Résumé Worksheet: What to Include

Interview skills lesson 17: What goes on a student résumé · Set 850 · 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.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your siblings’ marks? (a) include it (b) leave it out
2. 2.True or false: “your bank details” belongs on a student résumé. (a) True (b) False
3. 3.Which of these goes in the projects section? (a) spreadsheets (basic) (b) a website for our club (c) school football team (d) an email ID
4. 4.True or false: “your Aadhaar number” should be left out of a résumé. (a) False (b) True
5. 5.📄 What font style suits a résumé? (a) one plain, clear font (b) all bold capitals (c) tiny handwriting (d) five fancy fonts
6. 6.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: clubs and activities? (a) leave it out (b) include it
7. 7.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) volunteer work (b) your phone and email (c) awards and prizes (d) your Aadhaar number
8. 8.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) your phone and email (b) volunteer work (c) your bank details (d) school and marks
9. 9.Which of these goes in the skills section? (a) school football team (b) typing 40 words a minute (c) a survey of 50 shops (d) a mobile number
10. 10.📄 In which résumé section does this go: debate club secretary? (a) activities (b) education (c) projects (d) skills
11. 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) projects you did (b) volunteer work (c) your passwords (d) clubs and activities
12. 12.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) made-up marks (b) skills like typing (c) your bank details (d) a long life story
13. 13.True or false: “projects you did” should be left out of a résumé. (a) False (b) True
14. 14.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: awards and prizes? (a) leave it out (b) include it
15. 15.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your Aadhaar number? (a) leave it out (b) include it
16. 16.True or false: “made-up marks” belongs on a student résumé. (a) True (b) False
17. 17.Which of these goes in the contact details? (a) Class 12 (Science), 2026 (b) your city and PIN code (c) eco club member (d) school football team
18. 18.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) awards and prizes (b) languages you know (c) volunteer work (d) your passwords
19. 19.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your phone and email? (a) include it (b) leave it out
20. 20.📄 How long should a student résumé usually be? (a) half a line (b) five pages (c) one page (d) ten pages
21. 21.📄 A student with no work experience should highlight… (a) made-up jobs (b) nothing at all (c) projects and activities (d) their parents’ jobs
22. 22.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) your siblings’ marks (b) your passwords (c) awards and prizes (d) your bank details
23. 23.Which of these goes in the education section? (a) school football team (b) an email ID (c) B.Com first year (d) spreadsheets (basic)
24. 24.True or false: “volunteer work” should be left out of a résumé. (a) True (b) False
25. 25.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) school and marks (b) your siblings’ marks (c) a party selfie (d) a long life story
26. 26.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a long life story (b) school and marks (c) awards and prizes (d) languages you know
27. 27.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: school and marks? (a) include it (b) leave it out
28. 28.📄 In which résumé section does this go: school football team? (a) projects (b) activities (c) education (d) contact details
29. 29.📄 In which résumé section does this go: spreadsheets (basic)? (a) projects (b) skills (c) contact details (d) activities
30. 30.📄 In which résumé section does this go: B.Com first year? (a) education (b) contact details (c) activities (d) skills
31. 31.Which of these goes in the activities section? (a) Class 12 (Science), 2026 (b) an email ID (c) school football team (d) Class 10 board: 88%
32. 32.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) a long life story (b) your Aadhaar number (c) languages you know (d) your passwords
33. 33.📄 In which résumé section does this go: Class 12 (Science), 2026? (a) projects (b) activities (c) education (d) skills
34. 34.True or false: “your bank details” should be left out of a résumé. (a) True (b) False
35. 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your bank details (b) awards and prizes (c) school and marks (d) languages you know
36. 36.Which of these goes in the education section? (a) a website for our club (b) Class 10 board: 88% (c) a mobile number (d) a survey of 50 shops
37. 37.Which of these goes in the education section? (a) an email ID (b) your city and PIN code (c) a mobile number (d) Class 12 (Science), 2026
38. 38.True or false: “skills like typing” belongs on a student résumé. (a) False (b) True
39. 39.📄 In which résumé section does this go: a survey of 50 shops? (a) education (b) contact details (c) skills (d) projects
40. 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) volunteer work (b) your siblings’ marks (c) your passwords (d) a long life story

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