Résumé Worksheet: Mistakes to Avoid

Interview skills lesson 19: Résumé mistakes to avoid · Set 297 · 40 questions

Tip (True, checked, consistent): Spelling mistakes: Experiance → Experience, Skils → Skills, Acheivements → Achievements, Responsable → Responsible. Too casual: a nickname email ID, slang hobbies, “lol”. Too vague: “Did many activities”, “Good at many things”. Never write a false claim. Good habits: proofread, a teacher’s check, one font, the same date format, PDF with a sensible file name (Name_Resume.pdf).

1. 1.Which of these is a poor résumé habit? (a) reading it aloud once (b) a file named final2 (c) a teacher’s check (d) a sensible file name
2. 2.Which of these is a good résumé habit? (a) adding fake prizes (b) never proofreading (c) same date format (d) copying a friend’s CV
3. 3.🔍 Good or poor résumé habit: copying a friend’s CV? (a) a poor résumé habit (b) a good résumé habit
4. 4.True or false: “Did many activities” has a spelling mistake. (a) True (b) False
5. 5.🔍 Good or poor résumé habit: a teacher’s check? (a) a good résumé habit (b) a poor résumé habit
6. 6.True or false: “Responsable for the class notice board” has a spelling mistake. (a) False (b) True
7. 7.🔍 What is the best way to catch spelling errors? (a) proofread, ask someone (b) trust the first draft (c) add more words (d) never re-read
8. 8.🔍 What is wrong with this résumé line? “Responsable for the class notice board” (a) too casual (b) a spelling mistake (c) too vague
9. 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) never proofreading (b) a sensible file name (c) one font throughout (d) a teacher’s check
10. 10.Which of these is a poor résumé habit? (a) checking every number (b) reading it aloud once (c) never proofreading (d) a sensible file name
11. 11.True or false: “Did many activities” is too vague. (a) False (b) True
12. 12.Which of these is a good résumé habit? (a) mixed date formats (b) copying a friend’s CV (c) reading it aloud once (d) never proofreading
13. 13.🔍 What is wrong with this résumé line? “Skills: super good at stuff” (a) too casual (b) a spelling mistake (c) too vague
14. 14.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) checking every number (b) reading it aloud once (c) mixed date formats (d) a teacher’s check
15. 15.🚫 You won second place but write “First prize”. This is… (a) a good idea (b) a typing error (c) a small style choice (d) a false claim
16. 16.🔍 Good or poor résumé habit: a file named final2? (a) a poor résumé habit (b) a good résumé habit
17. 17.🔍 Good or poor résumé habit: saving as PDF? (a) a poor résumé habit (b) a good résumé habit
18. 18.True or false: “Responsable for the class notice board” is too vague. (a) False (b) True
19. 19.💾 Which file name is best for your résumé? (a) myfile(3).pdf (b) final_final2.pdf (c) asdfgh.pdf (d) Ananya_Rao_Resume.pdf
20. 20.🔍 What is wrong with this résumé line? “Helped in some events” (a) too casual (b) a spelling mistake (c) too vague
21. 21.🔍 What is wrong with this résumé line? “Did many activities” (a) too vague (b) a spelling mistake (c) too casual
22. 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) same date format (b) saving as PDF (c) checking every number (d) a file named final2
23. 23.Which of these is a poor résumé habit? (a) one font throughout (b) a teacher’s check (c) a sensible file name (d) five font styles
24. 24.True or false: “Acheivements: 2nd in the quiz” has a spelling mistake. (a) True (b) False
25. 25.🔍 What is wrong with this résumé line? “Skils: typing, Hindi, English” (a) too vague (b) too casual (c) a spelling mistake
26. 26.True or false: “Experiance: school library helper” has a spelling mistake. (a) True (b) False
27. 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a sensible file name (b) five font styles (c) a file named final2 (d) never proofreading
28. 28.🔍 What is wrong with this résumé line? “Objective: want a job lol” (a) too casual (b) too vague (c) a spelling mistake
29. 29.True or false: “Good at many things” is too vague. (a) False (b) True
30. 30.🔍 Good or poor résumé habit: adding fake prizes? (a) a good résumé habit (b) a poor résumé habit
31. 31.Which of these is a poor résumé habit? (a) mixed date formats (b) one font throughout (c) a teacher’s check (d) a sensible file name
32. 32.🔍 What is wrong with this résumé line? “Hobbies: chilling, sleeping, memes” (a) a spelling mistake (b) too casual (c) too vague
33. 33.True or false: “Worked on a project” has a spelling mistake. (a) False (b) True
34. 34.True or false: “Hobbies: chilling, sleeping, memes” is too casual for a résumé. (a) False (b) True
35. 35.🔍 Good or poor résumé habit: checking every number? (a) a good résumé habit (b) a poor résumé habit
36. 36.Which of these is a poor résumé habit? (a) checking every number (b) reading it aloud once (c) adding fake prizes (d) one font throughout
37. 37.Which of these is a good résumé habit? (a) five font styles (b) mixed date formats (c) a teacher’s check (d) tiny 8-point text
38. 38.Which of these is a good résumé habit? (a) tiny 8-point text (b) copying a friend’s CV (c) adding fake prizes (d) saving as PDF
39. 39.🔍 What is wrong with this résumé line? “Experiance: school library helper” (a) too vague (b) a spelling mistake (c) too casual
40. 40.Which of these is a good résumé habit? (a) mixed date formats (b) one font throughout (c) five font styles (d) a file named final2

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