Résumé Worksheet: What to Include

Interview skills lesson 17: What goes on a student résumé · Set 647 · 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 siblings’ marks? (a) include it (b) leave it out
2. 2.True or false: “volunteer work” should be left out of a résumé. (a) True (b) False
3. 3.True or false: “languages you know” belongs on a student résumé. (a) False (b) True
4. 4.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: awards and prizes? (a) include it (b) leave it out
5. 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) awards and prizes (b) languages you know (c) school and marks (d) a party selfie
6. 6.📄 In which résumé section does this go: spreadsheets (basic)? (a) activities (b) education (c) contact details (d) skills
7. 7.True or false: “awards and prizes” belongs on a student résumé. (a) False (b) True
8. 8.Which of these goes in the activities section? (a) a survey of 50 shops (b) Class 10 board: 88% (c) school football team (d) spreadsheets (basic)
9. 9.True or false: “clubs and activities” should be left out of a résumé. (a) False (b) True
10. 10.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your Aadhaar number (b) your passwords (c) your bank details (d) clubs and activities
11. 11.Which of these goes in the projects section? (a) a website for our club (b) an email ID (c) debate club secretary (d) Class 12 (Science), 2026
12. 12.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) your siblings’ marks (b) school and marks (c) a long life story (d) your passwords
13. 13.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: volunteer work? (a) include it (b) leave it out
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.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) made-up marks (b) volunteer work (c) your passwords (d) a party selfie
16. 16.📄 Your résumé says you led a club. In the interview you should… (a) deny it (b) say it was a joke (c) be ready to explain it (d) change the subject
17. 17.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) your bank details (b) projects you did (c) your Aadhaar number (d) your siblings’ marks
18. 18.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: clubs and activities? (a) include it (b) leave it out
19. 19.Which of these goes in the activities section? (a) built a rain gauge model (b) eco club member (c) an email ID (d) a survey of 50 shops
20. 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) clubs and activities (b) volunteer work (c) a long life story (d) your phone and email
21. 21.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) your phone and email (b) a party selfie (c) projects you did (d) volunteer work
22. 22.Which of these goes in the skills section? (a) a survey of 50 shops (b) eco club member (c) basic HTML and CSS (d) school football team
23. 23.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) made-up marks (b) languages you know (c) your bank details (d) a party selfie
24. 24.📄 A résumé is… (a) a school report card (b) a letter of thanks (c) a short summary of you (d) a full autobiography
25. 25.True or false: “your siblings’ marks” belongs on a student résumé. (a) True (b) False
26. 26.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: made-up marks? (a) leave it out (b) include it
27. 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) volunteer work (b) clubs and activities (c) your phone and email (d) made-up marks
28. 28.True or false: “volunteer work” belongs on a student résumé. (a) True (b) False
29. 29.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) projects you did (b) your phone and email (c) languages you know (d) your bank details
30. 30.📄 How long should a student résumé usually be? (a) five pages (b) ten pages (c) one page (d) half a line
31. 31.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) school and marks (b) awards and prizes (c) your passwords (d) your phone and email
32. 32.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: a party selfie? (a) include it (b) leave it out
33. 33.📄 In which résumé section does this go: school football team? (a) skills (b) contact details (c) education (d) activities
34. 34.True or false: “school and marks” should be left out of a résumé. (a) True (b) False
35. 35.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your phone and email? (a) leave it out (b) include it
36. 36.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) skills like typing (b) a party selfie (c) your passwords (d) a long life story
37. 37.📄 In which résumé section does this go: Class 10 board: 88%? (a) activities (b) skills (c) education (d) projects
38. 38.Which of these goes in the education section? (a) eco club member (b) Class 10 board: 88% (c) a website for our club (d) your city and PIN code
39. 39.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: projects you did? (a) include it (b) leave it out
40. 40.Which of these goes in the contact details? (a) a mobile number (b) B.Com first year (c) Class 12 (Science), 2026 (d) Class 10 board: 88%

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