Résumé Worksheet: What to Include

Interview skills lesson 17: What goes on a student résumé · Set 493 · 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.📄 A résumé is… (a) a letter of thanks (b) a school report card (c) a full autobiography (d) a short summary of you
2. 2.📄 How long should a student résumé usually be? (a) five pages (b) ten pages (c) one page (d) half a line
3. 3.📄 In which résumé section does this go: built a rain gauge model? (a) skills (b) contact details (c) activities (d) projects
4. 4.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: skills like typing? (a) leave it out (b) include it
5. 5.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) your passwords (b) your Aadhaar number (c) your bank details (d) skills like typing
6. 6.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) school and marks (b) your phone and email (c) clubs and activities (d) a party selfie
7. 7.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: volunteer work? (a) include it (b) leave it out
8. 8.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) projects you did (b) clubs and activities (c) your passwords (d) your phone and email
9. 9.📄 A student with no work experience should highlight… (a) made-up jobs (b) projects and activities (c) their parents’ jobs (d) nothing at all
10. 10.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: made-up marks? (a) include it (b) leave it out
11. 11.📄 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
12. 12.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: awards and prizes? (a) leave it out (b) include it
13. 13.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) projects you did (b) your bank details (c) clubs and activities (d) school and marks
14. 14.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: projects you did? (a) include it (b) leave it out
15. 15.📄 In which résumé section does this go: Class 10 board: 88%? (a) education (b) activities (c) projects (d) skills
16. 16.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) school and marks (b) a party selfie (c) your bank details (d) your Aadhaar number
17. 17.Which of these goes in the skills section? (a) typing 40 words a minute (b) Class 10 board: 88% (c) Class 12 (Science), 2026 (d) a mobile number
18. 18.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) a party selfie (b) your Aadhaar number (c) school and marks (d) your siblings’ marks
19. 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) projects you did (b) made-up marks (c) your Aadhaar number (d) your siblings’ marks
20. 20.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your phone and email? (a) include it (b) leave it out
21. 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) made-up marks (b) volunteer work (c) a long life story (d) a party selfie
22. 22.True or false: “languages you know” should be left out of a résumé. (a) False (b) True
23. 23.Which of these goes in the contact details? (a) school football team (b) typing 40 words a minute (c) a mobile number (d) B.Com first year
24. 24.True or false: “made-up marks” belongs on a student résumé. (a) True (b) False
25. 25.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your siblings’ marks? (a) include it (b) leave it out
26. 26.📄 What font style suits a résumé? (a) five fancy fonts (b) one plain, clear font (c) all bold capitals (d) tiny handwriting
27. 27.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your bank details? (a) leave it out (b) include it
28. 28.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) a party selfie (b) your Aadhaar number (c) a long life story (d) languages you know
29. 29.True or false: “your passwords” belongs on a student résumé. (a) True (b) False
30. 30.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) volunteer work (b) your siblings’ marks (c) a party selfie (d) your Aadhaar number
31. 31.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) volunteer work (b) projects you did (c) skills like typing (d) your siblings’ marks
32. 32.True or false: “clubs and activities” belongs on a student résumé. (a) False (b) True
33. 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your Aadhaar number (b) languages you know (c) a party selfie (d) a long life story
34. 34.📄 In which résumé section does this go: eco club member? (a) projects (b) contact details (c) education (d) activities
35. 35.📄 In which résumé section does this go: typing 40 words a minute? (a) contact details (b) activities (c) skills (d) projects
36. 36.Which of these goes in the education section? (a) a website for our club (b) eco club member (c) spreadsheets (basic) (d) Class 10 board: 88%
37. 37.📄 In which résumé section does this go: a website for our club? (a) skills (b) contact details (c) education (d) projects
38. 38.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) your phone and email (b) your Aadhaar number (c) a party selfie (d) your siblings’ marks
39. 39.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) projects you did (b) awards and prizes (c) your phone and email (d) made-up marks
40. 40.Which of these goes in the education section? (a) Class 12 (Science), 2026 (b) built a rain gauge model (c) debate club secretary (d) a survey of 50 shops

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