a student résumé. (a) False (b) True
29. 29.Which of these goes in the activities section? (a) built a rain gauge model (b) a website for our club (c) school football team (d) basic HTML and CSS
30. 30.📄 Your résumé says you led a club. In the interview you should… (a) be ready to explain it (b) deny it (c) change the subject (d) say it was a joke
31. 31.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a long life story (b) languages you know (c) made-up marks (d) your Aadhaar number
32. 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) languages you know (b) awards and prizes (c) your siblings’ marks (d) skills like typing
33. 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your passwords (b) your Aadhaar number (c) clubs and activities (d) a party selfie
34. 34.📄 In which résumé section does this go: Class 12 (Science), 2026? (a) skills (b) projects (c) education (d) activities
35. 35.True or false: “your bank details” belongs on a student résumé. (a) True (b) False
36. 36.📄 In which résumé section does this go: spreadsheets (basic)? (a) projects (b) skills (c) education (d) contact details
37. 37.📄 A student with no work experience should highlight… (a) made-up jobs (b) nothing at all (c) their parents’ jobs (d) projects and activities
38. 38.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: school and marks? (a) include it (b) leave it out
39. 39.📄 In which résumé section does this go: eco club member? (a) education (b) activities (c) skills (d) contact details
40. 40.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: volunteer work? (a) leave it out (b) include it

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