Résumé Worksheet: What to Include

Interview skills lesson 17: What goes on a student résumé · Set 808 · 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 education section? (a) an email ID (b) Class 12 (Science), 2026 (c) school football team (d) your city and PIN code
2. 2.📄 In which résumé section does this go: eco club member? (a) contact details (b) projects (c) activities (d) education
3. 3.True or false: “clubs and activities” belongs on a student résumé. (a) False (b) True
4. 4.Which of these goes in the activities section? (a) B.Com first year (b) school football team (c) your city and PIN code (d) Class 10 board: 88%
5. 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your phone and email (b) languages you know (c) projects you did (d) a party selfie
6. 6.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your bank details (b) awards and prizes (c) skills like typing (d) clubs and activities
7. 7.True or false: “skills like typing” belongs on a student résumé. (a) False (b) True
8. 8.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) projects you did (b) volunteer work (c) skills like typing (d) your siblings’ marks
9. 9.📄 How long should a student résumé usually be? (a) ten pages (b) half a line (c) five pages (d) one page
10. 10.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) clubs and activities (b) volunteer work (c) languages you know (d) made-up marks
11. 11.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your phone and email? (a) leave it out (b) include it
12. 12.📄 A résumé is… (a) a short summary of you (b) a letter of thanks (c) a school report card (d) a full autobiography
13. 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your siblings’ marks (b) volunteer work (c) clubs and activities (d) languages you know
14. 14.📄 In which résumé section does this go: basic HTML and CSS? (a) projects (b) contact details (c) skills (d) education
15. 15.📄 In which résumé section does this go: a website for our club? (a) activities (b) contact details (c) projects (d) education
16. 16.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) languages you know (b) school and marks (c) your bank details (d) awards and prizes
17. 17.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) your bank details (b) clubs and activities (c) a long life story (d) a party selfie
18. 18.Which of these goes in the activities section? (a) Class 10 board: 88% (b) a survey of 50 shops (c) spreadsheets (basic) (d) debate club secretary
19. 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) school and marks (b) a party selfie (c) your siblings’ marks (d) made-up marks
20. 20.True or false: “clubs and activities” should be left out of a résumé. (a) True (b) False
21. 21.True or false: “your siblings’ marks” belongs on a student résumé. (a) True (b) False
22. 22.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) your siblings’ marks (b) your bank details (c) skills like typing (d) a long life story
23. 23.📄 In which résumé section does this go: a mobile number? (a) education (b) activities (c) contact details (d) skills
24. 24.Which of these goes in the contact details? (a) a survey of 50 shops (b) a website for our club (c) school football team (d) your city and PIN code
25. 25.📄 In which résumé section does this go: school football team? (a) contact details (b) projects (c) skills (d) activities
26. 26.📄 A student with no work experience should highlight… (a) their parents’ jobs (b) projects and activities (c) nothing at all (d) made-up jobs
27. 27.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your siblings’ marks? (a) include it (b) leave it out
28. 28.True or false: “your phone and email” belongs on a student résumé. (a) False (b) True
29. 29.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) made-up marks (b) your passwords (c) your Aadhaar number (d) projects you did
30. 30.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) volunteer work (b) clubs and activities (c) your phone and email (d) a long life story
31. 31.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) awards and prizes (b) your Aadhaar number (c) your phone and email (d) projects you did
32. 32.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) your Aadhaar number (b) your bank details (c) your siblings’ marks (d) volunteer work
33. 33.True or false: “school and marks” should be left out of a résumé. (a) False (b) True
34. 34.Which of these goes in the contact details? (a) a survey of 50 shops (b) Class 12 (Science), 2026 (c) a mobile number (d) debate club secretary
35. 35.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: projects you did? (a) leave it out (b) include it
36. 36.📄 In which résumé section does this go: spreadsheets (basic)? (a) skills (b) education (c) projects (d) contact details
37. 37.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) skills like typing (b) volunteer work (c) made-up marks (d) projects you did
38. 38.True or false: “school and marks” belongs on a student résumé. (a) False (b) True
39. 39.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: a party selfie? (a) leave it out (b) include it
40. 40.True or false: “your Aadhaar number” should be left out of a résumé. (a) False (b) True

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