Résumé Worksheet: What to Include

Interview skills lesson 17: What goes on a student résumé · Set 468 · 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) awards and prizes (b) made-up marks (c) school and marks (d) projects you did
2. 2.Which of these goes in the skills section? (a) eco club member (b) spreadsheets (basic) (c) built a rain gauge model (d) an email ID
3. 3.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) your Aadhaar number (b) your siblings’ marks (c) skills like typing (d) your bank details
4. 4.📄 In which résumé section does this go: a website for our club? (a) education (b) contact details (c) skills (d) projects
5. 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your bank details (b) school and marks (c) projects you did (d) awards and prizes
6. 6.True or false: “clubs and activities” belongs on a student résumé. (a) False (b) True
7. 7.📄 How long should a student résumé usually be? (a) five pages (b) half a line (c) one page (d) ten pages
8. 8.📄 A résumé is… (a) a letter of thanks (b) a school report card (c) a short summary of you (d) a full autobiography
9. 9.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) your passwords (b) made-up marks (c) projects you did (d) a long life story
10. 10.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your Aadhaar number? (a) leave it out (b) include it
11. 11.True or false: “your phone and email” should be left out of a résumé. (a) True (b) False
12. 12.Which of these goes in the skills section? (a) your city and PIN code (b) B.Com first year (c) school football team (d) typing 40 words a minute
13. 13.True or false: “school and marks” belongs on a student résumé. (a) False (b) True
14. 14.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) clubs and activities (b) projects you did (c) volunteer work (d) made-up marks
15. 15.True or false: “your bank details” should be left out of a résumé. (a) True (b) False
16. 16.True or false: “clubs and activities” should be left out of a résumé. (a) False (b) True
17. 17.📄 What font style suits a résumé? (a) one plain, clear font (b) five fancy fonts (c) tiny handwriting (d) all bold capitals
18. 18.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: a long life story? (a) include it (b) leave it out
19. 19.True or false: “your phone and email” belongs on a student résumé. (a) False (b) True
20. 20.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) your siblings’ marks (b) a party selfie (c) clubs and activities (d) made-up marks
21. 21.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: school and marks? (a) leave it out (b) include it
22. 22.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) a party selfie (b) volunteer work (c) your bank details (d) your siblings’ marks
23. 23.True or false: “a long life story” belongs on a student résumé. (a) False (b) True
24. 24.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: skills like typing? (a) include it (b) leave it out
25. 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your Aadhaar number (b) your passwords (c) your bank details (d) awards and prizes
26. 26.Which of these goes in the education section? (a) a website for our club (b) a survey of 50 shops (c) B.Com first year (d) basic HTML and CSS
27. 27.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: a party selfie? (a) leave it out (b) include it
28. 28.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your siblings’ marks? (a) leave it out (b) include it
29. 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your siblings’ marks (b) your passwords (c) your Aadhaar number (d) languages you know
30. 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your bank details (b) your siblings’ marks (c) a party selfie (d) clubs and activities
31. 31.📄 In which résumé section does this go: debate club secretary? (a) education (b) skills (c) activities (d) projects
32. 32.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: projects you did? (a) leave it out (b) include it
33. 33.Which of these goes in the activities section? (a) typing 40 words a minute (b) Class 10 board: 88% (c) school football team (d) Class 12 (Science), 2026
34. 34.Which of these goes in the projects section? (a) built a rain gauge model (b) B.Com first year (c) Class 10 board: 88% (d) spreadsheets (basic)
35. 35.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your phone and email? (a) leave it out (b) include it
36. 36.True or false: “awards and prizes” should be left out of a résumé. (a) True (b) False
37. 37.📄 In which résumé section does this go: a mobile number? (a) projects (b) education (c) skills (d) contact details
38. 38.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) school and marks (b) your bank details (c) projects you did (d) clubs and activities
39. 39.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) a long life story (b) your phone and email (c) your bank details (d) your passwords
40. 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a long life story (b) school and marks (c) languages you know (d) volunteer work

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