Résumé Worksheet: What to Include

Interview skills lesson 17: What goes on a student résumé · Set 430 · 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.📄 In which résumé section does this go: eco club member? (a) contact details (b) projects (c) activities (d) education
2. 2.Which of these goes in the contact details? (a) Class 12 (Science), 2026 (b) a survey of 50 shops (c) built a rain gauge model (d) your city and PIN code
3. 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your phone and email (b) awards and prizes (c) your siblings’ marks (d) projects you did
4. 4.📄 In which résumé section does this go: spreadsheets (basic)? (a) activities (b) education (c) contact details (d) skills
5. 5.📄 In which résumé section does this go: basic HTML and CSS? (a) projects (b) contact details (c) skills (d) education
6. 6.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your Aadhaar number? (a) leave it out (b) include it
7. 7.Which of these goes in the projects section? (a) typing 40 words a minute (b) Class 10 board: 88% (c) built a rain gauge model (d) an email ID
8. 8.📄 In which résumé section does this go: an email ID? (a) contact details (b) skills (c) projects (d) activities
9. 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your phone and email (b) projects you did (c) volunteer work (d) your bank details
10. 10.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) clubs and activities (b) volunteer work (c) your bank details (d) projects you did
11. 11.Which of these goes in the activities section? (a) school football team (b) Class 10 board: 88% (c) a mobile number (d) built a rain gauge model
12. 12.True or false: “a party selfie” belongs on a student résumé. (a) False (b) True
13. 13.📄 How long should a student résumé usually be? (a) ten pages (b) half a line (c) five pages (d) one page
14. 14.True or false: “your siblings’ marks” belongs on a student résumé. (a) True (b) False
15. 15.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: school and marks? (a) leave it out (b) include it
16. 16.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your phone and email? (a) include it (b) leave it out
17. 17.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: volunteer work? (a) leave it out (b) include it
18. 18.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) your Aadhaar number (b) made-up marks (c) languages you know (d) a party selfie
19. 19.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: a party selfie? (a) include it (b) leave it out
20. 20.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: a long life story? (a) leave it out (b) include it
21. 21.True or false: “languages you know” should be left out of a résumé. (a) False (b) True
22. 22.📄 What font style suits a résumé? (a) tiny handwriting (b) all bold capitals (c) one plain, clear font (d) five fancy fonts
23. 23.True or false: “made-up marks” should be left out of a résumé. (a) True (b) False
24. 24.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) your passwords (b) volunteer work (c) languages you know (d) clubs and activities
25. 25.True or false: “your Aadhaar number” belongs on a student résumé. (a) False (b) True
26. 26.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: projects you did? (a) include it (b) leave it out
27. 27.Which of these goes in the skills section? (a) a website for our club (b) typing 40 words a minute (c) school football team (d) B.Com first year
28. 28.📄 In which résumé section does this go: Class 12 (Science), 2026? (a) education (b) contact details (c) skills (d) activities
29. 29.📄 In which résumé section does this go: built a rain gauge model? (a) education (b) activities (c) projects (d) skills
30. 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your siblings’ marks (b) your bank details (c) your phone and email (d) your Aadhaar number
31. 31.Which of these goes in the projects section? (a) Class 12 (Science), 2026 (b) a survey of 50 shops (c) spreadsheets (basic) (d) Class 10 board: 88%
32. 32.📄 In which résumé section does this go: typing 40 words a minute? (a) skills (b) contact details (c) projects (d) education
33. 33.📄 In which résumé section does this go: your city and PIN code? (a) skills (b) education (c) projects (d) contact details
34. 34.Which of these goes in the education section? (a) your city and PIN code (b) a mobile number (c) Class 10 board: 88% (d) debate club secretary
35. 35.📄 A résumé is… (a) a full autobiography (b) a short summary of you (c) a school report card (d) a letter of thanks
36. 36.Which of these goes in the contact details? (a) typing 40 words a minute (b) debate club secretary (c) a mobile number (d) Class 12 (Science), 2026
37. 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) school and marks (b) projects you did (c) skills like typing (d) your passwords
38. 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your Aadhaar number (b) your passwords (c) skills like typing (d) a party selfie
39. 39.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) your siblings’ marks (b) your Aadhaar number (c) school and marks (d) made-up marks
40. 40.📄 In which résumé section does this go: B.Com first year? (a) activities (b) skills (c) projects (d) education

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