Résumé Worksheet: What to Include

Interview skills lesson 17: What goes on a student résumé · Set 715 · 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: built a rain gauge model? (a) activities (b) contact details (c) projects (d) education
2. 2.📄 How long should a student résumé usually be? (a) half a line (b) ten pages (c) one page (d) five pages
3. 3.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your passwords? (a) include it (b) leave it out
4. 4.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) a party selfie (b) volunteer work (c) your phone and email (d) school and marks
5. 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) volunteer work (b) your Aadhaar number (c) school and marks (d) languages you know
6. 6.📄 In which résumé section does this go: your city and PIN code? (a) education (b) projects (c) skills (d) contact details
7. 7.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) your passwords (b) your bank details (c) languages you know (d) your Aadhaar number
8. 8.📄 In which résumé section does this go: a mobile number? (a) skills (b) activities (c) education (d) contact details
9. 9.True or false: “awards and prizes” belongs on a student résumé. (a) False (b) True
10. 10.True or false: “your phone and email” belongs on a student résumé. (a) False (b) True
11. 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) clubs and activities (b) skills like typing (c) a party selfie (d) volunteer work
12. 12.Which of these goes in the education section? (a) your city and PIN code (b) a mobile number (c) built a rain gauge model (d) B.Com first year
13. 13.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) made-up marks (b) your siblings’ marks (c) a party selfie (d) school and marks
14. 14.📄 In which résumé section does this go: a survey of 50 shops? (a) skills (b) projects (c) education (d) activities
15. 15.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) volunteer work (b) a party selfie (c) a long life story (d) made-up marks
16. 16.📄 In which résumé section does this go: school football team? (a) projects (b) skills (c) activities (d) education
17. 17.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) your phone and email (b) languages you know (c) your bank details (d) school and marks
18. 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your phone and email (b) a long life story (c) your bank details (d) your passwords
19. 19.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) made-up marks (b) your phone and email (c) school and marks (d) clubs and activities
20. 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) made-up marks (b) your passwords (c) your Aadhaar number (d) projects you did
21. 21.Which of these goes in the contact details? (a) Class 10 board: 88% (b) your city and PIN code (c) a website for our club (d) B.Com first year
22. 22.📄 In which résumé section does this go: basic HTML and CSS? (a) contact details (b) projects (c) education (d) skills
23. 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) school and marks (b) a long life story (c) your bank details (d) your passwords
24. 24.📄 In which résumé section does this go: an email ID? (a) contact details (b) projects (c) skills (d) education
25. 25.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: school and marks? (a) include it (b) leave it out
26. 26.📄 A résumé is… (a) a school report card (b) a full autobiography (c) a letter of thanks (d) a short summary of you
27. 27.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: projects you did? (a) leave it out (b) include it
28. 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your bank details (b) a long life story (c) languages you know (d) your siblings’ marks
29. 29.Which of these goes in the projects section? (a) built a rain gauge model (b) B.Com first year (c) Class 12 (Science), 2026 (d) typing 40 words a minute
30. 30.True or false: “your passwords” belongs on a student résumé. (a) False (b) True
31. 31.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: clubs and activities? (a) leave it out (b) include it
32. 32.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your siblings’ marks? (a) include it (b) leave it out
33. 33.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) projects you did (b) volunteer work (c) your siblings’ marks (d) languages you know
34. 34.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) made-up marks (b) your passwords (c) skills like typing (d) your Aadhaar number
35. 35.True or false: “your Aadhaar number” should be left out of a résumé. (a) False (b) True
36. 36.True or false: “a long life story” should be left out of a résumé. (a) True (b) False
37. 37.📄 In which résumé section does this go: Class 12 (Science), 2026? (a) contact details (b) activities (c) education (d) skills
38. 38.Which of these goes in the education section? (a) your city and PIN code (b) a website for our club (c) eco club member (d) Class 10 board: 88%
39. 39.Which of these goes in the skills section? (a) basic HTML and CSS (b) Class 10 board: 88% (c) school football team (d) your city and PIN code
40. 40.Which of these goes in the skills section? (a) typing 40 words a minute (b) B.Com first year (c) school football team (d) debate club secretary

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