Résumé Worksheet: What to Include

Interview skills lesson 17: What goes on a student résumé · Set 534 · 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 student with no work experience should highlight… (a) nothing at all (b) made-up jobs (c) their parents’ jobs (d) projects and activities
2. 2.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) volunteer work (b) skills like typing (c) a party selfie (d) languages you know
3. 3.True or false: “your bank details” belongs on a student résumé. (a) False (b) True
4. 4.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) volunteer work (b) your passwords (c) made-up marks (d) your bank details
5. 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your siblings’ marks (b) a party selfie (c) skills like typing (d) your bank details
6. 6.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: made-up marks? (a) include it (b) leave it out
7. 7.Which of these goes in the contact details? (a) Class 10 board: 88% (b) basic HTML and CSS (c) your city and PIN code (d) school football team
8. 8.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: languages you know? (a) include it (b) leave it out
9. 9.Which of these goes in the education section? (a) a website for our club (b) Class 12 (Science), 2026 (c) a mobile number (d) eco club member
10. 10.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) your bank details (b) your Aadhaar number (c) a long life story (d) skills like typing
11. 11.True or false: “clubs and activities” should be left out of a résumé. (a) False (b) True
12. 12.📄 In which résumé section does this go: school football team? (a) projects (b) skills (c) education (d) activities
13. 13.Which of these goes in the activities section? (a) an email ID (b) eco club member (c) a survey of 50 shops (d) Class 12 (Science), 2026
14. 14.Which of these goes in the projects section? (a) a website for our club (b) Class 10 board: 88% (c) Class 12 (Science), 2026 (d) an email ID
15. 15.📄 In which résumé section does this go: Class 10 board: 88%? (a) contact details (b) activities (c) education (d) skills
16. 16.📄 In which résumé section does this go: a survey of 50 shops? (a) projects (b) education (c) skills (d) contact details
17. 17.📄 A résumé is… (a) a short summary of you (b) a full autobiography (c) a letter of thanks (d) a school report card
18. 18.📄 In which résumé section does this go: your city and PIN code? (a) contact details (b) skills (c) activities (d) education
19. 19.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) a long life story (b) your bank details (c) your Aadhaar number (d) school and marks
20. 20.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: awards and prizes? (a) leave it out (b) include it
21. 21.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: projects you did? (a) leave it out (b) include it
22. 22.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: a party selfie? (a) include it (b) leave it out
23. 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your Aadhaar number (b) your passwords (c) clubs and activities (d) a long life story
24. 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your phone and email (b) skills like typing (c) school and marks (d) your Aadhaar number
25. 25.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) your Aadhaar number (b) languages you know (c) awards and prizes (d) clubs and activities
26. 26.True or false: “school and marks” should be left out of a résumé. (a) True (b) False
27. 27.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your bank details? (a) include it (b) leave it out
28. 28.Which of these goes in the contact details? (a) typing 40 words a minute (b) Class 10 board: 88% (c) school football team (d) an email ID
29. 29.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) your Aadhaar number (b) a long life story (c) a party selfie (d) languages you know
30. 30.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) school and marks (b) a long life story (c) clubs and activities (d) your phone and email
31. 31.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your siblings’ marks (b) your phone and email (c) your bank details (d) your Aadhaar number
32. 32.Which of these goes in the activities section? (a) a survey of 50 shops (b) an email ID (c) school football team (d) Class 12 (Science), 2026
33. 33.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) a party selfie (b) a long life story (c) your bank details (d) your phone and email
34. 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your bank details (b) languages you know (c) your phone and email (d) skills like typing
35. 35.Which of these goes in the education section? (a) spreadsheets (basic) (b) Class 10 board: 88% (c) debate club secretary (d) your city and PIN code
36. 36.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a party selfie (b) skills like typing (c) projects you did (d) languages you know
37. 37.True or false: “your phone and email” belongs on a student résumé. (a) True (b) False
38. 38.Which of these goes in the skills section? (a) a website for our club (b) an email ID (c) basic HTML and CSS (d) Class 10 board: 88%
39. 39.Which of these goes in the projects section? (a) debate club secretary (b) built a rain gauge model (c) your city and PIN code (d) a mobile number
40. 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your siblings’ marks (b) a party selfie (c) languages you know (d) your Aadhaar number

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