Résumé Worksheet: What to Include

Interview skills lesson 17: What goes on a student résumé · Set 660 · 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: a survey of 50 shops? (a) skills (b) projects (c) education (d) contact details
2. 2.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) awards and prizes (b) skills like typing (c) your siblings’ marks (d) school and marks
3. 3.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your siblings’ marks? (a) leave it out (b) include it
4. 4.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: skills like typing? (a) leave it out (b) include it
5. 5.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) your passwords (b) your bank details (c) a party selfie (d) skills like typing
6. 6.Which of these goes in the education section? (a) school football team (b) Class 10 board: 88% (c) spreadsheets (basic) (d) an email ID
7. 7.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your phone and email? (a) include it (b) leave it out
8. 8.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: languages you know? (a) include it (b) leave it out
9. 9.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) your siblings’ marks (b) your bank details (c) volunteer work (d) a long life story
10. 10.True or false: “clubs and activities” should be left out of a résumé. (a) True (b) False
11. 11.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your Aadhaar number? (a) leave it out (b) include it
12. 12.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) your Aadhaar number (b) a long life story (c) made-up marks (d) projects you did
13. 13.📄 A student with no work experience should highlight… (a) made-up jobs (b) nothing at all (c) their parents’ jobs (d) projects and activities
14. 14.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) projects you did (b) clubs and activities (c) awards and prizes (d) your passwords
15. 15.📄 How long should a student résumé usually be? (a) five pages (b) ten pages (c) half a line (d) one page
16. 16.📄 In which résumé section does this go: school football team? (a) skills (b) contact details (c) activities (d) projects
17. 17.📄 In which résumé section does this go: spreadsheets (basic)? (a) education (b) projects (c) skills (d) contact details
18. 18.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: volunteer work? (a) include it (b) leave it out
19. 19.True or false: “a party selfie” should be left out of a résumé. (a) False (b) True
20. 20.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) awards and prizes (b) a party selfie (c) languages you know (d) skills like typing
21. 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your siblings’ marks (b) your bank details (c) your phone and email (d) your Aadhaar number
22. 22.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) clubs and activities (b) your bank details (c) your passwords (d) made-up marks
23. 23.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) clubs and activities (b) projects you did (c) languages you know (d) a long life story
24. 24.Which of these goes in the activities section? (a) eco club member (b) Class 10 board: 88% (c) a survey of 50 shops (d) Class 12 (Science), 2026
25. 25.Which of these goes in the activities section? (a) basic HTML and CSS (b) spreadsheets (basic) (c) B.Com first year (d) school football team
26. 26.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) languages you know (b) your Aadhaar number (c) volunteer work (d) clubs and activities
27. 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) clubs and activities (b) your phone and email (c) your bank details (d) volunteer work
28. 28.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) a party selfie (b) made-up marks (c) school and marks (d) your passwords
29. 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) school and marks (b) your phone and email (c) a long life story (d) languages you know
30. 30.📄 A résumé is… (a) a letter of thanks (b) a school report card (c) a short summary of you (d) a full autobiography
31. 31.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) awards and prizes (b) skills like typing (c) made-up marks (d) school and marks
32. 32.True or false: “your phone and email” belongs on a student résumé. (a) False (b) True
33. 33.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: awards and prizes? (a) include it (b) leave it out
34. 34.📄 In which résumé section does this go: a website for our club? (a) activities (b) skills (c) contact details (d) projects
35. 35.📄 In which résumé section does this go: B.Com first year? (a) activities (b) projects (c) skills (d) education
36. 36.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) school and marks (b) your phone and email (c) clubs and activities (d) your bank details
37. 37.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: a long life story? (a) leave it out (b) include it
38. 38.True or false: “clubs and activities” belongs on a student résumé. (a) False (b) True
39. 39.True or false: “languages you know” belongs on a student résumé. (a) False (b) True
40. 40.📄 In which résumé section does this go: Class 10 board: 88%? (a) contact details (b) skills (c) activities (d) education

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