Résumé Worksheet: What to Include

Interview skills lesson 17: What goes on a student résumé · Set 474 · 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: school and marks? (a) include it (b) leave it out
2. 2.Which of these goes in the projects section? (a) school football team (b) debate club secretary (c) Class 12 (Science), 2026 (d) built a rain gauge model
3. 3.📄 In which résumé section does this go: Class 10 board: 88%? (a) projects (b) activities (c) education (d) skills
4. 4.True or false: “made-up marks” belongs on a student résumé. (a) True (b) False
5. 5.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your passwords? (a) include it (b) leave it out
6. 6.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: a party selfie? (a) include it (b) leave it out
7. 7.📄 A résumé is… (a) a school report card (b) a full autobiography (c) a short summary of you (d) a letter of thanks
8. 8.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your bank details? (a) include it (b) leave it out
9. 9.📄 In which résumé section does this go: B.Com first year? (a) skills (b) activities (c) education (d) contact details
10. 10.📄 In which résumé section does this go: built a rain gauge model? (a) skills (b) projects (c) contact details (d) activities
11. 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) languages you know (b) clubs and activities (c) volunteer work (d) your passwords
12. 12.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) languages you know (b) awards and prizes (c) your phone and email (d) your Aadhaar number
13. 13.Which of these goes in the skills section? (a) a mobile number (b) basic HTML and CSS (c) Class 10 board: 88% (d) Class 12 (Science), 2026
14. 14.📄 In which résumé section does this go: debate club secretary? (a) education (b) activities (c) skills (d) projects
15. 15.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your phone and email? (a) leave it out (b) include it
16. 16.Which of these goes in the projects section? (a) a website for our club (b) your city and PIN code (c) spreadsheets (basic) (d) an email ID
17. 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a long life story (b) volunteer work (c) clubs and activities (d) skills like typing
18. 18.📄 A student with no work experience should highlight… (a) projects and activities (b) their parents’ jobs (c) made-up jobs (d) nothing at all
19. 19.Which of these goes in the education section? (a) a survey of 50 shops (b) eco club member (c) a website for our club (d) B.Com first year
20. 20.True or false: “volunteer work” belongs on a student résumé. (a) True (b) False
21. 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) clubs and activities (b) a party selfie (c) awards and prizes (d) projects you did
22. 22.Which of these goes in the activities section? (a) your city and PIN code (b) built a rain gauge model (c) eco club member (d) an email ID
23. 23.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: skills like typing? (a) include it (b) leave it out
24. 24.Which of these goes in the education section? (a) your city and PIN code (b) Class 12 (Science), 2026 (c) built a rain gauge model (d) a survey of 50 shops
25. 25.True or false: “a long life story” belongs on a student résumé. (a) True (b) False
26. 26.True or false: “your siblings’ marks” belongs on a student résumé. (a) False (b) True
27. 27.📄 How long should a student résumé usually be? (a) ten pages (b) five pages (c) one page (d) half a line
28. 28.True or false: “clubs and activities” should be left out of a résumé. (a) False (b) True
29. 29.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: awards and prizes? (a) leave it out (b) include it
30. 30.📄 Your résumé says you led a club. In the interview you should… (a) change the subject (b) be ready to explain it (c) deny it (d) say it was a joke
31. 31.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) awards and prizes (b) volunteer work (c) your phone and email (d) your bank details
32. 32.📄 In which résumé section does this go: school football team? (a) projects (b) contact details (c) education (d) activities
33. 33.True or false: “awards and prizes” belongs on a student résumé. (a) False (b) True
34. 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) made-up marks (b) your bank details (c) awards and prizes (d) your siblings’ marks
35. 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) made-up marks (b) a party selfie (c) skills like typing (d) your siblings’ marks
36. 36.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: volunteer work? (a) include it (b) leave it out
37. 37.📄 In which résumé section does this go: eco club member? (a) projects (b) education (c) activities (d) contact details
38. 38.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: projects you did? (a) include it (b) leave it out
39. 39.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: made-up marks? (a) leave it out (b) include it
40. 40.True or false: “your bank details” should be left out of a résumé. (a) False (b) True

Free interview skills lessons, practice and worksheets at talentjr.in/interview-skills-for-students