Résumé Worksheet: What to Include

Interview skills lesson 17: What goes on a student résumé · Set 825 · 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 contact details? (a) a website for our club (b) basic HTML and CSS (c) a mobile number (d) built a rain gauge model
2. 2.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) clubs and activities (b) a party selfie (c) your bank details (d) your passwords
3. 3.📄 A résumé is… (a) a school report card (b) a short summary of you (c) a letter of thanks (d) a full autobiography
4. 4.Which of these goes in the activities section? (a) built a rain gauge model (b) school football team (c) an email ID (d) Class 12 (Science), 2026
5. 5.📄 How long should a student résumé usually be? (a) ten pages (b) one page (c) five pages (d) half a line
6. 6.Which of these goes in the activities section? (a) eco club member (b) typing 40 words a minute (c) Class 10 board: 88% (d) a mobile number
7. 7.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) made-up marks (b) your bank details (c) awards and prizes (d) a party selfie
8. 8.📄 Your résumé says you led a club. In the interview you should… (a) say it was a joke (b) deny it (c) change the subject (d) be ready to explain it
9. 9.True or false: “your phone and email” belongs on a student résumé. (a) False (b) True
10. 10.📄 In which résumé section does this go: B.Com first year? (a) skills (b) projects (c) activities (d) education
11. 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) skills like typing (b) awards and prizes (c) projects you did (d) a party selfie
12. 12.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: clubs and activities? (a) include it (b) leave it out
13. 13.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your passwords? (a) include it (b) leave it out
14. 14.📄 What font style suits a résumé? (a) tiny handwriting (b) all bold capitals (c) five fancy fonts (d) one plain, clear font
15. 15.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: a party selfie? (a) leave it out (b) include it
16. 16.Which of these goes in the skills section? (a) B.Com first year (b) basic HTML and CSS (c) an email ID (d) built a rain gauge model
17. 17.True or false: “volunteer work” belongs on a student résumé. (a) False (b) True
18. 18.📄 In which résumé section does this go: typing 40 words a minute? (a) education (b) skills (c) projects (d) contact details
19. 19.📄 In which résumé section does this go: basic HTML and CSS? (a) contact details (b) activities (c) education (d) skills
20. 20.Which of these goes in the activities section? (a) your city and PIN code (b) basic HTML and CSS (c) B.Com first year (d) debate club secretary
21. 21.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your siblings’ marks? (a) leave it out (b) include it
22. 22.📄 In which résumé section does this go: your city and PIN code? (a) education (b) contact details (c) skills (d) projects
23. 23.True or false: “your Aadhaar number” should be left out of a résumé. (a) True (b) False
24. 24.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) a party selfie (b) clubs and activities (c) languages you know (d) school and marks
25. 25.Which of these goes in the projects section? (a) Class 12 (Science), 2026 (b) your city and PIN code (c) a website for our club (d) a mobile number
26. 26.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: school and marks? (a) leave it out (b) include it
27. 27.True or false: “languages you know” should be left out of a résumé. (a) False (b) True
28. 28.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: skills like typing? (a) leave it out (b) include it
29. 29.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) projects you did (b) school and marks (c) awards and prizes (d) your Aadhaar number
30. 30.📄 In which résumé section does this go: a mobile number? (a) activities (b) skills (c) education (d) contact details
31. 31.📄 In which résumé section does this go: Class 10 board: 88%? (a) skills (b) education (c) contact details (d) activities
32. 32.Which of these goes in the contact details? (a) an email ID (b) typing 40 words a minute (c) debate club secretary (d) eco club member
33. 33.📄 A student with no work experience should highlight… (a) their parents’ jobs (b) made-up jobs (c) projects and activities (d) nothing at all
34. 34.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) your Aadhaar number (b) a long life story (c) your bank details (d) your phone and email
35. 35.📄 In which résumé section does this go: debate club secretary? (a) projects (b) activities (c) skills (d) contact details
36. 36.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your bank details (b) a party selfie (c) languages you know (d) your siblings’ marks
37. 37.Which of these goes in the skills section? (a) typing 40 words a minute (b) a website for our club (c) Class 10 board: 88% (d) Class 12 (Science), 2026
38. 38.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your phone and email? (a) leave it out (b) include it
39. 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) skills like typing (b) projects you did (c) school and marks (d) a long life story
40. 40.📄 In which résumé section does this go: built a rain gauge model? (a) activities (b) projects (c) education (d) skills

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