Résumé Worksheet: What to Include

Interview skills lesson 17: What goes on a student résumé · Set 47 · 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.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your phone and email? (a) include it (b) leave it out
2. 2.Which of these goes in the projects section? (a) your city and PIN code (b) built a rain gauge model (c) typing 40 words a minute (d) spreadsheets (basic)
3. 3.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) skills like typing (b) your Aadhaar number (c) languages you know (d) clubs and activities
4. 4.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) a long life story (b) your passwords (c) your phone and email (d) made-up marks
5. 5.📄 How long should a student résumé usually be? (a) five pages (b) one page (c) ten pages (d) half a line
6. 6.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: skills like typing? (a) leave it out (b) include it
7. 7.True or false: “made-up marks” belongs on a student résumé. (a) True (b) False
8. 8.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a party selfie (b) school and marks (c) your bank details (d) your Aadhaar number
9. 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) school and marks (b) languages you know (c) a long life story (d) your phone and email
10. 10.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: made-up marks? (a) include it (b) leave it out
11. 11.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) your siblings’ marks (b) your passwords (c) made-up marks (d) languages you know
12. 12.Which of these goes in the contact details? (a) a survey of 50 shops (b) typing 40 words a minute (c) an email ID (d) eco club member
13. 13.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: volunteer work? (a) leave it out (b) include it
14. 14.📄 In which résumé section does this go: Class 12 (Science), 2026? (a) activities (b) education (c) skills (d) projects
15. 15.True or false: “projects you did” should be left out of a résumé. (a) True (b) False
16. 16.Which of these goes in the projects section? (a) your city and PIN code (b) Class 12 (Science), 2026 (c) a website for our club (d) basic HTML and CSS
17. 17.True or false: “clubs and activities” belongs on a student résumé. (a) True (b) False
18. 18.Which of these goes in the activities section? (a) built a rain gauge model (b) a mobile number (c) typing 40 words a minute (d) school football team
19. 19.Which of these goes in the education section? (a) B.Com first year (b) your city and PIN code (c) a website for our club (d) built a rain gauge model
20. 20.📄 In which résumé section does this go: basic HTML and CSS? (a) projects (b) contact details (c) activities (d) skills
21. 21.📄 In which résumé section does this go: debate club secretary? (a) education (b) contact details (c) projects (d) activities
22. 22.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) clubs and activities (b) school and marks (c) your siblings’ marks (d) projects you did
23. 23.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) volunteer work (b) your Aadhaar number (c) your siblings’ marks (d) your passwords
24. 24.True or false: “volunteer work” belongs on a student résumé. (a) False (b) True
25. 25.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: a party selfie? (a) leave it out (b) include it
26. 26.True or false: “skills like typing” should be left out of a résumé. (a) False (b) True
27. 27.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your passwords? (a) leave it out (b) include it
28. 28.Which of these goes in the skills section? (a) built a rain gauge model (b) school football team (c) basic HTML and CSS (d) debate club secretary
29. 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your Aadhaar number (b) your phone and email (c) school and marks (d) projects you did
30. 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) volunteer work (b) your Aadhaar number (c) your passwords (d) a long life story
31. 31.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) made-up marks (b) your siblings’ marks (c) a long life story (d) your phone and email
32. 32.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) your passwords (b) projects you did (c) your Aadhaar number (d) a long life story
33. 33.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) clubs and activities (b) your phone and email (c) languages you know (d) your bank details
34. 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) languages you know (b) skills like typing (c) your siblings’ marks (d) your phone and email
35. 35.📄 In which résumé section does this go: a mobile number? (a) activities (b) education (c) contact details (d) skills
36. 36.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) volunteer work (b) your phone and email (c) skills like typing (d) your passwords
37. 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your Aadhaar number (b) a long life story (c) skills like typing (d) your siblings’ marks
38. 38.📄 In which résumé section does this go: typing 40 words a minute? (a) education (b) contact details (c) skills (d) activities
39. 39.True or false: “your passwords” belongs on a student résumé. (a) False (b) True
40. 40.True or false: “awards and prizes” should be left out of a résumé. (a) True (b) False

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