Résumé Worksheet: What to Include

Interview skills lesson 17: What goes on a student résumé · Set 912 · 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 is the odd one out? (a) volunteer work (b) a party selfie (c) your passwords (d) your bank details
2. 2.📄 Your résumé says you led a club. In the interview you should… (a) say it was a joke (b) deny it (c) be ready to explain it (d) change the subject
3. 3.True or false: “volunteer work” should be left out of a résumé. (a) False (b) True
4. 4.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) made-up marks (b) a long life story (c) your siblings’ marks (d) skills like typing
5. 5.True or false: “your Aadhaar number” should be left out of a résumé. (a) False (b) True
6. 6.📄 How long should a student résumé usually be? (a) one page (b) five pages (c) ten pages (d) half a line
7. 7.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) your siblings’ marks (b) awards and prizes (c) school and marks (d) clubs and activities
8. 8.📄 In which résumé section does this go: B.Com first year? (a) activities (b) skills (c) projects (d) education
9. 9.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your passwords? (a) include it (b) leave it out
10. 10.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: skills like typing? (a) leave it out (b) include it
11. 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) made-up marks (b) your Aadhaar number (c) awards and prizes (d) your siblings’ marks
12. 12.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your siblings’ marks (b) clubs and activities (c) projects you did (d) school and marks
13. 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a long life story (b) a party selfie (c) school and marks (d) your bank details
14. 14.True or false: “a party selfie” should be left out of a résumé. (a) True (b) False
15. 15.📄 What font style suits a résumé? (a) one plain, clear font (b) all bold capitals (c) tiny handwriting (d) five fancy fonts
16. 16.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: volunteer work? (a) leave it out (b) include it
17. 17.📄 In which résumé section does this go: Class 10 board: 88%? (a) education (b) projects (c) skills (d) contact details
18. 18.Which of these goes in the education section? (a) Class 10 board: 88% (b) a mobile number (c) built a rain gauge model (d) basic HTML and CSS
19. 19.True or false: “your passwords” should be left out of a résumé. (a) True (b) False
20. 20.📄 A résumé is… (a) a school report card (b) a short summary of you (c) a full autobiography (d) a letter of thanks
21. 21.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: languages you know? (a) include it (b) leave it out
22. 22.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) your bank details (b) your passwords (c) a long life story (d) school and marks
23. 23.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: school and marks? (a) leave it out (b) include it
24. 24.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) your bank details (b) your passwords (c) made-up marks (d) projects you did
25. 25.📄 In which résumé section does this go: spreadsheets (basic)? (a) contact details (b) skills (c) projects (d) education
26. 26.📄 In which résumé section does this go: typing 40 words a minute? (a) education (b) projects (c) skills (d) activities
27. 27.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) projects you did (b) awards and prizes (c) volunteer work (d) your passwords
28. 28.Which of these goes in the education section? (a) Class 12 (Science), 2026 (b) a website for our club (c) spreadsheets (basic) (d) typing 40 words a minute
29. 29.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: made-up marks? (a) leave it out (b) include it
30. 30.📄 In which résumé section does this go: a website for our club? (a) skills (b) activities (c) education (d) projects
31. 31.True or false: “languages you know” should be left out of a résumé. (a) True (b) False
32. 32.Which of these goes in the projects section? (a) typing 40 words a minute (b) built a rain gauge model (c) spreadsheets (basic) (d) Class 12 (Science), 2026
33. 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) projects you did (b) awards and prizes (c) your phone and email (d) your Aadhaar number
34. 34.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your phone and email? (a) leave it out (b) include it
35. 35.True or false: “your phone and email” should be left out of a résumé. (a) True (b) False
36. 36.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) skills like typing (b) your passwords (c) a long life story (d) a party selfie
37. 37.True or false: “skills like typing” belongs on a student résumé. (a) False (b) True
38. 38.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: projects you did? (a) include it (b) leave it out
39. 39.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) made-up marks (b) languages you know (c) your passwords (d) your Aadhaar number
40. 40.📄 In which résumé section does this go: built a rain gauge model? (a) education (b) projects (c) contact details (d) skills

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