Résumé Worksheet: What to Include

Interview skills lesson 17: What goes on a student résumé · Set 898 · 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) clubs and activities (b) a long life story (c) your siblings’ marks (d) your bank details
2. 2.Which of these goes in the contact details? (a) built a rain gauge model (b) your city and PIN code (c) typing 40 words a minute (d) B.Com first year
3. 3.True or false: “skills like typing” belongs on a student résumé. (a) True (b) False
4. 4.📄 A student with no work experience should highlight… (a) made-up jobs (b) their parents’ jobs (c) nothing at all (d) projects and activities
5. 5.True or false: “a long life story” should be left out of a résumé. (a) True (b) False
6. 6.True or false: “skills like typing” should be left out of a résumé. (a) True (b) False
7. 7.Which of these goes in the activities section? (a) built a rain gauge model (b) typing 40 words a minute (c) school football team (d) spreadsheets (basic)
8. 8.True or false: “clubs and activities” should be left out of a résumé. (a) True (b) False
9. 9.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) skills like typing (b) awards and prizes (c) languages you know (d) a long life story
10. 10.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: skills like typing? (a) include it (b) leave it out
11. 11.True or false: “your siblings’ marks” belongs on a student résumé. (a) True (b) False
12. 12.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) made-up marks (b) your bank details (c) skills like typing (d) a long life story
13. 13.📄 In which résumé section does this go: debate club secretary? (a) education (b) activities (c) projects (d) skills
14. 14.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: clubs and activities? (a) include it (b) leave it out
15. 15.📄 In which résumé section does this go: Class 10 board: 88%? (a) skills (b) activities (c) education (d) projects
16. 16.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your bank details (b) projects you did (c) a party selfie (d) your passwords
17. 17.Which of these goes in the skills section? (a) eco club member (b) typing 40 words a minute (c) an email ID (d) Class 10 board: 88%
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 belongs on a student résumé? (a) made-up marks (b) a party selfie (c) your Aadhaar number (d) awards and prizes
20. 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a party selfie (b) made-up marks (c) your Aadhaar number (d) awards and prizes
21. 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your Aadhaar number (b) a long life story (c) school and marks (d) your siblings’ marks
22. 22.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your Aadhaar number? (a) include it (b) leave it out
23. 23.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: volunteer work? (a) include it (b) leave it out
24. 24.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) your bank details (b) your phone and email (c) school and marks (d) volunteer work
25. 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) skills like typing (b) awards and prizes (c) school and marks (d) your siblings’ marks
26. 26.Which of these goes in the projects section? (a) school football team (b) eco club member (c) Class 12 (Science), 2026 (d) a survey of 50 shops
27. 27.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) a long life story (b) a party selfie (c) your phone and email (d) your bank details
28. 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your bank details (b) languages you know (c) volunteer work (d) awards and prizes
29. 29.📄 A résumé is… (a) a letter of thanks (b) a short summary of you (c) a school report card (d) a full autobiography
30. 30.📄 In which résumé section does this go: typing 40 words a minute? (a) skills (b) activities (c) contact details (d) projects
31. 31.📄 In which résumé section does this go: eco club member? (a) contact details (b) education (c) activities (d) skills
32. 32.Which of these goes in the projects section? (a) your city and PIN code (b) Class 10 board: 88% (c) a website for our club (d) Class 12 (Science), 2026
33. 33.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) your Aadhaar number (b) made-up marks (c) a long life story (d) school and marks
34. 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) volunteer work (b) a party selfie (c) your siblings’ marks (d) made-up marks
35. 35.True or false: “projects you did” should be left out of a résumé. (a) True (b) False
36. 36.True or false: “made-up marks” should be left out of a résumé. (a) True (b) False
37. 37.📄 In which résumé section does this go: spreadsheets (basic)? (a) contact details (b) education (c) skills (d) projects
38. 38.True or false: “volunteer work” should be left out of a résumé. (a) True (b) False
39. 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) clubs and activities (b) a party selfie (c) your siblings’ marks (d) your Aadhaar number
40. 40.Which of these goes in the activities section? (a) typing 40 words a minute (b) spreadsheets (basic) (c) eco club member (d) a mobile number

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