Résumé Worksheet: What to Include

Interview skills lesson 17: What goes on a student résumé · Set 925 · 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) your passwords (c) a long life story (d) made-up marks
2. 2.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your phone and email (b) languages you know (c) skills like typing (d) your Aadhaar number
3. 3.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) your siblings’ marks (b) made-up marks (c) your bank details (d) volunteer work
4. 4.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: a long life story? (a) leave it out (b) include it
5. 5.📄 A résumé is… (a) a school report card (b) a full autobiography (c) a letter of thanks (d) a short summary of you
6. 6.📄 In which résumé section does this go: spreadsheets (basic)? (a) education (b) contact details (c) activities (d) skills
7. 7.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: projects you did? (a) leave it out (b) include it
8. 8.📄 In which résumé section does this go: a website for our club? (a) contact details (b) education (c) projects (d) skills
9. 9.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) clubs and activities (b) your phone and email (c) a party selfie (d) projects you did
10. 10.True or false: “your siblings’ marks” belongs on a student résumé. (a) False (b) True
11. 11.Which of these goes in the contact details? (a) Class 10 board: 88% (b) an email ID (c) basic HTML and CSS (d) a survey of 50 shops
12. 12.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your Aadhaar number? (a) leave it out (b) include it
13. 13.📄 In which résumé section does this go: built a rain gauge model? (a) activities (b) education (c) projects (d) contact details
14. 14.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: languages you know? (a) include it (b) leave it out
15. 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your phone and email (b) volunteer work (c) your bank details (d) languages you know
16. 16.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: awards and prizes? (a) leave it out (b) include it
17. 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your passwords (b) projects you did (c) your Aadhaar number (d) made-up marks
18. 18.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) your bank details (b) your Aadhaar number (c) languages you know (d) your siblings’ marks
19. 19.Which of these goes in the activities section? (a) an email ID (b) debate club secretary (c) basic HTML and CSS (d) a mobile number
20. 20.True or false: “your Aadhaar number” belongs on a student résumé. (a) False (b) True
21. 21.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: school and marks? (a) leave it out (b) include it
22. 22.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) made-up marks (b) a party selfie (c) skills like typing (d) your bank details
23. 23.Which of these goes in the skills section? (a) typing 40 words a minute (b) your city and PIN code (c) debate club secretary (d) Class 10 board: 88%
24. 24.📄 Your résumé says you led a club. In the interview you should… (a) say it was a joke (b) change the subject (c) deny it (d) be ready to explain it
25. 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a party selfie (b) your phone and email (c) languages you know (d) awards and prizes
26. 26.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) skills like typing (b) school and marks (c) your Aadhaar number (d) your phone and email
27. 27.📄 In which résumé section does this go: your city and PIN code? (a) activities (b) contact details (c) skills (d) education
28. 28.📄 What font style suits a résumé? (a) five fancy fonts (b) tiny handwriting (c) all bold capitals (d) one plain, clear font
29. 29.📄 In which résumé section does this go: Class 10 board: 88%? (a) education (b) activities (c) contact details (d) skills
30. 30.Which of these goes in the education section? (a) typing 40 words a minute (b) Class 10 board: 88% (c) an email ID (d) school football team
31. 31.True or false: “a party selfie” should be left out of a résumé. (a) True (b) False
32. 32.True or false: “school and marks” should be left out of a résumé. (a) True (b) False
33. 33.📄 How long should a student résumé usually be? (a) half a line (b) one page (c) five pages (d) ten pages
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.📄 In which résumé section does this go: typing 40 words a minute? (a) education (b) contact details (c) activities (d) skills
36. 36.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) school and marks (b) a long life story (c) a party selfie (d) your passwords
37. 37.Which of these goes in the projects section? (a) Class 12 (Science), 2026 (b) a mobile number (c) B.Com first year (d) built a rain gauge model
38. 38.Which of these goes in the education section? (a) a mobile number (b) Class 12 (Science), 2026 (c) eco club member (d) basic HTML and CSS
39. 39.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) your bank details (b) projects you did (c) your siblings’ marks (d) a long life story
40. 40.📄 A student with no work experience should highlight… (a) nothing at all (b) projects and activities (c) their parents’ jobs (d) made-up jobs

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