Résumé Worksheet: What to Include

Interview skills lesson 17: What goes on a student résumé · Set 380 · 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: school and marks? (a) leave it out (b) include it
2. 2.Which of these goes in the contact details? (a) eco club member (b) a mobile number (c) B.Com first year (d) school football team
3. 3.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: projects you did? (a) leave it out (b) include it
4. 4.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) a long life story (b) your phone and email (c) skills like typing (d) volunteer work
5. 5.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) awards and prizes (b) school and marks (c) projects you did (d) your passwords
6. 6.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your siblings’ marks? (a) leave it out (b) include it
7. 7.True or false: “awards and prizes” belongs on a student résumé. (a) False (b) True
8. 8.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your passwords? (a) leave it out (b) include it
9. 9.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) a party selfie (b) your bank details (c) awards and prizes (d) your passwords
10. 10.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) made-up marks (b) skills like typing (c) a long life story (d) your siblings’ marks
11. 11.True or false: “your bank details” belongs on a student résumé. (a) True (b) False
12. 12.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: skills like typing? (a) leave it out (b) include it
13. 13.Which of these goes in the education section? (a) debate club secretary (b) typing 40 words a minute (c) Class 10 board: 88% (d) a mobile number
14. 14.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) projects you did (b) your passwords (c) your phone and email (d) languages you know
15. 15.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) clubs and activities (b) volunteer work (c) awards and prizes (d) a party selfie
16. 16.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: clubs and activities? (a) leave it out (b) include it
17. 17.True or false: “a long life story” should be left out of a résumé. (a) True (b) False
18. 18.True or false: “your passwords” belongs on a student résumé. (a) False (b) True
19. 19.📄 In which résumé section does this go: typing 40 words a minute? (a) skills (b) activities (c) contact details (d) education
20. 20.True or false: “clubs and activities” belongs on a student résumé. (a) True (b) False
21. 21.Which of these goes in the projects section? (a) a survey of 50 shops (b) your city and PIN code (c) Class 12 (Science), 2026 (d) school football team
22. 22.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) your Aadhaar number (b) school and marks (c) awards and prizes (d) volunteer work
23. 23.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) a long life story (b) volunteer work (c) your Aadhaar number (d) a party selfie
24. 24.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: languages you know? (a) include it (b) leave it out
25. 25.📄 In which résumé section does this go: a mobile number? (a) projects (b) contact details (c) education (d) skills
26. 26.True or false: “projects you did” belongs on a student résumé. (a) True (b) False
27. 27.📄 In which résumé section does this go: B.Com first year? (a) activities (b) skills (c) projects (d) education
28. 28.📄 In which résumé section does this go: built a rain gauge model? (a) skills (b) education (c) projects (d) contact details
29. 29.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your bank details? (a) leave it out (b) include it
30. 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your passwords (b) a long life story (c) projects you did (d) your siblings’ marks
31. 31.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) your Aadhaar number (b) made-up marks (c) a party selfie (d) clubs and activities
32. 32.📄 A résumé is… (a) a letter of thanks (b) a school report card (c) a full autobiography (d) a short summary of you
33. 33.📄 How long should a student résumé usually be? (a) one page (b) five pages (c) ten pages (d) half a line
34. 34.True or false: “a party selfie” belongs on a student résumé. (a) True (b) False
35. 35.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) your siblings’ marks (b) a party selfie (c) a long life story (d) your phone and email
36. 36.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your phone and email? (a) leave it out (b) include it
37. 37.Which of these goes in the skills section? (a) built a rain gauge model (b) basic HTML and CSS (c) your city and PIN code (d) a website for our club
38. 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) projects you did (b) clubs and activities (c) awards and prizes (d) made-up marks
39. 39.📄 Your résumé says you led a club. In the interview you should… (a) change the subject (b) say it was a joke (c) deny it (d) be ready to explain it
40. 40.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) clubs and activities (b) school and marks (c) languages you know (d) your bank details

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