Résumé Worksheet: What to Include

Interview skills lesson 17: What goes on a student résumé · Set 409 · 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 goes in the skills section? (a) a survey of 50 shops (b) built a rain gauge model (c) a website for our club (d) basic HTML and CSS
2. 2.Which of these goes in the skills section? (a) a mobile number (b) B.Com first year (c) typing 40 words a minute (d) an email ID
3. 3.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: a party selfie? (a) include it (b) leave it out
4. 4.Which of these goes in the projects section? (a) a mobile number (b) typing 40 words a minute (c) a website for our club (d) Class 12 (Science), 2026
5. 5.📄 In which résumé section does this go: Class 10 board: 88%? (a) activities (b) education (c) contact details (d) projects
6. 6.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: volunteer work? (a) leave it out (b) include it
7. 7.True or false: “your Aadhaar number” should be left out of a résumé. (a) False (b) True
8. 8.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a party selfie (b) languages you know (c) volunteer work (d) clubs and activities
9. 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a long life story (b) a party selfie (c) awards and prizes (d) your siblings’ marks
10. 10.📄 A student with no work experience should highlight… (a) projects and activities (b) made-up jobs (c) nothing at all (d) their parents’ jobs
11. 11.Which of these goes in the education section? (a) spreadsheets (basic) (b) basic HTML and CSS (c) typing 40 words a minute (d) Class 10 board: 88%
12. 12.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) awards and prizes (b) your passwords (c) languages you know (d) clubs and activities
13. 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) languages you know (b) skills like typing (c) awards and prizes (d) your Aadhaar number
14. 14.True or false: “a long life story” should be left out of a résumé. (a) False (b) True
15. 15.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: school and marks? (a) include it (b) leave it out
16. 16.True or false: “a long life story” belongs on a student résumé. (a) True (b) False
17. 17.Which of these goes in the skills section? (a) a survey of 50 shops (b) spreadsheets (basic) (c) Class 10 board: 88% (d) your city and PIN code
18. 18.📄 In which résumé section does this go: spreadsheets (basic)? (a) activities (b) projects (c) skills (d) education
19. 19.True or false: “a party selfie” belongs on a student résumé. (a) True (b) False
20. 20.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: languages you know? (a) include it (b) leave it out
21. 21.📄 What font style suits a résumé? (a) five fancy fonts (b) all bold capitals (c) tiny handwriting (d) one plain, clear font
22. 22.True or false: “volunteer work” belongs on a student résumé. (a) True (b) False
23. 23.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) a long life story (b) projects you did (c) your phone and email (d) volunteer work
24. 24.📄 Your résumé says you led a club. In the interview you should… (a) deny it (b) say it was a joke (c) change the subject (d) be ready to explain it
25. 25.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your bank details? (a) include it (b) leave it out
26. 26.True or false: “your bank details” should be left out of a résumé. (a) True (b) False
27. 27.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) awards and prizes (b) made-up marks (c) a party selfie (d) your bank details
28. 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) projects you did (b) your bank details (c) your siblings’ marks (d) a long life story
29. 29.Which of these goes in the contact details? (a) debate club secretary (b) built a rain gauge model (c) school football team (d) your city and PIN code
30. 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your phone and email (b) clubs and activities (c) your passwords (d) school and marks
31. 31.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) skills like typing (b) projects you did (c) your siblings’ marks (d) awards and prizes
32. 32.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) awards and prizes (b) volunteer work (c) projects you did (d) your bank details
33. 33.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: projects you did? (a) include it (b) leave it out
34. 34.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: a long life story? (a) leave it out (b) include it
35. 35.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: made-up marks? (a) leave it out (b) include it
36. 36.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your Aadhaar number? (a) include it (b) leave it out
37. 37.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) a long life story (b) your siblings’ marks (c) made-up marks (d) school and marks
38. 38.True or false: “skills like typing” belongs on a student résumé. (a) False (b) True
39. 39.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) projects you did (b) a party selfie (c) your phone and email (d) school and marks
40. 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) projects you did (b) volunteer work (c) school and marks (d) made-up marks

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