Résumé Worksheet: What to Include

Interview skills lesson 17: What goes on a student résumé · Set 764 · 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.📄 In which résumé section does this go: typing 40 words a minute? (a) skills (b) projects (c) activities (d) contact details
2. 2.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your siblings’ marks (b) a long life story (c) your Aadhaar number (d) languages you know
3. 3.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your phone and email? (a) include it (b) leave it out
4. 4.📄 In which résumé section does this go: your city and PIN code? (a) contact details (b) skills (c) projects (d) activities
5. 5.True or false: “projects you did” belongs on a student résumé. (a) False (b) True
6. 6.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) awards and prizes (b) school and marks (c) your bank details (d) clubs and activities
7. 7.📄 A student with no work experience should highlight… (a) made-up jobs (b) their parents’ jobs (c) nothing at all (d) projects and activities
8. 8.True or false: “projects you did” should be left out of a résumé. (a) True (b) False
9. 9.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your siblings’ marks? (a) leave it out (b) include it
10. 10.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: awards and prizes? (a) include it (b) leave it out
11. 11.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: languages you know? (a) include it (b) leave it out
12. 12.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: a party selfie? (a) include it (b) leave it out
13. 13.Which of these goes in the contact details? (a) Class 10 board: 88% (b) a mobile number (c) spreadsheets (basic) (d) a survey of 50 shops
14. 14.Which of these goes in the education section? (a) B.Com first year (b) basic HTML and CSS (c) school football team (d) spreadsheets (basic)
15. 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) made-up marks (b) a long life story (c) a party selfie (d) your phone and email
16. 16.Which of these goes in the projects section? (a) typing 40 words a minute (b) a website for our club (c) debate club secretary (d) B.Com first year
17. 17.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) projects you did (b) clubs and activities (c) your Aadhaar number (d) school and marks
18. 18.📄 In which résumé section does this go: basic HTML and CSS? (a) contact details (b) skills (c) projects (d) education
19. 19.True or false: “awards and prizes” belongs on a student résumé. (a) False (b) True
20. 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your Aadhaar number (b) a party selfie (c) school and marks (d) your siblings’ marks
21. 21.📄 A résumé is… (a) a school report card (b) a letter of thanks (c) a full autobiography (d) a short summary of you
22. 22.📄 In which résumé section does this go: Class 12 (Science), 2026? (a) projects (b) education (c) activities (d) contact details
23. 23.True or false: “your Aadhaar number” should be left out of a résumé. (a) False (b) True
24. 24.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: skills like typing? (a) include it (b) leave it out
25. 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your Aadhaar number (b) volunteer work (c) your siblings’ marks (d) your bank details
26. 26.True or false: “volunteer work” should be left out of a résumé. (a) True (b) False
27. 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) made-up marks (b) projects you did (c) clubs and activities (d) your phone and email
28. 28.Which of these goes in the education section? (a) debate club secretary (b) a survey of 50 shops (c) Class 12 (Science), 2026 (d) your city and PIN code
29. 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) skills like typing (b) your bank details (c) a party selfie (d) your siblings’ marks
30. 30.Which of these goes in the activities section? (a) your city and PIN code (b) basic HTML and CSS (c) debate club secretary (d) spreadsheets (basic)
31. 31.📄 In which résumé section does this go: spreadsheets (basic)? (a) education (b) skills (c) projects (d) contact details
32. 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) awards and prizes (b) your passwords (c) volunteer work (d) projects you did
33. 33.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) projects you did (b) your bank details (c) a party selfie (d) a long life story
34. 34.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) a party selfie (b) clubs and activities (c) your Aadhaar number (d) your siblings’ marks
35. 35.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) your phone and email (b) a party selfie (c) your bank details (d) made-up marks
36. 36.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) languages you know (b) your phone and email (c) projects you did (d) a party selfie
37. 37.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) languages you know (b) clubs and activities (c) your passwords (d) skills like typing
38. 38.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) your siblings’ marks (b) awards and prizes (c) your passwords (d) your Aadhaar number
39. 39.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: clubs and activities? (a) include it (b) leave it out
40. 40.True or false: “your bank details” should be left out of a résumé. (a) False (b) True

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