Résumé Worksheet: What to Include

Interview skills lesson 17: What goes on a student résumé · Set 684 · 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) include it (b) leave it out
2. 2.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) volunteer work (b) projects you did (c) clubs and activities (d) your siblings’ marks
3. 3.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: volunteer work? (a) leave it out (b) include it
4. 4.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) a long life story (b) clubs and activities (c) awards and prizes (d) your phone and email
5. 5.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: school and marks? (a) include it (b) leave it out
6. 6.True or false: “projects you did” should be left out of a résumé. (a) True (b) False
7. 7.📄 In which résumé section does this go: debate club secretary? (a) skills (b) education (c) activities (d) contact details
8. 8.True or false: “a long life story” belongs on a student résumé. (a) False (b) True
9. 9.Which of these goes in the education section? (a) typing 40 words a minute (b) B.Com first year (c) eco club member (d) a website for our club
10. 10.True or false: “school and marks” belongs on a student résumé. (a) True (b) False
11. 11.True or false: “school and marks” should be left out of a résumé. (a) False (b) True
12. 12.True or false: “your Aadhaar number” should be left out of a résumé. (a) True (b) False
13. 13.Which of these goes in the skills section? (a) a website for our club (b) Class 10 board: 88% (c) an email ID (d) typing 40 words a minute
14. 14.True or false: “clubs and activities” belongs on a student résumé. (a) False (b) True
15. 15.📄 In which résumé section does this go: Class 10 board: 88%? (a) education (b) skills (c) contact details (d) projects
16. 16.Which of these goes in the education section? (a) eco club member (b) basic HTML and CSS (c) Class 10 board: 88% (d) a website for our club
17. 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your passwords (b) your siblings’ marks (c) a party selfie (d) languages you know
18. 18.📄 In which résumé section does this go: eco club member? (a) contact details (b) education (c) skills (d) activities
19. 19.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) your siblings’ marks (b) awards and prizes (c) a long life story (d) your passwords
20. 20.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) skills like typing (b) school and marks (c) a party selfie (d) volunteer work
21. 21.📄 How long should a student résumé usually be? (a) one page (b) ten pages (c) five pages (d) half a line
22. 22.📄 In which résumé section does this go: your city and PIN code? (a) skills (b) projects (c) education (d) contact details
23. 23.Which of these goes in the activities section? (a) Class 12 (Science), 2026 (b) an email ID (c) your city and PIN code (d) debate club secretary
24. 24.📄 In which résumé section does this go: spreadsheets (basic)? (a) skills (b) projects (c) activities (d) education
25. 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a party selfie (b) projects you did (c) your siblings’ marks (d) your bank details
26. 26.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) awards and prizes (b) your Aadhaar number (c) projects you did (d) languages you know
27. 27.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: a long life story? (a) leave it out (b) include it
28. 28.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) projects you did (b) your passwords (c) made-up marks (d) your bank details
29. 29.📄 A student with no work experience should highlight… (a) made-up jobs (b) projects and activities (c) nothing at all (d) their parents’ jobs
30. 30.📄 In which résumé section does this go: Class 12 (Science), 2026? (a) projects (b) contact details (c) education (d) skills
31. 31.Which of these goes in the education section? (a) school football team (b) Class 12 (Science), 2026 (c) eco club member (d) an email ID
32. 32.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your siblings’ marks? (a) leave it out (b) include it
33. 33.Which of these goes in the activities section? (a) school football team (b) built a rain gauge model (c) a mobile number (d) Class 12 (Science), 2026
34. 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your Aadhaar number (b) your passwords (c) school and marks (d) your bank details
35. 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a long life story (b) your bank details (c) your passwords (d) clubs and activities
36. 36.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a party selfie (b) skills like typing (c) your bank details (d) a long life story
37. 37.📄 In which résumé section does this go: built a rain gauge model? (a) activities (b) education (c) projects (d) skills
38. 38.Which of these goes in the projects section? (a) Class 12 (Science), 2026 (b) debate club secretary (c) a mobile number (d) built a rain gauge model
39. 39.True or false: “a long life story” should be left out of a résumé. (a) True (b) False
40. 40.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) your passwords (b) your Aadhaar number (c) skills like typing (d) your bank details

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