Résumé Worksheet: What to Include

Interview skills lesson 17: What goes on a student résumé · Set 722 · 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 skills section? (a) Class 12 (Science), 2026 (b) a website for our club (c) Class 10 board: 88% (d) spreadsheets (basic)
2. 2.📄 Your résumé says you led a club. In the interview you should… (a) deny it (b) be ready to explain it (c) say it was a joke (d) change the subject
3. 3.📄 In which résumé section does this go: debate club secretary? (a) activities (b) skills (c) projects (d) contact details
4. 4.📄 In which résumé section does this go: Class 10 board: 88%? (a) projects (b) contact details (c) education (d) activities
5. 5.📄 In which résumé section does this go: Class 12 (Science), 2026? (a) skills (b) projects (c) contact details (d) education
6. 6.📄 A student with no work experience should highlight… (a) made-up jobs (b) projects and activities (c) their parents’ jobs (d) nothing at all
7. 7.True or false: “your passwords” belongs on a student résumé. (a) True (b) False
8. 8.📄 In which résumé section does this go: eco club member? (a) education (b) skills (c) activities (d) projects
9. 9.Which of these goes in the contact details? (a) school football team (b) Class 12 (Science), 2026 (c) a mobile number (d) a website for our club
10. 10.📄 What font style suits a résumé? (a) tiny handwriting (b) one plain, clear font (c) five fancy fonts (d) all bold capitals
11. 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) languages you know (b) your Aadhaar number (c) volunteer work (d) awards and prizes
12. 12.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) your Aadhaar number (b) volunteer work (c) clubs and activities (d) school and marks
13. 13.Which of these goes in the contact details? (a) a website for our club (b) Class 12 (Science), 2026 (c) an email ID (d) B.Com first year
14. 14.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) languages you know (b) projects you did (c) made-up marks (d) volunteer work
15. 15.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) your bank details (b) your passwords (c) awards and prizes (d) a long life story
16. 16.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your Aadhaar number (b) a long life story (c) your siblings’ marks (d) volunteer work
17. 17.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) awards and prizes (b) clubs and activities (c) your bank details (d) your phone and email
18. 18.True or false: “projects you did” should be left out of a résumé. (a) False (b) True
19. 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your phone and email (b) your passwords (c) your siblings’ marks (d) your bank details
20. 20.True or false: “your Aadhaar number” should be left out of a résumé. (a) False (b) True
21. 21.True or false: “your siblings’ marks” should be left out of a résumé. (a) True (b) False
22. 22.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: awards and prizes? (a) include it (b) leave it out
23. 23.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) school and marks (b) your phone and email (c) volunteer work (d) a long life story
24. 24.True or false: “languages you know” should be left out of a résumé. (a) True (b) False
25. 25.True or false: “a long life story” should be left out of a résumé. (a) False (b) True
26. 26.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) projects you did (b) languages you know (c) your passwords (d) volunteer work
27. 27.Which of these goes in the projects section? (a) Class 10 board: 88% (b) a survey of 50 shops (c) a mobile number (d) spreadsheets (basic)
28. 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a party selfie (b) your passwords (c) school and marks (d) a long life story
29. 29.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: school and marks? (a) include it (b) leave it out
30. 30.True or false: “your bank details” should be left out of a résumé. (a) False (b) True
31. 31.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) projects you did (b) school and marks (c) languages you know (d) your bank details
32. 32.True or false: “awards and prizes” should be left out of a résumé. (a) True (b) False
33. 33.True or false: “a party selfie” should be left out of a résumé. (a) False (b) True
34. 34.True or false: “a party selfie” belongs on a student résumé. (a) False (b) True
35. 35.Which of these goes in the education section? (a) a survey of 50 shops (b) spreadsheets (basic) (c) Class 10 board: 88% (d) your city and PIN code
36. 36.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) your bank details (b) your Aadhaar number (c) your phone and email (d) a long life story
37. 37.Which of these goes in the education section? (a) debate club secretary (b) typing 40 words a minute (c) school football team (d) Class 12 (Science), 2026
38. 38.True or false: “school and marks” belongs on a student résumé. (a) False (b) True
39. 39.📄 In which résumé section does this go: an email ID? (a) education (b) skills (c) contact details (d) projects
40. 40.Which of these goes in the skills section? (a) school football team (b) eco club member (c) Class 12 (Science), 2026 (d) basic HTML and CSS

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