Résumé Worksheet: What to Include

Interview skills lesson 17: What goes on a student résumé · Set 842 · 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 belongs on a student résumé? (a) a party selfie (b) made-up marks (c) school and marks (d) your bank details
2. 2.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) your Aadhaar number (b) your passwords (c) your siblings’ marks (d) projects you did
3. 3.📄 In which résumé section does this go: typing 40 words a minute? (a) skills (b) projects (c) activities (d) education
4. 4.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: volunteer work? (a) include it (b) leave it out
5. 5.Which of these goes in the projects section? (a) your city and PIN code (b) B.Com first year (c) a survey of 50 shops (d) Class 10 board: 88%
6. 6.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your phone and email (b) your passwords (c) clubs and activities (d) awards and prizes
7. 7.Which of these goes in the education section? (a) built a rain gauge model (b) basic HTML and CSS (c) debate club secretary (d) B.Com first year
8. 8.📄 What font style suits a résumé? (a) tiny handwriting (b) five fancy fonts (c) all bold capitals (d) one plain, clear font
9. 9.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) your bank details (b) made-up marks (c) your Aadhaar number (d) skills like typing
10. 10.📄 A résumé is… (a) a full autobiography (b) a short summary of you (c) a school report card (d) a letter of thanks
11. 11.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your Aadhaar number? (a) include it (b) leave it out
12. 12.📄 How long should a student résumé usually be? (a) five pages (b) one page (c) half a line (d) ten pages
13. 13.True or false: “your bank details” should be left out of a résumé. (a) False (b) True
14. 14.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) made-up marks (b) languages you know (c) your Aadhaar number (d) your passwords
15. 15.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) volunteer work (b) skills like typing (c) a party selfie (d) awards and prizes
16. 16.📄 In which résumé section does this go: debate club secretary? (a) projects (b) contact details (c) activities (d) education
17. 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) skills like typing (b) your siblings’ marks (c) volunteer work (d) your phone and email
18. 18.📄 A student with no work experience should highlight… (a) their parents’ jobs (b) nothing at all (c) projects and activities (d) made-up jobs
19. 19.📄 In which résumé section does this go: a website for our club? (a) education (b) contact details (c) projects (d) activities
20. 20.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) your phone and email (b) skills like typing (c) your Aadhaar number (d) projects you did
21. 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) school and marks (b) volunteer work (c) a long life story (d) your phone and email
22. 22.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: awards and prizes? (a) include it (b) leave it out
23. 23.📄 In which résumé section does this go: Class 10 board: 88%? (a) contact details (b) activities (c) education (d) projects
24. 24.Which of these goes in the skills section? (a) an email ID (b) typing 40 words a minute (c) a website for our club (d) eco club member
25. 25.True or false: “a long life story” should be left out of a résumé. (a) True (b) False
26. 26.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) clubs and activities (b) a long life story (c) a party selfie (d) your passwords
27. 27.True or false: “volunteer work” should be left out of a résumé. (a) True (b) False
28. 28.📄 In which résumé section does this go: Class 12 (Science), 2026? (a) activities (b) contact details (c) projects (d) education
29. 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a party selfie (b) languages you know (c) made-up marks (d) your bank details
30. 30.📄 In which résumé section does this go: a survey of 50 shops? (a) projects (b) contact details (c) skills (d) activities
31. 31.Which of these goes in the education section? (a) your city and PIN code (b) spreadsheets (basic) (c) a survey of 50 shops (d) Class 12 (Science), 2026
32. 32.📄 In which résumé section does this go: B.Com first year? (a) contact details (b) projects (c) education (d) skills
33. 33.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) clubs and activities (b) awards and prizes (c) your siblings’ marks (d) school and marks
34. 34.Which of these goes in the contact details? (a) a survey of 50 shops (b) a website for our club (c) Class 10 board: 88% (d) a mobile number
35. 35.True or false: “awards and prizes” belongs on a student résumé. (a) False (b) True
36. 36.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your siblings’ marks (b) a long life story (c) projects you did (d) your passwords
37. 37.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: clubs and activities? (a) include it (b) leave it out
38. 38.True or false: “a party selfie” belongs on a student résumé. (a) True (b) False
39. 39.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: a long life story? (a) leave it out (b) include it
40. 40.Which of these goes in the skills section? (a) debate club secretary (b) basic HTML and CSS (c) a mobile number (d) built a rain gauge model

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