Résumé Worksheet: What to Include

Interview skills lesson 17: What goes on a student résumé · Set 490 · 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) a party selfie (b) your phone and email (c) your siblings’ marks (d) your Aadhaar number
2. 2.True or false: “clubs and activities” should be left out of a résumé. (a) True (b) False
3. 3.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: school and marks? (a) include it (b) leave it out
4. 4.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) your passwords (b) your phone and email (c) school and marks (d) projects you did
5. 5.📄 How long should a student résumé usually be? (a) half a line (b) one page (c) ten pages (d) five pages
6. 6.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a party selfie (b) skills like typing (c) a long life story (d) your siblings’ marks
7. 7.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your passwords? (a) include it (b) leave it out
8. 8.Which of these goes in the projects section? (a) your city and PIN code (b) basic HTML and CSS (c) an email ID (d) a website for our club
9. 9.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) a long life story (b) school and marks (c) your phone and email (d) skills like typing
10. 10.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: volunteer work? (a) include it (b) leave it out
11. 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a long life story (b) your passwords (c) made-up marks (d) school and marks
12. 12.📄 In which résumé section does this go: a website for our club? (a) education (b) skills (c) projects (d) activities
13. 13.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) your siblings’ marks (b) your Aadhaar number (c) your phone and email (d) your passwords
14. 14.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) school and marks (b) clubs and activities (c) volunteer work (d) your Aadhaar number
15. 15.📄 In which résumé section does this go: Class 12 (Science), 2026? (a) projects (b) contact details (c) education (d) skills
16. 16.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) school and marks (b) a long life story (c) made-up marks (d) a party selfie
17. 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your Aadhaar number (b) awards and prizes (c) your phone and email (d) projects you did
18. 18.True or false: “projects you did” should be left out of a résumé. (a) False (b) True
19. 19.True or false: “your siblings’ marks” belongs on a student résumé. (a) False (b) True
20. 20.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your Aadhaar number? (a) leave it out (b) include it
21. 21.True or false: “awards and prizes” should be left out of a résumé. (a) True (b) False
22. 22.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) made-up marks (b) your bank details (c) a party selfie (d) projects you did
23. 23.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your phone and email? (a) include it (b) leave it out
24. 24.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) your phone and email (b) clubs and activities (c) projects you did (d) made-up marks
25. 25.True or false: “made-up marks” should be left out of a résumé. (a) True (b) False
26. 26.Which of these goes in the education section? (a) spreadsheets (basic) (b) a survey of 50 shops (c) a website for our club (d) Class 10 board: 88%
27. 27.Which of these goes in the contact details? (a) your city and PIN code (b) spreadsheets (basic) (c) built a rain gauge model (d) a survey of 50 shops
28. 28.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) your bank details (b) your siblings’ marks (c) a party selfie (d) clubs and activities
29. 29.📄 A student with no work experience should highlight… (a) nothing at all (b) projects and activities (c) made-up jobs (d) their parents’ jobs
30. 30.Which of these goes in the education section? (a) typing 40 words a minute (b) your city and PIN code (c) B.Com first year (d) an email ID
31. 31.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) your passwords (b) languages you know (c) your bank details (d) a party selfie
32. 32.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: awards and prizes? (a) leave it out (b) include it
33. 33.Which of these goes in the skills section? (a) Class 10 board: 88% (b) a survey of 50 shops (c) B.Com first year (d) basic HTML and CSS
34. 34.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) your siblings’ marks (b) made-up marks (c) skills like typing (d) your passwords
35. 35.Which of these goes in the activities section? (a) Class 12 (Science), 2026 (b) spreadsheets (basic) (c) debate club secretary (d) an email ID
36. 36.True or false: “your siblings’ marks” should be left out of a résumé. (a) True (b) False
37. 37.Which of these goes in the contact details? (a) Class 10 board: 88% (b) typing 40 words a minute (c) an email ID (d) Class 12 (Science), 2026
38. 38.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: a long life story? (a) leave it out (b) include it
39. 39.📄 In which résumé section does this go: a survey of 50 shops? (a) education (b) contact details (c) projects (d) skills
40. 40.True or false: “skills like typing” belongs on a student résumé. (a) False (b) True

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