Résumé Worksheet: What to Include

Interview skills lesson 17: What goes on a student résumé · Set 807 · 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: Class 12 (Science), 2026? (a) education (b) skills (c) projects (d) activities
2. 2.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: made-up marks? (a) include it (b) leave it out
3. 3.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) a party selfie (b) a long life story (c) school and marks (d) your Aadhaar number
4. 4.📄 How long should a student résumé usually be? (a) half a line (b) five pages (c) ten pages (d) one page
5. 5.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your phone and email? (a) leave it out (b) include it
6. 6.True or false: “awards and prizes” should be left out of a résumé. (a) False (b) True
7. 7.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) awards and prizes (b) clubs and activities (c) languages you know (d) a party selfie
8. 8.📄 In which résumé section does this go: built a rain gauge model? (a) contact details (b) activities (c) education (d) projects
9. 9.📄 In which résumé section does this go: Class 10 board: 88%? (a) activities (b) skills (c) contact details (d) education
10. 10.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: projects you did? (a) leave it out (b) include it
11. 11.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) a long life story (b) your passwords (c) your Aadhaar number (d) your phone and email
12. 12.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) school and marks (b) your Aadhaar number (c) clubs and activities (d) languages you know
13. 13.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) your phone and email (b) a long life story (c) volunteer work (d) awards and prizes
14. 14.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) school and marks (b) awards and prizes (c) your phone and email (d) your passwords
15. 15.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) volunteer work (b) your Aadhaar number (c) made-up marks (d) a party selfie
16. 16.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your bank details (b) projects you did (c) school and marks (d) clubs and activities
17. 17.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your passwords? (a) include it (b) leave it out
18. 18.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) clubs and activities (b) your siblings’ marks (c) skills like typing (d) volunteer work
19. 19.Which of these goes in the contact details? (a) built a rain gauge model (b) debate club secretary (c) spreadsheets (basic) (d) an email ID
20. 20.Which of these goes in the activities section? (a) Class 12 (Science), 2026 (b) Class 10 board: 88% (c) B.Com first year (d) eco club member
21. 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your phone and email (b) your siblings’ marks (c) skills like typing (d) clubs and activities
22. 22.True or false: “languages you know” belongs on a student résumé. (a) True (b) False
23. 23.📄 A résumé is… (a) a letter of thanks (b) a school report card (c) a full autobiography (d) a short summary of you
24. 24.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) clubs and activities (b) your bank details (c) projects you did (d) your phone and email
25. 25.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: languages you know? (a) include it (b) leave it out
26. 26.Which of these goes in the skills section? (a) typing 40 words a minute (b) an email ID (c) a survey of 50 shops (d) built a rain gauge model
27. 27.📄 In which résumé section does this go: B.Com first year? (a) activities (b) education (c) contact details (d) projects
28. 28.📄 In which résumé section does this go: an email ID? (a) skills (b) education (c) activities (d) contact details
29. 29.True or false: “skills like typing” belongs on a student résumé. (a) True (b) False
30. 30.📄 A student with no work experience should highlight… (a) made-up jobs (b) their parents’ jobs (c) projects and activities (d) nothing at all
31. 31.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) school and marks (b) made-up marks (c) your Aadhaar number (d) your siblings’ marks
32. 32.True or false: “school and marks” should be left out of a résumé. (a) True (b) False
33. 33.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: a party selfie? (a) include it (b) leave it out
34. 34.Which of these goes in the activities section? (a) B.Com first year (b) school football team (c) spreadsheets (basic) (d) your city and PIN code
35. 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a long life story (b) your siblings’ marks (c) languages you know (d) a party selfie
36. 36.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) skills like typing (b) projects you did (c) your passwords (d) your phone and email
37. 37.True or false: “your Aadhaar number” should be left out of a résumé. (a) False (b) True
38. 38.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your bank details? (a) include it (b) leave it out
39. 39.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) skills like typing (b) a party selfie (c) projects you did (d) volunteer work
40. 40.📄 In which résumé section does this go: your city and PIN code? (a) education (b) contact details (c) skills (d) activities

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