Résumé Worksheet: What to Include

Interview skills lesson 17: What goes on a student résumé · Set 643 · 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.📄 In which résumé section does this go: Class 12 (Science), 2026? (a) projects (b) activities (c) skills (d) education
2. 2.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your bank details (b) clubs and activities (c) your phone and email (d) school and marks
3. 3.Which of these goes in the activities section? (a) debate club secretary (b) a website for our club (c) B.Com first year (d) built a rain gauge model
4. 4.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) your Aadhaar number (b) clubs and activities (c) skills like typing (d) your phone and email
5. 5.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) your Aadhaar number (b) a long life story (c) skills like typing (d) your passwords
6. 6.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: clubs and activities? (a) include it (b) leave it out
7. 7.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) school and marks (b) clubs and activities (c) your passwords (d) your phone and email
8. 8.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a long life story (b) clubs and activities (c) your passwords (d) your siblings’ marks
9. 9.Which of these goes in the projects section? (a) a website for our club (b) B.Com first year (c) eco club member (d) an email ID
10. 10.True or false: “clubs and activities” belongs on a student résumé. (a) True (b) False
11. 11.📄 A résumé is… (a) a school report card (b) a letter of thanks (c) a full autobiography (d) a short summary of you
12. 12.True or false: “school and marks” should be left out of a résumé. (a) False (b) True
13. 13.Which of these goes in the projects section? (a) built a rain gauge model (b) Class 12 (Science), 2026 (c) an email ID (d) basic HTML and CSS
14. 14.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a party selfie (b) your phone and email (c) your passwords (d) your bank details
15. 15.📄 How long should a student résumé usually be? (a) five pages (b) one page (c) ten pages (d) half a line
16. 16.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) volunteer work (b) projects you did (c) languages you know (d) a long life story
17. 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a party selfie (b) volunteer work (c) your phone and email (d) school and marks
18. 18.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) a party selfie (b) a long life story (c) your phone and email (d) your bank details
19. 19.📄 In which résumé section does this go: a survey of 50 shops? (a) skills (b) activities (c) projects (d) education
20. 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) awards and prizes (b) your Aadhaar number (c) volunteer work (d) languages you know
21. 21.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) projects you did (b) school and marks (c) your bank details (d) awards and prizes
22. 22.True or false: “clubs and activities” should be left out of a résumé. (a) True (b) False
23. 23.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) clubs and activities (b) made-up marks (c) volunteer work (d) languages you know
24. 24.Which of these goes in the activities section? (a) a mobile number (b) spreadsheets (basic) (c) a website for our club (d) school football team
25. 25.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: school and marks? (a) include it (b) leave it out
26. 26.Which of these goes in the education section? (a) your city and PIN code (b) a website for our club (c) Class 10 board: 88% (d) spreadsheets (basic)
27. 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your bank details (b) a party selfie (c) your siblings’ marks (d) languages you know
28. 28.True or false: “your phone and email” belongs on a student résumé. (a) False (b) True
29. 29.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: projects you did? (a) leave it out (b) include it
30. 30.📄 In which résumé section does this go: school football team? (a) activities (b) education (c) contact details (d) projects
31. 31.📄 In which résumé section does this go: basic HTML and CSS? (a) contact details (b) activities (c) skills (d) education
32. 32.True or false: “your siblings’ marks” belongs on a student résumé. (a) True (b) False
33. 33.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: languages you know? (a) include it (b) leave it out
34. 34.📄 In which résumé section does this go: debate club secretary? (a) education (b) activities (c) skills (d) contact details
35. 35.True or false: “your siblings’ marks” should be left out of a résumé. (a) False (b) True
36. 36.Which of these goes in the skills section? (a) Class 12 (Science), 2026 (b) a mobile number (c) B.Com first year (d) spreadsheets (basic)
37. 37.📄 A student with no work experience should highlight… (a) nothing at all (b) made-up jobs (c) projects and activities (d) their parents’ jobs
38. 38.Which of these goes in the contact details? (a) debate club secretary (b) B.Com first year (c) a mobile number (d) school football team
39. 39.📄 What font style suits a résumé? (a) five fancy fonts (b) all bold capitals (c) tiny handwriting (d) one plain, clear font
40. 40.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your bank details? (a) include it (b) leave it out

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