Résumé Worksheet: What to Include

Interview skills lesson 17: What goes on a student résumé · Set 661 · 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: awards and prizes? (a) leave it out (b) include it
2. 2.True or false: “your phone and email” should be left out of a résumé. (a) True (b) False
3. 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) made-up marks (b) a long life story (c) your siblings’ marks (d) clubs and activities
4. 4.True or false: “skills like typing” should be left out of a résumé. (a) True (b) False
5. 5.True or false: “your passwords” belongs on a student résumé. (a) True (b) False
6. 6.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your bank details (b) skills like typing (c) your phone and email (d) school and marks
7. 7.📄 A student with no work experience should highlight… (a) projects and activities (b) their parents’ jobs (c) nothing at all (d) made-up jobs
8. 8.True or false: “projects you did” should be left out of a résumé. (a) True (b) False
9. 9.Which of these goes in the skills section? (a) debate club secretary (b) a mobile number (c) typing 40 words a minute (d) eco club member
10. 10.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: school and marks? (a) include it (b) leave it out
11. 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) made-up marks (b) your siblings’ marks (c) a party selfie (d) school and marks
12. 12.Which of these goes in the activities section? (a) built a rain gauge model (b) your city and PIN code (c) eco club member (d) a mobile number
13. 13.True or false: “volunteer work” belongs on a student résumé. (a) False (b) True
14. 14.True or false: “clubs and activities” belongs on a student résumé. (a) False (b) True
15. 15.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) your phone and email (b) projects you did (c) school and marks (d) your passwords
16. 16.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) school and marks (b) clubs and activities (c) awards and prizes (d) your passwords
17. 17.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your Aadhaar number? (a) leave it out (b) include it
18. 18.Which of these goes in the activities section? (a) Class 12 (Science), 2026 (b) Class 10 board: 88% (c) an email ID (d) debate club secretary
19. 19.📄 How long should a student résumé usually be? (a) one page (b) five pages (c) half a line (d) ten pages
20. 20.📄 In which résumé section does this go: Class 12 (Science), 2026? (a) education (b) projects (c) activities (d) skills
21. 21.📄 What font style suits a résumé? (a) five fancy fonts (b) tiny handwriting (c) all bold capitals (d) one plain, clear font
22. 22.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) your siblings’ marks (b) school and marks (c) clubs and activities (d) your phone and email
23. 23.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your passwords? (a) include it (b) leave it out
24. 24.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your phone and email? (a) include it (b) leave it out
25. 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a long life story (b) projects you did (c) school and marks (d) skills like typing
26. 26.📄 In which résumé section does this go: a website for our club? (a) activities (b) education (c) contact details (d) projects
27. 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) languages you know (b) made-up marks (c) your bank details (d) a party selfie
28. 28.📄 In which résumé section does this go: basic HTML and CSS? (a) skills (b) contact details (c) education (d) projects
29. 29.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) your phone and email (b) made-up marks (c) your passwords (d) your bank details
30. 30.📄 In which résumé section does this go: school football team? (a) contact details (b) activities (c) education (d) skills
31. 31.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) a long life story (b) your siblings’ marks (c) a party selfie (d) volunteer work
32. 32.📄 A résumé is… (a) a school report card (b) a short summary of you (c) a full autobiography (d) a letter of thanks
33. 33.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) clubs and activities (b) made-up marks (c) your passwords (d) your Aadhaar number
34. 34.📄 In which résumé section does this go: Class 10 board: 88%? (a) contact details (b) projects (c) skills (d) education
35. 35.📄 In which résumé section does this go: typing 40 words a minute? (a) projects (b) activities (c) skills (d) education
36. 36.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: clubs and activities? (a) leave it out (b) include it
37. 37.📄 In which résumé section does this go: a survey of 50 shops? (a) activities (b) contact details (c) skills (d) projects
38. 38.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) school and marks (b) made-up marks (c) a party selfie (d) your siblings’ marks
39. 39.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) your bank details (b) a long life story (c) awards and prizes (d) your passwords
40. 40.Which of these goes in the contact details? (a) B.Com first year (b) typing 40 words a minute (c) a mobile number (d) Class 10 board: 88%

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