Résumé Worksheet: What to Include

Interview skills lesson 17: What goes on a student résumé · Set 817 · 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) a mobile number (c) a website for our club (d) typing 40 words a minute
2. 2.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) a long life story (b) your siblings’ marks (c) a party selfie (d) awards and prizes
3. 3.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your phone and email? (a) include it (b) leave it out
4. 4.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a long life story (b) awards and prizes (c) projects you did (d) volunteer work
5. 5.True or false: “languages you know” belongs on a student résumé. (a) True (b) False
6. 6.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) awards and prizes (b) clubs and activities (c) your phone and email (d) your siblings’ marks
7. 7.📄 In which résumé section does this go: a survey of 50 shops? (a) education (b) activities (c) contact details (d) projects
8. 8.Which of these goes in the projects section? (a) spreadsheets (basic) (b) eco club member (c) a survey of 50 shops (d) basic HTML and CSS
9. 9.📄 In which résumé section does this go: B.Com first year? (a) skills (b) activities (c) projects (d) education
10. 10.📄 A résumé is… (a) a letter of thanks (b) a short summary of you (c) a school report card (d) a full autobiography
11. 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) awards and prizes (b) projects you did (c) made-up marks (d) your phone and email
12. 12.Which of these goes in the activities section? (a) typing 40 words a minute (b) a mobile number (c) school football team (d) Class 12 (Science), 2026
13. 13.True or false: “volunteer work” belongs on a student résumé. (a) False (b) True
14. 14.📄 In which résumé section does this go: Class 12 (Science), 2026? (a) activities (b) skills (c) education (d) contact details
15. 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) made-up marks (b) a party selfie (c) school and marks (d) a long life story
16. 16.📄 In which résumé section does this go: typing 40 words a minute? (a) activities (b) skills (c) projects (d) contact details
17. 17.📄 In which résumé section does this go: a website for our club? (a) contact details (b) activities (c) education (d) projects
18. 18.True or false: “skills like typing” should be left out of a résumé. (a) False (b) True
19. 19.📄 In which résumé section does this go: eco club member? (a) projects (b) skills (c) activities (d) education
20. 20.📄 In which résumé section does this go: an email ID? (a) contact details (b) projects (c) skills (d) activities
21. 21.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) your phone and email (b) clubs and activities (c) your bank details (d) volunteer work
22. 22.📄 A student with no work experience should highlight… (a) projects and activities (b) made-up jobs (c) nothing at all (d) their parents’ jobs
23. 23.📄 In which résumé section does this go: a mobile number? (a) activities (b) projects (c) contact details (d) skills
24. 24.📄 In which résumé section does this go: your city and PIN code? (a) contact details (b) projects (c) education (d) skills
25. 25.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) awards and prizes (b) clubs and activities (c) school and marks (d) a long life story
26. 26.True or false: “a party selfie” should be left out of a résumé. (a) True (b) False
27. 27.Which of these goes in the skills section? (a) a mobile number (b) eco club member (c) your city and PIN code (d) typing 40 words a minute
28. 28.📄 How long should a student résumé usually be? (a) five pages (b) ten pages (c) half a line (d) one page
29. 29.Which of these goes in the skills section? (a) B.Com first year (b) an email ID (c) basic HTML and CSS (d) a website for our club
30. 30.📄 In which résumé section does this go: spreadsheets (basic)? (a) skills (b) education (c) projects (d) activities
31. 31.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) your phone and email (b) made-up marks (c) awards and prizes (d) skills like typing
32. 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) projects you did (b) a party selfie (c) a long life story (d) your bank details
33. 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a party selfie (b) projects you did (c) school and marks (d) languages you know
34. 34.True or false: “your phone and email” belongs on a student résumé. (a) True (b) False
35. 35.True or false: “projects you did” belongs on a student résumé. (a) False (b) True
36. 36.True or false: “your phone and email” should be left out of a résumé. (a) True (b) False
37. 37.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: made-up marks? (a) include it (b) leave it out
38. 38.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) a long life story (b) a party selfie (c) school and marks (d) your passwords
39. 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) made-up marks (b) a party selfie (c) your phone and email (d) your siblings’ marks
40. 40.📄 In which résumé section does this go: Class 10 board: 88%? (a) activities (b) skills (c) education (d) projects

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