Résumé Worksheet: What to Include

Interview skills lesson 17: What goes on a student résumé · Set 816 · 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) Class 12 (Science), 2026 (b) an email ID (c) a survey of 50 shops (d) basic HTML and CSS
2. 2.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: school and marks? (a) leave it out (b) include it
3. 3.📄 In which résumé section does this go: spreadsheets (basic)? (a) education (b) contact details (c) activities (d) skills
4. 4.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) your Aadhaar number (b) a party selfie (c) skills like typing (d) your bank details
5. 5.True or false: “your phone and email” should be left out of a résumé. (a) False (b) True
6. 6.📄 How long should a student résumé usually be? (a) ten pages (b) one page (c) five pages (d) half a line
7. 7.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your phone and email? (a) include it (b) leave it out
8. 8.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your Aadhaar number (b) languages you know (c) skills like typing (d) projects you did
9. 9.📄 In which résumé section does this go: B.Com first year? (a) education (b) projects (c) skills (d) contact details
10. 10.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) your bank details (b) languages you know (c) projects you did (d) clubs and activities
11. 11.📄 A résumé is… (a) a school report card (b) a letter of thanks (c) a full autobiography (d) a short summary of you
12. 12.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) skills like typing (b) clubs and activities (c) languages you know (d) your siblings’ marks
13. 13.True or false: “projects you did” should be left out of a résumé. (a) True (b) False
14. 14.📄 A student with no work experience should highlight… (a) made-up jobs (b) projects and activities (c) nothing at all (d) their parents’ jobs
15. 15.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your Aadhaar number? (a) include it (b) leave it out
16. 16.📄 In which résumé section does this go: an email ID? (a) skills (b) education (c) projects (d) contact details
17. 17.Which of these goes in the skills section? (a) debate club secretary (b) Class 12 (Science), 2026 (c) B.Com first year (d) typing 40 words a minute
18. 18.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) your siblings’ marks (b) school and marks (c) your Aadhaar number (d) a long life story
19. 19.Which of these goes in the contact details? (a) B.Com first year (b) spreadsheets (basic) (c) Class 10 board: 88% (d) an email ID
20. 20.📄 In which résumé section does this go: Class 10 board: 88%? (a) projects (b) skills (c) contact details (d) education
21. 21.True or false: “your passwords” belongs on a student résumé. (a) False (b) True
22. 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) school and marks (b) your phone and email (c) your passwords (d) skills like typing
23. 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) skills like typing (b) your bank details (c) projects you did (d) clubs and activities
24. 24.📄 In which résumé section does this go: school football team? (a) contact details (b) activities (c) education (d) skills
25. 25.True or false: “your passwords” should be left out of a résumé. (a) True (b) False
26. 26.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) projects you did (b) your phone and email (c) languages you know (d) a long life story
27. 27.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) your siblings’ marks (b) clubs and activities (c) volunteer work (d) your phone and email
28. 28.📄 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
29. 29.📄 In which résumé section does this go: a website for our club? (a) skills (b) education (c) projects (d) contact details
30. 30.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) awards and prizes (b) languages you know (c) volunteer work (d) your passwords
31. 31.True or false: “a long life story” should be left out of a résumé. (a) False (b) True
32. 32.📄 In which résumé section does this go: debate club secretary? (a) education (b) projects (c) activities (d) contact details
33. 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) volunteer work (b) projects you did (c) made-up marks (d) school and marks
34. 34.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: a long life story? (a) include it (b) leave it out
35. 35.Which of these goes in the activities section? (a) typing 40 words a minute (b) a mobile number (c) school football team (d) your city and PIN code
36. 36.Which of these goes in the contact details? (a) Class 10 board: 88% (b) built a rain gauge model (c) a website for our club (d) your city and PIN code
37. 37.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your passwords? (a) include it (b) leave it out
38. 38.Which of these goes in the projects section? (a) built a rain gauge model (b) Class 12 (Science), 2026 (c) Class 10 board: 88% (d) eco club member
39. 39.📄 In which résumé section does this go: eco club member? (a) contact details (b) education (c) skills (d) activities
40. 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your Aadhaar number (b) school and marks (c) a long life story (d) made-up marks

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