Résumé Worksheet: What to Include

Interview skills lesson 17: What goes on a student résumé · Set 964 · 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.📄 In which résumé section does this go: school football team? (a) skills (b) projects (c) education (d) activities
2. 2.True or false: “awards and prizes” should be left out of a résumé. (a) False (b) True
3. 3.📄 In which résumé section does this go: a website for our club? (a) projects (b) activities (c) education (d) contact details
4. 4.Which of these goes in the contact details? (a) spreadsheets (basic) (b) Class 10 board: 88% (c) a survey of 50 shops (d) an email ID
5. 5.📄 Your résumé says you led a club. In the interview you should… (a) change the subject (b) be ready to explain it (c) deny it (d) say it was a joke
6. 6.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your phone and email? (a) leave it out (b) include it
7. 7.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) clubs and activities (b) made-up marks (c) your phone and email (d) languages you know
8. 8.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: projects you did? (a) include it (b) leave it out
9. 9.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: awards and prizes? (a) leave it out (b) include it
10. 10.True or false: “made-up marks” belongs on a student résumé. (a) False (b) True
11. 11.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: clubs and activities? (a) leave it out (b) include it
12. 12.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: skills like typing? (a) include it (b) leave it out
13. 13.True or false: “your passwords” should be left out of a résumé. (a) True (b) False
14. 14.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) a party selfie (b) your Aadhaar number (c) awards and prizes (d) your passwords
15. 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your Aadhaar number (b) your bank details (c) your phone and email (d) a long life story
16. 16.True or false: “school and marks” belongs on a student résumé. (a) True (b) False
17. 17.Which of these goes in the education section? (a) basic HTML and CSS (b) spreadsheets (basic) (c) an email ID (d) Class 10 board: 88%
18. 18.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) your siblings’ marks (b) your Aadhaar number (c) a party selfie (d) languages you know
19. 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) clubs and activities (b) your bank details (c) a party selfie (d) a long life story
20. 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) volunteer work (b) your passwords (c) awards and prizes (d) skills like typing
21. 21.True or false: “clubs and activities” should be left out of a résumé. (a) True (b) False
22. 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) awards and prizes (b) clubs and activities (c) languages you know (d) made-up marks
23. 23.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your siblings’ marks? (a) leave it out (b) include it
24. 24.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: volunteer work? (a) leave it out (b) include it
25. 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a party selfie (b) projects you did (c) made-up marks (d) a long life story
26. 26.📄 In which résumé section does this go: typing 40 words a minute? (a) skills (b) education (c) activities (d) projects
27. 27.📄 In which résumé section does this go: an email ID? (a) education (b) projects (c) skills (d) contact details
28. 28.📄 In which résumé section does this go: a survey of 50 shops? (a) skills (b) activities (c) education (d) projects
29. 29.Which of these goes in the projects section? (a) a survey of 50 shops (b) an email ID (c) Class 12 (Science), 2026 (d) eco club member
30. 30.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: languages you know? (a) include it (b) leave it out
31. 31.True or false: “clubs and activities” belongs on a student résumé. (a) True (b) False
32. 32.📄 In which résumé section does this go: a mobile number? (a) skills (b) education (c) activities (d) contact details
33. 33.Which of these goes in the education section? (a) a mobile number (b) your city and PIN code (c) a survey of 50 shops (d) B.Com first year
34. 34.True or false: “a party selfie” belongs on a student résumé. (a) True (b) False
35. 35.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) your passwords (b) your siblings’ marks (c) your phone and email (d) made-up marks
36. 36.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) school and marks (b) your bank details (c) your passwords (d) your siblings’ marks
37. 37.📄 In which résumé section does this go: Class 10 board: 88%? (a) contact details (b) projects (c) education (d) activities
38. 38.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your Aadhaar number? (a) include it (b) leave it out
39. 39.📄 How long should a student résumé usually be? (a) five pages (b) ten pages (c) one page (d) half a line
40. 40.Which of these goes in the activities section? (a) a mobile number (b) a website for our club (c) B.Com first year (d) debate club secretary

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