Résumé Worksheet: What to Include

Interview skills lesson 17: What goes on a student résumé · Set 475 · 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) your bank details (b) your passwords (c) made-up marks (d) your phone and email
2. 2.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: languages you know? (a) include it (b) leave it out
3. 3.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) your siblings’ marks (b) your bank details (c) your passwords (d) your phone and email
4. 4.True or false: “your passwords” belongs on a student résumé. (a) True (b) False
5. 5.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: a long life story? (a) include it (b) leave it out
6. 6.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your passwords? (a) leave it out (b) include it
7. 7.📄 A résumé is… (a) a letter of thanks (b) a full autobiography (c) a short summary of you (d) a school report card
8. 8.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) skills like typing (b) awards and prizes (c) your phone and email (d) your Aadhaar number
9. 9.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) your passwords (b) a party selfie (c) a long life story (d) languages you know
10. 10.📄 Your résumé says you led a club. In the interview you should… (a) say it was a joke (b) be ready to explain it (c) deny it (d) change the subject
11. 11.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) your siblings’ marks (b) volunteer work (c) languages you know (d) clubs and activities
12. 12.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: a party selfie? (a) leave it out (b) include it
13. 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a long life story (b) your bank details (c) your siblings’ marks (d) clubs and activities
14. 14.📄 In which résumé section does this go: your city and PIN code? (a) activities (b) contact details (c) skills (d) projects
15. 15.True or false: “school and marks” should be left out of a résumé. (a) True (b) False
16. 16.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: projects you did? (a) include it (b) leave it out
17. 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) languages you know (b) awards and prizes (c) a party selfie (d) clubs and activities
18. 18.True or false: “a party selfie” belongs on a student résumé. (a) False (b) True
19. 19.📄 How long should a student résumé usually be? (a) half a line (b) ten pages (c) five pages (d) one page
20. 20.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) projects you did (b) volunteer work (c) school and marks (d) your passwords
21. 21.Which of these goes in the education section? (a) a website for our club (b) Class 12 (Science), 2026 (c) an email ID (d) your city and PIN code
22. 22.Which of these goes in the activities section? (a) school football team (b) Class 12 (Science), 2026 (c) a survey of 50 shops (d) an email ID
23. 23.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: made-up marks? (a) leave it out (b) include it
24. 24.Which of these goes in the education section? (a) eco club member (b) a website for our club (c) typing 40 words a minute (d) B.Com first year
25. 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) school and marks (b) your siblings’ marks (c) your passwords (d) made-up marks
26. 26.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: volunteer work? (a) leave it out (b) include it
27. 27.Which of these goes in the skills section? (a) Class 12 (Science), 2026 (b) built a rain gauge model (c) a mobile number (d) typing 40 words a minute
28. 28.Which of these goes in the projects section? (a) B.Com first year (b) an email ID (c) Class 12 (Science), 2026 (d) built a rain gauge model
29. 29.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) a party selfie (b) your phone and email (c) awards and prizes (d) clubs and activities
30. 30.📄 In which résumé section does this go: typing 40 words a minute? (a) skills (b) projects (c) contact details (d) activities
31. 31.True or false: “your phone and email” should be left out of a résumé. (a) False (b) True
32. 32.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) school and marks (b) projects you did (c) your bank details (d) languages you know
33. 33.📄 A student with no work experience should highlight… (a) projects and activities (b) their parents’ jobs (c) nothing at all (d) made-up jobs
34. 34.📄 In which résumé section does this go: an email ID? (a) education (b) skills (c) projects (d) contact details
35. 35.📄 In which résumé section does this go: debate club secretary? (a) projects (b) contact details (c) activities (d) skills
36. 36.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your siblings’ marks (b) your phone and email (c) school and marks (d) languages you know
37. 37.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) your passwords (b) volunteer work (c) a long life story (d) made-up marks
38. 38.True or false: “volunteer work” should be left out of a résumé. (a) False (b) True
39. 39.Which of these goes in the projects section? (a) an email ID (b) a website for our club (c) Class 12 (Science), 2026 (d) basic HTML and CSS
40. 40.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) your phone and email (b) clubs and activities (c) made-up marks (d) projects you did

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