Résumé Worksheet: What to Include

Interview skills lesson 17: What goes on a student résumé · Set 97 · 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) your bank details (b) your Aadhaar number (c) school and marks (d) a party selfie
2. 2.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) a long life story (b) skills like typing (c) your bank details (d) made-up marks
3. 3.True or false: “made-up marks” belongs on a student résumé. (a) False (b) True
4. 4.Which of these goes in the activities section? (a) your city and PIN code (b) built a rain gauge model (c) basic HTML and CSS (d) school football team
5. 5.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) a party selfie (b) made-up marks (c) clubs and activities (d) a long life story
6. 6.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your Aadhaar number (b) your siblings’ marks (c) volunteer work (d) your bank details
7. 7.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) made-up marks (b) your bank details (c) a party selfie (d) school and marks
8. 8.True or false: “a long life story” belongs on a student résumé. (a) False (b) True
9. 9.Which of these goes in the contact details? (a) a mobile number (b) spreadsheets (basic) (c) basic HTML and CSS (d) B.Com first year
10. 10.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: awards and prizes? (a) leave it out (b) include it
11. 11.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your siblings’ marks? (a) leave it out (b) include it
12. 12.Which of these goes in the education section? (a) a mobile number (b) built a rain gauge model (c) Class 10 board: 88% (d) a survey of 50 shops
13. 13.📄 Your résumé says you led a club. In the interview you should… (a) be ready to explain it (b) say it was a joke (c) change the subject (d) deny it
14. 14.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) skills like typing (b) made-up marks (c) awards and prizes (d) volunteer work
15. 15.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) your siblings’ marks (b) a long life story (c) your bank details (d) projects you did
16. 16.Which of these goes in the skills section? (a) Class 10 board: 88% (b) spreadsheets (basic) (c) an email ID (d) built a rain gauge model
17. 17.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: a long life story? (a) include it (b) leave it out
18. 18.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) your passwords (b) your bank details (c) languages you know (d) a party selfie
19. 19.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your bank details? (a) leave it out (b) include it
20. 20.True or false: “awards and prizes” belongs on a student résumé. (a) True (b) False
21. 21.True or false: “skills like typing” should be left out of a résumé. (a) True (b) False
22. 22.Which of these goes in the skills section? (a) debate club secretary (b) Class 12 (Science), 2026 (c) typing 40 words a minute (d) Class 10 board: 88%
23. 23.True or false: “your bank details” should be left out of a résumé. (a) True (b) False
24. 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your passwords (b) a long life story (c) your siblings’ marks (d) awards and prizes
25. 25.📄 In which résumé section does this go: a website for our club? (a) contact details (b) skills (c) projects (d) activities
26. 26.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) school and marks (b) languages you know (c) your Aadhaar number (d) awards and prizes
27. 27.True or false: “your passwords” should be left out of a résumé. (a) False (b) True
28. 28.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) languages you know (b) volunteer work (c) skills like typing (d) your Aadhaar number
29. 29.True or false: “languages you know” belongs on a student résumé. (a) False (b) True
30. 30.📄 How long should a student résumé usually be? (a) half a line (b) five pages (c) ten pages (d) one page
31. 31.📄 In which résumé section does this go: B.Com first year? (a) projects (b) education (c) activities (d) skills
32. 32.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: made-up marks? (a) leave it out (b) include it
33. 33.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: school and marks? (a) include it (b) leave it out
34. 34.📄 A résumé is… (a) a short summary of you (b) a letter of thanks (c) a school report card (d) a full autobiography
35. 35.📄 A student with no work experience should highlight… (a) their parents’ jobs (b) nothing at all (c) made-up jobs (d) projects and activities
36. 36.Which of these goes in the education section? (a) typing 40 words a minute (b) a survey of 50 shops (c) Class 12 (Science), 2026 (d) debate club secretary
37. 37.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: projects you did? (a) include it (b) leave it out
38. 38.Which of these goes in the skills section? (a) built a rain gauge model (b) school football team (c) basic HTML and CSS (d) Class 10 board: 88%
39. 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) awards and prizes (b) projects you did (c) your phone and email (d) a party selfie
40. 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) your bank details (b) skills like typing (c) a party selfie (d) made-up marks

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