Résumé Worksheet: What to Include

Interview skills lesson 17: What goes on a student résumé · Set 905 · 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.📄 In which résumé section does this go: built a rain gauge model? (a) projects (b) contact details (c) skills (d) activities
2. 2.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) school and marks (b) awards and prizes (c) your passwords (d) clubs and activities
3. 3.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: skills like typing? (a) leave it out (b) include it
4. 4.Which of these goes in the contact details? (a) Class 10 board: 88% (b) eco club member (c) basic HTML and CSS (d) your city and PIN code
5. 5.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) school and marks (b) your passwords (c) your siblings’ marks (d) your Aadhaar number
6. 6.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) volunteer work (b) clubs and activities (c) your bank details (d) awards and prizes
7. 7.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your bank details? (a) include it (b) leave it out
8. 8.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a long life story (b) your Aadhaar number (c) your bank details (d) volunteer work
9. 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your siblings’ marks (b) your passwords (c) a party selfie (d) languages you know
10. 10.True or false: “volunteer work” should be left out of a résumé. (a) False (b) True
11. 11.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: clubs and activities? (a) leave it out (b) include it
12. 12.Which of these goes in the activities section? (a) Class 10 board: 88% (b) a mobile number (c) eco club member (d) built a rain gauge model
13. 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a long life story (b) volunteer work (c) awards and prizes (d) your phone and email
14. 14.📄 A student with no work experience should highlight… (a) nothing at all (b) made-up jobs (c) projects and activities (d) their parents’ jobs
15. 15.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) made-up marks (b) a party selfie (c) your phone and email (d) your bank details
16. 16.📄 In which résumé section does this go: school football team? (a) activities (b) contact details (c) education (d) skills
17. 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) awards and prizes (b) school and marks (c) your passwords (d) clubs and activities
18. 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your bank details (b) a party selfie (c) your Aadhaar number (d) projects you did
19. 19.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: projects you did? (a) leave it out (b) include it
20. 20.📄 What font style suits a résumé? (a) tiny handwriting (b) all bold capitals (c) one plain, clear font (d) five fancy fonts
21. 21.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your phone and email? (a) include it (b) leave it out
22. 22.📄 In which résumé section does this go: a survey of 50 shops? (a) projects (b) activities (c) skills (d) education
23. 23.📄 Your résumé says you led a club. In the interview you should… (a) be ready to explain it (b) deny it (c) change the subject (d) say it was a joke
24. 24.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) your passwords (b) languages you know (c) your bank details (d) your siblings’ marks
25. 25.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) languages you know (b) awards and prizes (c) your bank details (d) your phone and email
26. 26.True or false: “languages you know” should be left out of a résumé. (a) True (b) False
27. 27.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: languages you know? (a) include it (b) leave it out
28. 28.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) clubs and activities (b) school and marks (c) made-up marks (d) skills like typing
29. 29.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: a party selfie? (a) leave it out (b) include it
30. 30.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) your passwords (b) made-up marks (c) awards and prizes (d) your siblings’ marks
31. 31.Which of these goes in the education section? (a) Class 12 (Science), 2026 (b) typing 40 words a minute (c) a mobile number (d) your city and PIN code
32. 32.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: awards and prizes? (a) leave it out (b) include it
33. 33.True or false: “projects you did” belongs on a student résumé. (a) True (b) False
34. 34.Which of these goes in the contact details? (a) typing 40 words a minute (b) B.Com first year (c) eco club member (d) an email ID
35. 35.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) your passwords (b) made-up marks (c) your siblings’ marks (d) skills like typing
36. 36.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) clubs and activities (b) made-up marks (c) your siblings’ marks (d) a party selfie
37. 37.Which of these goes in the projects section? (a) B.Com first year (b) built a rain gauge model (c) school football team (d) debate club secretary
38. 38.True or false: “volunteer work” belongs on a student résumé. (a) True (b) False
39. 39.📄 In which résumé section does this go: your city and PIN code? (a) skills (b) contact details (c) activities (d) education
40. 40.True or false: “skills like typing” should be left out of a résumé. (a) False (b) True

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