Résumé Worksheet: What to Include

Interview skills lesson 17: What goes on a student résumé · Set 851 · 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.📄 A student with no work experience should highlight… (a) made-up jobs (b) their parents’ jobs (c) projects and activities (d) nothing at all
2. 2.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a party selfie (b) your phone and email (c) your siblings’ marks (d) your passwords
3. 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) volunteer work (b) your bank details (c) languages you know (d) skills like typing
4. 4.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: school and marks? (a) include it (b) leave it out
5. 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) made-up marks (b) school and marks (c) clubs and activities (d) skills like typing
6. 6.📄 How long should a student résumé usually be? (a) ten pages (b) five pages (c) one page (d) half a line
7. 7.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: skills like typing? (a) leave it out (b) include it
8. 8.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) your phone and email (b) volunteer work (c) projects you did (d) a long life story
9. 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a party selfie (b) your siblings’ marks (c) your passwords (d) school and marks
10. 10.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: projects you did? (a) leave it out (b) include it
11. 11.True or false: “your Aadhaar number” belongs on a student résumé. (a) True (b) False
12. 12.True or false: “clubs and activities” should be left out of a résumé. (a) True (b) False
13. 13.True or false: “clubs and activities” belongs on a student résumé. (a) True (b) False
14. 14.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) skills like typing (b) clubs and activities (c) volunteer work (d) a party selfie
15. 15.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) school and marks (b) made-up marks (c) awards and prizes (d) your phone and email
16. 16.True or false: “your Aadhaar number” should be left out of a résumé. (a) True (b) False
17. 17.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) volunteer work (b) your bank details (c) school and marks (d) clubs and activities
18. 18.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) a party selfie (b) your Aadhaar number (c) made-up marks (d) projects you did
19. 19.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your phone and email? (a) leave it out (b) include it
20. 20.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) your passwords (b) your bank details (c) a long life story (d) languages you know
21. 21.📄 In which résumé section does this go: a mobile number? (a) contact details (b) projects (c) skills (d) education
22. 22.📄 In which résumé section does this go: built a rain gauge model? (a) activities (b) education (c) projects (d) contact details
23. 23.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: clubs and activities? (a) leave it out (b) include it
24. 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a long life story (b) your bank details (c) projects you did (d) a party selfie
25. 25.Which of these goes in the contact details? (a) eco club member (b) Class 12 (Science), 2026 (c) your city and PIN code (d) typing 40 words a minute
26. 26.Which of these goes in the projects section? (a) typing 40 words a minute (b) a survey of 50 shops (c) a mobile number (d) B.Com first year
27. 27.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: volunteer work? (a) include it (b) leave it out
28. 28.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your Aadhaar number? (a) include it (b) leave it out
29. 29.True or false: “projects you did” should be left out of a résumé. (a) True (b) False
30. 30.📄 In which résumé section does this go: Class 10 board: 88%? (a) projects (b) skills (c) education (d) contact details
31. 31.Which of these goes in the activities section? (a) debate club secretary (b) typing 40 words a minute (c) your city and PIN code (d) Class 10 board: 88%
32. 32.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your bank details? (a) leave it out (b) include it
33. 33.True or false: “a long life story” belongs on a student résumé. (a) False (b) True
34. 34.📄 A résumé is… (a) a short summary of you (b) a full autobiography (c) a letter of thanks (d) a school report card
35. 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) skills like typing (b) a party selfie (c) volunteer work (d) languages you know
36. 36.📄 What font style suits a résumé? (a) tiny handwriting (b) five fancy fonts (c) one plain, clear font (d) all bold capitals
37. 37.Which of these goes in the education section? (a) a survey of 50 shops (b) eco club member (c) Class 10 board: 88% (d) basic HTML and CSS
38. 38.Which of these goes in the education section? (a) basic HTML and CSS (b) a website for our club (c) B.Com first year (d) a mobile number
39. 39.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) a party selfie (b) your siblings’ marks (c) awards and prizes (d) your Aadhaar number
40. 40.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) your Aadhaar number (b) skills like typing (c) a long life story (d) a party selfie

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