Résumé Worksheet: What to Include

Interview skills lesson 17: What goes on a student résumé · Set 404 · 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.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) a party selfie (b) your passwords (c) a long life story (d) skills like typing
2. 2.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your phone and email? (a) include it (b) leave it out
3. 3.📄 Your résumé says you led a club. In the interview you should… (a) change the subject (b) deny it (c) say it was a joke (d) be ready to explain it
4. 4.True or false: “awards and prizes” belongs on a student résumé. (a) True (b) False
5. 5.📄 What font style suits a résumé? (a) tiny handwriting (b) five fancy fonts (c) all bold capitals (d) one plain, clear font
6. 6.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: school and marks? (a) include it (b) leave it out
7. 7.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) your bank details (b) clubs and activities (c) languages you know (d) awards and prizes
8. 8.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) volunteer work (b) made-up marks (c) school and marks (d) your phone and email
9. 9.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your bank details? (a) include it (b) leave it out
10. 10.📄 In which résumé section does this go: a mobile number? (a) contact details (b) activities (c) skills (d) projects
11. 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) languages you know (b) your phone and email (c) clubs and activities (d) your siblings’ marks
12. 12.Which of these goes in the education section? (a) a website for our club (b) B.Com first year (c) a survey of 50 shops (d) an email ID
13. 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a party selfie (b) school and marks (c) a long life story (d) made-up marks
14. 14.📄 In which résumé section does this go: an email ID? (a) education (b) skills (c) projects (d) contact details
15. 15.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: volunteer work? (a) include it (b) leave it out
16. 16.Which of these goes in the projects section? (a) Class 12 (Science), 2026 (b) debate club secretary (c) a survey of 50 shops (d) B.Com first year
17. 17.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your siblings’ marks? (a) include it (b) leave it out
18. 18.📄 In which résumé section does this go: basic HTML and CSS? (a) contact details (b) education (c) projects (d) skills
19. 19.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: a party selfie? (a) include it (b) leave it out
20. 20.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your passwords? (a) leave it out (b) include it
21. 21.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) a party selfie (b) projects you did (c) awards and prizes (d) languages you know
22. 22.Which of these goes in the projects section? (a) Class 12 (Science), 2026 (b) debate club secretary (c) school football team (d) built a rain gauge model
23. 23.📄 A résumé is… (a) a school report card (b) a letter of thanks (c) a full autobiography (d) a short summary of you
24. 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) clubs and activities (b) a party selfie (c) projects you did (d) your phone and email
25. 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) awards and prizes (b) a long life story (c) clubs and activities (d) projects you did
26. 26.True or false: “your bank details” should be left out of a résumé. (a) True (b) False
27. 27.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: skills like typing? (a) leave it out (b) include it
28. 28.Which of these goes in the education section? (a) typing 40 words a minute (b) eco club member (c) Class 12 (Science), 2026 (d) school football team
29. 29.True or false: “a party selfie” belongs on a student résumé. (a) False (b) True
30. 30.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) a long life story (b) school and marks (c) your bank details (d) your siblings’ marks
31. 31.Which of these goes in the activities section? (a) a mobile number (b) spreadsheets (basic) (c) school football team (d) typing 40 words a minute
32. 32.Which of these goes in the skills section? (a) built a rain gauge model (b) a website for our club (c) a mobile number (d) spreadsheets (basic)
33. 33.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) a long life story (b) your Aadhaar number (c) your passwords (d) projects you did
34. 34.True or false: “projects you did” should be left out of a résumé. (a) True (b) False
35. 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) made-up marks (b) languages you know (c) clubs and activities (d) projects you did
36. 36.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) your Aadhaar number (b) made-up marks (c) your phone and email (d) a party selfie
37. 37.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) your siblings’ marks (b) skills like typing (c) your phone and email (d) volunteer work
38. 38.True or false: “your siblings’ marks” belongs on a student résumé. (a) True (b) False
39. 39.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: awards and prizes? (a) leave it out (b) include it
40. 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) made-up marks (b) a long life story (c) skills like typing (d) your passwords

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