Résumé Worksheet: What to Include

Interview skills lesson 17: What goes on a student résumé · Set 856 · 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 phone and email? (a) include it (b) leave it out
2. 2.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: awards and prizes? (a) include it (b) leave it out
3. 3.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: made-up marks? (a) leave it out (b) include it
4. 4.Which of these goes in the skills section? (a) spreadsheets (basic) (b) a survey of 50 shops (c) Class 10 board: 88% (d) your city and PIN code
5. 5.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: school and marks? (a) leave it out (b) include it
6. 6.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) projects you did (b) skills like typing (c) your bank details (d) volunteer work
7. 7.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your phone and email (b) school and marks (c) your passwords (d) skills like typing
8. 8.Which of these goes in the contact details? (a) a mobile number (b) debate club secretary (c) basic HTML and CSS (d) school football team
9. 9.True or false: “your Aadhaar number” should be left out of a résumé. (a) True (b) False
10. 10.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) languages you know (b) your phone and email (c) clubs and activities (d) a party selfie
11. 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your phone and email (b) your Aadhaar number (c) school and marks (d) volunteer work
12. 12.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) your passwords (b) a party selfie (c) school and marks (d) your bank details
13. 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your phone and email (b) projects you did (c) volunteer work (d) your siblings’ marks
14. 14.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) clubs and activities (b) your Aadhaar number (c) your siblings’ marks (d) your passwords
15. 15.📄 A student with no work experience should highlight… (a) nothing at all (b) made-up jobs (c) projects and activities (d) their parents’ jobs
16. 16.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) volunteer work (b) skills like typing (c) a party selfie (d) awards and prizes
17. 17.📄 In which résumé section does this go: typing 40 words a minute? (a) contact details (b) skills (c) education (d) activities
18. 18.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your siblings’ marks? (a) include it (b) leave it out
19. 19.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: languages you know? (a) leave it out (b) include it
20. 20.Which of these goes in the skills section? (a) typing 40 words a minute (b) your city and PIN code (c) eco club member (d) Class 10 board: 88%
21. 21.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: a party selfie? (a) include it (b) leave it out
22. 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your siblings’ marks (b) your bank details (c) skills like typing (d) a long life story
23. 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) clubs and activities (b) made-up marks (c) your siblings’ marks (d) your bank details
24. 24.📄 In which résumé section does this go: school football team? (a) contact details (b) skills (c) activities (d) education
25. 25.📄 Your résumé says you led a club. In the interview you should… (a) change the subject (b) deny it (c) say it was a joke (d) be ready to explain it
26. 26.📄 In which résumé section does this go: Class 12 (Science), 2026? (a) education (b) skills (c) projects (d) contact details
27. 27.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) a long life story (b) made-up marks (c) awards and prizes (d) your bank details
28. 28.True or false: “projects you did” should be left out of a résumé. (a) True (b) False
29. 29.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) your bank details (b) languages you know (c) a long life story (d) your siblings’ marks
30. 30.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your passwords? (a) include it (b) leave it out
31. 31.Which of these goes in the activities section? (a) a mobile number (b) Class 10 board: 88% (c) school football team (d) typing 40 words a minute
32. 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your passwords (b) your Aadhaar number (c) your siblings’ marks (d) projects you did
33. 33.Which of these goes in the activities section? (a) basic HTML and CSS (b) a website for our club (c) eco club member (d) Class 10 board: 88%
34. 34.📄 In which résumé section does this go: Class 10 board: 88%? (a) projects (b) education (c) contact details (d) skills
35. 35.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: volunteer work? (a) include it (b) leave it out
36. 36.📄 In which résumé section does this go: a survey of 50 shops? (a) skills (b) projects (c) contact details (d) education
37. 37.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) languages you know (b) school and marks (c) your Aadhaar number (d) clubs and activities
38. 38.📄 In which résumé section does this go: basic HTML and CSS? (a) contact details (b) activities (c) skills (d) education
39. 39.📄 In which résumé section does this go: spreadsheets (basic)? (a) education (b) activities (c) contact details (d) skills
40. 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) projects you did (b) a long life story (c) volunteer work (d) skills like typing

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