Résumé Worksheet: What to Include

Interview skills lesson 17: What goes on a student résumé · Set 443 · 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: Class 10 board: 88%? (a) activities (b) projects (c) skills (d) education
2. 2.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) skills like typing (b) your phone and email (c) clubs and activities (d) your Aadhaar number
3. 3.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: volunteer work? (a) leave it out (b) include it
4. 4.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) awards and prizes (b) your phone and email (c) a long life story (d) languages you know
5. 5.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) made-up marks (b) a long life story (c) your siblings’ marks (d) clubs and activities
6. 6.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: languages you know? (a) leave it out (b) include it
7. 7.True or false: “made-up marks” should be left out of a résumé. (a) True (b) False
8. 8.Which of these goes in the skills section? (a) your city and PIN code (b) an email ID (c) a website for our club (d) basic HTML and CSS
9. 9.📄 In which résumé section does this go: B.Com first year? (a) education (b) skills (c) contact details (d) activities
10. 10.Which of these goes in the education section? (a) built a rain gauge model (b) Class 12 (Science), 2026 (c) a mobile number (d) a website for our club
11. 11.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your bank details? (a) leave it out (b) include it
12. 12.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) your bank details (b) school and marks (c) a long life story (d) your siblings’ marks
13. 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your phone and email (b) projects you did (c) your Aadhaar number (d) languages you know
14. 14.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: a party selfie? (a) include it (b) leave it out
15. 15.📄 How long should a student résumé usually be? (a) ten pages (b) one page (c) half a line (d) five pages
16. 16.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your passwords? (a) include it (b) leave it out
17. 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) languages you know (b) your Aadhaar number (c) a party selfie (d) your passwords
18. 18.True or false: “your passwords” belongs on a student résumé. (a) True (b) False
19. 19.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your Aadhaar number? (a) leave it out (b) include it
20. 20.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) your siblings’ marks (b) awards and prizes (c) school and marks (d) your phone and email
21. 21.True or false: “languages you know” should be left out of a résumé. (a) True (b) False
22. 22.Which of these goes in the activities section? (a) a website for our club (b) typing 40 words a minute (c) debate club secretary (d) your city and PIN code
23. 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a long life story (b) awards and prizes (c) your bank details (d) a party selfie
24. 24.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: awards and prizes? (a) leave it out (b) include it
25. 25.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) a party selfie (b) your passwords (c) your Aadhaar number (d) skills like typing
26. 26.📄 A student with no work experience should highlight… (a) their parents’ jobs (b) made-up jobs (c) nothing at all (d) projects and activities
27. 27.Which of these goes in the education section? (a) Class 10 board: 88% (b) a survey of 50 shops (c) basic HTML and CSS (d) a website for our club
28. 28.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: school and marks? (a) include it (b) leave it out
29. 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) school and marks (b) volunteer work (c) skills like typing (d) your siblings’ marks
30. 30.📄 In which résumé section does this go: school football team? (a) skills (b) education (c) activities (d) contact details
31. 31.📄 A résumé is… (a) a full autobiography (b) a letter of thanks (c) a short summary of you (d) a school report card
32. 32.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your phone and email? (a) include it (b) leave it out
33. 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your bank details (b) your phone and email (c) a party selfie (d) your passwords
34. 34.📄 Your résumé says you led a club. In the interview you should… (a) be ready to explain it (b) deny it (c) change the subject (d) say it was a joke
35. 35.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) your bank details (b) your phone and email (c) school and marks (d) skills like typing
36. 36.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your siblings’ marks? (a) include it (b) leave it out
37. 37.📄 In which résumé section does this go: Class 12 (Science), 2026? (a) projects (b) education (c) skills (d) activities
38. 38.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) volunteer work (b) awards and prizes (c) languages you know (d) your passwords
39. 39.📄 In which résumé section does this go: typing 40 words a minute? (a) projects (b) skills (c) activities (d) education
40. 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your Aadhaar number (b) projects you did (c) your passwords (d) a party selfie

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