Résumé Worksheet: What to Include

Interview skills lesson 17: What goes on a student résumé · Set 425 · 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 passwords (b) volunteer work (c) a long life story (d) made-up marks
2. 2.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: a party selfie? (a) include it (b) leave it out
3. 3.True or false: “a long life story” should be left out of a résumé. (a) False (b) True
4. 4.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) volunteer work (b) your bank details (c) awards and prizes (d) clubs and activities
5. 5.📄 In which résumé section does this go: an email ID? (a) projects (b) education (c) contact details (d) activities
6. 6.📄 In which résumé section does this go: Class 10 board: 88%? (a) skills (b) activities (c) projects (d) education
7. 7.Which of these goes in the contact details? (a) Class 10 board: 88% (b) school football team (c) an email ID (d) basic HTML and CSS
8. 8.Which of these goes in the projects section? (a) spreadsheets (basic) (b) your city and PIN code (c) typing 40 words a minute (d) a survey of 50 shops
9. 9.True or false: “school and marks” should be left out of a résumé. (a) True (b) False
10. 10.📄 What font style suits a résumé? (a) five fancy fonts (b) one plain, clear font (c) all bold capitals (d) tiny handwriting
11. 11.Which of these goes in the contact details? (a) B.Com first year (b) your city and PIN code (c) typing 40 words a minute (d) school football team
12. 12.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: skills like typing? (a) leave it out (b) include it
13. 13.📄 In which résumé section does this go: debate club secretary? (a) skills (b) contact details (c) education (d) activities
14. 14.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) languages you know (b) your bank details (c) your siblings’ marks (d) your passwords
15. 15.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your passwords? (a) leave it out (b) include it
16. 16.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your Aadhaar number? (a) leave it out (b) include it
17. 17.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) a party selfie (b) your siblings’ marks (c) a long life story (d) awards and prizes
18. 18.True or false: “projects you did” belongs on a student résumé. (a) True (b) False
19. 19.📄 A student with no work experience should highlight… (a) nothing at all (b) made-up jobs (c) their parents’ jobs (d) projects and activities
20. 20.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your bank details? (a) leave it out (b) include it
21. 21.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) awards and prizes (b) your phone and email (c) your siblings’ marks (d) clubs and activities
22. 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) volunteer work (b) your Aadhaar number (c) skills like typing (d) school and marks
23. 23.Which of these goes in the activities section? (a) a website for our club (b) spreadsheets (basic) (c) school football team (d) Class 12 (Science), 2026
24. 24.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: clubs and activities? (a) leave it out (b) include it
25. 25.📄 In which résumé section does this go: a website for our club? (a) education (b) contact details (c) projects (d) skills
26. 26.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a party selfie (b) made-up marks (c) your phone and email (d) your Aadhaar number
27. 27.📄 A résumé is… (a) a school report card (b) a letter of thanks (c) a full autobiography (d) a short summary of you
28. 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a long life story (b) a party selfie (c) awards and prizes (d) made-up marks
29. 29.True or false: “a long life story” belongs on a student résumé. (a) False (b) True
30. 30.Which of these goes in the projects section? (a) typing 40 words a minute (b) built a rain gauge model (c) school football team (d) Class 10 board: 88%
31. 31.Which of these goes in the skills section? (a) eco club member (b) typing 40 words a minute (c) debate club secretary (d) your city and PIN code
32. 32.True or false: “clubs and activities” should be left out of a résumé. (a) True (b) False
33. 33.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) your siblings’ marks (b) your bank details (c) volunteer work (d) made-up marks
34. 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your passwords (b) skills like typing (c) your bank details (d) your Aadhaar number
35. 35.Which of these goes in the skills section? (a) school football team (b) a mobile number (c) spreadsheets (basic) (d) eco club member
36. 36.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) clubs and activities (b) a party selfie (c) made-up marks (d) your bank details
37. 37.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) projects you did (b) school and marks (c) your Aadhaar number (d) clubs and activities
38. 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) made-up marks (b) your siblings’ marks (c) school and marks (d) your Aadhaar number
39. 39.📄 How long should a student résumé usually be? (a) one page (b) half a line (c) ten pages (d) five pages
40. 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) made-up marks (b) clubs and activities (c) a long life story (d) a party selfie

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