Résumé Worksheet: What to Include

Interview skills lesson 17: What goes on a student résumé · Set 479 · 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 is the odd one out? (a) your bank details (b) school and marks (c) your siblings’ marks (d) your Aadhaar number
3. 3.True or false: “volunteer work” should be left out of a résumé. (a) False (b) True
4. 4.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) languages you know (b) school and marks (c) your phone and email (d) your Aadhaar number
5. 5.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your siblings’ marks? (a) leave it out (b) include it
6. 6.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a party selfie (b) volunteer work (c) languages you know (d) clubs and activities
7. 7.📄 A student with no work experience should highlight… (a) their parents’ jobs (b) made-up jobs (c) nothing at all (d) projects and activities
8. 8.True or false: “skills like typing” belongs on a student résumé. (a) True (b) False
9. 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your Aadhaar number (b) made-up marks (c) your passwords (d) volunteer work
10. 10.📄 In which résumé section does this go: eco club member? (a) projects (b) activities (c) education (d) contact details
11. 11.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) your siblings’ marks (b) your passwords (c) projects you did (d) your Aadhaar number
12. 12.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: volunteer work? (a) include it (b) leave it out
13. 13.📄 A résumé is… (a) a letter of thanks (b) a school report card (c) a short summary of you (d) a full autobiography
14. 14.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: awards and prizes? (a) leave it out (b) include it
15. 15.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) a party selfie (b) your Aadhaar number (c) your bank details (d) awards and prizes
16. 16.📄 How long should a student résumé usually be? (a) half a line (b) one page (c) five pages (d) ten pages
17. 17.📄 What font style suits a résumé? (a) one plain, clear font (b) five fancy fonts (c) all bold capitals (d) tiny handwriting
18. 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) volunteer work (b) skills like typing (c) projects you did (d) your passwords
19. 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) skills like typing (b) made-up marks (c) your passwords (d) your Aadhaar number
20. 20.📄 In which résumé section does this go: Class 12 (Science), 2026? (a) activities (b) skills (c) contact details (d) education
21. 21.Which of these goes in the contact details? (a) built a rain gauge model (b) an email ID (c) typing 40 words a minute (d) school football team
22. 22.Which of these goes in the education section? (a) a mobile number (b) Class 10 board: 88% (c) typing 40 words a minute (d) eco club member
23. 23.Which of these goes in the skills section? (a) debate club secretary (b) Class 12 (Science), 2026 (c) spreadsheets (basic) (d) built a rain gauge model
24. 24.📄 In which résumé section does this go: your city and PIN code? (a) contact details (b) projects (c) activities (d) education
25. 25.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: made-up marks? (a) include it (b) leave it out
26. 26.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) awards and prizes (b) a long life story (c) volunteer work (d) clubs and activities
27. 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) school and marks (b) awards and prizes (c) your siblings’ marks (d) languages you know
28. 28.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) your phone and email (b) skills like typing (c) languages you know (d) your bank details
29. 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your bank details (b) a party selfie (c) languages you know (d) a long life story
30. 30.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: a party selfie? (a) include it (b) leave it out
31. 31.📄 In which résumé section does this go: a mobile number? (a) activities (b) skills (c) contact details (d) projects
32. 32.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your passwords? (a) include it (b) leave it out
33. 33.Which of these goes in the activities section? (a) B.Com first year (b) a survey of 50 shops (c) debate club secretary (d) basic HTML and CSS
34. 34.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) a long life story (b) skills like typing (c) a party selfie (d) your siblings’ marks
35. 35.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your bank details? (a) leave it out (b) include it
36. 36.True or false: “clubs and activities” should be left out of a résumé. (a) True (b) False
37. 37.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) skills like typing (b) school and marks (c) awards and prizes (d) made-up marks
38. 38.Which of these goes in the activities section? (a) a survey of 50 shops (b) eco club member (c) basic HTML and CSS (d) a website for our club
39. 39.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) your phone and email (b) your Aadhaar number (c) a long life story (d) your passwords
40. 40.True or false: “school and marks” should be left out of a résumé. (a) False (b) True

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