Résumé Worksheet: What to Include

Interview skills lesson 17: What goes on a student résumé · Set 677 · 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.📄 Your résumé says you led a club. In the interview you should… (a) change the subject (b) be ready to explain it (c) say it was a joke (d) deny it
2. 2.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your bank details? (a) include it (b) leave it out
3. 3.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: awards and prizes? (a) include it (b) leave it out
4. 4.True or false: “projects you did” belongs on a student résumé. (a) False (b) True
5. 5.Which of these goes in the contact details? (a) a website for our club (b) built a rain gauge model (c) eco club member (d) a mobile number
6. 6.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) projects you did (b) skills like typing (c) your Aadhaar number (d) clubs and activities
7. 7.📄 In which résumé section does this go: spreadsheets (basic)? (a) education (b) activities (c) skills (d) contact details
8. 8.📄 In which résumé section does this go: an email ID? (a) activities (b) projects (c) skills (d) contact details
9. 9.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) a party selfie (b) projects you did (c) your passwords (d) a long life story
10. 10.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) your passwords (b) a party selfie (c) awards and prizes (d) your bank details
11. 11.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: made-up marks? (a) leave it out (b) include it
12. 12.📄 How long should a student résumé usually be? (a) five pages (b) half a line (c) one page (d) ten pages
13. 13.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) clubs and activities (b) made-up marks (c) languages you know (d) volunteer work
14. 14.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: projects you did? (a) include it (b) leave it out
15. 15.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) a long life story (b) school and marks (c) your Aadhaar number (d) a party selfie
16. 16.True or false: “languages you know” belongs on a student résumé. (a) False (b) True
17. 17.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) skills like typing (b) your Aadhaar number (c) clubs and activities (d) your phone and email
18. 18.📄 A résumé is… (a) a full autobiography (b) a letter of thanks (c) a school report card (d) a short summary of you
19. 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your passwords (b) a long life story (c) school and marks (d) your bank details
20. 20.📄 In which résumé section does this go: typing 40 words a minute? (a) education (b) skills (c) contact details (d) projects
21. 21.📄 In which résumé section does this go: a mobile number? (a) education (b) activities (c) skills (d) contact details
22. 22.Which of these goes in the contact details? (a) your city and PIN code (b) debate club secretary (c) a website for our club (d) Class 12 (Science), 2026
23. 23.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: a party selfie? (a) leave it out (b) include it
24. 24.True or false: “school and marks” belongs on a student résumé. (a) False (b) True
25. 25.True or false: “your Aadhaar number” belongs on a student résumé. (a) False (b) True
26. 26.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a long life story (b) your bank details (c) languages you know (d) your siblings’ marks
27. 27.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: school and marks? (a) include it (b) leave it out
28. 28.📄 In which résumé section does this go: school football team? (a) contact details (b) skills (c) education (d) activities
29. 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your passwords (b) your siblings’ marks (c) volunteer work (d) a long life story
30. 30.📄 In which résumé section does this go: your city and PIN code? (a) contact details (b) education (c) projects (d) activities
31. 31.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: clubs and activities? (a) leave it out (b) include it
32. 32.Which of these goes in the contact details? (a) an email ID (b) typing 40 words a minute (c) a survey of 50 shops (d) a website for our club
33. 33.True or false: “your siblings’ marks” should be left out of a résumé. (a) True (b) False
34. 34.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your siblings’ marks? (a) include it (b) leave it out
35. 35.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: languages you know? (a) include it (b) leave it out
36. 36.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a long life story (b) projects you did (c) languages you know (d) school and marks
37. 37.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) your phone and email (b) a party selfie (c) clubs and activities (d) languages you know
38. 38.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) your Aadhaar number (b) volunteer work (c) a party selfie (d) your bank details
39. 39.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: a long life story? (a) leave it out (b) include it
40. 40.True or false: “your passwords” belongs on a student résumé. (a) True (b) False

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