Résumé Worksheet: What to Include

Interview skills lesson 17: What goes on a student résumé · Set 891 · 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: skills like typing? (a) leave it out (b) include it
2. 2.📄 A student with no work experience should highlight… (a) their parents’ jobs (b) projects and activities (c) made-up jobs (d) nothing at all
3. 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) projects you did (b) awards and prizes (c) your phone and email (d) made-up marks
4. 4.📄 In which résumé section does this go: a survey of 50 shops? (a) contact details (b) projects (c) skills (d) education
5. 5.📄 In which résumé section does this go: a mobile number? (a) education (b) skills (c) contact details (d) projects
6. 6.📄 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
7. 7.📄 In which résumé section does this go: Class 12 (Science), 2026? (a) contact details (b) skills (c) activities (d) education
8. 8.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) a party selfie (b) your siblings’ marks (c) school and marks (d) your bank details
9. 9.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) your passwords (b) a party selfie (c) your bank details (d) awards and prizes
10. 10.Which of these goes in the contact details? (a) Class 10 board: 88% (b) typing 40 words a minute (c) your city and PIN code (d) a website for our club
11. 11.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your Aadhaar number? (a) leave it out (b) include it
12. 12.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your passwords? (a) leave it out (b) include it
13. 13.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) a party selfie (b) your passwords (c) your Aadhaar number (d) volunteer work
14. 14.📄 In which résumé section does this go: Class 10 board: 88%? (a) education (b) activities (c) contact details (d) skills
15. 15.True or false: “school and marks” belongs on a student résumé. (a) True (b) False
16. 16.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your phone and email? (a) include it (b) leave it out
17. 17.True or false: “languages you know” should be left out of a résumé. (a) False (b) True
18. 18.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) projects you did (b) languages you know (c) skills like typing (d) made-up marks
19. 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a party selfie (b) your bank details (c) volunteer work (d) your passwords
20. 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your Aadhaar number (b) your siblings’ marks (c) a long life story (d) clubs and activities
21. 21.True or false: “your passwords” belongs on a student résumé. (a) True (b) False
22. 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) made-up marks (b) languages you know (c) your passwords (d) your bank details
23. 23.Which of these goes in the skills section? (a) typing 40 words a minute (b) Class 12 (Science), 2026 (c) Class 10 board: 88% (d) B.Com first year
24. 24.Which of these goes in the projects section? (a) basic HTML and CSS (b) a website for our club (c) debate club secretary (d) an email ID
25. 25.Which of these goes in the contact details? (a) a website for our club (b) an email ID (c) B.Com first year (d) built a rain gauge model
26. 26.Which of these goes in the activities section? (a) Class 10 board: 88% (b) eco club member (c) a website for our club (d) typing 40 words a minute
27. 27.True or false: “languages you know” belongs on a student résumé. (a) True (b) False
28. 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your passwords (b) projects you did (c) your siblings’ marks (d) a long life story
29. 29.True or false: “your Aadhaar number” should be left out of a résumé. (a) False (b) True
30. 30.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) school and marks (b) your Aadhaar number (c) clubs and activities (d) your phone and email
31. 31.📄 A résumé is… (a) a short summary of you (b) a full autobiography (c) a school report card (d) a letter of thanks
32. 32.True or false: “made-up marks” should be left out of a résumé. (a) False (b) True
33. 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) projects you did (b) your phone and email (c) your bank details (d) school and marks
34. 34.True or false: “your siblings’ marks” should be left out of a résumé. (a) True (b) False
35. 35.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: made-up marks? (a) include it (b) leave it out
36. 36.📄 How long should a student résumé usually be? (a) half a line (b) five pages (c) ten pages (d) one page
37. 37.📄 In which résumé section does this go: B.Com first year? (a) activities (b) education (c) skills (d) projects
38. 38.Which of these goes in the education section? (a) B.Com first year (b) spreadsheets (basic) (c) built a rain gauge model (d) school football team
39. 39.📄 In which résumé section does this go: school football team? (a) education (b) activities (c) contact details (d) skills
40. 40.Which of these goes in the skills section? (a) debate club secretary (b) eco club member (c) spreadsheets (basic) (d) B.Com first year

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