Résumé Worksheet: What to Include

Interview skills lesson 17: What goes on a student résumé · Set 75 · 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.📄 A résumé is… (a) a short summary of you (b) a full autobiography (c) a school report card (d) a letter of thanks
2. 2.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your Aadhaar number (b) awards and prizes (c) skills like typing (d) your phone and email
3. 3.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) a long life story (b) school and marks (c) your phone and email (d) projects you did
4. 4.📄 A student with no work experience should highlight… (a) made-up jobs (b) projects and activities (c) nothing at all (d) their parents’ jobs
5. 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your passwords (b) your phone and email (c) clubs and activities (d) awards and prizes
6. 6.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) a party selfie (b) your bank details (c) made-up marks (d) your phone and email
7. 7.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your Aadhaar number (b) a party selfie (c) volunteer work (d) your siblings’ marks
8. 8.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) languages you know (b) your Aadhaar number (c) a long life story (d) your passwords
9. 9.Which of these goes in the skills section? (a) debate club secretary (b) a mobile number (c) typing 40 words a minute (d) B.Com first year
10. 10.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: skills like typing? (a) leave it out (b) include it
11. 11.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: awards and prizes? (a) include it (b) leave it out
12. 12.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your Aadhaar number? (a) include it (b) leave it out
13. 13.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your siblings’ marks? (a) include it (b) leave it out
14. 14.Which of these goes in the skills section? (a) B.Com first year (b) Class 10 board: 88% (c) a survey of 50 shops (d) spreadsheets (basic)
15. 15.📄 How long should a student résumé usually be? (a) half a line (b) five pages (c) ten pages (d) one page
16. 16.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) projects you did (b) a party selfie (c) made-up marks (d) a long life story
17. 17.📄 In which résumé section does this go: B.Com first year? (a) education (b) contact details (c) projects (d) skills
18. 18.Which of these goes in the skills section? (a) Class 12 (Science), 2026 (b) basic HTML and CSS (c) built a rain gauge model (d) Class 10 board: 88%
19. 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) clubs and activities (b) your bank details (c) school and marks (d) awards and prizes
20. 20.📄 In which résumé section does this go: eco club member? (a) projects (b) education (c) activities (d) skills
21. 21.Which of these goes in the activities section? (a) typing 40 words a minute (b) debate club secretary (c) your city and PIN code (d) an email ID
22. 22.Which of these goes in the projects section? (a) typing 40 words a minute (b) basic HTML and CSS (c) a mobile number (d) a website for our club
23. 23.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: volunteer work? (a) include it (b) leave it out
24. 24.📄 In which résumé section does this go: a website for our club? (a) education (b) contact details (c) projects (d) activities
25. 25.📄 In which résumé section does this go: Class 10 board: 88%? (a) skills (b) projects (c) contact details (d) education
26. 26.True or false: “your Aadhaar number” belongs on a student résumé. (a) True (b) False
27. 27.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) made-up marks (b) your Aadhaar number (c) your bank details (d) school and marks
28. 28.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) your phone and email (b) clubs and activities (c) a party selfie (d) projects you did
29. 29.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) your Aadhaar number (b) your bank details (c) your passwords (d) projects you did
30. 30.True or false: “school and marks” belongs on a student résumé. (a) True (b) False
31. 31.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your bank details? (a) include it (b) leave it out
32. 32.Which of these goes in the activities section? (a) an email ID (b) spreadsheets (basic) (c) typing 40 words a minute (d) school football team
33. 33.📄 In which résumé section does this go: debate club secretary? (a) skills (b) contact details (c) activities (d) education
34. 34.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your phone and email? (a) include it (b) leave it out
35. 35.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: a party selfie? (a) include it (b) leave it out
36. 36.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) skills like typing (b) your bank details (c) languages you know (d) clubs and activities
37. 37.True or false: “projects you did” belongs on a student résumé. (a) False (b) True
38. 38.📄 In which résumé section does this go: spreadsheets (basic)? (a) projects (b) education (c) activities (d) skills
39. 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your Aadhaar number (b) your phone and email (c) a long life story (d) your siblings’ marks
40. 40.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) your Aadhaar number (b) a long life story (c) volunteer work (d) your siblings’ marks

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