Résumé Worksheet: What to Include

Interview skills lesson 17: What goes on a student résumé · Set 508 · 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.📄 Your résumé says you led a club. In the interview you should… (a) be ready to explain it (b) change the subject (c) deny it (d) say it was a joke
2. 2.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your phone and email? (a) leave it out (b) include it
3. 3.📄 In which résumé section does this go: Class 10 board: 88%? (a) activities (b) contact details (c) skills (d) education
4. 4.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your siblings’ marks? (a) include it (b) leave it out
5. 5.True or false: “clubs and activities” should be left out of a résumé. (a) False (b) True
6. 6.📄 A student with no work experience should highlight… (a) nothing at all (b) made-up jobs (c) projects and activities (d) their parents’ jobs
7. 7.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: skills like typing? (a) leave it out (b) include it
8. 8.📄 How long should a student résumé usually be? (a) half a line (b) five pages (c) ten pages (d) one page
9. 9.📄 In which résumé section does this go: built a rain gauge model? (a) skills (b) activities (c) education (d) projects
10. 10.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your Aadhaar number? (a) leave it out (b) include it
11. 11.True or false: “made-up marks” belongs on a student résumé. (a) True (b) False
12. 12.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) a party selfie (b) volunteer work (c) skills like typing (d) projects you did
13. 13.Which of these goes in the skills section? (a) a mobile number (b) typing 40 words a minute (c) your city and PIN code (d) eco club member
14. 14.📄 In which résumé section does this go: your city and PIN code? (a) projects (b) skills (c) contact details (d) activities
15. 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) school and marks (b) your bank details (c) projects you did (d) clubs and activities
16. 16.📄 In which résumé section does this go: a website for our club? (a) skills (b) education (c) projects (d) activities
17. 17.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) volunteer work (b) skills like typing (c) your siblings’ marks (d) school and marks
18. 18.📄 A résumé is… (a) a full autobiography (b) a short summary of you (c) a school report card (d) a letter of thanks
19. 19.📄 In which résumé section does this go: Class 12 (Science), 2026? (a) projects (b) skills (c) education (d) contact details
20. 20.Which of these goes in the contact details? (a) a website for our club (b) typing 40 words a minute (c) a mobile number (d) Class 12 (Science), 2026
21. 21.True or false: “your passwords” belongs on a student résumé. (a) False (b) True
22. 22.True or false: “volunteer work” should be left out of a résumé. (a) True (b) False
23. 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) school and marks (b) your bank details (c) a party selfie (d) your Aadhaar number
24. 24.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: clubs and activities? (a) leave it out (b) include it
25. 25.📄 What font style suits a résumé? (a) all bold capitals (b) tiny handwriting (c) five fancy fonts (d) one plain, clear font
26. 26.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) skills like typing (b) your bank details (c) made-up marks (d) your Aadhaar number
27. 27.Which of these goes in the projects section? (a) school football team (b) a survey of 50 shops (c) an email ID (d) spreadsheets (basic)
28. 28.📄 In which résumé section does this go: debate club secretary? (a) activities (b) projects (c) education (d) skills
29. 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your bank details (b) a party selfie (c) skills like typing (d) made-up marks
30. 30.📄 In which résumé section does this go: an email ID? (a) projects (b) education (c) contact details (d) skills
31. 31.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: projects you did? (a) include it (b) leave it out
32. 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a long life story (b) your Aadhaar number (c) your bank details (d) languages you know
33. 33.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) your siblings’ marks (b) clubs and activities (c) your Aadhaar number (d) a party selfie
34. 34.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: volunteer work? (a) leave it out (b) include it
35. 35.True or false: “your siblings’ marks” belongs on a student résumé. (a) False (b) True
36. 36.Which of these goes in the contact details? (a) eco club member (b) Class 10 board: 88% (c) a website for our club (d) an email ID
37. 37.Which of these goes in the activities section? (a) your city and PIN code (b) a mobile number (c) debate club secretary (d) an email ID
38. 38.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) your passwords (b) made-up marks (c) volunteer work (d) your bank details
39. 39.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) school and marks (b) skills like typing (c) your Aadhaar number (d) languages you know
40. 40.True or false: “your siblings’ marks” should be left out of a résumé. (a) False (b) True

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