Résumé Worksheet: What to Include

Interview skills lesson 17: What goes on a student résumé · Set 656 · 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 bank details? (a) include it (b) leave it out
2. 2.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your Aadhaar number? (a) leave it out (b) include it
3. 3.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) your passwords (b) awards and prizes (c) your siblings’ marks (d) a party selfie
4. 4.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) a party selfie (b) your passwords (c) a long life story (d) skills like typing
5. 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) volunteer work (b) a party selfie (c) your passwords (d) your Aadhaar number
6. 6.📄 A student with no work experience should highlight… (a) nothing at all (b) their parents’ jobs (c) projects and activities (d) made-up jobs
7. 7.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) clubs and activities (b) your phone and email (c) awards and prizes (d) your bank details
8. 8.Which of these goes in the activities section? (a) B.Com first year (b) school football team (c) a mobile number (d) your city and PIN code
9. 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) languages you know (b) awards and prizes (c) your bank details (d) volunteer work
10. 10.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a long life story (b) a party selfie (c) made-up marks (d) languages you know
11. 11.True or false: “your Aadhaar number” should be left out of a résumé. (a) True (b) False
12. 12.📄 A résumé is… (a) a letter of thanks (b) a short summary of you (c) a school report card (d) a full autobiography
13. 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your siblings’ marks (b) skills like typing (c) clubs and activities (d) your phone and email
14. 14.📄 What font style suits a résumé? (a) five fancy fonts (b) all bold capitals (c) tiny handwriting (d) one plain, clear font
15. 15.Which of these goes in the education section? (a) built a rain gauge model (b) basic HTML and CSS (c) B.Com first year (d) spreadsheets (basic)
16. 16.📄 In which résumé section does this go: a survey of 50 shops? (a) contact details (b) skills (c) activities (d) projects
17. 17.Which of these goes in the projects section? (a) your city and PIN code (b) Class 12 (Science), 2026 (c) a website for our club (d) debate club secretary
18. 18.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your passwords? (a) include it (b) leave it out
19. 19.Which of these goes in the education section? (a) debate club secretary (b) built a rain gauge model (c) Class 10 board: 88% (d) an email ID
20. 20.📄 In which résumé section does this go: built a rain gauge model? (a) skills (b) education (c) activities (d) projects
21. 21.📄 How long should a student résumé usually be? (a) five pages (b) ten pages (c) half a line (d) one page
22. 22.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) projects you did (b) school and marks (c) your phone and email (d) made-up marks
23. 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your passwords (b) awards and prizes (c) your Aadhaar number (d) made-up marks
24. 24.True or false: “made-up marks” should be left out of a résumé. (a) True (b) False
25. 25.📄 In which résumé section does this go: spreadsheets (basic)? (a) projects (b) skills (c) education (d) contact details
26. 26.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a long life story (b) awards and prizes (c) languages you know (d) clubs and activities
27. 27.True or false: “awards and prizes” belongs on a student résumé. (a) False (b) True
28. 28.📄 In which résumé section does this go: your city and PIN code? (a) skills (b) projects (c) education (d) contact details
29. 29.📄 In which résumé section does this go: an email ID? (a) skills (b) contact details (c) activities (d) education
30. 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) clubs and activities (b) your passwords (c) skills like typing (d) languages you know
31. 31.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) volunteer work (b) skills like typing (c) your passwords (d) awards and prizes
32. 32.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) your Aadhaar number (b) projects you did (c) a party selfie (d) a long life story
33. 33.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: school and marks? (a) leave it out (b) include it
34. 34.True or false: “made-up marks” belongs on a student résumé. (a) True (b) False
35. 35.True or false: “languages you know” belongs on a student résumé. (a) True (b) False
36. 36.Which of these goes in the contact details? (a) debate club secretary (b) school football team (c) eco club member (d) an email ID
37. 37.Which of these goes in the skills section? (a) Class 10 board: 88% (b) school football team (c) typing 40 words a minute (d) built a rain gauge model
38. 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) volunteer work (b) clubs and activities (c) skills like typing (d) a party selfie
39. 39.📄 In which résumé section does this go: school football team? (a) activities (b) skills (c) projects (d) contact details
40. 40.📄 In which résumé section does this go: typing 40 words a minute? (a) activities (b) projects (c) education (d) skills

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