Résumé Worksheet: What to Include

Interview skills lesson 17: What goes on a student résumé · Set 731 · 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 contact details? (a) built a rain gauge model (b) eco club member (c) Class 10 board: 88% (d) an email ID
2. 2.📄 How long should a student résumé usually be? (a) one page (b) ten pages (c) five pages (d) half a line
3. 3.📄 In which résumé section does this go: built a rain gauge model? (a) projects (b) activities (c) education (d) skills
4. 4.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your phone and email (b) projects you did (c) a long life story (d) languages you know
5. 5.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: languages you know? (a) leave it out (b) include it
6. 6.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) your bank details (b) projects you did (c) a long life story (d) your siblings’ marks
7. 7.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: a long life story? (a) include it (b) leave it out
8. 8.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) clubs and activities (b) languages you know (c) awards and prizes (d) your Aadhaar number
9. 9.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) clubs and activities (b) your Aadhaar number (c) made-up marks (d) your siblings’ marks
10. 10.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) skills like typing (b) your passwords (c) projects you did (d) volunteer work
11. 11.📄 A résumé is… (a) a letter of thanks (b) a short summary of you (c) a full autobiography (d) a school report card
12. 12.Which of these goes in the education section? (a) built a rain gauge model (b) B.Com first year (c) spreadsheets (basic) (d) your city and PIN code
13. 13.📄 A student with no work experience should highlight… (a) projects and activities (b) nothing at all (c) made-up jobs (d) their parents’ jobs
14. 14.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: made-up marks? (a) leave it out (b) include it
15. 15.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) clubs and activities (b) a long life story (c) volunteer work (d) skills like typing
16. 16.📄 Your résumé says you led a club. In the interview you should… (a) say it was a joke (b) deny it (c) be ready to explain it (d) change the subject
17. 17.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your siblings’ marks? (a) leave it out (b) include it
18. 18.Which of these goes in the skills section? (a) a website for our club (b) a mobile number (c) built a rain gauge model (d) typing 40 words a minute
19. 19.Which of these goes in the activities section? (a) school football team (b) B.Com first year (c) a mobile number (d) typing 40 words a minute
20. 20.📄 In which résumé section does this go: school football team? (a) contact details (b) activities (c) projects (d) education
21. 21.📄 In which résumé section does this go: a website for our club? (a) projects (b) activities (c) education (d) skills
22. 22.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your phone and email? (a) include it (b) leave it out
23. 23.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) clubs and activities (b) a party selfie (c) languages you know (d) your phone and email
24. 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your passwords (b) a long life story (c) your siblings’ marks (d) your phone and email
25. 25.📄 In which résumé section does this go: an email ID? (a) contact details (b) education (c) activities (d) skills
26. 26.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: projects you did? (a) include it (b) leave it out
27. 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) school and marks (b) your passwords (c) your bank details (d) a long life story
28. 28.📄 In which résumé section does this go: a mobile number? (a) activities (b) education (c) skills (d) contact details
29. 29.True or false: “your Aadhaar number” should be left out of a résumé. (a) False (b) True
30. 30.Which of these goes in the activities section? (a) Class 10 board: 88% (b) a survey of 50 shops (c) an email ID (d) eco club member
31. 31.True or false: “made-up marks” belongs on a student résumé. (a) False (b) True
32. 32.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) your bank details (b) your siblings’ marks (c) made-up marks (d) your phone and email
33. 33.True or false: “awards and prizes” belongs on a student résumé. (a) True (b) False
34. 34.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) languages you know (b) your passwords (c) made-up marks (d) a party selfie
35. 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) languages you know (b) awards and prizes (c) skills like typing (d) your siblings’ marks
36. 36.📄 What font style suits a résumé? (a) one plain, clear font (b) all bold capitals (c) five fancy fonts (d) tiny handwriting
37. 37.Which of these goes in the contact details? (a) Class 10 board: 88% (b) a survey of 50 shops (c) a mobile number (d) typing 40 words a minute
38. 38.True or false: “languages you know” should be left out of a résumé. (a) False (b) True
39. 39.Which of these goes in the skills section? (a) basic HTML and CSS (b) debate club secretary (c) a survey of 50 shops (d) Class 12 (Science), 2026
40. 40.Which of these goes in the projects section? (a) a survey of 50 shops (b) your city and PIN code (c) an email ID (d) Class 10 board: 88%

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