Résumé Worksheet: Mistakes to Avoid

Interview skills lesson 19: Résumé mistakes to avoid · Set 642 · 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) mixed date formats (b) reading it aloud once (c) copying a friend’s CV (d) a file named final2
2. 2.🔍 What is wrong with this résumé line? “Good at many things” (a) a spelling mistake (b) too vague (c) too casual
3. 3.🔍 Good or poor résumé habit: a file named final2? (a) a good résumé habit (b) a poor résumé habit
4. 4.🔍 What is the best way to catch spelling errors? (a) add more words (b) proofread, ask someone (c) trust the first draft (d) never re-read
5. 5.🔍 Good or poor résumé habit: reading it aloud once? (a) a poor résumé habit (b) a good résumé habit
6. 6.🔍 Good or poor résumé habit: mixed date formats? (a) a poor résumé habit (b) a good résumé habit
7. 7.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a file named final2 (b) one font throughout (c) mixed date formats (d) tiny 8-point text
8. 8.🔍 Good or poor résumé habit: five font styles? (a) a poor résumé habit (b) a good résumé habit
9. 9.💾 Which file name is best for your résumé? (a) asdfgh.pdf (b) Ananya_Rao_Resume.pdf (c) myfile(3).pdf (d) final_final2.pdf
10. 10.Which of these is a poor résumé habit? (a) copying a friend’s CV (b) saving as PDF (c) a sensible file name (d) reading it aloud once
11. 11.True or false: “Skills: super good at stuff” is too casual for a résumé. (a) False (b) True
12. 12.True or false: “Email: cutiepie_2008@…” is too vague. (a) True (b) False
13. 13.🔍 What is wrong with this résumé line? “Email: cutiepie_2008@…” (a) too vague (b) a spelling mistake (c) too casual
14. 14.🔍 What is wrong with this résumé line? “Worked on a project” (a) too vague (b) a spelling mistake (c) too casual
15. 15.Which of these is a good résumé habit? (a) one font throughout (b) five font styles (c) mixed date formats (d) a file named final2
16. 16.🔍 Good or poor résumé habit: same date format? (a) a poor résumé habit (b) a good résumé habit
17. 17.Which of these is a poor résumé habit? (a) reading it aloud once (b) same date format (c) tiny 8-point text (d) a teacher’s check
18. 18.True or false: “Did many activities” is too vague. (a) True (b) False
19. 19.🔍 What is wrong with this résumé line? “Experiance: school library helper” (a) too vague (b) too casual (c) a spelling mistake
20. 20.🔍 Good or poor résumé habit: tiny 8-point text? (a) a good résumé habit (b) a poor résumé habit
21. 21.True or false: “Good at many things” is too vague. (a) True (b) False
22. 22.🚫 You won second place but write “First prize”. This is… (a) a typing error (b) a false claim (c) a good idea (d) a small style choice
23. 23.🔍 What is wrong with this résumé line? “Responsable for the class notice board” (a) too casual (b) too vague (c) a spelling mistake
24. 24.Which of these is a poor résumé habit? (a) reading it aloud once (b) one font throughout (c) same date format (d) adding fake prizes
25. 25.📅 Why should all dates on a résumé use the same format? (a) it is longer (b) it looks neat and clear (c) it hides gaps (d) it is a law
26. 26.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a teacher’s check (b) reading it aloud once (c) a sensible file name (d) mixed date formats
27. 27.🔍 What is wrong with this résumé line? “Did many activities” (a) too vague (b) too casual (c) a spelling mistake
28. 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) checking every number (b) same date format (c) five font styles (d) a sensible file name
29. 29.True or false: “Experiance: school library helper” has a spelling mistake. (a) False (b) True
30. 30.Which of these is a good résumé habit? (a) five font styles (b) saving as PDF (c) adding fake prizes (d) tiny 8-point text
31. 31.True or false: “Responsable for the class notice board” is too casual for a résumé. (a) False (b) True
32. 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) checking every number (b) same date format (c) adding fake prizes (d) reading it aloud once
33. 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) adding fake prizes (b) never proofreading (c) a sensible file name (d) copying a friend’s CV
34. 34.True or false: “Objective: want a job lol” has a spelling mistake. (a) True (b) False
35. 35.🔍 What is wrong with this résumé line? “Acheivements: 2nd in the quiz” (a) too casual (b) a spelling mistake (c) too vague
36. 36.🔍 Good or poor résumé habit: one font throughout? (a) a poor résumé habit (b) a good résumé habit
37. 37.Which of these is a good résumé habit? (a) copying a friend’s CV (b) adding fake prizes (c) mixed date formats (d) same date format
38. 38.🔍 What is wrong with this résumé line? “Skils: typing, Hindi, English” (a) too vague (b) too casual (c) a spelling mistake
39. 39.True or false: “Responsable for the class notice board” has a spelling mistake. (a) True (b) False
40. 40.🔍 Good or poor résumé habit: copying a friend’s CV? (a) a good résumé habit (b) a poor résumé habit

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