Résumé Worksheet: What to Include

Interview skills lesson 17: What goes on a student résumé · Set 846 · 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) made-up marks (b) a party selfie (c) volunteer work (d) your Aadhaar number
2. 2.True or false: “languages you know” belongs on a student résumé. (a) True (b) False
3. 3.📄 In which résumé section does this go: spreadsheets (basic)? (a) projects (b) activities (c) skills (d) contact details
4. 4.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) volunteer work (b) a party selfie (c) skills like typing (d) your phone and email
5. 5.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your siblings’ marks? (a) leave it out (b) include it
6. 6.Which of these goes in the education section? (a) built a rain gauge model (b) a website for our club (c) school football team (d) B.Com first year
7. 7.True or false: “projects you did” should be left out of a résumé. (a) False (b) True
8. 8.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) projects you did (b) your phone and email (c) clubs and activities (d) a party selfie
9. 9.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: clubs and activities? (a) leave it out (b) include it
10. 10.Which of these goes in the projects section? (a) Class 10 board: 88% (b) a website for our club (c) eco club member (d) typing 40 words a minute
11. 11.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your Aadhaar number? (a) leave it out (b) include it
12. 12.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: a party selfie? (a) leave it out (b) include it
13. 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your phone and email (b) skills like typing (c) school and marks (d) your passwords
14. 14.📄 In which résumé section does this go: a survey of 50 shops? (a) activities (b) education (c) skills (d) projects
15. 15.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) made-up marks (b) your Aadhaar number (c) your phone and email (d) your bank details
16. 16.True or false: “projects you did” belongs on a student résumé. (a) True (b) False
17. 17.Which of these goes in the activities section? (a) Class 10 board: 88% (b) school football team (c) B.Com first year (d) a survey of 50 shops
18. 18.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: projects you did? (a) include it (b) leave it out
19. 19.Which of these goes in the contact details? (a) Class 12 (Science), 2026 (b) Class 10 board: 88% (c) an email ID (d) debate club secretary
20. 20.True or false: “skills like typing” belongs on a student résumé. (a) False (b) True
21. 21.Which of these goes in the contact details? (a) a mobile number (b) school football team (c) eco club member (d) B.Com first year
22. 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) languages you know (b) your bank details (c) your siblings’ marks (d) your Aadhaar number
23. 23.📄 What font style suits a résumé? (a) five fancy fonts (b) all bold capitals (c) tiny handwriting (d) one plain, clear font
24. 24.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your phone and email? (a) leave it out (b) include it
25. 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) school and marks (b) clubs and activities (c) a long life story (d) projects you did
26. 26.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your bank details? (a) include it (b) leave it out
27. 27.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) your bank details (b) projects you did (c) clubs and activities (d) awards and prizes
28. 28.📄 A student with no work experience should highlight… (a) made-up jobs (b) their parents’ jobs (c) nothing at all (d) projects and activities
29. 29.Which of these goes in the skills section? (a) your city and PIN code (b) typing 40 words a minute (c) debate club secretary (d) Class 10 board: 88%
30. 30.📄 A résumé is… (a) a letter of thanks (b) a short summary of you (c) a school report card (d) a full autobiography
31. 31.True or false: “your Aadhaar number” should be left out of a résumé. (a) True (b) False
32. 32.📄 In which résumé section does this go: your city and PIN code? (a) activities (b) skills (c) contact details (d) education
33. 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your passwords (b) volunteer work (c) your bank details (d) your siblings’ marks
34. 34.📄 In which résumé section does this go: B.Com first year? (a) skills (b) education (c) activities (d) contact details
35. 35.📄 In which résumé section does this go: eco club member? (a) education (b) activities (c) projects (d) contact details
36. 36.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: made-up marks? (a) leave it out (b) include it
37. 37.True or false: “a party selfie” should be left out of a résumé. (a) True (b) False
38. 38.True or false: “awards and prizes” should be left out of a résumé. (a) False (b) True
39. 39.📄 In which résumé section does this go: typing 40 words a minute? (a) skills (b) education (c) projects (d) contact details
40. 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a long life story (b) a party selfie (c) school and marks (d) made-up marks

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