Résumé Worksheet: What to Include

Interview skills lesson 17: What goes on a student résumé · Set 777 · 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 projects section? (a) an email ID (b) eco club member (c) a survey of 50 shops (d) school football team
2. 2.📄 A résumé is… (a) a short summary of you (b) a school report card (c) a full autobiography (d) a letter of thanks
3. 3.Which of these goes in the education section? (a) B.Com first year (b) eco club member (c) an email ID (d) debate club secretary
4. 4.📄 In which résumé section does this go: Class 12 (Science), 2026? (a) education (b) activities (c) skills (d) contact details
5. 5.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: clubs and activities? (a) leave it out (b) include it
6. 6.📄 In which résumé section does this go: a survey of 50 shops? (a) skills (b) education (c) activities (d) projects
7. 7.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a long life story (b) school and marks (c) made-up marks (d) your Aadhaar number
8. 8.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) a long life story (b) projects you did (c) awards and prizes (d) volunteer work
9. 9.True or false: “clubs and activities” should be left out of a résumé. (a) False (b) True
10. 10.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) a long life story (b) your Aadhaar number (c) awards and prizes (d) your bank details
11. 11.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: volunteer work? (a) leave it out (b) include it
12. 12.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your phone and email? (a) leave it out (b) include it
13. 13.Which of these goes in the projects section? (a) a website for our club (b) Class 10 board: 88% (c) typing 40 words a minute (d) basic HTML and CSS
14. 14.📄 A student with no work experience should highlight… (a) nothing at all (b) made-up jobs (c) their parents’ jobs (d) projects and activities
15. 15.Which of these goes in the education section? (a) your city and PIN code (b) basic HTML and CSS (c) Class 12 (Science), 2026 (d) a website for our club
16. 16.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) a party selfie (b) your passwords (c) your bank details (d) volunteer work
17. 17.Which of these goes in the skills section? (a) Class 10 board: 88% (b) school football team (c) typing 40 words a minute (d) a survey of 50 shops
18. 18.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: languages you know? (a) leave it out (b) include it
19. 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your phone and email (b) school and marks (c) your siblings’ marks (d) clubs and activities
20. 20.True or false: “your Aadhaar number” belongs on a student résumé. (a) True (b) False
21. 21.Which of these goes in the contact details? (a) basic HTML and CSS (b) an email ID (c) Class 10 board: 88% (d) typing 40 words a minute
22. 22.📄 In which résumé section does this go: debate club secretary? (a) skills (b) projects (c) activities (d) education
23. 23.True or false: “made-up marks” belongs on a student résumé. (a) True (b) False
24. 24.True or false: “your passwords” should be left out of a résumé. (a) False (b) True
25. 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your phone and email (b) your bank details (c) languages you know (d) clubs and activities
26. 26.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) your bank details (b) your siblings’ marks (c) skills like typing (d) a long life story
27. 27.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) your phone and email (b) volunteer work (c) made-up marks (d) school and marks
28. 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your Aadhaar number (b) your siblings’ marks (c) a long life story (d) awards and prizes
29. 29.📄 In which résumé section does this go: B.Com first year? (a) contact details (b) education (c) projects (d) skills
30. 30.Which of these goes in the skills section? (a) a survey of 50 shops (b) eco club member (c) an email ID (d) basic HTML and CSS
31. 31.📄 How long should a student résumé usually be? (a) five pages (b) half a line (c) one page (d) ten pages
32. 32.📄 Your résumé says you led a club. In the interview you should… (a) deny it (b) change the subject (c) say it was a joke (d) be ready to explain it
33. 33.True or false: “a long life story” belongs on a student résumé. (a) True (b) False
34. 34.📄 In which résumé section does this go: an email ID? (a) activities (b) contact details (c) skills (d) education
35. 35.📄 What font style suits a résumé? (a) five fancy fonts (b) tiny handwriting (c) all bold capitals (d) one plain, clear font
36. 36.Which of these goes in the activities section? (a) spreadsheets (basic) (b) Class 12 (Science), 2026 (c) debate club secretary (d) Class 10 board: 88%
37. 37.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) volunteer work (b) your phone and email (c) awards and prizes (d) your siblings’ marks
38. 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your passwords (b) a party selfie (c) made-up marks (d) clubs and activities
39. 39.True or false: “awards and prizes” should be left out of a résumé. (a) True (b) False
40. 40.True or false: “projects you did” should be left out of a résumé. (a) False (b) True

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