Résumé Worksheet: What to Include

Interview skills lesson 17: What goes on a student résumé · Set 946 · 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 of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) your phone and email (b) clubs and activities (c) projects you did (d) made-up marks
2. 2.📄 What font style suits a résumé? (a) five fancy fonts (b) one plain, clear font (c) all bold capitals (d) tiny handwriting
3. 3.📄 In which résumé section does this go: an email ID? (a) projects (b) activities (c) education (d) contact details
4. 4.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: languages you know? (a) leave it out (b) include it
5. 5.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) a party selfie (b) your Aadhaar number (c) made-up marks (d) clubs and activities
6. 6.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: volunteer work? (a) include it (b) leave it out
7. 7.📄 A résumé is… (a) a full autobiography (b) a school report card (c) a letter of thanks (d) a short summary of you
8. 8.Which of these goes in the contact details? (a) school football team (b) debate club secretary (c) an email ID (d) typing 40 words a minute
9. 9.📄 Your résumé says you led a club. In the interview you should… (a) deny it (b) change the subject (c) say it was a joke (d) be ready to explain it
10. 10.True or false: “clubs and activities” belongs on a student résumé. (a) True (b) False
11. 11.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) your bank details (b) a party selfie (c) skills like typing (d) your passwords
12. 12.True or false: “school and marks” should be left out of a résumé. (a) False (b) True
13. 13.True or false: “your bank details” should be left out of a résumé. (a) True (b) False
14. 14.True or false: “awards and prizes” should be left out of a résumé. (a) False (b) True
15. 15.Which of these goes in the contact details? (a) a mobile number (b) basic HTML and CSS (c) school football team (d) built a rain gauge model
16. 16.📄 How long should a student résumé usually be? (a) half a line (b) ten pages (c) one page (d) five pages
17. 17.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your phone and email? (a) include it (b) leave it out
18. 18.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your bank details? (a) leave it out (b) include it
19. 19.Which of these goes in the education section? (a) a website for our club (b) Class 10 board: 88% (c) a survey of 50 shops (d) basic HTML and CSS
20. 20.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) languages you know (b) projects you did (c) your phone and email (d) a long life story
21. 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) languages you know (b) your phone and email (c) a party selfie (d) clubs and activities
22. 22.True or false: “a party selfie” should be left out of a résumé. (a) True (b) False
23. 23.Which of these goes in the education section? (a) basic HTML and CSS (b) a website for our club (c) a survey of 50 shops (d) Class 12 (Science), 2026
24. 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a long life story (b) projects you did (c) school and marks (d) clubs and activities
25. 25.Which of these goes in the activities section? (a) spreadsheets (basic) (b) Class 12 (Science), 2026 (c) your city and PIN code (d) school football team
26. 26.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: clubs and activities? (a) leave it out (b) include it
27. 27.True or false: “your phone and email” belongs on a student résumé. (a) True (b) False
28. 28.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) your passwords (b) languages you know (c) a long life story (d) your Aadhaar number
29. 29.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) your bank details (b) awards and prizes (c) your Aadhaar number (d) a party selfie
30. 30.True or false: “your Aadhaar number” should be left out of a résumé. (a) False (b) True
31. 31.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) your phone and email (b) school and marks (c) projects you did (d) your Aadhaar number
32. 32.Which of these goes in the projects section? (a) built a rain gauge model (b) basic HTML and CSS (c) Class 12 (Science), 2026 (d) eco club member
33. 33.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your passwords? (a) include it (b) leave it out
34. 34.Which of these goes in the activities section? (a) debate club secretary (b) an email ID (c) Class 10 board: 88% (d) B.Com first year
35. 35.Which of these goes in the skills section? (a) debate club secretary (b) Class 10 board: 88% (c) basic HTML and CSS (d) an email ID
36. 36.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: a long life story? (a) include it (b) leave it out
37. 37.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) your phone and email (b) volunteer work (c) clubs and activities (d) a party selfie
38. 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) projects you did (b) your Aadhaar number (c) your passwords (d) your siblings’ marks
39. 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) clubs and activities (b) volunteer work (c) school and marks (d) your siblings’ marks
40. 40.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) school and marks (b) your phone and email (c) your bank details (d) awards and prizes

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