Résumé Worksheet: Mistakes to Avoid

Interview skills lesson 19: Résumé mistakes to avoid · Set 37 · 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) same date format (b) a teacher’s check (c) one font throughout (d) a file named final2
2. 2.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) never proofreading (b) five font styles (c) a file named final2 (d) reading it aloud once
3. 3.🔍 Good or poor résumé habit: tiny 8-point text? (a) a poor résumé habit (b) a good résumé habit
4. 4.🔍 What is wrong with this résumé line? “Responsable for the class notice board” (a) too casual (b) too vague (c) a spelling mistake
5. 5.🔍 What is wrong with this résumé line? “Experiance: school library helper” (a) a spelling mistake (b) too vague (c) too casual
6. 6.🔍 What is wrong with this résumé line? “Acheivements: 2nd in the quiz” (a) too vague (b) too casual (c) a spelling mistake
7. 7.True or false: “Helped in some events” has a spelling mistake. (a) True (b) False
8. 8.🔍 Good or poor résumé habit: five font styles? (a) a good résumé habit (b) a poor résumé habit
9. 9.Which of these is a good résumé habit? (a) never proofreading (b) adding fake prizes (c) a file named final2 (d) a teacher’s check
10. 10.🔍 What is the best way to catch spelling errors? (a) trust the first draft (b) proofread, ask someone (c) add more words (d) never re-read
11. 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a sensible file name (b) a file named final2 (c) reading it aloud once (d) saving as PDF
12. 12.🔍 What is wrong with this résumé line? “Did many activities” (a) a spelling mistake (b) too vague (c) too casual
13. 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a teacher’s check (b) one font throughout (c) tiny 8-point text (d) same date format
14. 14.True or false: “Objective: want a job lol” is too vague. (a) True (b) False
15. 15.Which of these is a good résumé habit? (a) mixed date formats (b) reading it aloud once (c) adding fake prizes (d) copying a friend’s CV
16. 16.Which of these is a good résumé habit? (a) a file named final2 (b) tiny 8-point text (c) adding fake prizes (d) checking every number
17. 17.⚠️ An interviewer finds a lie on your résumé. What is likely? (a) you get promoted (b) you lose their trust (c) nothing happens (d) you get a bonus
18. 18.🚫 You won second place but write “First prize”. This is… (a) a good idea (b) a false claim (c) a small style choice (d) a typing error
19. 19.🔍 What is wrong with this résumé line? “Skills: super good at stuff” (a) too casual (b) too vague (c) a spelling mistake
20. 20.Which of these is a good résumé habit? (a) one font throughout (b) never proofreading (c) a file named final2 (d) mixed date formats
21. 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) saving as PDF (b) reading it aloud once (c) five font styles (d) same date format
22. 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) five font styles (b) a file named final2 (c) adding fake prizes (d) saving as PDF
23. 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) checking every number (b) reading it aloud once (c) never proofreading (d) a sensible file name
24. 24.🔍 Good or poor résumé habit: same date format? (a) a good résumé habit (b) a poor résumé habit
25. 25.Which of these is a good résumé habit? (a) copying a friend’s CV (b) tiny 8-point text (c) a sensible file name (d) never proofreading
26. 26.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) checking every number (b) never proofreading (c) mixed date formats (d) five font styles
27. 27.🔍 What is wrong with this résumé line? “Skils: typing, Hindi, English” (a) a spelling mistake (b) too vague (c) too casual
28. 28.🔍 Good or poor résumé habit: reading it aloud once? (a) a poor résumé habit (b) a good résumé habit
29. 29.True or false: “Acheivements: 2nd in the quiz” has a spelling mistake. (a) False (b) True
30. 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) five font styles (b) never proofreading (c) copying a friend’s CV (d) same date format
31. 31.Which of these is a poor résumé habit? (a) same date format (b) one font throughout (c) a teacher’s check (d) adding fake prizes
32. 32.True or false: “Skills: super good at stuff” has a spelling mistake. (a) False (b) True
33. 33.🔍 What is wrong with this résumé line? “Objective: want a job lol” (a) a spelling mistake (b) too vague (c) too casual
34. 34.True or false: “Acheivements: 2nd in the quiz” is too casual for a résumé. (a) True (b) False
35. 35.🔍 Good or poor résumé habit: checking every number? (a) a good résumé habit (b) a poor résumé habit
36. 36.💾 Which file name is best for your résumé? (a) final_final2.pdf (b) myfile(3).pdf (c) Ananya_Rao_Resume.pdf (d) asdfgh.pdf
37. 37.True or false: “Worked on a project” has a spelling mistake. (a) False (b) True
38. 38.Which of these is a poor résumé habit? (a) a teacher’s check (b) same date format (c) never proofreading (d) one font throughout
39. 39.🔍 What is wrong with this résumé line? “Email: cutiepie_2008@…” (a) too casual (b) a spelling mistake (c) too vague
40. 40.Which of these is a good résumé habit? (a) a file named final2 (b) never proofreading (c) same date format (d) five font styles

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