Résumé Worksheet: What to Include

Interview skills lesson 17: What goes on a student résumé · Set 545 · 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) your phone and email (b) skills like typing (c) languages you know (d) made-up marks
2. 2.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: school and marks? (a) leave it out (b) include it
3. 3.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) volunteer work (b) awards and prizes (c) your phone and email (d) your Aadhaar number
4. 4.📄 In which résumé section does this go: a survey of 50 shops? (a) skills (b) projects (c) contact details (d) education
5. 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) school and marks (b) your siblings’ marks (c) volunteer work (d) awards and prizes
6. 6.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: projects you did? (a) include it (b) leave it out
7. 7.True or false: “a long life story” should be left out of a résumé. (a) False (b) True
8. 8.📄 Your résumé says you led a club. In the interview you should… (a) deny it (b) change the subject (c) be ready to explain it (d) say it was a joke
9. 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your Aadhaar number (b) a party selfie (c) languages you know (d) your passwords
10. 10.📄 In which résumé section does this go: built a rain gauge model? (a) activities (b) projects (c) contact details (d) skills
11. 11.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) volunteer work (b) clubs and activities (c) languages you know (d) your passwords
12. 12.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a party selfie (b) clubs and activities (c) a long life story (d) your Aadhaar number
13. 13.📄 In which résumé section does this go: a mobile number? (a) education (b) projects (c) activities (d) contact details
14. 14.📄 What font style suits a résumé? (a) all bold capitals (b) five fancy fonts (c) one plain, clear font (d) tiny handwriting
15. 15.📄 In which résumé section does this go: school football team? (a) skills (b) activities (c) projects (d) education
16. 16.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: made-up marks? (a) include it (b) leave it out
17. 17.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your phone and email? (a) include it (b) leave it out
18. 18.True or false: “languages you know” should be left out of a résumé. (a) False (b) True
19. 19.📄 In which résumé section does this go: typing 40 words a minute? (a) activities (b) skills (c) education (d) projects
20. 20.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: skills like typing? (a) leave it out (b) include it
21. 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your siblings’ marks (b) school and marks (c) your Aadhaar number (d) a party selfie
22. 22.Which of these goes in the education section? (a) a mobile number (b) Class 12 (Science), 2026 (c) spreadsheets (basic) (d) eco club member
23. 23.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) made-up marks (b) a long life story (c) volunteer work (d) a party selfie
24. 24.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) your bank details (b) projects you did (c) clubs and activities (d) your phone and email
25. 25.True or false: “your Aadhaar number” belongs on a student résumé. (a) True (b) False
26. 26.Which of these goes in the projects section? (a) school football team (b) a website for our club (c) spreadsheets (basic) (d) your city and PIN code
27. 27.True or false: “your siblings’ marks” should be left out of a résumé. (a) False (b) True
28. 28.Which of these goes in the skills section? (a) basic HTML and CSS (b) Class 10 board: 88% (c) your city and PIN code (d) Class 12 (Science), 2026
29. 29.True or false: “your phone and email” belongs on a student résumé. (a) False (b) True
30. 30.True or false: “projects you did” should be left out of a résumé. (a) True (b) False
31. 31.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) made-up marks (b) a party selfie (c) a long life story (d) school and marks
32. 32.📄 How long should a student résumé usually be? (a) one page (b) half a line (c) ten pages (d) five pages
33. 33.📄 A student with no work experience should highlight… (a) made-up jobs (b) nothing at all (c) projects and activities (d) their parents’ jobs
34. 34.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: volunteer work? (a) include it (b) leave it out
35. 35.Which of these goes in the projects section? (a) Class 10 board: 88% (b) basic HTML and CSS (c) school football team (d) a survey of 50 shops
36. 36.📄 In which résumé section does this go: Class 10 board: 88%? (a) activities (b) education (c) skills (d) contact details
37. 37.📄 In which résumé section does this go: an email ID? (a) activities (b) education (c) contact details (d) projects
38. 38.📄 In which résumé section does this go: your city and PIN code? (a) projects (b) skills (c) education (d) contact details
39. 39.📄 In which résumé section does this go: spreadsheets (basic)? (a) activities (b) education (c) skills (d) contact details
40. 40.Which of these goes in the skills section? (a) a mobile number (b) an email ID (c) school football team (d) spreadsheets (basic)

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