Résumé Worksheet: What to Include

Interview skills lesson 17: What goes on a student résumé · Set 915 · 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) your passwords (b) your Aadhaar number (c) your bank details (d) school and marks
2. 2.True or false: “your passwords” belongs on a student résumé. (a) True (b) False
3. 3.Which of these goes in the activities section? (a) typing 40 words a minute (b) basic HTML and CSS (c) Class 10 board: 88% (d) eco club member
4. 4.True or false: “a long life story” belongs on a student résumé. (a) False (b) True
5. 5.📄 How long should a student résumé usually be? (a) one page (b) ten pages (c) half a line (d) five pages
6. 6.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) made-up marks (b) a party selfie (c) clubs and activities (d) your siblings’ marks
7. 7.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your bank details? (a) leave it out (b) include it
8. 8.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: languages you know? (a) include it (b) leave it out
9. 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) skills like typing (b) volunteer work (c) clubs and activities (d) your Aadhaar number
10. 10.📄 Your résumé says you led a club. In the interview you should… (a) change the subject (b) deny it (c) be ready to explain it (d) say it was a joke
11. 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a party selfie (b) languages you know (c) your passwords (d) your siblings’ marks
12. 12.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) your passwords (b) your Aadhaar number (c) a party selfie (d) school and marks
13. 13.📄 In which résumé section does this go: a mobile number? (a) contact details (b) activities (c) skills (d) education
14. 14.Which of these goes in the contact details? (a) school football team (b) basic HTML and CSS (c) an email ID (d) a survey of 50 shops
15. 15.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: school and marks? (a) leave it out (b) include it
16. 16.True or false: “your phone and email” should be left out of a résumé. (a) False (b) True
17. 17.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: projects you did? (a) leave it out (b) include it
18. 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a party selfie (b) clubs and activities (c) projects you did (d) your phone and email
19. 19.Which of these goes in the projects section? (a) Class 10 board: 88% (b) Class 12 (Science), 2026 (c) an email ID (d) a survey of 50 shops
20. 20.Which of these goes in the contact details? (a) B.Com first year (b) Class 10 board: 88% (c) a mobile number (d) eco club member
21. 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) clubs and activities (b) your passwords (c) your phone and email (d) school and marks
22. 22.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: a long life story? (a) leave it out (b) include it
23. 23.📄 In which résumé section does this go: an email ID? (a) projects (b) skills (c) education (d) contact details
24. 24.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) a long life story (b) your bank details (c) awards and prizes (d) made-up marks
25. 25.Which of these goes in the education section? (a) Class 12 (Science), 2026 (b) a survey of 50 shops (c) a website for our club (d) spreadsheets (basic)
26. 26.📄 In which résumé section does this go: your city and PIN code? (a) skills (b) education (c) contact details (d) activities
27. 27.📄 In which résumé section does this go: school football team? (a) activities (b) education (c) projects (d) skills
28. 28.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) your phone and email (b) made-up marks (c) clubs and activities (d) languages you know
29. 29.Which of these goes in the projects section? (a) built a rain gauge model (b) Class 10 board: 88% (c) B.Com first year (d) an email ID
30. 30.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: volunteer work? (a) leave it out (b) include it
31. 31.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) your passwords (b) languages you know (c) a long life story (d) your bank details
32. 32.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your passwords? (a) include it (b) leave it out
33. 33.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) school and marks (b) languages you know (c) your phone and email (d) your Aadhaar number
34. 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) awards and prizes (b) skills like typing (c) projects you did (d) a long life story
35. 35.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: made-up marks? (a) include it (b) leave it out
36. 36.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) a long life story (b) your phone and email (c) your siblings’ marks (d) your passwords
37. 37.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: awards and prizes? (a) leave it out (b) include it
38. 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your bank details (b) skills like typing (c) a party selfie (d) your siblings’ marks
39. 39.📄 In which résumé section does this go: basic HTML and CSS? (a) projects (b) activities (c) skills (d) education
40. 40.📄 In which résumé section does this go: spreadsheets (basic)? (a) education (b) skills (c) projects (d) contact details

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