Résumé Worksheet: What to Include

Interview skills lesson 17: What goes on a student résumé · Set 462 · 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: debate club secretary? (a) projects (b) activities (c) education (d) skills
2. 2.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: languages you know? (a) leave it out (b) include it
3. 3.📄 In which résumé section does this go: built a rain gauge model? (a) skills (b) activities (c) projects (d) education
4. 4.Which of these goes in the activities section? (a) Class 10 board: 88% (b) basic HTML and CSS (c) school football team (d) built a rain gauge model
5. 5.Which of these goes in the contact details? (a) an email ID (b) Class 10 board: 88% (c) a website for our club (d) school football team
6. 6.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: made-up marks? (a) leave it out (b) include it
7. 7.True or false: “your siblings’ marks” should be left out of a résumé. (a) False (b) True
8. 8.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) your siblings’ marks (b) awards and prizes (c) your Aadhaar number (d) your bank details
9. 9.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: clubs and activities? (a) include it (b) leave it out
10. 10.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) languages you know (b) your Aadhaar number (c) volunteer work (d) skills like typing
11. 11.📄 How long should a student résumé usually be? (a) half a line (b) ten pages (c) five pages (d) one page
12. 12.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) your Aadhaar number (b) your siblings’ marks (c) made-up marks (d) school and marks
13. 13.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) your bank details (b) your passwords (c) languages you know (d) a party selfie
14. 14.True or false: “languages you know” should be left out of a résumé. (a) False (b) True
15. 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your bank details (b) your passwords (c) languages you know (d) made-up marks
16. 16.True or false: “your passwords” belongs on a student résumé. (a) True (b) False
17. 17.📄 In which résumé section does this go: typing 40 words a minute? (a) skills (b) projects (c) contact details (d) activities
18. 18.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) a party selfie (b) your phone and email (c) languages you know (d) clubs and activities
19. 19.📄 A résumé is… (a) a school report card (b) a letter of thanks (c) a full autobiography (d) a short summary of you
20. 20.Which of these goes in the skills section? (a) school football team (b) a website for our club (c) an email ID (d) typing 40 words a minute
21. 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your Aadhaar number (b) your phone and email (c) your bank details (d) a long life story
22. 22.📄 In which résumé section does this go: basic HTML and CSS? (a) activities (b) contact details (c) education (d) skills
23. 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) school and marks (b) awards and prizes (c) your siblings’ marks (d) skills like typing
24. 24.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) a party selfie (b) your bank details (c) a long life story (d) volunteer work
25. 25.Which of these goes in the contact details? (a) B.Com first year (b) a website for our club (c) debate club secretary (d) a mobile number
26. 26.📄 In which résumé section does this go: Class 10 board: 88%? (a) activities (b) contact details (c) projects (d) education
27. 27.Which of these goes in the contact details? (a) your city and PIN code (b) Class 10 board: 88% (c) built a rain gauge model (d) basic HTML and CSS
28. 28.True or false: “your bank details” should be left out of a résumé. (a) False (b) True
29. 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your bank details (b) your passwords (c) school and marks (d) made-up marks
30. 30.True or false: “your Aadhaar number” should be left out of a résumé. (a) True (b) False
31. 31.📄 In which résumé section does this go: B.Com first year? (a) projects (b) skills (c) activities (d) education
32. 32.Which of these goes in the skills section? (a) Class 10 board: 88% (b) Class 12 (Science), 2026 (c) debate club secretary (d) spreadsheets (basic)
33. 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) volunteer work (b) clubs and activities (c) your phone and email (d) your Aadhaar number
34. 34.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) projects you did (b) awards and prizes (c) school and marks (d) your bank details
35. 35.📄 In which résumé section does this go: a website for our club? (a) education (b) projects (c) skills (d) activities
36. 36.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: school and marks? (a) leave it out (b) include it
37. 37.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) your phone and email (b) your passwords (c) your bank details (d) a long life story
38. 38.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: a long life story? (a) leave it out (b) include it
39. 39.📄 In which résumé section does this go: spreadsheets (basic)? (a) activities (b) contact details (c) skills (d) education
40. 40.True or false: “made-up marks” belongs on a student résumé. (a) False (b) True

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