Résumé Worksheet: What to Include

Interview skills lesson 17: What goes on a student résumé · Set 985 · 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 belongs on a student résumé? (a) your Aadhaar number (b) school and marks (c) made-up marks (d) a long life story
2. 2.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) skills like typing (b) projects you did (c) your passwords (d) school and marks
3. 3.Which of these goes in the projects section? (a) debate club secretary (b) a mobile number (c) built a rain gauge model (d) Class 10 board: 88%
4. 4.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) your Aadhaar number (b) your bank details (c) your phone and email (d) made-up marks
5. 5.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: school and marks? (a) include it (b) leave it out
6. 6.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: languages you know? (a) leave it out (b) include it
7. 7.📄 How long should a student résumé usually be? (a) five pages (b) half a line (c) ten pages (d) one page
8. 8.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) volunteer work (b) a long life story (c) made-up marks (d) your Aadhaar number
9. 9.📄 Include it on a student résumé or leave it out: your bank details? (a) leave it out (b) include it
10. 10.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) school and marks (b) skills like typing (c) your bank details (d) your phone and email
11. 11.📄 A résumé is… (a) a letter of thanks (b) a school report card (c) a short summary of you (d) a full autobiography
12. 12.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) clubs and activities (b) your bank details (c) your siblings’ marks (d) a party selfie
13. 13.True or false: “awards and prizes” should be left out of a résumé. (a) False (b) True
14. 14.📄 In which résumé section does this go: spreadsheets (basic)? (a) activities (b) projects (c) skills (d) contact details
15. 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) clubs and activities (b) made-up marks (c) skills like typing (d) volunteer work
16. 16.📄 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) deny it (d) change the subject
17. 17.📄 In which résumé section does this go: basic HTML and CSS? (a) activities (b) skills (c) projects (d) contact details
18. 18.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) clubs and activities (b) languages you know (c) a long life story (d) awards and prizes
19. 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a long life story (b) your phone and email (c) a party selfie (d) your passwords
20. 20.Which of these should be left out of a résumé? (a) your siblings’ marks (b) your phone and email (c) clubs and activities (d) languages you know
21. 21.True or false: “school and marks” belongs on a student résumé. (a) True (b) False
22. 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) school and marks (b) your bank details (c) your Aadhaar number (d) your passwords
23. 23.Which of these goes in the contact details? (a) school football team (b) Class 10 board: 88% (c) spreadsheets (basic) (d) a mobile number
24. 24.Which of these goes in the skills section? (a) Class 10 board: 88% (b) school football team (c) B.Com first year (d) spreadsheets (basic)
25. 25.📄 A student with no work experience should highlight… (a) made-up jobs (b) projects and activities (c) nothing at all (d) their parents’ jobs
26. 26.True or false: “your bank details” should be left out of a résumé. (a) False (b) True
27. 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) projects you did (b) a long life story (c) school and marks (d) awards and prizes
28. 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) languages you know (b) your siblings’ marks (c) your Aadhaar number (d) made-up marks
29. 29.Which of these goes in the activities section? (a) Class 10 board: 88% (b) basic HTML and CSS (c) school football team (d) a survey of 50 shops
30. 30.True or false: “your bank details” belongs on a student résumé. (a) False (b) True
31. 31.Which of these goes in the education section? (a) debate club secretary (b) Class 12 (Science), 2026 (c) built a rain gauge model (d) your city and PIN code
32. 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) projects you did (b) a party selfie (c) your Aadhaar number (d) your passwords
33. 33.📄 What font style suits a résumé? (a) tiny handwriting (b) five fancy fonts (c) all bold capitals (d) one plain, clear font
34. 34.Which of these goes in the skills section? (a) B.Com first year (b) built a rain gauge model (c) a survey of 50 shops (d) typing 40 words a minute
35. 35.Which of these belongs on a student résumé? (a) made-up marks (b) your bank details (c) a party selfie (d) skills like typing
36. 36.True or false: “a party selfie” should be left out of a résumé. (a) False (b) True
37. 37.True or false: “volunteer work” should be left out of a résumé. (a) True (b) False
38. 38.📄 In which résumé section does this go: school football team? (a) contact details (b) education (c) projects (d) activities
39. 39.Which of these goes in the activities section? (a) B.Com first year (b) typing 40 words a minute (c) debate club secretary (d) your city and PIN code
40. 40.True or false: “your Aadhaar number” should be left out of a résumé. (a) True (b) False

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