Résumé Worksheet: What to Include

Interview skills lesson 17: What goes on a student résumé · Set 415 · 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) Class 10 board: 88% (b) eco club member (c) a survey of 50 shops (d) spreadsheets (basic)
2. 2.📄 In which résumé section does this go: school football team? (a) contact details (b) skills (c) education (d) activities
3. 3.📄 A résumé is… (a) a letter of thanks (b) a school report card (c) a full autobiography (d) a short summary of you
4. 4.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your bank details? (a) include it (b) leave it out
5. 5.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) your bank details (b) clubs and activities (c) projects you did (d) languages you know
6. 6.📄 In which résumé section does this go: Class 12 (Science), 2026? (a) contact details (b) education (c) skills (d) activities
7. 7.Which of these goes in the projects section? (a) a website for our club (b) your city and PIN code (c) Class 12 (Science), 2026 (d) an email ID
8. 8.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: languages you know? (a) leave it out (b) include it
9. 9.True or false: “projects you did” should be left out of a résumé. (a) False (b) True
10. 10.Which of these goes in the activities section? (a) typing 40 words a minute (b) Class 12 (Science), 2026 (c) eco club member (d) spreadsheets (basic)
11. 11.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: a long life story? (a) include it (b) leave it out
12. 12.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your phone and email? (a) leave it out (b) include it
13. 13.📄 What font style suits a résumé? (a) tiny handwriting (b) all bold capitals (c) one plain, clear font (d) five fancy fonts
14. 14.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a party selfie (b) your Aadhaar number (c) made-up marks (d) volunteer work
15. 15.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) projects you did (b) your phone and email (c) school and marks (d) a long life story
16. 16.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: a party selfie? (a) leave it out (b) include it
17. 17.Which of these goes in the projects section? (a) debate club secretary (b) an email ID (c) your city and PIN code (d) a survey of 50 shops
18. 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) made-up marks (b) your siblings’ marks (c) school and marks (d) your Aadhaar number
19. 19.📄 How long should a student résumé usually be? (a) one page (b) ten pages (c) five pages (d) half a line
20. 20.True or false: “clubs and activities” should be left out of a résumé. (a) False (b) True
21. 21.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) your siblings’ marks (b) a party selfie (c) made-up marks (d) skills like typing
22. 22.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: skills like typing? (a) leave it out (b) include it
23. 23.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your siblings’ marks? (a) include it (b) leave it out
24. 24.Which of these goes in the education section? (a) built a rain gauge model (b) an email ID (c) Class 10 board: 88% (d) a mobile number
25. 25.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your Aadhaar number? (a) include it (b) leave it out
26. 26.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) a party selfie (b) your passwords (c) your Aadhaar number (d) volunteer work
27. 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your bank details (b) your siblings’ marks (c) languages you know (d) your Aadhaar number
28. 28.📄 In which résumé section does this go: Class 10 board: 88%? (a) projects (b) contact details (c) education (d) activities
29. 29.True or false: “clubs and activities” belongs on a student résumé. (a) False (b) True
30. 30.📄 In which résumé section does this go: a mobile number? (a) skills (b) activities (c) contact details (d) education
31. 31.📄 In which résumé section does this go: eco club member? (a) education (b) skills (c) activities (d) projects
32. 32.📄 In which résumé section does this go: debate club secretary? (a) contact details (b) projects (c) activities (d) education
33. 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) skills like typing (b) volunteer work (c) your Aadhaar number (d) projects you did
34. 34.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) languages you know (b) your siblings’ marks (c) your Aadhaar number (d) a party selfie
35. 35.True or false: “your Aadhaar number” belongs on a student résumé. (a) False (b) True
36. 36.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a party selfie (b) volunteer work (c) school and marks (d) languages you know
37. 37.📄 A student with no work experience should highlight… (a) their parents’ jobs (b) made-up jobs (c) projects and activities (d) nothing at all
38. 38.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your passwords? (a) leave it out (b) include it
39. 39.📄 In which résumé section does this go: a website for our club? (a) education (b) projects (c) contact details (d) activities
40. 40.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) your passwords (b) clubs and activities (c) a long life story (d) your bank details

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