Résumé Worksheet: What to Include

Interview skills lesson 17: What goes on a student résumé · Set 655 · 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) your passwords (b) school and marks (c) your Aadhaar number (d) a party selfie
2. 2.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: clubs and activities? (a) leave it out (b) include it
3. 3.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: languages you know? (a) include it (b) leave it out
4. 4.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) awards and prizes (b) volunteer work (c) a party selfie (d) projects you did
5. 5.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) your siblings’ marks (b) your Aadhaar number (c) clubs and activities (d) a party selfie
6. 6.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: skills like typing? (a) leave it out (b) include it
7. 7.True or false: “a party selfie” belongs on a student résumé. (a) True (b) False
8. 8.📄 A student with no work experience should highlight… (a) made-up jobs (b) nothing at all (c) their parents’ jobs (d) projects and activities
9. 9.📄 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
10. 10.Which of these goes in the projects section? (a) B.Com first year (b) Class 10 board: 88% (c) eco club member (d) built a rain gauge model
11. 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a long life story (b) your Aadhaar number (c) languages you know (d) your passwords
12. 12.True or false: “a long life story” should be left out of a résumé. (a) True (b) False
13. 13.Which of these goes in the education section? (a) basic HTML and CSS (b) spreadsheets (basic) (c) school football team (d) Class 10 board: 88%
14. 14.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your bank details? (a) leave it out (b) include it
15. 15.Which of these goes in the contact details? (a) debate club secretary (b) Class 10 board: 88% (c) a survey of 50 shops (d) a mobile number
16. 16.📄 What font style suits a résumé? (a) one plain, clear font (b) all bold capitals (c) tiny handwriting (d) five fancy fonts
17. 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your Aadhaar number (b) skills like typing (c) your siblings’ marks (d) made-up marks
18. 18.True or false: “volunteer work” should be left out of a résumé. (a) False (b) True
19. 19.📄 In which résumé section does this go: basic HTML and CSS? (a) projects (b) contact details (c) activities (d) skills
20. 20.📄 In which résumé section does this go: spreadsheets (basic)? (a) education (b) skills (c) activities (d) projects
21. 21.📄 How long should a student résumé usually be? (a) ten pages (b) five pages (c) one page (d) half a line
22. 22.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) volunteer work (b) your siblings’ marks (c) skills like typing (d) languages you know
23. 23.📄 In which résumé section does this go: Class 10 board: 88%? (a) projects (b) activities (c) education (d) contact details
24. 24.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) clubs and activities (b) a long life story (c) school and marks (d) skills like typing
25. 25.Which of these goes in the activities section? (a) an email ID (b) a website for our club (c) school football team (d) spreadsheets (basic)
26. 26.True or false: “your bank details” should be left out of a résumé. (a) False (b) True
27. 27.📄 A résumé is… (a) a full autobiography (b) a letter of thanks (c) a school report card (d) a short summary of you
28. 28.True or false: “skills like typing” should be left out of a résumé. (a) True (b) False
29. 29.📄 In which résumé section does this go: B.Com first year? (a) skills (b) projects (c) contact details (d) education
30. 30.Which of these goes in the skills section? (a) spreadsheets (basic) (b) your city and PIN code (c) Class 12 (Science), 2026 (d) a website for our club
31. 31.Which of these goes in the contact details? (a) typing 40 words a minute (b) debate club secretary (c) your city and PIN code (d) Class 10 board: 88%
32. 32.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: volunteer work? (a) leave it out (b) include it
33. 33.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) skills like typing (b) your bank details (c) made-up marks (d) your Aadhaar number
34. 34.True or false: “your Aadhaar number” belongs on a student résumé. (a) False (b) True
35. 35.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: school and marks? (a) leave it out (b) include it
36. 36.📄 In which résumé section does this go: eco club member? (a) contact details (b) activities (c) education (d) skills
37. 37.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) languages you know (b) a party selfie (c) skills like typing (d) your phone and email
38. 38.📄 In which résumé section does this go: a mobile number? (a) skills (b) contact details (c) projects (d) education
39. 39.Which of these goes in the projects section? (a) spreadsheets (basic) (b) a survey of 50 shops (c) debate club secretary (d) your city and PIN code
40. 40.True or false: “a long life story” belongs on a student résumé. (a) False (b) True

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