Résumé Worksheet: What to Include

Interview skills lesson 17: What goes on a student résumé · Set 9 · 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.True or false: “volunteer work” belongs on a student résumé. (a) True (b) False
2. 2.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) projects you did (b) languages you know (c) your Aadhaar number (d) awards and prizes
3. 3.📄 In which résumé section does this go: Class 10 board: 88%? (a) activities (b) contact details (c) projects (d) education
4. 4.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: clubs and activities? (a) include it (b) leave it out
5. 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) awards and prizes (b) clubs and activities (c) your siblings’ marks (d) skills like typing
6. 6.📄 In which résumé section does this go: built a rain gauge model? (a) activities (b) contact details (c) education (d) projects
7. 7.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your siblings’ marks (b) school and marks (c) your Aadhaar number (d) a party selfie
8. 8.Which of these goes in the projects section? (a) basic HTML and CSS (b) Class 10 board: 88% (c) B.Com first year (d) a survey of 50 shops
9. 9.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) a party selfie (b) your passwords (c) your Aadhaar number (d) your phone and email
10. 10.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: projects you did? (a) leave it out (b) include it
11. 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) awards and prizes (b) volunteer work (c) your passwords (d) clubs and activities
12. 12.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) awards and prizes (b) skills like typing (c) languages you know (d) your bank details
13. 13.📄 In which résumé section does this go: debate club secretary? (a) contact details (b) education (c) activities (d) projects
14. 14.📄 In which résumé section does this go: basic HTML and CSS? (a) activities (b) projects (c) contact details (d) skills
15. 15.Which of these goes in the projects section? (a) built a rain gauge model (b) your city and PIN code (c) typing 40 words a minute (d) B.Com first year
16. 16.True or false: “a party selfie” belongs on a student résumé. (a) True (b) False
17. 17.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your phone and email? (a) include it (b) leave it out
18. 18.📄 In which résumé section does this go: a mobile number? (a) projects (b) activities (c) skills (d) contact details
19. 19.True or false: “a party selfie” should be left out of a résumé. (a) True (b) False
20. 20.📄 In which résumé section does this go: Class 12 (Science), 2026? (a) projects (b) skills (c) contact details (d) education
21. 21.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) your bank details (b) made-up marks (c) volunteer work (d) a long life story
22. 22.True or false: “a long life story” should be left out of a résumé. (a) True (b) False
23. 23.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) a long life story (b) languages you know (c) skills like typing (d) projects you did
24. 24.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) awards and prizes (b) made-up marks (c) clubs and activities (d) school and marks
25. 25.Which of these goes in the education section? (a) Class 10 board: 88% (b) typing 40 words a minute (c) your city and PIN code (d) a website for our club
26. 26.True or false: “your phone and email” should be left out of a résumé. (a) False (b) True
27. 27.Which of these goes in the education section? (a) basic HTML and CSS (b) a website for our club (c) Class 12 (Science), 2026 (d) spreadsheets (basic)
28. 28.True or false: “clubs and activities” belongs on a student résumé. (a) True (b) False
29. 29.📄 In which résumé section does this go: a website for our club? (a) skills (b) projects (c) activities (d) contact details
30. 30.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) projects you did (b) your bank details (c) your phone and email (d) volunteer work
31. 31.📄 In which résumé section does this go: B.Com first year? (a) education (b) contact details (c) activities (d) projects
32. 32.True or false: “languages you know” belongs on a student résumé. (a) False (b) True
33. 33.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) a party selfie (b) your siblings’ marks (c) languages you know (d) your bank details
34. 34.📄 In which résumé section does this go: spreadsheets (basic)? (a) activities (b) skills (c) contact details (d) education
35. 35.True or false: “awards and prizes” belongs on a student résumé. (a) False (b) True
36. 36.📄 What font style suits a résumé? (a) one plain, clear font (b) five fancy fonts (c) all bold capitals (d) tiny handwriting
37. 37.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) your bank details (b) awards and prizes (c) your passwords (d) your siblings’ marks
38. 38.Which of these goes in the contact details? (a) basic HTML and CSS (b) an email ID (c) Class 10 board: 88% (d) built a rain gauge model
39. 39.📄 A résumé is… (a) a full autobiography (b) a school report card (c) a letter of thanks (d) a short summary of you
40. 40.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) your siblings’ marks (b) your Aadhaar number (c) a long life story (d) projects you did

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