Résumé Worksheet: What to Include

Interview skills lesson 17: What goes on a student résumé · Set 52 · 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: volunteer work? (a) include it (b) leave it out
2. 2.📄 How long should a student résumé usually be? (a) half a line (b) five pages (c) ten pages (d) one page
3. 3.📄 In which résumé section does this go: Class 10 board: 88%? (a) skills (b) education (c) projects (d) activities
4. 4.📄 Your résumé says you led a club. In the interview you should… (a) change the subject (b) deny it (c) say it was a joke (d) be ready to explain it
5. 5.True or false: “projects you did” should be left out of a résumé. (a) True (b) False
6. 6.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) languages you know (b) volunteer work (c) skills like typing (d) your passwords
7. 7.📄 In which résumé section does this go: a survey of 50 shops? (a) contact details (b) projects (c) activities (d) education
8. 8.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: made-up marks? (a) leave it out (b) include it
9. 9.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) school and marks (b) your Aadhaar number (c) a party selfie (d) made-up marks
10. 10.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a long life story (b) languages you know (c) volunteer work (d) school and marks
11. 11.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) awards and prizes (b) your phone and email (c) projects you did (d) made-up marks
12. 12.Which of these goes in the contact details? (a) basic HTML and CSS (b) B.Com first year (c) a website for our club (d) an email ID
13. 13.📄 In which résumé section does this go: a mobile number? (a) projects (b) activities (c) skills (d) contact details
14. 14.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: a long life story? (a) include it (b) leave it out
15. 15.📄 A student with no work experience should highlight… (a) projects and activities (b) nothing at all (c) their parents’ jobs (d) made-up jobs
16. 16.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) projects you did (b) a long life story (c) your bank details (d) your siblings’ marks
17. 17.Which of these goes in the education section? (a) typing 40 words a minute (b) basic HTML and CSS (c) B.Com first year (d) an email ID
18. 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a party selfie (b) a long life story (c) made-up marks (d) languages you know
19. 19.True or false: “awards and prizes” belongs on a student résumé. (a) False (b) True
20. 20.Which of these goes in the projects section? (a) your city and PIN code (b) a mobile number (c) a survey of 50 shops (d) Class 10 board: 88%
21. 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your bank details (b) your siblings’ marks (c) made-up marks (d) awards and prizes
22. 22.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) projects you did (b) clubs and activities (c) awards and prizes (d) your siblings’ marks
23. 23.📄 A résumé is… (a) a full autobiography (b) a school report card (c) a short summary of you (d) a letter of thanks
24. 24.True or false: “a long life story” should be left out of a résumé. (a) False (b) True
25. 25.True or false: “your bank details” belongs on a student résumé. (a) True (b) False
26. 26.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: languages you know? (a) leave it out (b) include it
27. 27.Which of these goes in the contact details? (a) built a rain gauge model (b) typing 40 words a minute (c) B.Com first year (d) a mobile number
28. 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your Aadhaar number (b) your siblings’ marks (c) your passwords (d) clubs and activities
29. 29.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: awards and prizes? (a) leave it out (b) include it
30. 30.Which of these goes in the skills section? (a) an email ID (b) your city and PIN code (c) Class 10 board: 88% (d) basic HTML and CSS
31. 31.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your phone and email? (a) include it (b) leave it out
32. 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) skills like typing (b) made-up marks (c) your bank details (d) a party selfie
33. 33.📄 In which résumé section does this go: basic HTML and CSS? (a) skills (b) contact details (c) projects (d) activities
34. 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your siblings’ marks (b) made-up marks (c) your bank details (d) school and marks
35. 35.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) a long life story (b) your passwords (c) clubs and activities (d) made-up marks
36. 36.True or false: “your Aadhaar number” should be left out of a résumé. (a) False (b) True
37. 37.Which of these goes in the education section? (a) your city and PIN code (b) a website for our club (c) Class 12 (Science), 2026 (d) typing 40 words a minute
38. 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) projects you did (b) your passwords (c) volunteer work (d) clubs and activities
39. 39.📄 In which résumé section does this go: spreadsheets (basic)? (a) skills (b) education (c) contact details (d) activities
40. 40.Which of these goes in the skills section? (a) typing 40 words a minute (b) a website for our club (c) an email ID (d) built a rain gauge model

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