Résumé Worksheet: What to Include

Interview skills lesson 17: What goes on a student résumé · Set 393 · 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.📄 How long should a student résumé usually be? (a) one page (b) ten pages (c) five pages (d) half a line
2. 2.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your siblings’ marks (b) projects you did (c) your phone and email (d) school and marks
3. 3.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) your bank details (b) a party selfie (c) school and marks (d) your siblings’ marks
4. 4.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your passwords (b) made-up marks (c) volunteer work (d) a long life story
5. 5.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your Aadhaar number? (a) leave it out (b) include it
6. 6.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your bank details? (a) include it (b) leave it out
7. 7.Which of these goes in the education section? (a) typing 40 words a minute (b) school football team (c) Class 10 board: 88% (d) a mobile number
8. 8.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: a long life story? (a) include it (b) leave it out
9. 9.Which of these goes in the skills section? (a) built a rain gauge model (b) basic HTML and CSS (c) Class 12 (Science), 2026 (d) eco club member
10. 10.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: languages you know? (a) leave it out (b) include it
11. 11.📄 A student with no work experience should highlight… (a) projects and activities (b) made-up jobs (c) their parents’ jobs (d) nothing at all
12. 12.📄 In which résumé section does this go: Class 10 board: 88%? (a) projects (b) skills (c) activities (d) education
13. 13.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) school and marks (b) skills like typing (c) languages you know (d) a long life story
14. 14.Which of these goes in the education section? (a) eco club member (b) Class 12 (Science), 2026 (c) your city and PIN code (d) school football team
15. 15.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) volunteer work (b) languages you know (c) your Aadhaar number (d) school and marks
16. 16.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) your bank details (b) your phone and email (c) a long life story (d) made-up marks
17. 17.📄 In which résumé section does this go: spreadsheets (basic)? (a) projects (b) skills (c) education (d) activities
18. 18.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) your Aadhaar number (b) your bank details (c) clubs and activities (d) your passwords
19. 19.True or false: “projects you did” belongs on a student résumé. (a) False (b) True
20. 20.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) volunteer work (b) your bank details (c) your siblings’ marks (d) your Aadhaar number
21. 21.📄 In which résumé section does this go: debate club secretary? (a) contact details (b) education (c) projects (d) activities
22. 22.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) school and marks (b) made-up marks (c) clubs and activities (d) projects you did
23. 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) volunteer work (b) your phone and email (c) clubs and activities (d) made-up marks
24. 24.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) clubs and activities (b) volunteer work (c) school and marks (d) your siblings’ marks
25. 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your Aadhaar number (b) your siblings’ marks (c) your passwords (d) projects you did
26. 26.📄 In which résumé section does this go: an email ID? (a) skills (b) contact details (c) projects (d) activities
27. 27.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your siblings’ marks? (a) leave it out (b) include it
28. 28.Which of these goes in the projects section? (a) a mobile number (b) debate club secretary (c) spreadsheets (basic) (d) a website for our club
29. 29.True or false: “a party selfie” belongs on a student résumé. (a) True (b) False
30. 30.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) your siblings’ marks (b) a party selfie (c) your passwords (d) skills like typing
31. 31.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: skills like typing? (a) leave it out (b) include it
32. 32.Which of these goes in the contact details? (a) Class 10 board: 88% (b) B.Com first year (c) your city and PIN code (d) a website for our club
33. 33.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) volunteer work (b) your passwords (c) school and marks (d) languages you know
34. 34.📄 A résumé is… (a) a full autobiography (b) a short summary of you (c) a letter of thanks (d) a school report card
35. 35.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) clubs and activities (b) your bank details (c) your phone and email (d) languages you know
36. 36.📄 Your résumé says you led a club. In the interview you should… (a) deny it (b) be ready to explain it (c) change the subject (d) say it was a joke
37. 37.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: made-up marks? (a) leave it out (b) include it
38. 38.True or false: “your siblings’ marks” belongs on a student résumé. (a) False (b) True
39. 39.Which of these goes in the skills section? (a) debate club secretary (b) built a rain gauge model (c) a survey of 50 shops (d) spreadsheets (basic)
40. 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your Aadhaar number (b) awards and prizes (c) skills like typing (d) school and marks

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