Résumé Worksheet: What to Include

Interview skills lesson 17: What goes on a student résumé · Set 636 · 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 of these goes in the projects section? (a) eco club member (b) an email ID (c) Class 12 (Science), 2026 (d) built a rain gauge model
2. 2.📄 A student with no work experience should highlight… (a) nothing at all (b) made-up jobs (c) their parents’ jobs (d) projects and activities
3. 3.True or false: “clubs and activities” should be left out of a résumé. (a) True (b) False
4. 4.📄 In which résumé section does this go: a survey of 50 shops? (a) contact details (b) skills (c) activities (d) projects
5. 5.Which of these goes in the education section? (a) typing 40 words a minute (b) a survey of 50 shops (c) B.Com first year (d) school football team
6. 6.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your Aadhaar number (b) your passwords (c) projects you did (d) a party selfie
7. 7.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: clubs and activities? (a) leave it out (b) include it
8. 8.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) your bank details (b) school and marks (c) your phone and email (d) clubs and activities
9. 9.📄 In which résumé section does this go: basic HTML and CSS? (a) projects (b) skills (c) contact details (d) activities
10. 10.True or false: “your passwords” should be left out of a résumé. (a) True (b) False
11. 11.📄 In which résumé section does this go: Class 12 (Science), 2026? (a) skills (b) education (c) activities (d) projects
12. 12.📄 In which résumé section does this go: a website for our club? (a) activities (b) projects (c) skills (d) education
13. 13.Which of these goes in the education section? (a) typing 40 words a minute (b) spreadsheets (basic) (c) a survey of 50 shops (d) Class 10 board: 88%
14. 14.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) made-up marks (b) languages you know (c) your Aadhaar number (d) your bank details
15. 15.True or false: “clubs and activities” belongs on a student résumé. (a) True (b) False
16. 16.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) awards and prizes (b) school and marks (c) your phone and email (d) a party selfie
17. 17.📄 A résumé is… (a) a full autobiography (b) a letter of thanks (c) a school report card (d) a short summary of you
18. 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your phone and email (b) your passwords (c) your siblings’ marks (d) a party selfie
19. 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your Aadhaar number (b) school and marks (c) your passwords (d) made-up marks
20. 20.Which of these goes in the activities section? (a) a survey of 50 shops (b) an email ID (c) your city and PIN code (d) eco club member
21. 21.📄 Your résumé says you led a club. In the interview you should… (a) be ready to explain it (b) say it was a joke (c) deny it (d) change the subject
22. 22.📄 In which résumé section does this go: Class 10 board: 88%? (a) activities (b) contact details (c) skills (d) education
23. 23.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your phone and email? (a) include it (b) leave it out
24. 24.True or false: “your Aadhaar number” belongs on a student résumé. (a) False (b) True
25. 25.True or false: “languages you know” belongs on a student résumé. (a) False (b) True
26. 26.True or false: “skills like typing” belongs on a student résumé. (a) False (b) True
27. 27.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) a long life story (b) your bank details (c) your Aadhaar number (d) volunteer work
28. 28.True or false: “your phone and email” belongs on a student résumé. (a) False (b) True
29. 29.True or false: “your bank details” should be left out of a résumé. (a) True (b) False
30. 30.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your passwords? (a) leave it out (b) include it
31. 31.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) skills like typing (b) your siblings’ marks (c) a party selfie (d) your passwords
32. 32.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: languages you know? (a) include it (b) leave it out
33. 33.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) made-up marks (b) your bank details (c) your siblings’ marks (d) school and marks
34. 34.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: a long life story? (a) include it (b) leave it out
35. 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) projects you did (b) clubs and activities (c) a party selfie (d) your phone and email
36. 36.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) awards and prizes (b) projects you did (c) languages you know (d) made-up marks
37. 37.📄 In which résumé section does this go: B.Com first year? (a) skills (b) projects (c) contact details (d) education
38. 38.📄 In which résumé section does this go: school football team? (a) education (b) activities (c) projects (d) contact details
39. 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your Aadhaar number (b) languages you know (c) your phone and email (d) awards and prizes
40. 40.📄 In which résumé section does this go: built a rain gauge model? (a) activities (b) education (c) projects (d) skills

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