Résumé Worksheet: What to Include

Interview skills lesson 17: What goes on a student résumé · Set 908 · 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: your city and PIN code? (a) skills (b) projects (c) activities (d) contact details
2. 2.Which of these goes in the activities section? (a) a survey of 50 shops (b) a mobile number (c) Class 10 board: 88% (d) debate club secretary
3. 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) volunteer work (b) your siblings’ marks (c) your passwords (d) made-up marks
4. 4.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your passwords? (a) include it (b) leave it out
5. 5.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your Aadhaar number? (a) include it (b) leave it out
6. 6.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your Aadhaar number (b) languages you know (c) school and marks (d) projects you did
7. 7.📄 Your résumé says you led a club. In the interview you should… (a) deny it (b) say it was a joke (c) be ready to explain it (d) change the subject
8. 8.📄 A student with no work experience should highlight… (a) their parents’ jobs (b) projects and activities (c) made-up jobs (d) nothing at all
9. 9.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) made-up marks (b) languages you know (c) school and marks (d) volunteer work
10. 10.True or false: “your Aadhaar number” belongs on a student résumé. (a) False (b) True
11. 11.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: skills like typing? (a) include it (b) leave it out
12. 12.Which of these goes in the contact details? (a) basic HTML and CSS (b) your city and PIN code (c) a website for our club (d) debate club secretary
13. 13.True or false: “your siblings’ marks” belongs on a student résumé. (a) False (b) True
14. 14.Which of these goes in the skills section? (a) basic HTML and CSS (b) built a rain gauge model (c) a website for our club (d) B.Com first year
15. 15.True or false: “languages you know” belongs on a student résumé. (a) False (b) True
16. 16.📄 In which résumé section does this go: Class 12 (Science), 2026? (a) contact details (b) projects (c) education (d) skills
17. 17.True or false: “volunteer work” belongs on a student résumé. (a) False (b) True
18. 18.📄 In which résumé section does this go: spreadsheets (basic)? (a) activities (b) education (c) skills (d) contact details
19. 19.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your siblings’ marks? (a) include it (b) leave it out
20. 20.True or false: “your Aadhaar number” should be left out of a résumé. (a) False (b) True
21. 21.📄 In which résumé section does this go: B.Com first year? (a) projects (b) activities (c) skills (d) education
22. 22.Which of these goes in the projects section? (a) spreadsheets (basic) (b) Class 10 board: 88% (c) a website for our club (d) school football team
23. 23.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) school and marks (b) your phone and email (c) your bank details (d) projects you did
24. 24.True or false: “projects you did” should be left out of a résumé. (a) False (b) True
25. 25.Which of these goes in the education section? (a) a website for our club (b) eco club member (c) Class 12 (Science), 2026 (d) built a rain gauge model
26. 26.📄 In which résumé section does this go: an email ID? (a) activities (b) education (c) contact details (d) projects
27. 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) projects you did (b) volunteer work (c) clubs and activities (d) a party selfie
28. 28.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: a long life story? (a) leave it out (b) include it
29. 29.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: school and marks? (a) include it (b) leave it out
30. 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a party selfie (b) your bank details (c) skills like typing (d) your passwords
31. 31.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: made-up marks? (a) include it (b) leave it out
32. 32.📄 A résumé is… (a) a short summary of you (b) a school report card (c) a full autobiography (d) a letter of thanks
33. 33.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your phone and email? (a) leave it out (b) include it
34. 34.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) clubs and activities (b) skills like typing (c) your passwords (d) school and marks
35. 35.Which of these goes in the education section? (a) a website for our club (b) a survey of 50 shops (c) an email ID (d) Class 10 board: 88%
36. 36.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) school and marks (b) a party selfie (c) your phone and email (d) languages you know
37. 37.📄 In which résumé section does this go: typing 40 words a minute? (a) skills (b) education (c) projects (d) contact details
38. 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your Aadhaar number (b) your passwords (c) your bank details (d) clubs and activities
39. 39.📄 How long should a student résumé usually be? (a) one page (b) ten pages (c) five pages (d) half a line
40. 40.📄 In which résumé section does this go: debate club secretary? (a) contact details (b) education (c) skills (d) activities

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