Résumé Worksheet: What to Include

Interview skills lesson 17: What goes on a student résumé · Set 624 · 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) clubs and activities (b) made-up marks (c) school and marks (d) projects you did
2. 2.📄 What font style suits a résumé? (a) tiny handwriting (b) five fancy fonts (c) all bold capitals (d) one plain, clear font
3. 3.Which of these goes in the contact details? (a) Class 12 (Science), 2026 (b) a website for our club (c) your city and PIN code (d) a survey of 50 shops
4. 4.📄 In which résumé section does this go: Class 12 (Science), 2026? (a) education (b) projects (c) activities (d) skills
5. 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your bank details (b) your Aadhaar number (c) your passwords (d) skills like typing
6. 6.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) your Aadhaar number (b) projects you did (c) a party selfie (d) your bank details
7. 7.True or false: “your bank details” should be left out of a résumé. (a) True (b) False
8. 8.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your Aadhaar number? (a) leave it out (b) include it
9. 9.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) projects you did (b) volunteer work (c) your passwords (d) clubs and activities
10. 10.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) made-up marks (b) awards and prizes (c) a party selfie (d) your Aadhaar number
11. 11.True or false: “your Aadhaar number” should be left out of a résumé. (a) True (b) False
12. 12.Which of these goes in the skills section? (a) debate club secretary (b) basic HTML and CSS (c) B.Com first year (d) a website for our club
13. 13.📄 A student with no work experience should highlight… (a) projects and activities (b) their parents’ jobs (c) nothing at all (d) made-up jobs
14. 14.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: awards and prizes? (a) include it (b) leave it out
15. 15.True or false: “skills like typing” should be left out of a résumé. (a) True (b) False
16. 16.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) your Aadhaar number (b) languages you know (c) a party selfie (d) made-up marks
17. 17.📄 In which résumé section does this go: a website for our club? (a) education (b) activities (c) skills (d) projects
18. 18.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) made-up marks (b) school and marks (c) your siblings’ marks (d) your Aadhaar number
19. 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) languages you know (b) your phone and email (c) skills like typing (d) your Aadhaar number
20. 20.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your siblings’ marks? (a) include it (b) leave it out
21. 21.True or false: “a long life story” belongs on a student résumé. (a) True (b) False
22. 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) skills like typing (b) your siblings’ marks (c) awards and prizes (d) your phone and email
23. 23.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) a party selfie (b) your passwords (c) your Aadhaar number (d) your phone and email
24. 24.📄 How long should a student résumé usually be? (a) one page (b) ten pages (c) half a line (d) five pages
25. 25.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your bank details? (a) leave it out (b) include it
26. 26.Which of these goes in the contact details? (a) debate club secretary (b) basic HTML and CSS (c) a survey of 50 shops (d) an email ID
27. 27.📄 In which résumé section does this go: built a rain gauge model? (a) education (b) activities (c) projects (d) contact details
28. 28.Which of these goes in the skills section? (a) spreadsheets (basic) (b) your city and PIN code (c) B.Com first year (d) eco club member
29. 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) languages you know (b) your bank details (c) projects you did (d) skills like typing
30. 30.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) a long life story (b) clubs and activities (c) your phone and email (d) projects you did
31. 31.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: languages you know? (a) leave it out (b) include it
32. 32.📄 In which résumé section does this go: spreadsheets (basic)? (a) contact details (b) education (c) skills (d) activities
33. 33.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) a party selfie (b) your siblings’ marks (c) volunteer work (d) a long life story
34. 34.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) your phone and email (b) clubs and activities (c) school and marks (d) your Aadhaar number
35. 35.📄 In which résumé section does this go: Class 10 board: 88%? (a) skills (b) activities (c) contact details (d) education
36. 36.True or false: “school and marks” should be left out of a résumé. (a) True (b) False
37. 37.📄 A résumé is… (a) a short summary of you (b) a full autobiography (c) a school report card (d) a letter of thanks
38. 38.True or false: “school and marks” belongs on a student résumé. (a) False (b) True
39. 39.📄 In which résumé section does this go: typing 40 words a minute? (a) projects (b) education (c) skills (d) activities
40. 40.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) school and marks (b) skills like typing (c) your bank details (d) awards and prizes

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