Résumé Worksheet: What to Include

Interview skills lesson 17: What goes on a student résumé · Set 676 · 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.📄 A student with no work experience should highlight… (a) made-up jobs (b) projects and activities (c) their parents’ jobs (d) nothing at all
2. 2.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) projects you did (b) your bank details (c) your Aadhaar number (d) your passwords
3. 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) languages you know (b) your Aadhaar number (c) skills like typing (d) volunteer work
4. 4.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) your bank details (b) your Aadhaar number (c) a party selfie (d) clubs and activities
5. 5.Which of these goes in the education section? (a) a mobile number (b) Class 12 (Science), 2026 (c) basic HTML and CSS (d) a survey of 50 shops
6. 6.True or false: “school and marks” should be left out of a résumé. (a) False (b) True
7. 7.📄 Your résumé says you led a club. In the interview you should… (a) deny it (b) be ready to explain it (c) say it was a joke (d) change the subject
8. 8.📄 A résumé is… (a) a school report card (b) a letter of thanks (c) a short summary of you (d) a full autobiography
9. 9.📄 In which résumé section does this go: a website for our club? (a) skills (b) projects (c) contact details (d) education
10. 10.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: made-up marks? (a) leave it out (b) include it
11. 11.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your Aadhaar number? (a) include it (b) leave it out
12. 12.Which of these goes in the contact details? (a) debate club secretary (b) eco club member (c) Class 10 board: 88% (d) an email ID
13. 13.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: school and marks? (a) include it (b) leave it out
14. 14.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) languages you know (b) a party selfie (c) projects you did (d) your phone and email
15. 15.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) your siblings’ marks (b) your bank details (c) your phone and email (d) a long life story
16. 16.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) awards and prizes (b) your phone and email (c) a party selfie (d) skills like typing
17. 17.📄 In which résumé section does this go: basic HTML and CSS? (a) contact details (b) education (c) skills (d) activities
18. 18.True or false: “your siblings’ marks” belongs on a student résumé. (a) True (b) False
19. 19.True or false: “your siblings’ marks” should be left out of a résumé. (a) False (b) True
20. 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your siblings’ marks (b) your Aadhaar number (c) a long life story (d) languages you know
21. 21.Which of these goes in the projects section? (a) Class 12 (Science), 2026 (b) spreadsheets (basic) (c) a survey of 50 shops (d) Class 10 board: 88%
22. 22.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: a party selfie? (a) include it (b) leave it out
23. 23.📄 In which résumé section does this go: a survey of 50 shops? (a) activities (b) skills (c) projects (d) contact details
24. 24.📄 In which résumé section does this go: school football team? (a) activities (b) skills (c) projects (d) education
25. 25.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: awards and prizes? (a) include it (b) leave it out
26. 26.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your passwords? (a) include it (b) leave it out
27. 27.📄 How long should a student résumé usually be? (a) five pages (b) ten pages (c) one page (d) half a line
28. 28.📄 In which résumé section does this go: debate club secretary? (a) education (b) skills (c) projects (d) activities
29. 29.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) your bank details (b) projects you did (c) awards and prizes (d) skills like typing
30. 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your passwords (b) a long life story (c) your bank details (d) school and marks
31. 31.Which of these goes in the activities section? (a) eco club member (b) Class 12 (Science), 2026 (c) a website for our club (d) a survey of 50 shops
32. 32.True or false: “skills like typing” belongs on a student résumé. (a) True (b) False
33. 33.📄 In which résumé section does this go: B.Com first year? (a) education (b) contact details (c) skills (d) activities
34. 34.True or false: “awards and prizes” should be left out of a résumé. (a) False (b) True
35. 35.📄 In which résumé section does this go: a mobile number? (a) activities (b) skills (c) contact details (d) education
36. 36.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your phone and email? (a) include it (b) leave it out
37. 37.Which of these goes in the projects section? (a) Class 10 board: 88% (b) debate club secretary (c) built a rain gauge model (d) basic HTML and CSS
38. 38.Which of these goes in the activities section? (a) debate club secretary (b) a website for our club (c) spreadsheets (basic) (d) B.Com first year
39. 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) awards and prizes (b) your Aadhaar number (c) a long life story (d) a party selfie
40. 40.True or false: “projects you did” should be left out of a résumé. (a) True (b) False

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