Résumé Worksheet: What to Include

Interview skills lesson 17: What goes on a student résumé · Set 874 · 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) your passwords (b) your siblings’ marks (c) your Aadhaar number (d) clubs and activities
2. 2.📄 In which résumé section does this go: your city and PIN code? (a) education (b) skills (c) contact details (d) activities
3. 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) clubs and activities (b) volunteer work (c) your siblings’ marks (d) languages you know
4. 4.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: awards and prizes? (a) include it (b) leave it out
5. 5.📄 Your résumé says you led a club. In the interview you should… (a) change the subject (b) say it was a joke (c) be ready to explain it (d) deny it
6. 6.True or false: “your Aadhaar number” belongs on a student résumé. (a) False (b) True
7. 7.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) awards and prizes (b) your passwords (c) your bank details (d) your siblings’ marks
8. 8.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a long life story (b) clubs and activities (c) your passwords (d) your bank details
9. 9.Which of these goes in the skills section? (a) debate club secretary (b) Class 10 board: 88% (c) your city and PIN code (d) spreadsheets (basic)
10. 10.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) clubs and activities (b) made-up marks (c) languages you know (d) skills like typing
11. 11.Which of these goes in the skills section? (a) Class 10 board: 88% (b) typing 40 words a minute (c) built a rain gauge model (d) a survey of 50 shops
12. 12.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your Aadhaar number? (a) leave it out (b) include it
13. 13.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your passwords? (a) include it (b) leave it out
14. 14.Which of these goes in the contact details? (a) eco club member (b) typing 40 words a minute (c) your city and PIN code (d) spreadsheets (basic)
15. 15.📄 How long should a student résumé usually be? (a) ten pages (b) five pages (c) one page (d) half a line
16. 16.True or false: “your phone and email” belongs on a student résumé. (a) True (b) False
17. 17.True or false: “a long life story” should be left out of a résumé. (a) True (b) False
18. 18.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: school and marks? (a) leave it out (b) include it
19. 19.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) your phone and email (b) clubs and activities (c) your passwords (d) projects you did
20. 20.📄 In which résumé section does this go: a website for our club? (a) projects (b) education (c) contact details (d) skills
21. 21.📄 In which résumé section does this go: debate club secretary? (a) education (b) skills (c) contact details (d) activities
22. 22.Which of these goes in the skills section? (a) Class 10 board: 88% (b) Class 12 (Science), 2026 (c) a website for our club (d) basic HTML and CSS
23. 23.True or false: “projects you did” belongs on a student résumé. (a) True (b) False
24. 24.📄 A résumé is… (a) a school report card (b) a full autobiography (c) a letter of thanks (d) a short summary of you
25. 25.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: clubs and activities? (a) leave it out (b) include it
26. 26.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) your passwords (b) your bank details (c) a party selfie (d) languages you know
27. 27.📄 In which résumé section does this go: built a rain gauge model? (a) contact details (b) skills (c) projects (d) education
28. 28.True or false: “clubs and activities” should be left out of a résumé. (a) False (b) True
29. 29.📄 In which résumé section does this go: typing 40 words a minute? (a) activities (b) skills (c) projects (d) education
30. 30.Which of these goes in the education section? (a) Class 10 board: 88% (b) basic HTML and CSS (c) spreadsheets (basic) (d) a survey of 50 shops
31. 31.True or false: “school and marks” belongs on a student résumé. (a) False (b) True
32. 32.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: languages you know? (a) leave it out (b) include it
33. 33.📄 What font style suits a résumé? (a) tiny handwriting (b) all bold capitals (c) five fancy fonts (d) one plain, clear font
34. 34.Which of these goes in the activities section? (a) an email ID (b) debate club secretary (c) built a rain gauge model (d) a mobile number
35. 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a party selfie (b) a long life story (c) your phone and email (d) your siblings’ marks
36. 36.Which of these goes in the activities section? (a) school football team (b) your city and PIN code (c) Class 10 board: 88% (d) typing 40 words a minute
37. 37.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: a long life story? (a) include it (b) leave it out
38. 38.📄 A student with no work experience should highlight… (a) nothing at all (b) their parents’ jobs (c) made-up jobs (d) projects and activities
39. 39.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your siblings’ marks? (a) leave it out (b) include it
40. 40.📄 In which résumé section does this go: Class 12 (Science), 2026? (a) projects (b) skills (c) education (d) activities

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