Résumé Worksheet: What to Include

Interview skills lesson 17: What goes on a student résumé · Set 46 · 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 should be left out of a résumé? (a) your phone and email (b) languages you know (c) a long life story (d) clubs and activities
2. 2.Which of these goes in the education section? (a) spreadsheets (basic) (b) B.Com first year (c) an email ID (d) school football team
3. 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) made-up marks (b) your bank details (c) a party selfie (d) awards and prizes
4. 4.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) projects you did (b) your Aadhaar number (c) skills like typing (d) awards and prizes
5. 5.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) your bank details (b) school and marks (c) a party selfie (d) your Aadhaar number
6. 6.📄 A student with no work experience should highlight… (a) made-up jobs (b) nothing at all (c) projects and activities (d) their parents’ jobs
7. 7.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your Aadhaar number? (a) include it (b) leave it out
8. 8.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: school and marks? (a) include it (b) leave it out
9. 9.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: languages you know? (a) leave it out (b) include it
10. 10.📄 In which résumé section does this go: Class 10 board: 88%? (a) skills (b) education (c) projects (d) activities
11. 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your Aadhaar number (b) your phone and email (c) projects you did (d) volunteer work
12. 12.True or false: “your Aadhaar number” belongs on a student résumé. (a) True (b) False
13. 13.Which of these goes in the education section? (a) basic HTML and CSS (b) Class 10 board: 88% (c) debate club secretary (d) typing 40 words a minute
14. 14.Which of these goes in the projects section? (a) a survey of 50 shops (b) spreadsheets (basic) (c) Class 12 (Science), 2026 (d) Class 10 board: 88%
15. 15.📄 How long should a student résumé usually be? (a) one page (b) ten pages (c) half a line (d) five pages
16. 16.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: awards and prizes? (a) include it (b) leave it out
17. 17.Which of these goes in the education section? (a) your city and PIN code (b) basic HTML and CSS (c) a website for our club (d) Class 12 (Science), 2026
18. 18.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) a party selfie (b) clubs and activities (c) your bank details (d) a long life story
19. 19.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: made-up marks? (a) include it (b) leave it out
20. 20.📄 In which résumé section does this go: your city and PIN code? (a) contact details (b) skills (c) activities (d) projects
21. 21.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) a long life story (b) your phone and email (c) your siblings’ marks (d) your bank details
22. 22.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) languages you know (b) your bank details (c) made-up marks (d) a long life story
23. 23.📄 In which résumé section does this go: debate club secretary? (a) education (b) skills (c) contact details (d) activities
24. 24.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your passwords? (a) leave it out (b) include it
25. 25.True or false: “your bank details” should be left out of a résumé. (a) True (b) False
26. 26.📄 In which résumé section does this go: typing 40 words a minute? (a) contact details (b) activities (c) skills (d) projects
27. 27.Which of these goes in the activities section? (a) a website for our club (b) basic HTML and CSS (c) debate club secretary (d) Class 10 board: 88%
28. 28.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) awards and prizes (b) made-up marks (c) languages you know (d) projects you did
29. 29.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: clubs and activities? (a) include it (b) leave it out
30. 30.True or false: “a party selfie” belongs on a student résumé. (a) True (b) False
31. 31.📄 A résumé is… (a) a short summary of you (b) a letter of thanks (c) a full autobiography (d) a school report card
32. 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) volunteer work (b) a party selfie (c) your siblings’ marks (d) your Aadhaar number
33. 33.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) a long life story (b) skills like typing (c) your passwords (d) your siblings’ marks
34. 34.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) your phone and email (b) clubs and activities (c) your passwords (d) school and marks
35. 35.📄 In which résumé section does this go: built a rain gauge model? (a) contact details (b) skills (c) activities (d) projects
36. 36.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) volunteer work (b) school and marks (c) your passwords (d) skills like typing
37. 37.True or false: “your siblings’ marks” belongs on a student résumé. (a) True (b) False
38. 38.Which of these goes in the projects section? (a) Class 10 board: 88% (b) a mobile number (c) debate club secretary (d) a website for our club
39. 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your siblings’ marks (b) school and marks (c) awards and prizes (d) volunteer work
40. 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your bank details (b) school and marks (c) awards and prizes (d) projects you did

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