Résumé Worksheet: What to Include

Interview skills lesson 17: What goes on a student résumé · Set 478 · 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 of these goes in the activities section? (a) eco club member (b) a mobile number (c) Class 12 (Science), 2026 (d) B.Com first year
2. 2.📄 In which résumé section does this go: built a rain gauge model? (a) contact details (b) education (c) projects (d) activities
3. 3.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: projects you did? (a) include it (b) leave it out
4. 4.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: skills like typing? (a) leave it out (b) include it
5. 5.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your phone and email? (a) include it (b) leave it out
6. 6.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a long life story (b) awards and prizes (c) your bank details (d) your passwords
7. 7.Which of these goes in the education section? (a) B.Com first year (b) a survey of 50 shops (c) typing 40 words a minute (d) a mobile number
8. 8.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) volunteer work (b) your Aadhaar number (c) your passwords (d) your siblings’ marks
9. 9.True or false: “your siblings’ marks” belongs on a student résumé. (a) False (b) True
10. 10.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) awards and prizes (b) skills like typing (c) your bank details (d) projects you did
11. 11.📄 In which résumé section does this go: eco club member? (a) education (b) activities (c) projects (d) skills
12. 12.True or false: “projects you did” should be left out of a résumé. (a) False (b) True
13. 13.True or false: “your bank details” belongs on a student résumé. (a) True (b) False
14. 14.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) your Aadhaar number (b) your bank details (c) your passwords (d) awards and prizes
15. 15.📄 Your résumé says you led a club. In the interview you should… (a) change the subject (b) deny it (c) be ready to explain it (d) say it was a joke
16. 16.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) volunteer work (b) awards and prizes (c) your phone and email (d) your passwords
17. 17.Which of these goes in the contact details? (a) B.Com first year (b) an email ID (c) built a rain gauge model (d) a website for our club
18. 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) clubs and activities (b) skills like typing (c) your siblings’ marks (d) awards and prizes
19. 19.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) school and marks (b) made-up marks (c) projects you did (d) awards and prizes
20. 20.Which of these goes in the skills section? (a) Class 10 board: 88% (b) a mobile number (c) eco club member (d) spreadsheets (basic)
21. 21.📄 In which résumé section does this go: an email ID? (a) skills (b) activities (c) education (d) contact details
22. 22.True or false: “skills like typing” belongs on a student résumé. (a) True (b) False
23. 23.📄 In which résumé section does this go: a website for our club? (a) education (b) contact details (c) projects (d) activities
24. 24.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) clubs and activities (b) skills like typing (c) your Aadhaar number (d) languages you know
25. 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) made-up marks (b) your phone and email (c) volunteer work (d) clubs and activities
26. 26.Which of these goes in the activities section? (a) an email ID (b) a mobile number (c) Class 10 board: 88% (d) school football team
27. 27.True or false: “your passwords” belongs on a student résumé. (a) False (b) True
28. 28.True or false: “your phone and email” should be left out of a résumé. (a) False (b) True
29. 29.Which of these goes in the contact details? (a) a survey of 50 shops (b) Class 12 (Science), 2026 (c) a mobile number (d) debate club secretary
30. 30.📄 In which résumé section does this go: debate club secretary? (a) education (b) skills (c) contact details (d) activities
31. 31.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your passwords? (a) include it (b) leave it out
32. 32.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your Aadhaar number? (a) include it (b) leave it out
33. 33.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) a party selfie (b) your Aadhaar number (c) made-up marks (d) volunteer work
34. 34.📄 In which résumé section does this go: spreadsheets (basic)? (a) projects (b) education (c) skills (d) activities
35. 35.📄 A résumé is… (a) a full autobiography (b) a school report card (c) a short summary of you (d) a letter of thanks
36. 36.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) skills like typing (b) a party selfie (c) your passwords (d) made-up marks
37. 37.True or false: “clubs and activities” belongs on a student résumé. (a) False (b) True
38. 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) volunteer work (b) your passwords (c) skills like typing (d) awards and prizes
39. 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your Aadhaar number (b) your siblings’ marks (c) clubs and activities (d) a party selfie
40. 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) projects you did (b) a party selfie (c) clubs and activities (d) your phone and email

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