Résumé Worksheet: What to Include

Interview skills lesson 17: What goes on a student résumé · Set 80 · 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 phone and email (c) your Aadhaar number (d) your bank details
2. 2.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) your bank details (b) projects you did (c) school and marks (d) clubs and activities
3. 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your siblings’ marks (b) projects you did (c) a party selfie (d) your bank details
4. 4.📄 In which résumé section does this go: your city and PIN code? (a) skills (b) projects (c) education (d) contact details
5. 5.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) awards and prizes (b) languages you know (c) a long life story (d) school and marks
6. 6.True or false: “skills like typing” belongs on a student résumé. (a) False (b) True
7. 7.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: a party selfie? (a) include it (b) leave it out
8. 8.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: school and marks? (a) leave it out (b) include it
9. 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your Aadhaar number (b) your bank details (c) languages you know (d) a party selfie
10. 10.Which of these goes in the activities section? (a) a website for our club (b) spreadsheets (basic) (c) debate club secretary (d) your city and PIN code
11. 11.📄 A résumé is… (a) a letter of thanks (b) a short summary of you (c) a full autobiography (d) a school report card
12. 12.📄 In which résumé section does this go: Class 10 board: 88%? (a) skills (b) projects (c) activities (d) education
13. 13.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) your Aadhaar number (b) your bank details (c) a party selfie (d) school and marks
14. 14.📄 What font style suits a résumé? (a) five fancy fonts (b) tiny handwriting (c) one plain, clear font (d) all bold capitals
15. 15.True or false: “languages you know” should be left out of a résumé. (a) False (b) True
16. 16.📄 How long should a student résumé usually be? (a) five pages (b) half a line (c) ten pages (d) one page
17. 17.Which of these goes in the education section? (a) B.Com first year (b) basic HTML and CSS (c) spreadsheets (basic) (d) an email ID
18. 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) awards and prizes (b) school and marks (c) a party selfie (d) volunteer work
19. 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) clubs and activities (b) made-up marks (c) your passwords (d) your siblings’ marks
20. 20.Which of these goes in the contact details? (a) an email ID (b) Class 12 (Science), 2026 (c) basic HTML and CSS (d) school football team
21. 21.True or false: “school and marks” belongs on a student résumé. (a) False (b) True
22. 22.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: projects you did? (a) include it (b) leave it out
23. 23.True or false: “a long life story” should be left out of a résumé. (a) False (b) True
24. 24.📄 In which résumé section does this go: a survey of 50 shops? (a) skills (b) activities (c) education (d) projects
25. 25.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your siblings’ marks? (a) include it (b) leave it out
26. 26.True or false: “clubs and activities” should be left out of a résumé. (a) False (b) True
27. 27.True or false: “made-up marks” should be left out of a résumé. (a) False (b) True
28. 28.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) clubs and activities (b) projects you did (c) your siblings’ marks (d) skills like typing
29. 29.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: skills like typing? (a) leave it out (b) include it
30. 30.Which of these goes in the projects section? (a) an email ID (b) eco club member (c) built a rain gauge model (d) debate club secretary
31. 31.True or false: “your Aadhaar number” belongs on a student résumé. (a) True (b) False
32. 32.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: volunteer work? (a) include it (b) leave it out
33. 33.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) a long life story (b) your bank details (c) made-up marks (d) projects you did
34. 34.📄 A student with no work experience should highlight… (a) nothing at all (b) made-up jobs (c) their parents’ jobs (d) projects and activities
35. 35.📄 In which résumé section does this go: Class 12 (Science), 2026? (a) skills (b) contact details (c) activities (d) education
36. 36.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) awards and prizes (b) your siblings’ marks (c) volunteer work (d) clubs and activities
37. 37.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your bank details? (a) include it (b) leave it out
38. 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) projects you did (b) volunteer work (c) a long life story (d) awards and prizes
39. 39.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your Aadhaar number? (a) leave it out (b) include it
40. 40.True or false: “your phone and email” belongs on a student résumé. (a) False (b) True

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