Résumé Worksheet: What to Include

Interview skills lesson 17: What goes on a student résumé · Set 961 · 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.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your siblings’ marks? (a) include it (b) leave it out
2. 2.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) languages you know (b) volunteer work (c) your phone and email (d) your bank details
3. 3.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: made-up marks? (a) leave it out (b) include it
4. 4.📄 In which résumé section does this go: a survey of 50 shops? (a) projects (b) education (c) skills (d) activities
5. 5.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) your siblings’ marks (b) a long life story (c) your bank details (d) awards and prizes
6. 6.Which of these goes in the activities section? (a) debate club secretary (b) a mobile number (c) built a rain gauge model (d) a website for our club
7. 7.True or false: “made-up marks” should be left out of a résumé. (a) True (b) False
8. 8.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) your siblings’ marks (b) made-up marks (c) school and marks (d) your bank details
9. 9.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) your bank details (b) your passwords (c) skills like typing (d) your Aadhaar number
10. 10.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: awards and prizes? (a) include it (b) leave it out
11. 11.📄 A student with no work experience should highlight… (a) nothing at all (b) projects and activities (c) their parents’ jobs (d) made-up jobs
12. 12.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your Aadhaar number? (a) include it (b) leave it out
13. 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) clubs and activities (b) your bank details (c) awards and prizes (d) school and marks
14. 14.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: a long life story? (a) include it (b) leave it out
15. 15.📄 How long should a student résumé usually be? (a) five pages (b) one page (c) half a line (d) ten pages
16. 16.True or false: “clubs and activities” belongs on a student résumé. (a) True (b) False
17. 17.📄 In which résumé section does this go: a mobile number? (a) contact details (b) projects (c) activities (d) education
18. 18.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: projects you did? (a) include it (b) leave it out
19. 19.📄 A résumé is… (a) a full autobiography (b) a short summary of you (c) a letter of thanks (d) a school report card
20. 20.📄 In which résumé section does this go: debate club secretary? (a) activities (b) education (c) contact details (d) skills
21. 21.Which of these goes in the skills section? (a) your city and PIN code (b) eco club member (c) spreadsheets (basic) (d) B.Com first year
22. 22.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: skills like typing? (a) leave it out (b) include it
23. 23.True or false: “awards and prizes” belongs on a student résumé. (a) True (b) False
24. 24.True or false: “made-up marks” belongs on a student résumé. (a) False (b) True
25. 25.True or false: “your Aadhaar number” belongs on a student résumé. (a) True (b) False
26. 26.True or false: “your passwords” should be left out of a résumé. (a) False (b) True
27. 27.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) your passwords (b) languages you know (c) projects you did (d) clubs and activities
28. 28.True or false: “your bank details” should be left out of a résumé. (a) False (b) True
29. 29.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) volunteer work (b) awards and prizes (c) a long life story (d) your phone and email
30. 30.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: school and marks? (a) include it (b) leave it out
31. 31.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) volunteer work (b) your passwords (c) your bank details (d) made-up marks
32. 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) awards and prizes (b) a long life story (c) your siblings’ marks (d) made-up marks
33. 33.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) your phone and email (b) your siblings’ marks (c) your Aadhaar number (d) your passwords
34. 34.📄 In which résumé section does this go: eco club member? (a) skills (b) projects (c) activities (d) education
35. 35.Which of these goes in the contact details? (a) an email ID (b) Class 10 board: 88% (c) Class 12 (Science), 2026 (d) B.Com first year
36. 36.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your Aadhaar number (b) your passwords (c) skills like typing (d) your siblings’ marks
37. 37.True or false: “your siblings’ marks” should be left out of a résumé. (a) False (b) True
38. 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) awards and prizes (b) projects you did (c) languages you know (d) a long life story
39. 39.True or false: “awards and prizes” should be left out of a résumé. (a) False (b) True
40. 40.📄 In which résumé section does this go: Class 12 (Science), 2026? (a) contact details (b) education (c) skills (d) activities

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