Résumé Worksheet: What to Include

Interview skills lesson 17: What goes on a student résumé · Set 390 · 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) include it (b) leave it out
2. 2.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: volunteer work? (a) include it (b) leave it out
3. 3.True or false: “volunteer work” belongs on a student résumé. (a) True (b) False
4. 4.True or false: “made-up marks” belongs on a student résumé. (a) True (b) False
5. 5.📄 In which résumé section does this go: a website for our club? (a) education (b) contact details (c) skills (d) projects
6. 6.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your bank details? (a) include it (b) leave it out
7. 7.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: skills like typing? (a) include it (b) leave it out
8. 8.True or false: “awards and prizes” should be left out of a résumé. (a) True (b) False
9. 9.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your Aadhaar number? (a) include it (b) leave it out
10. 10.📄 What font style suits a résumé? (a) tiny handwriting (b) all bold capitals (c) one plain, clear font (d) five fancy fonts
11. 11.True or false: “a party selfie” belongs on a student résumé. (a) True (b) False
12. 12.Which of these goes in the projects section? (a) school football team (b) a website for our club (c) basic HTML and CSS (d) a mobile number
13. 13.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) awards and prizes (b) your phone and email (c) a long life story (d) school and marks
14. 14.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: languages you know? (a) include it (b) leave it out
15. 15.📄 In which résumé section does this go: spreadsheets (basic)? (a) education (b) skills (c) projects (d) activities
16. 16.True or false: “your passwords” should be left out of a résumé. (a) True (b) False
17. 17.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) a party selfie (b) your Aadhaar number (c) volunteer work (d) your siblings’ marks
18. 18.📄 A résumé is… (a) a short summary of you (b) a letter of thanks (c) a school report card (d) a full autobiography
19. 19.True or false: “volunteer work” should be left out of a résumé. (a) False (b) True
20. 20.📄 A student with no work experience should highlight… (a) made-up jobs (b) their parents’ jobs (c) nothing at all (d) projects and activities
21. 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a party selfie (b) languages you know (c) your bank details (d) made-up marks
22. 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) languages you know (b) clubs and activities (c) your phone and email (d) your siblings’ marks
23. 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) awards and prizes (b) your phone and email (c) school and marks (d) a long life story
24. 24.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: a long life story? (a) leave it out (b) include it
25. 25.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) your Aadhaar number (b) made-up marks (c) school and marks (d) a party selfie
26. 26.Which of these goes in the skills section? (a) spreadsheets (basic) (b) B.Com first year (c) your city and PIN code (d) Class 10 board: 88%
27. 27.📄 In which résumé section does this go: a survey of 50 shops? (a) education (b) projects (c) skills (d) activities
28. 28.📄 In which résumé section does this go: an email ID? (a) education (b) projects (c) contact details (d) activities
29. 29.Which of these goes in the activities section? (a) an email ID (b) built a rain gauge model (c) Class 12 (Science), 2026 (d) eco club member
30. 30.📄 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
31. 31.Which of these goes in the education section? (a) Class 10 board: 88% (b) basic HTML and CSS (c) spreadsheets (basic) (d) a survey of 50 shops
32. 32.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your passwords? (a) leave it out (b) include it
33. 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) clubs and activities (b) awards and prizes (c) a party selfie (d) your phone and email
34. 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a party selfie (b) your phone and email (c) your siblings’ marks (d) your passwords
35. 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a party selfie (b) your Aadhaar number (c) made-up marks (d) projects you did
36. 36.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) skills like typing (b) projects you did (c) clubs and activities (d) made-up marks
37. 37.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) your phone and email (b) your passwords (c) languages you know (d) volunteer work
38. 38.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: a party selfie? (a) include it (b) leave it out
39. 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) languages you know (b) your bank details (c) skills like typing (d) school and marks
40. 40.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your siblings’ marks? (a) include it (b) leave it out

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