Résumé Worksheet: What to Include

Interview skills lesson 17: What goes on a student résumé · Set 753 · 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.📄 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
2. 2.📄 In which résumé section does this go: Class 10 board: 88%? (a) education (b) skills (c) activities (d) projects
3. 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your phone and email (b) clubs and activities (c) awards and prizes (d) a party selfie
4. 4.📄 In which résumé section does this go: school football team? (a) activities (b) contact details (c) projects (d) education
5. 5.True or false: “your phone and email” belongs on a student résumé. (a) True (b) False
6. 6.True or false: “your siblings’ marks” should be left out of a résumé. (a) True (b) False
7. 7.📄 In which résumé section does this go: eco club member? (a) skills (b) activities (c) contact details (d) projects
8. 8.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) a party selfie (b) your phone and email (c) made-up marks (d) your Aadhaar number
9. 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) skills like typing (b) clubs and activities (c) your passwords (d) school and marks
10. 10.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) volunteer work (b) your phone and email (c) your siblings’ marks (d) awards and prizes
11. 11.Which of these goes in the skills section? (a) typing 40 words a minute (b) eco club member (c) your city and PIN code (d) Class 12 (Science), 2026
12. 12.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a party selfie (b) your siblings’ marks (c) volunteer work (d) your bank details
13. 13.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: skills like typing? (a) leave it out (b) include it
14. 14.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) your phone and email (b) volunteer work (c) made-up marks (d) languages you know
15. 15.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) your passwords (b) clubs and activities (c) your siblings’ marks (d) a party selfie
16. 16.Which of these goes in the projects section? (a) B.Com first year (b) an email ID (c) typing 40 words a minute (d) a survey of 50 shops
17. 17.Which of these goes in the activities section? (a) debate club secretary (b) a survey of 50 shops (c) typing 40 words a minute (d) B.Com first year
18. 18.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) a long life story (b) skills like typing (c) your phone and email (d) volunteer work
19. 19.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your siblings’ marks? (a) leave it out (b) include it
20. 20.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: clubs and activities? (a) leave it out (b) include it
21. 21.📄 In which résumé section does this go: Class 12 (Science), 2026? (a) skills (b) contact details (c) education (d) projects
22. 22.True or false: “a long life story” belongs on a student résumé. (a) False (b) True
23. 23.📄 How long should a student résumé usually be? (a) one page (b) half a line (c) five pages (d) ten pages
24. 24.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) projects you did (b) skills like typing (c) your Aadhaar number (d) your phone and email
25. 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your bank details (b) your Aadhaar number (c) languages you know (d) your passwords
26. 26.Which of these goes in the contact details? (a) Class 10 board: 88% (b) spreadsheets (basic) (c) a survey of 50 shops (d) a mobile number
27. 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) skills like typing (b) your bank details (c) a long life story (d) a party selfie
28. 28.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: made-up marks? (a) include it (b) leave it out
29. 29.📄 In which résumé section does this go: basic HTML and CSS? (a) contact details (b) education (c) skills (d) activities
30. 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) projects you did (b) made-up marks (c) a long life story (d) a party selfie
31. 31.📄 A résumé is… (a) a school report card (b) a full autobiography (c) a letter of thanks (d) a short summary of you
32. 32.📄 In which résumé section does this go: spreadsheets (basic)? (a) activities (b) skills (c) education (d) contact details
33. 33.📄 In which résumé section does this go: built a rain gauge model? (a) contact details (b) skills (c) education (d) projects
34. 34.True or false: “skills like typing” should be left out of a résumé. (a) False (b) True
35. 35.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: awards and prizes? (a) leave it out (b) include it
36. 36.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) made-up marks (b) your bank details (c) school and marks (d) your Aadhaar number
37. 37.True or false: “awards and prizes” should be left out of a résumé. (a) False (b) True
38. 38.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: languages you know? (a) leave it out (b) include it
39. 39.Which of these goes in the education section? (a) your city and PIN code (b) school football team (c) a mobile number (d) B.Com first year
40. 40.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) volunteer work (b) projects you did (c) school and marks (d) your bank details

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