Résumé Worksheet: What to Include

Interview skills lesson 17: What goes on a student résumé · Set 95 · 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) school and marks (b) projects you did (c) your phone and email (d) made-up marks
2. 2.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) volunteer work (b) projects you did (c) your phone and email (d) made-up marks
3. 3.📄 Your résumé says you led a club. In the interview you should… (a) change the subject (b) say it was a joke (c) be ready to explain it (d) deny it
4. 4.True or false: “skills like typing” belongs on a student résumé. (a) False (b) True
5. 5.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: clubs and activities? (a) leave it out (b) include it
6. 6.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) a long life story (b) your passwords (c) languages you know (d) a party selfie
7. 7.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: a party selfie? (a) leave it out (b) include it
8. 8.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your passwords? (a) include it (b) leave it out
9. 9.True or false: “a party selfie” should be left out of a résumé. (a) True (b) False
10. 10.True or false: “projects you did” belongs on a student résumé. (a) False (b) True
11. 11.Which of these goes in the education section? (a) basic HTML and CSS (b) school football team (c) B.Com first year (d) a website for our club
12. 12.📄 What font style suits a résumé? (a) all bold capitals (b) one plain, clear font (c) five fancy fonts (d) tiny handwriting
13. 13.📄 In which résumé section does this go: B.Com first year? (a) education (b) activities (c) skills (d) projects
14. 14.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: school and marks? (a) include it (b) leave it out
15. 15.True or false: “clubs and activities” belongs on a student résumé. (a) False (b) True
16. 16.True or false: “school and marks” belongs on a student résumé. (a) False (b) True
17. 17.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) awards and prizes (b) skills like typing (c) languages you know (d) your siblings’ marks
18. 18.📄 In which résumé section does this go: debate club secretary? (a) education (b) activities (c) contact details (d) skills
19. 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a party selfie (b) your siblings’ marks (c) your bank details (d) skills like typing
20. 20.Which of these goes in the education section? (a) a survey of 50 shops (b) Class 10 board: 88% (c) basic HTML and CSS (d) spreadsheets (basic)
21. 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a party selfie (b) projects you did (c) awards and prizes (d) school and marks
22. 22.📄 A résumé is… (a) a school report card (b) a letter of thanks (c) a full autobiography (d) a short summary of you
23. 23.True or false: “a party selfie” belongs on a student résumé. (a) True (b) False
24. 24.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) your Aadhaar number (b) your siblings’ marks (c) a party selfie (d) awards and prizes
25. 25.📄 In which résumé section does this go: a mobile number? (a) contact details (b) education (c) activities (d) skills
26. 26.Which of these goes in the skills section? (a) built a rain gauge model (b) B.Com first year (c) basic HTML and CSS (d) an email ID
27. 27.True or false: “clubs and activities” should be left out of a résumé. (a) False (b) True
28. 28.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) skills like typing (b) projects you did (c) your bank details (d) clubs and activities
29. 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a party selfie (b) your passwords (c) your phone and email (d) your siblings’ marks
30. 30.True or false: “a long life story” belongs on a student résumé. (a) False (b) True
31. 31.True or false: “skills like typing” should be left out of a résumé. (a) True (b) False
32. 32.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your bank details? (a) include it (b) leave it out
33. 33.True or false: “your Aadhaar number” belongs on a student résumé. (a) False (b) True
34. 34.📄 In which résumé section does this go: a survey of 50 shops? (a) activities (b) projects (c) skills (d) contact details
35. 35.📄 In which résumé section does this go: spreadsheets (basic)? (a) education (b) skills (c) activities (d) projects
36. 36.True or false: “volunteer work” should be left out of a résumé. (a) False (b) True
37. 37.True or false: “school and marks” should be left out of a résumé. (a) False (b) True
38. 38.📄 In which résumé section does this go: an email ID? (a) activities (b) contact details (c) education (d) projects
39. 39.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) projects you did (b) school and marks (c) your passwords (d) awards and prizes
40. 40.Which of these goes in the contact details? (a) Class 12 (Science), 2026 (b) your city and PIN code (c) school football team (d) typing 40 words a minute

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