Résumé Worksheet: What to Include

Interview skills lesson 17: What goes on a student résumé · Set 617 · 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 Aadhaar number (b) clubs and activities (c) your siblings’ marks (d) your bank details
2. 2.📄 A résumé is… (a) a full autobiography (b) a short summary of you (c) a letter of thanks (d) a school report card
3. 3.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) your Aadhaar number (b) your siblings’ marks (c) your bank details (d) awards and prizes
4. 4.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) projects you did (b) volunteer work (c) a party selfie (d) skills like typing
5. 5.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: volunteer work? (a) include it (b) leave it out
6. 6.True or false: “your passwords” should be left out of a résumé. (a) False (b) True
7. 7.Which of these goes in the contact details? (a) an email ID (b) B.Com first year (c) eco club member (d) Class 12 (Science), 2026
8. 8.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: awards and prizes? (a) leave it out (b) include it
9. 9.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: languages you know? (a) leave it out (b) include it
10. 10.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: made-up marks? (a) leave it out (b) include it
11. 11.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your phone and email? (a) leave it out (b) include it
12. 12.📄 In which résumé section does this go: a website for our club? (a) projects (b) contact details (c) activities (d) education
13. 13.📄 In which résumé section does this go: eco club member? (a) contact details (b) activities (c) education (d) projects
14. 14.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) a long life story (b) school and marks (c) projects you did (d) your phone and email
15. 15.📄 In which résumé section does this go: school football team? (a) education (b) skills (c) projects (d) activities
16. 16.True or false: “clubs and activities” belongs on a student résumé. (a) False (b) True
17. 17.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) school and marks (b) awards and prizes (c) your siblings’ marks (d) volunteer work
18. 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your Aadhaar number (b) school and marks (c) your passwords (d) a party selfie
19. 19.Which of these goes in the projects section? (a) school football team (b) debate club secretary (c) a website for our club (d) Class 12 (Science), 2026
20. 20.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: skills like typing? (a) leave it out (b) include it
21. 21.True or false: “volunteer work” should be left out of a résumé. (a) False (b) True
22. 22.Which of these goes in the activities section? (a) Class 10 board: 88% (b) Class 12 (Science), 2026 (c) school football team (d) spreadsheets (basic)
23. 23.📄 In which résumé section does this go: a survey of 50 shops? (a) contact details (b) education (c) skills (d) projects
24. 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a long life story (b) your Aadhaar number (c) a party selfie (d) languages you know
25. 25.Which of these goes in the skills section? (a) B.Com first year (b) spreadsheets (basic) (c) a mobile number (d) built a rain gauge model
26. 26.True or false: “made-up marks” belongs on a student résumé. (a) True (b) False
27. 27.📄 What font style suits a résumé? (a) all bold capitals (b) tiny handwriting (c) one plain, clear font (d) five fancy fonts
28. 28.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: clubs and activities? (a) include it (b) leave it out
29. 29.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your siblings’ marks? (a) include it (b) leave it out
30. 30.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) a party selfie (b) made-up marks (c) your phone and email (d) your passwords
31. 31.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) skills like typing (b) your bank details (c) your passwords (d) made-up marks
32. 32.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) your phone and email (b) made-up marks (c) projects you did (d) skills like typing
33. 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) skills like typing (b) school and marks (c) your passwords (d) projects you did
34. 34.📄 A student with no work experience should highlight… (a) nothing at all (b) made-up jobs (c) their parents’ jobs (d) projects and activities
35. 35.True or false: “clubs and activities” should be left out of a résumé. (a) True (b) False
36. 36.True or false: “your bank details” should be left out of a résumé. (a) False (b) True
37. 37.Which of these goes in the education section? (a) Class 10 board: 88% (b) school football team (c) debate club secretary (d) a mobile number
38. 38.True or false: “languages you know” should be left out of a résumé. (a) False (b) True
39. 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) volunteer work (b) your bank details (c) your phone and email (d) skills like typing
40. 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a party selfie (b) skills like typing (c) your bank details (d) your siblings’ marks

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