Résumé Worksheet: What to Include

Interview skills lesson 17: What goes on a student résumé · Set 87 · 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 is the odd one out? (a) your bank details (b) projects you did (c) awards and prizes (d) volunteer work
2. 2.True or false: “your siblings’ marks” belongs on a student résumé. (a) False (b) True
3. 3.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your passwords? (a) include it (b) leave it out
4. 4.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) projects you did (b) volunteer work (c) your Aadhaar number (d) your phone and email
5. 5.True or false: “your Aadhaar number” belongs on a student résumé. (a) False (b) True
6. 6.True or false: “volunteer work” should be left out of a résumé. (a) False (b) True
7. 7.📄 A student with no work experience should highlight… (a) made-up jobs (b) projects and activities (c) nothing at all (d) their parents’ jobs
8. 8.📄 In which résumé section does this go: debate club secretary? (a) activities (b) education (c) skills (d) contact details
9. 9.📄 In which résumé section does this go: school football team? (a) skills (b) contact details (c) activities (d) projects
10. 10.True or false: “projects you did” belongs on a student résumé. (a) True (b) False
11. 11.📄 Your résumé says you led a club. In the interview you should… (a) be ready to explain it (b) change the subject (c) deny it (d) say it was a joke
12. 12.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) a party selfie (b) languages you know (c) your Aadhaar number (d) a long life story
13. 13.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: made-up marks? (a) include it (b) leave it out
14. 14.Which of these goes in the education section? (a) an email ID (b) school football team (c) Class 10 board: 88% (d) built a rain gauge model
15. 15.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: projects you did? (a) include it (b) leave it out
16. 16.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: a long life story? (a) leave it out (b) include it
17. 17.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) clubs and activities (b) skills like typing (c) your phone and email (d) your bank details
18. 18.Which of these goes in the skills section? (a) Class 12 (Science), 2026 (b) typing 40 words a minute (c) Class 10 board: 88% (d) an email ID
19. 19.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) your passwords (b) clubs and activities (c) school and marks (d) your phone and email
20. 20.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: volunteer work? (a) leave it out (b) include it
21. 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your bank details (b) your passwords (c) awards and prizes (d) a party selfie
22. 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) skills like typing (b) your phone and email (c) volunteer work (d) a long life story
23. 23.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) your Aadhaar number (b) awards and prizes (c) school and marks (d) languages you know
24. 24.📄 In which résumé section does this go: your city and PIN code? (a) activities (b) skills (c) contact details (d) education
25. 25.True or false: “your bank details” belongs on a student résumé. (a) False (b) True
26. 26.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: languages you know? (a) include it (b) leave it out
27. 27.📄 A résumé is… (a) a letter of thanks (b) a school report card (c) a short summary of you (d) a full autobiography
28. 28.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) your phone and email (b) your bank details (c) a long life story (d) your Aadhaar number
29. 29.📄 How long should a student résumé usually be? (a) ten pages (b) half a line (c) five pages (d) one page
30. 30.📄 In which résumé section does this go: typing 40 words a minute? (a) education (b) skills (c) activities (d) projects
31. 31.True or false: “your bank details” should be left out of a résumé. (a) False (b) True
32. 32.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: school and marks? (a) include it (b) leave it out
33. 33.Which of these goes in the skills section? (a) an email ID (b) spreadsheets (basic) (c) built a rain gauge model (d) Class 12 (Science), 2026
34. 34.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: clubs and activities? (a) leave it out (b) include it
35. 35.Which of these goes in the activities section? (a) school football team (b) your city and PIN code (c) a website for our club (d) a mobile number
36. 36.📄 In which résumé section does this go: Class 10 board: 88%? (a) contact details (b) skills (c) projects (d) education
37. 37.Which of these goes in the education section? (a) a website for our club (b) school football team (c) Class 12 (Science), 2026 (d) a mobile number
38. 38.📄 In which résumé section does this go: B.Com first year? (a) skills (b) projects (c) contact details (d) education
39. 39.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) school and marks (b) your phone and email (c) a long life story (d) skills like typing
40. 40.Which of these goes in the contact details? (a) typing 40 words a minute (b) Class 10 board: 88% (c) school football team (d) your city and PIN code

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