Résumé Worksheet: What to Include

Interview skills lesson 17: What goes on a student résumé · Set 416 · 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 contact details? (a) an email ID (b) debate club secretary (c) eco club member (d) Class 12 (Science), 2026
2. 2.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) awards and prizes (b) your phone and email (c) school and marks (d) a party selfie
3. 3.Which of these goes in the skills section? (a) typing 40 words a minute (b) Class 10 board: 88% (c) a mobile number (d) a website for our club
4. 4.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: languages you know? (a) include it (b) leave it out
5. 5.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) languages you know (b) your Aadhaar number (c) your siblings’ marks (d) made-up marks
6. 6.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) school and marks (b) your passwords (c) a party selfie (d) your siblings’ marks
7. 7.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: made-up marks? (a) include it (b) leave it out
8. 8.Which of these goes in the skills section? (a) built a rain gauge model (b) Class 12 (Science), 2026 (c) basic HTML and CSS (d) a mobile number
9. 9.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your phone and email? (a) include it (b) leave it out
10. 10.📄 In which résumé section does this go: your city and PIN code? (a) activities (b) projects (c) skills (d) contact details
11. 11.Which of these goes in the activities section? (a) an email ID (b) school football team (c) a survey of 50 shops (d) basic HTML and CSS
12. 12.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your Aadhaar number (b) your bank details (c) volunteer work (d) a party selfie
13. 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) skills like typing (b) school and marks (c) your bank details (d) projects you did
14. 14.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) projects you did (b) your siblings’ marks (c) school and marks (d) your phone and email
15. 15.Which of these goes in the contact details? (a) debate club secretary (b) a mobile number (c) a website for our club (d) Class 12 (Science), 2026
16. 16.True or false: “made-up marks” belongs on a student résumé. (a) False (b) True
17. 17.📄 In which résumé section does this go: basic HTML and CSS? (a) education (b) skills (c) projects (d) activities
18. 18.📄 A résumé is… (a) a school report card (b) a short summary of you (c) a letter of thanks (d) a full autobiography
19. 19.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your bank details? (a) include it (b) leave it out
20. 20.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: clubs and activities? (a) leave it out (b) include it
21. 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) clubs and activities (b) your Aadhaar number (c) awards and prizes (d) your phone and email
22. 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your passwords (b) your Aadhaar number (c) a long life story (d) languages you know
23. 23.Which of these goes in the skills section? (a) a mobile number (b) Class 12 (Science), 2026 (c) spreadsheets (basic) (d) debate club secretary
24. 24.📄 In which résumé section does this go: built a rain gauge model? (a) activities (b) contact details (c) skills (d) projects
25. 25.📄 How long should a student résumé usually be? (a) one page (b) ten pages (c) half a line (d) five pages
26. 26.📄 A student with no work experience should highlight… (a) nothing at all (b) made-up jobs (c) their parents’ jobs (d) projects and activities
27. 27.True or false: “a party selfie” should be left out of a résumé. (a) False (b) True
28. 28.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: awards and prizes? (a) include it (b) leave it out
29. 29.📄 In which résumé section does this go: eco club member? (a) projects (b) activities (c) contact details (d) education
30. 30.True or false: “a party selfie” belongs on a student résumé. (a) False (b) True
31. 31.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) clubs and activities (b) a party selfie (c) your bank details (d) a long life story
32. 32.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) languages you know (b) your phone and email (c) a long life story (d) clubs and activities
33. 33.True or false: “clubs and activities” belongs on a student résumé. (a) True (b) False
34. 34.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) your bank details (b) skills like typing (c) a party selfie (d) your passwords
35. 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) clubs and activities (b) languages you know (c) school and marks (d) a party selfie
36. 36.📄 In which résumé section does this go: B.Com first year? (a) projects (b) skills (c) activities (d) education
37. 37.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) a party selfie (b) your passwords (c) your Aadhaar number (d) volunteer work
38. 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your bank details (b) a long life story (c) skills like typing (d) made-up marks
39. 39.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) awards and prizes (b) made-up marks (c) a party selfie (d) your siblings’ marks
40. 40.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: projects you did? (a) include it (b) leave it out

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