Résumé Worksheet: Mistakes to Avoid

Interview skills lesson 19: Résumé mistakes to avoid · Set 624 · 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 good résumé habit? (a) adding fake prizes (b) tiny 8-point text (c) same date format (d) mixed date formats
2. 2.True or false: “Good at many things” has a spelling mistake. (a) False (b) True
3. 3.🔍 Good or poor résumé habit: mixed date formats? (a) a poor résumé habit (b) a good résumé habit
4. 4.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a teacher’s check (b) copying a friend’s CV (c) a file named final2 (d) mixed date formats
5. 5.Which of these is a good résumé habit? (a) copying a friend’s CV (b) tiny 8-point text (c) saving as PDF (d) mixed date formats
6. 6.🚫 You won second place but write “First prize”. This is… (a) a small style choice (b) a typing error (c) a false claim (d) a good idea
7. 7.🔍 Good or poor résumé habit: a teacher’s check? (a) a poor résumé habit (b) a good résumé habit
8. 8.True or false: “Worked on a project” is too vague. (a) True (b) False
9. 9.Which of these is a poor résumé habit? (a) five font styles (b) same date format (c) reading it aloud once (d) a sensible file name
10. 10.🔍 What is wrong with this résumé line? “Experiance: school library helper” (a) too vague (b) a spelling mistake (c) too casual
11. 11.Which of these is a good résumé habit? (a) a teacher’s check (b) never proofreading (c) five font styles (d) copying a friend’s CV
12. 12.🔍 What is wrong with this résumé line? “Did many activities” (a) too casual (b) too vague (c) a spelling mistake
13. 13.Which of these is a poor résumé habit? (a) checking every number (b) one font throughout (c) same date format (d) mixed date formats
14. 14.⚠️ An interviewer finds a lie on your résumé. What is likely? (a) you get a bonus (b) nothing happens (c) you get promoted (d) you lose their trust
15. 15.Which of these is a poor résumé habit? (a) tiny 8-point text (b) reading it aloud once (c) checking every number (d) same date format
16. 16.Which of these is a poor résumé habit? (a) reading it aloud once (b) same date format (c) one font throughout (d) a file named final2
17. 17.🔍 What is wrong with this résumé line? “Acheivements: 2nd in the quiz” (a) too vague (b) too casual (c) a spelling mistake
18. 18.🔍 What is wrong with this résumé line? “Good at many things” (a) too casual (b) too vague (c) a spelling mistake
19. 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a teacher’s check (b) reading it aloud once (c) checking every number (d) adding fake prizes
20. 20.True or false: “Hobbies: chilling, sleeping, memes” has a spelling mistake. (a) True (b) False
21. 21.🔍 What is wrong with this résumé line? “Worked on a project” (a) too casual (b) a spelling mistake (c) too vague
22. 22.True or false: “Did many activities” is too vague. (a) False (b) True
23. 23.🔍 What is wrong with this résumé line? “Objective: want a job lol” (a) too vague (b) too casual (c) a spelling mistake
24. 24.📅 Why should all dates on a résumé use the same format? (a) it hides gaps (b) it is a law (c) it is longer (d) it looks neat and clear
25. 25.True or false: “Acheivements: 2nd in the quiz” has a spelling mistake. (a) False (b) True
26. 26.True or false: “Skils: typing, Hindi, English” is too casual for a résumé. (a) False (b) True
27. 27.Which of these is a good résumé habit? (a) copying a friend’s CV (b) adding fake prizes (c) one font throughout (d) mixed date formats
28. 28.True or false: “Worked on a project” has a spelling mistake. (a) True (b) False
29. 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) adding fake prizes (b) copying a friend’s CV (c) five font styles (d) a sensible file name
30. 30.🔍 Good or poor résumé habit: same date format? (a) a poor résumé habit (b) a good résumé habit
31. 31.🔍 Good or poor résumé habit: reading it aloud once? (a) a poor résumé habit (b) a good résumé habit
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.🔍 What is wrong with this résumé line? “Email: cutiepie_2008@…” (a) a spelling mistake (b) too vague (c) too casual
34. 34.True or false: “Experiance: school library helper” is too casual for a résumé. (a) True (b) False
35. 35.Which of these is a good résumé habit? (a) a sensible file name (b) a file named final2 (c) five font styles (d) tiny 8-point text
36. 36.🔍 What is wrong with this résumé line? “Responsable for the class notice board” (a) too casual (b) too vague (c) a spelling mistake
37. 37.🔍 Good or poor résumé habit: copying a friend’s CV? (a) a good résumé habit (b) a poor résumé habit
38. 38.True or false: “Acheivements: 2nd in the quiz” is too vague. (a) False (b) True
39. 39.True or false: “Objective: want a job lol” is too vague. (a) False (b) True
40. 40.🔍 Good or poor résumé habit: five font styles? (a) a poor résumé habit (b) a good résumé habit

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