Résumé Worksheet: What to Include

Interview skills lesson 17: What goes on a student résumé · Set 68 · 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: school football team? (a) education (b) skills (c) activities (d) contact details
2. 2.True or false: “your passwords” should be left out of a résumé. (a) False (b) True
3. 3.True or false: “volunteer work” belongs on a student résumé. (a) False (b) True
4. 4.📄 In which résumé section does this go: a mobile number? (a) contact details (b) activities (c) skills (d) education
5. 5.📄 What font style suits a résumé? (a) one plain, clear font (b) all bold capitals (c) five fancy fonts (d) tiny handwriting
6. 6.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your passwords? (a) include it (b) leave it out
7. 7.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) awards and prizes (b) a party selfie (c) your bank details (d) your passwords
8. 8.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) your siblings’ marks (b) projects you did (c) awards and prizes (d) volunteer work
9. 9.📄 In which résumé section does this go: an email ID? (a) contact details (b) education (c) skills (d) activities
10. 10.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your phone and email (b) awards and prizes (c) your Aadhaar number (d) projects you did
11. 11.📄 In which résumé section does this go: eco club member? (a) education (b) contact details (c) activities (d) projects
12. 12.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) made-up marks (b) your passwords (c) your bank details (d) projects you did
13. 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) skills like typing (b) your Aadhaar number (c) your siblings’ marks (d) a party selfie
14. 14.True or false: “your phone and email” should be left out of a résumé. (a) False (b) True
15. 15.📄 In which résumé section does this go: Class 10 board: 88%? (a) skills (b) education (c) projects (d) activities
16. 16.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) clubs and activities (b) languages you know (c) projects you did (d) your bank details
17. 17.Which of these goes in the contact details? (a) built a rain gauge model (b) typing 40 words a minute (c) school football team (d) your city and PIN code
18. 18.📄 In which résumé section does this go: a website for our club? (a) skills (b) activities (c) projects (d) education
19. 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a party selfie (b) skills like typing (c) awards and prizes (d) school and marks
20. 20.True or false: “your Aadhaar number” belongs on a student résumé. (a) False (b) True
21. 21.True or false: “school and marks” should be left out of a résumé. (a) True (b) False
22. 22.Which of these goes in the education section? (a) typing 40 words a minute (b) school football team (c) a website for our club (d) Class 12 (Science), 2026
23. 23.Which of these goes in the education section? (a) typing 40 words a minute (b) basic HTML and CSS (c) debate club secretary (d) Class 10 board: 88%
24. 24.Which of these goes in the contact details? (a) a mobile number (b) debate club secretary (c) basic HTML and CSS (d) school football team
25. 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a party selfie (b) your passwords (c) your siblings’ marks (d) school and marks
26. 26.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your passwords (b) languages you know (c) school and marks (d) skills like typing
27. 27.True or false: “clubs and activities” belongs on a student résumé. (a) False (b) True
28. 28.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) your passwords (b) school and marks (c) languages you know (d) your phone and email
29. 29.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) a long life story (b) made-up marks (c) a party selfie (d) clubs and activities
30. 30.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) made-up marks (b) languages you know (c) your bank details (d) your siblings’ marks
31. 31.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your Aadhaar number? (a) leave it out (b) include it
32. 32.Which of these goes in the activities section? (a) your city and PIN code (b) Class 10 board: 88% (c) school football team (d) typing 40 words a minute
33. 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) projects you did (b) a long life story (c) clubs and activities (d) awards and prizes
34. 34.📄 A student with no work experience should highlight… (a) projects and activities (b) nothing at all (c) their parents’ jobs (d) made-up jobs
35. 35.📄 A résumé is… (a) a school report card (b) a short summary of you (c) a full autobiography (d) a letter of thanks
36. 36.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) your phone and email (b) school and marks (c) your bank details (d) volunteer work
37. 37.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: projects you did? (a) leave it out (b) include it
38. 38.Which of these goes in the activities section? (a) Class 12 (Science), 2026 (b) eco club member (c) B.Com first year (d) a website for our club
39. 39.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) clubs and activities (b) school and marks (c) skills like typing (d) a long life story
40. 40.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your siblings’ marks? (a) include it (b) leave it out

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