Résumé Worksheet: What to Include

Interview skills lesson 17: What goes on a student résumé · Set 978 · 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) skills like typing (b) projects you did (c) clubs and activities (d) your Aadhaar number
2. 2.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) projects you did (b) clubs and activities (c) your bank details (d) languages you know
3. 3.📄 In which résumé section does this go: spreadsheets (basic)? (a) activities (b) education (c) contact details (d) skills
4. 4.True or false: “your bank details” belongs on a student résumé. (a) True (b) False
5. 5.Which of these goes in the education section? (a) Class 10 board: 88% (b) debate club secretary (c) your city and PIN code (d) a mobile number
6. 6.True or false: “made-up marks” should be left out of a résumé. (a) True (b) False
7. 7.📄 In which résumé section does this go: your city and PIN code? (a) contact details (b) education (c) activities (d) projects
8. 8.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your Aadhaar number? (a) include it (b) leave it out
9. 9.Which of these goes in the projects section? (a) typing 40 words a minute (b) B.Com first year (c) your city and PIN code (d) built a rain gauge model
10. 10.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: a party selfie? (a) include it (b) leave it out
11. 11.True or false: “made-up marks” belongs on a student résumé. (a) True (b) False
12. 12.Which of these goes in the skills section? (a) a website for our club (b) basic HTML and CSS (c) Class 10 board: 88% (d) B.Com first year
13. 13.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) skills like typing (b) your bank details (c) school and marks (d) your phone and email
14. 14.Which of these goes in the activities section? (a) Class 12 (Science), 2026 (b) a mobile number (c) a website for our club (d) debate club secretary
15. 15.True or false: “projects you did” should be left out of a résumé. (a) False (b) True
16. 16.Which of these goes in the projects section? (a) typing 40 words a minute (b) Class 12 (Science), 2026 (c) an email ID (d) a survey of 50 shops
17. 17.True or false: “your siblings’ marks” belongs on a student résumé. (a) True (b) False
18. 18.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: a long life story? (a) include it (b) leave it out
19. 19.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: school and marks? (a) leave it out (b) include it
20. 20.📄 In which résumé section does this go: Class 10 board: 88%? (a) contact details (b) activities (c) education (d) projects
21. 21.Which of these goes in the education section? (a) spreadsheets (basic) (b) built a rain gauge model (c) B.Com first year (d) school football team
22. 22.True or false: “skills like typing” should be left out of a résumé. (a) True (b) False
23. 23.📄 How long should a student résumé usually be? (a) half a line (b) one page (c) ten pages (d) five pages
24. 24.True or false: “awards and prizes” belongs on a student résumé. (a) False (b) True
25. 25.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: languages you know? (a) include it (b) leave it out
26. 26.📄 In which résumé section does this go: eco club member? (a) activities (b) skills (c) contact details (d) projects
27. 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) languages you know (b) your phone and email (c) your siblings’ marks (d) school and marks
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 belongs on a student résumé? (a) awards and prizes (b) your Aadhaar number (c) your passwords (d) your bank details
30. 30.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: projects you did? (a) leave it out (b) include it
31. 31.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) your passwords (b) languages you know (c) volunteer work (d) school and marks
32. 32.True or false: “your bank details” should be left out of a résumé. (a) True (b) False
33. 33.Which of these goes in the skills section? (a) spreadsheets (basic) (b) a survey of 50 shops (c) eco club member (d) debate club secretary
34. 34.Which of these goes in the education section? (a) Class 12 (Science), 2026 (b) school football team (c) your city and PIN code (d) basic HTML and CSS
35. 35.Which of these goes in the projects section? (a) eco club member (b) a website for our club (c) debate club secretary (d) basic HTML and CSS
36. 36.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a party selfie (b) languages you know (c) made-up marks (d) your Aadhaar number
37. 37.True or false: “your Aadhaar number” should be left out of a résumé. (a) False (b) True
38. 38.📄 In which résumé section does this go: a website for our club? (a) contact details (b) education (c) projects (d) skills
39. 39.True or false: “your siblings’ marks” should be left out of a résumé. (a) False (b) True
40. 40.True or false: “languages you know” belongs on a student résumé. (a) False (b) True

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