Résumé Worksheet: What to Include

Interview skills lesson 17: What goes on a student résumé · Set 826 · 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 should be left out of a résumé? (a) awards and prizes (b) a party selfie (c) languages you know (d) your phone and email
2. 2.Which of these goes in the education section? (a) eco club member (b) Class 10 board: 88% (c) a mobile number (d) basic HTML and CSS
3. 3.True or false: “awards and prizes” belongs on a student résumé. (a) True (b) False
4. 4.True or false: “your passwords” belongs on a student résumé. (a) False (b) True
5. 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your bank details (b) your siblings’ marks (c) volunteer work (d) made-up marks
6. 6.📄 A student with no work experience should highlight… (a) nothing at all (b) made-up jobs (c) their parents’ jobs (d) projects and activities
7. 7.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) your bank details (b) made-up marks (c) your Aadhaar number (d) awards and prizes
8. 8.Which of these goes in the education section? (a) an email ID (b) Class 12 (Science), 2026 (c) school football team (d) a survey of 50 shops
9. 9.📄 How long should a student résumé usually be? (a) five pages (b) ten pages (c) one page (d) half a line
10. 10.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) your bank details (b) languages you know (c) your passwords (d) your siblings’ marks
11. 11.Which of these goes in the contact details? (a) a website for our club (b) Class 12 (Science), 2026 (c) a mobile number (d) eco club member
12. 12.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your passwords? (a) include it (b) leave it out
13. 13.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) your passwords (b) clubs and activities (c) a party selfie (d) your bank details
14. 14.Which of these goes in the contact details? (a) Class 10 board: 88% (b) debate club secretary (c) an email ID (d) a website for our club
15. 15.📄 In which résumé section does this go: debate club secretary? (a) activities (b) projects (c) contact details (d) education
16. 16.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) school and marks (b) languages you know (c) volunteer work (d) a party selfie
17. 17.📄 Your résumé says you led a club. In the interview you should… (a) deny it (b) change the subject (c) say it was a joke (d) be ready to explain it
18. 18.📄 A résumé is… (a) a short summary of you (b) a school report card (c) a letter of thanks (d) a full autobiography
19. 19.Which of these goes in the contact details? (a) eco club member (b) built a rain gauge model (c) B.Com first year (d) your city and PIN code
20. 20.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: clubs and activities? (a) include it (b) leave it out
21. 21.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: volunteer work? (a) include it (b) leave it out
22. 22.📄 In which résumé section does this go: basic HTML and CSS? (a) education (b) activities (c) skills (d) contact details
23. 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) school and marks (b) your passwords (c) your bank details (d) made-up marks
24. 24.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) projects you did (b) school and marks (c) awards and prizes (d) your bank details
25. 25.📄 In which résumé section does this go: B.Com first year? (a) skills (b) contact details (c) projects (d) education
26. 26.Which of these goes in the projects section? (a) a website for our club (b) a mobile number (c) debate club secretary (d) typing 40 words a minute
27. 27.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your phone and email? (a) include it (b) leave it out
28. 28.True or false: “projects you did” should be left out of a résumé. (a) True (b) False
29. 29.True or false: “a party selfie” should be left out of a résumé. (a) False (b) True
30. 30.True or false: “your phone and email” belongs on a student résumé. (a) True (b) False
31. 31.True or false: “your Aadhaar number” should be left out of a résumé. (a) True (b) False
32. 32.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: skills like typing? (a) leave it out (b) include it
33. 33.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: school and marks? (a) leave it out (b) include it
34. 34.📄 What font style suits a résumé? (a) five fancy fonts (b) one plain, clear font (c) tiny handwriting (d) all bold capitals
35. 35.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: a party selfie? (a) leave it out (b) include it
36. 36.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) skills like typing (b) made-up marks (c) your phone and email (d) awards and prizes
37. 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) skills like typing (b) volunteer work (c) your phone and email (d) a long life story
38. 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your passwords (b) a party selfie (c) clubs and activities (d) your bank details
39. 39.Which of these goes in the activities section? (a) an email ID (b) a mobile number (c) eco club member (d) Class 12 (Science), 2026
40. 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) awards and prizes (b) your bank details (c) your passwords (d) a party selfie

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