Résumé Worksheet: Mistakes to Avoid

Interview skills lesson 19: Résumé mistakes to avoid · Set 564 · 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.🔍 What is the best way to catch spelling errors? (a) never re-read (b) trust the first draft (c) add more words (d) proofread, ask someone
2. 2.🚫 You won second place but write “First prize”. This is… (a) a false claim (b) a typing error (c) a good idea (d) a small style choice
3. 3.⚠️ An interviewer finds a lie on your résumé. What is likely? (a) nothing happens (b) you get promoted (c) you get a bonus (d) you lose their trust
4. 4.Which of these is a poor résumé habit? (a) saving as PDF (b) copying a friend’s CV (c) a sensible file name (d) same date format
5. 5.🔍 Good or poor résumé habit: a teacher’s check? (a) a good résumé habit (b) a poor résumé habit
6. 6.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) one font throughout (b) copying a friend’s CV (c) a teacher’s check (d) checking every number
7. 7.🔍 What is wrong with this résumé line? “Did many activities” (a) too casual (b) a spelling mistake (c) too vague
8. 8.True or false: “Good at many things” has a spelling mistake. (a) True (b) False
9. 9.Which of these is a good résumé habit? (a) a teacher’s check (b) mixed date formats (c) tiny 8-point text (d) a file named final2
10. 10.True or false: “Acheivements: 2nd in the quiz” is too casual for a résumé. (a) True (b) False
11. 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) saving as PDF (b) one font throughout (c) tiny 8-point text (d) a teacher’s check
12. 12.True or false: “Good at many things” is too vague. (a) False (b) True
13. 13.🔍 What is wrong with this résumé line? “Skills: super good at stuff” (a) too vague (b) a spelling mistake (c) too casual
14. 14.🔍 What is wrong with this résumé line? “Objective: want a job lol” (a) too casual (b) too vague (c) a spelling mistake
15. 15.🔍 What is wrong with this résumé line? “Experiance: school library helper” (a) a spelling mistake (b) too vague (c) too casual
16. 16.🔍 Good or poor résumé habit: never proofreading? (a) a poor résumé habit (b) a good résumé habit
17. 17.Which of these is a poor résumé habit? (a) a teacher’s check (b) a sensible file name (c) reading it aloud once (d) a file named final2
18. 18.🔍 What is wrong with this résumé line? “Hobbies: chilling, sleeping, memes” (a) too casual (b) too vague (c) a spelling mistake
19. 19.🔍 What is wrong with this résumé line? “Skils: typing, Hindi, English” (a) too vague (b) a spelling mistake (c) too casual
20. 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) reading it aloud once (b) adding fake prizes (c) a teacher’s check (d) same date format
21. 21.Which of these is a good résumé habit? (a) never proofreading (b) tiny 8-point text (c) five font styles (d) a sensible file name
22. 22.📅 Why should all dates on a résumé use the same format? (a) it looks neat and clear (b) it is longer (c) it is a law (d) it hides gaps
23. 23.True or false: “Skills: super good at stuff” has a spelling mistake. (a) True (b) False
24. 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) same date format (b) a file named final2 (c) reading it aloud once (d) a sensible file name
25. 25.🔍 What is wrong with this résumé line? “Worked on a project” (a) a spelling mistake (b) too casual (c) too vague
26. 26.Which of these is a good résumé habit? (a) copying a friend’s CV (b) five font styles (c) checking every number (d) mixed date formats
27. 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a teacher’s check (b) five font styles (c) a file named final2 (d) copying a friend’s CV
28. 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a sensible file name (b) five font styles (c) one font throughout (d) same date format
29. 29.🔍 Good or poor résumé habit: saving as PDF? (a) a good résumé habit (b) a poor résumé habit
30. 30.🔍 Good or poor résumé habit: five font styles? (a) a good résumé habit (b) a poor résumé habit
31. 31.🔍 What is wrong with this résumé line? “Helped in some events” (a) a spelling mistake (b) too vague (c) too casual
32. 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) five font styles (b) copying a friend’s CV (c) a file named final2 (d) same date format
33. 33.True or false: “Did many activities” has a spelling mistake. (a) True (b) False
34. 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) saving as PDF (b) a sensible file name (c) mixed date formats (d) a teacher’s check
35. 35.True or false: “Hobbies: chilling, sleeping, memes” is too casual for a résumé. (a) True (b) False
36. 36.🔍 Good or poor résumé habit: a sensible file name? (a) a poor résumé habit (b) a good résumé habit
37. 37.True or false: “Experiance: school library helper” has a spelling mistake. (a) False (b) True
38. 38.Which of these is a good résumé habit? (a) adding fake prizes (b) a file named final2 (c) saving as PDF (d) never proofreading
39. 39.🔍 Good or poor résumé habit: copying a friend’s CV? (a) a good résumé habit (b) a poor résumé habit
40. 40.🔍 Good or poor résumé habit: reading it aloud once? (a) a poor résumé habit (b) a good résumé habit

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