Résumé Worksheet: What to Include

Interview skills lesson 17: What goes on a student résumé · Set 707 · 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.Which of these goes in the education section? (a) Class 10 board: 88% (b) an email ID (c) typing 40 words a minute (d) a mobile number
2. 2.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) your bank details (b) volunteer work (c) a long life story (d) your Aadhaar number
3. 3.Which of these goes in the contact details? (a) your city and PIN code (b) a website for our club (c) eco club member (d) basic HTML and CSS
4. 4.True or false: “your phone and email” belongs on a student résumé. (a) False (b) True
5. 5.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your phone and email? (a) include it (b) leave it out
6. 6.Which of these goes in the skills section? (a) Class 12 (Science), 2026 (b) typing 40 words a minute (c) debate club secretary (d) an email ID
7. 7.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a long life story (b) your Aadhaar number (c) your phone and email (d) your siblings’ marks
8. 8.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: skills like typing? (a) leave it out (b) include it
9. 9.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) skills like typing (b) your bank details (c) awards and prizes (d) your phone and email
10. 10.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your siblings’ marks (b) a long life story (c) your bank details (d) school and marks
11. 11.📄 In which résumé section does this go: built a rain gauge model? (a) contact details (b) activities (c) projects (d) education
12. 12.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) your bank details (b) made-up marks (c) a long life story (d) projects you did
13. 13.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: a long life story? (a) include it (b) leave it out
14. 14.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: clubs and activities? (a) include it (b) leave it out
15. 15.Which of these goes in the education section? (a) typing 40 words a minute (b) your city and PIN code (c) debate club secretary (d) B.Com first year
16. 16.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) projects you did (b) your Aadhaar number (c) your passwords (d) your siblings’ marks
17. 17.Which of these goes in the projects section? (a) typing 40 words a minute (b) built a rain gauge model (c) a mobile number (d) spreadsheets (basic)
18. 18.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) your Aadhaar number (b) skills like typing (c) your bank details (d) a party selfie
19. 19.📄 A résumé is… (a) a full autobiography (b) a school report card (c) a short summary of you (d) a letter of thanks
20. 20.📄 How long should a student résumé usually be? (a) half a line (b) five pages (c) one page (d) ten pages
21. 21.Which of these goes in the skills section? (a) debate club secretary (b) eco club member (c) basic HTML and CSS (d) built a rain gauge model
22. 22.True or false: “made-up marks” belongs on a student résumé. (a) True (b) False
23. 23.True or false: “your Aadhaar number” belongs on a student résumé. (a) True (b) False
24. 24.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) your siblings’ marks (b) a long life story (c) your Aadhaar number (d) your phone and email
25. 25.📄 In which résumé section does this go: basic HTML and CSS? (a) education (b) skills (c) contact details (d) activities
26. 26.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) school and marks (b) clubs and activities (c) languages you know (d) your Aadhaar number
27. 27.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: school and marks? (a) leave it out (b) include it
28. 28.Which of these goes in the contact details? (a) eco club member (b) an email ID (c) spreadsheets (basic) (d) built a rain gauge model
29. 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) school and marks (b) made-up marks (c) your phone and email (d) projects you did
30. 30.True or false: “school and marks” should be left out of a résumé. (a) True (b) False
31. 31.Which of these goes in the skills section? (a) spreadsheets (basic) (b) a survey of 50 shops (c) a mobile number (d) B.Com first year
32. 32.📄 In which résumé section does this go: B.Com first year? (a) education (b) projects (c) contact details (d) activities
33. 33.📄 In which résumé section does this go: Class 10 board: 88%? (a) contact details (b) education (c) activities (d) projects
34. 34.📄 In which résumé section does this go: typing 40 words a minute? (a) activities (b) contact details (c) skills (d) projects
35. 35.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: made-up marks? (a) include it (b) leave it out
36. 36.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: projects you did? (a) leave it out (b) include it
37. 37.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your Aadhaar number? (a) include it (b) leave it out
38. 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) clubs and activities (b) school and marks (c) a party selfie (d) projects you did
39. 39.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: languages you know? (a) leave it out (b) include it
40. 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) awards and prizes (b) a long life story (c) your siblings’ marks (d) your Aadhaar number

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