Résumé Worksheet: What to Include

Interview skills lesson 17: What goes on a student résumé · Set 797 · 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 is the odd one out? (a) a party selfie (b) your siblings’ marks (c) awards and prizes (d) your Aadhaar number
2. 2.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) made-up marks (b) your bank details (c) awards and prizes (d) your passwords
3. 3.Which of these goes in the skills section? (a) B.Com first year (b) basic HTML and CSS (c) Class 12 (Science), 2026 (d) Class 10 board: 88%
4. 4.📄 In which résumé section does this go: basic HTML and CSS? (a) contact details (b) activities (c) skills (d) education
5. 5.📄 A student with no work experience should highlight… (a) projects and activities (b) nothing at all (c) made-up jobs (d) their parents’ jobs
6. 6.True or false: “your passwords” should be left out of a résumé. (a) True (b) False
7. 7.📄 In which résumé section does this go: spreadsheets (basic)? (a) skills (b) projects (c) contact details (d) education
8. 8.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) a long life story (b) awards and prizes (c) languages you know (d) projects you did
9. 9.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) skills like typing (b) your phone and email (c) projects you did (d) your Aadhaar number
10. 10.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) your Aadhaar number (b) skills like typing (c) your siblings’ marks (d) your passwords
11. 11.True or false: “your bank details” belongs on a student résumé. (a) False (b) True
12. 12.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: clubs and activities? (a) leave it out (b) include it
13. 13.Which of these goes in the skills section? (a) built a rain gauge model (b) B.Com first year (c) debate club secretary (d) spreadsheets (basic)
14. 14.True or false: “your passwords” belongs on a student résumé. (a) False (b) True
15. 15.Which of these goes in the projects section? (a) spreadsheets (basic) (b) a website for our club (c) eco club member (d) Class 12 (Science), 2026
16. 16.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: awards and prizes? (a) leave it out (b) include it
17. 17.📄 A résumé is… (a) a full autobiography (b) a school report card (c) a short summary of you (d) a letter of thanks
18. 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) volunteer work (b) your bank details (c) clubs and activities (d) projects you did
19. 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your bank details (b) languages you know (c) made-up marks (d) a long life story
20. 20.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your bank details? (a) leave it out (b) include it
21. 21.📄 Your résumé says you led a club. In the interview you should… (a) deny it (b) say it was a joke (c) change the subject (d) be ready to explain it
22. 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) volunteer work (b) your bank details (c) your siblings’ marks (d) a party selfie
23. 23.Which of these goes in the activities section? (a) school football team (b) spreadsheets (basic) (c) a mobile number (d) basic HTML and CSS
24. 24.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: projects you did? (a) include it (b) leave it out
25. 25.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) skills like typing (b) projects you did (c) your bank details (d) school and marks
26. 26.True or false: “your Aadhaar number” should be left out of a résumé. (a) True (b) False
27. 27.📄 In which résumé section does this go: typing 40 words a minute? (a) activities (b) skills (c) education (d) projects
28. 28.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) made-up marks (b) a party selfie (c) your bank details (d) clubs and activities
29. 29.📄 What font style suits a résumé? (a) five fancy fonts (b) all bold capitals (c) tiny handwriting (d) one plain, clear font
30. 30.True or false: “your Aadhaar number” belongs on a student résumé. (a) False (b) True
31. 31.Which of these goes in the projects section? (a) Class 10 board: 88% (b) built a rain gauge model (c) B.Com first year (d) spreadsheets (basic)
32. 32.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) languages you know (b) a long life story (c) your siblings’ marks (d) a party selfie
33. 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) skills like typing (b) languages you know (c) school and marks (d) a long life story
34. 34.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your Aadhaar number? (a) include it (b) leave it out
35. 35.True or false: “school and marks” should be left out of a résumé. (a) False (b) True
36. 36.True or false: “your phone and email” belongs on a student résumé. (a) False (b) True
37. 37.True or false: “your siblings’ marks” should be left out of a résumé. (a) False (b) True
38. 38.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) school and marks (b) your siblings’ marks (c) your passwords (d) your Aadhaar number
39. 39.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: skills like typing? (a) include it (b) leave it out
40. 40.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your passwords? (a) leave it out (b) include it

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