Résumé Worksheet: What to Include

Interview skills lesson 17: What goes on a student résumé · Set 723 · 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 activities section? (a) school football team (b) built a rain gauge model (c) a survey of 50 shops (d) typing 40 words a minute
2. 2.📄 In which résumé section does this go: built a rain gauge model? (a) education (b) projects (c) activities (d) skills
3. 3.Which of these goes in the projects section? (a) eco club member (b) a mobile number (c) built a rain gauge model (d) typing 40 words a minute
4. 4.Which of these goes in the projects section? (a) a website for our club (b) school football team (c) B.Com first year (d) your city and PIN code
5. 5.📄 In which résumé section does this go: a survey of 50 shops? (a) activities (b) projects (c) skills (d) contact details
6. 6.Which of these goes in the activities section? (a) an email ID (b) eco club member (c) typing 40 words a minute (d) Class 10 board: 88%
7. 7.Which of these goes in the skills section? (a) spreadsheets (basic) (b) debate club secretary (c) eco club member (d) built a rain gauge model
8. 8.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your bank details? (a) leave it out (b) include it
9. 9.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) skills like typing (b) clubs and activities (c) your Aadhaar number (d) school and marks
10. 10.📄 Your résumé says you led a club. In the interview you should… (a) change the subject (b) deny it (c) say it was a joke (d) be ready to explain it
11. 11.📄 In which résumé section does this go: a mobile number? (a) education (b) contact details (c) skills (d) activities
12. 12.📄 A résumé is… (a) a letter of thanks (b) a school report card (c) a short summary of you (d) a full autobiography
13. 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your phone and email (b) projects you did (c) your passwords (d) awards and prizes
14. 14.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: languages you know? (a) leave it out (b) include it
15. 15.True or false: “made-up marks” belongs on a student résumé. (a) False (b) True
16. 16.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: clubs and activities? (a) leave it out (b) include it
17. 17.Which of these goes in the projects section? (a) Class 12 (Science), 2026 (b) basic HTML and CSS (c) debate club secretary (d) a survey of 50 shops
18. 18.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your Aadhaar number? (a) leave it out (b) include it
19. 19.Which of these goes in the contact details? (a) eco club member (b) an email ID (c) school football team (d) typing 40 words a minute
20. 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) made-up marks (b) your passwords (c) clubs and activities (d) a party selfie
21. 21.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) volunteer work (b) projects you did (c) school and marks (d) your siblings’ marks
22. 22.📄 In which résumé section does this go: typing 40 words a minute? (a) projects (b) contact details (c) skills (d) education
23. 23.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) your passwords (b) your Aadhaar number (c) a party selfie (d) awards and prizes
24. 24.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) your phone and email (b) your bank details (c) your siblings’ marks (d) a long life story
25. 25.📄 In which résumé section does this go: eco club member? (a) projects (b) education (c) activities (d) contact details
26. 26.📄 In which résumé section does this go: your city and PIN code? (a) activities (b) contact details (c) skills (d) education
27. 27.📄 In which résumé section does this go: B.Com first year? (a) projects (b) skills (c) education (d) activities
28. 28.True or false: “clubs and activities” should be left out of a résumé. (a) False (b) True
29. 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your passwords (b) projects you did (c) a long life story (d) your bank details
30. 30.📄 How long should a student résumé usually be? (a) ten pages (b) one page (c) five pages (d) half a line
31. 31.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: projects you did? (a) leave it out (b) include it
32. 32.True or false: “projects you did” should be left out of a résumé. (a) False (b) True
33. 33.📄 A student with no work experience should highlight… (a) their parents’ jobs (b) made-up jobs (c) nothing at all (d) projects and activities
34. 34.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) your Aadhaar number (b) made-up marks (c) your passwords (d) volunteer work
35. 35.True or false: “volunteer work” should be left out of a résumé. (a) True (b) False
36. 36.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) volunteer work (b) school and marks (c) clubs and activities (d) your bank details
37. 37.Which of these goes in the activities section? (a) a survey of 50 shops (b) debate club secretary (c) Class 10 board: 88% (d) your city and PIN code
38. 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) awards and prizes (b) school and marks (c) skills like typing (d) a party selfie
39. 39.True or false: “awards and prizes” belongs on a student résumé. (a) True (b) False
40. 40.Which of these goes in the education section? (a) basic HTML and CSS (b) typing 40 words a minute (c) built a rain gauge model (d) Class 10 board: 88%

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