Résumé Worksheet: What to Include

Interview skills lesson 17: What goes on a student résumé · Set 420 · 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 is the odd one out? (a) your Aadhaar number (b) clubs and activities (c) your phone and email (d) projects you did
2. 2.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: a long life story? (a) include it (b) leave it out
3. 3.📄 A student with no work experience should highlight… (a) their parents’ jobs (b) nothing at all (c) made-up jobs (d) projects and activities
4. 4.📄 In which résumé section does this go: school football team? (a) education (b) projects (c) contact details (d) activities
5. 5.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: skills like typing? (a) include it (b) leave it out
6. 6.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) projects you did (b) your siblings’ marks (c) languages you know (d) school and marks
7. 7.Which of these goes in the education section? (a) Class 10 board: 88% (b) basic HTML and CSS (c) eco club member (d) spreadsheets (basic)
8. 8.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) your phone and email (b) clubs and activities (c) volunteer work (d) a party selfie
9. 9.Which of these goes in the contact details? (a) spreadsheets (basic) (b) a mobile number (c) built a rain gauge model (d) B.Com first year
10. 10.📄 In which résumé section does this go: a mobile number? (a) contact details (b) activities (c) education (d) projects
11. 11.Which of these goes in the skills section? (a) spreadsheets (basic) (b) a mobile number (c) a website for our club (d) an email ID
12. 12.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) awards and prizes (b) your phone and email (c) your bank details (d) school and marks
13. 13.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) your Aadhaar number (b) clubs and activities (c) awards and prizes (d) school and marks
14. 14.📄 How long should a student résumé usually be? (a) one page (b) five pages (c) half a line (d) ten pages
15. 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your passwords (b) your siblings’ marks (c) a party selfie (d) skills like typing
16. 16.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) a long life story (b) your Aadhaar number (c) a party selfie (d) volunteer work
17. 17.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) a long life story (b) your phone and email (c) languages you know (d) skills like typing
18. 18.Which of these goes in the education section? (a) a mobile number (b) B.Com first year (c) a website for our club (d) an email ID
19. 19.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) projects you did (b) your siblings’ marks (c) a party selfie (d) your bank details
20. 20.True or false: “languages you know” should be left out of a résumé. (a) False (b) True
21. 21.Which of these goes in the skills section? (a) B.Com first year (b) a survey of 50 shops (c) basic HTML and CSS (d) a mobile number
22. 22.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your siblings’ marks? (a) leave it out (b) include it
23. 23.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) a party selfie (b) awards and prizes (c) your siblings’ marks (d) your Aadhaar number
24. 24.📄 In which résumé section does this go: Class 12 (Science), 2026? (a) education (b) skills (c) contact details (d) projects
25. 25.📄 In which résumé section does this go: your city and PIN code? (a) projects (b) contact details (c) skills (d) education
26. 26.📄 A résumé is… (a) a school report card (b) a letter of thanks (c) a full autobiography (d) a short summary of you
27. 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your bank details (b) a party selfie (c) your siblings’ marks (d) languages you know
28. 28.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) a party selfie (b) your bank details (c) clubs and activities (d) your passwords
29. 29.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your phone and email? (a) include it (b) leave it out
30. 30.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: awards and prizes? (a) leave it out (b) include it
31. 31.True or false: “your Aadhaar number” should be left out of a résumé. (a) True (b) False
32. 32.True or false: “projects you did” belongs on a student résumé. (a) True (b) False
33. 33.True or false: “your phone and email” belongs on a student résumé. (a) True (b) False
34. 34.📄 In which résumé section does this go: a survey of 50 shops? (a) skills (b) activities (c) projects (d) education
35. 35.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) languages you know (b) your phone and email (c) made-up marks (d) school and marks
36. 36.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your passwords? (a) include it (b) leave it out
37. 37.True or false: “a party selfie” should be left out of a résumé. (a) True (b) False
38. 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a party selfie (b) your passwords (c) school and marks (d) your siblings’ marks
39. 39.📄 In which résumé section does this go: Class 10 board: 88%? (a) skills (b) education (c) contact details (d) activities
40. 40.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) your passwords (b) your bank details (c) your phone and email (d) made-up marks

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