Résumé Worksheet: What to Include

Interview skills lesson 17: What goes on a student résumé · Set 640 · 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.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your Aadhaar number? (a) include it (b) leave it out
2. 2.True or false: “languages you know” should be left out of a résumé. (a) True (b) False
3. 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) school and marks (b) volunteer work (c) your siblings’ marks (d) languages you know
4. 4.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your phone and email (b) volunteer work (c) your bank details (d) school and marks
5. 5.📄 In which résumé section does this go: a survey of 50 shops? (a) contact details (b) projects (c) skills (d) activities
6. 6.📄 In which résumé section does this go: a mobile number? (a) projects (b) contact details (c) skills (d) activities
7. 7.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) languages you know (b) your passwords (c) clubs and activities (d) volunteer work
8. 8.Which of these goes in the activities section? (a) a mobile number (b) eco club member (c) Class 12 (Science), 2026 (d) Class 10 board: 88%
9. 9.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) a long life story (b) made-up marks (c) volunteer work (d) a party selfie
10. 10.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: languages you know? (a) include it (b) leave it out
11. 11.📄 How long should a student résumé usually be? (a) ten pages (b) half a line (c) one page (d) five pages
12. 12.📄 What font style suits a résumé? (a) five fancy fonts (b) all bold capitals (c) one plain, clear font (d) tiny handwriting
13. 13.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) school and marks (b) your Aadhaar number (c) volunteer work (d) your phone and email
14. 14.📄 A student with no work experience should highlight… (a) projects and activities (b) made-up jobs (c) nothing at all (d) their parents’ jobs
15. 15.📄 In which résumé section does this go: built a rain gauge model? (a) projects (b) skills (c) education (d) activities
16. 16.📄 In which résumé section does this go: typing 40 words a minute? (a) projects (b) activities (c) contact details (d) skills
17. 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your phone and email (b) a long life story (c) made-up marks (d) your Aadhaar number
18. 18.Which of these goes in the projects section? (a) eco club member (b) spreadsheets (basic) (c) a survey of 50 shops (d) Class 10 board: 88%
19. 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) awards and prizes (b) your passwords (c) your Aadhaar number (d) your bank details
20. 20.Which of these goes in the skills section? (a) basic HTML and CSS (b) a mobile number (c) built a rain gauge model (d) a survey of 50 shops
21. 21.Which of these goes in the projects section? (a) built a rain gauge model (b) spreadsheets (basic) (c) typing 40 words a minute (d) a mobile number
22. 22.True or false: “school and marks” should be left out of a résumé. (a) False (b) True
23. 23.True or false: “projects you did” should be left out of a résumé. (a) True (b) False
24. 24.📄 In which résumé section does this go: school football team? (a) projects (b) contact details (c) skills (d) activities
25. 25.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) your siblings’ marks (b) volunteer work (c) clubs and activities (d) school and marks
26. 26.📄 In which résumé section does this go: B.Com first year? (a) education (b) projects (c) activities (d) skills
27. 27.True or false: “your phone and email” belongs on a student résumé. (a) False (b) True
28. 28.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: volunteer work? (a) leave it out (b) include it
29. 29.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) awards and prizes (b) your passwords (c) your Aadhaar number (d) a party selfie
30. 30.📄 A résumé is… (a) a short summary of you (b) a school report card (c) a full autobiography (d) a letter of thanks
31. 31.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your phone and email? (a) leave it out (b) include it
32. 32.True or false: “a party selfie” belongs on a student résumé. (a) False (b) True
33. 33.📄 In which résumé section does this go: basic HTML and CSS? (a) projects (b) education (c) skills (d) activities
34. 34.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your siblings’ marks? (a) include it (b) leave it out
35. 35.Which of these goes in the projects section? (a) a website for our club (b) an email ID (c) school football team (d) a mobile number
36. 36.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) school and marks (b) a long life story (c) your passwords (d) your Aadhaar number
37. 37.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: school and marks? (a) leave it out (b) include it
38. 38.True or false: “your siblings’ marks” should be left out of a résumé. (a) False (b) True
39. 39.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) languages you know (b) skills like typing (c) your bank details (d) projects you did
40. 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) languages you know (b) made-up marks (c) awards and prizes (d) your phone and email

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